Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

August 29, 2017 @ 11:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, UK-based equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced it is now offering its Funded Club members (i.e. those who achieved their funding targets) free product workshops, along with exclusive fee arrangements in order to get products out to market. The funding portal revealed in a blog… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, crowdfunding platform for personal, medical, and charitable causes, YouCaring, announced it has teamed up with Houston Texans defensive end JJ Watt for Hurricane Harvey Relief effort fundraiser, which has already secured $1.2 million to help those affected by the storm. Speaking about the campaign, Watt… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 9:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Agency 2.0, a leading LA-based crowdfunding marketing agency and Platform88, a Shanghai-based distribution, engineering, manufacturing and prototyping company announced a new strategic partnership to deliver end-to-end crowdfunding services to clients across the globe. This collaboration will enable clients access to a broad portfolio of solutions… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 8:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, crowdfunding platform for classrooms DonorsChoose announced the launch of its Hurricane Harvey Recovery Fund, which is aiming to help Texas and Louisiana teachers that are affected by the devastating storm. According to DonorsChoose, donations from the recovery fund will be used to help… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 7:46 am By JD Alois  |  

ID Finance, an emerging markets focused Fintech company, is now listing investment opportunities on the Mintos marketplace incorporating prime personal loans issued under its Solva brand in Georgia. Solva is a fully owned ID Finance subsidiary in Georgia that has disbursed 28,000 personal loans worth… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 7:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, India-based online lender Capital Float announced it secured $45 million during its Series C funding round, which was led by Ribbit Capital with participation from returning investors SAIF Partners, Sequoia India, and Creation Investment. Founded in 2013, Capital Float describes itself as a… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 7:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, online lender SoFi announced its members have cumulatively paid off over $5 billion dollars in credit card debt using its SoFi Personal Loans and getting them out of debt faster with lower interest rates. According to SoFi, members who used SoFi Personal Loans to… Read More

August 28, 2017 @ 11:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Snowball Effect received the very first equity crowdfunding license offered to a funding portal in New Zealand three years ago. The Financial Market Authority granted a license that became effective on July 30, 2014.  The event ushered in a new era of online investment in New… Read More

August 28, 2017 @ 4:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE: LC), the largest marketplace lending platform in the US, has scheduled an investor day in New York City. The event, which is by invitation only, will take place on Thursday, December 7, 2017. CEO Scott Sanborn and other executives from the LendingClub management team will provide… Read More

August 28, 2017 @ 6:47 am By JD Alois  |  

FundedByMe has announced that Privanet has acquired a 34.4% ownership stake in FundedByMe Finland OY. Privanet operates in Finland and is the owner of the crowdfunding platform AROUND. Privanet is an investment services group specializing in trading of unlisted shares and corporate financing needs. Privanet is licensed… Read More

August 27, 2017 @ 6:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Equitise has launched a self-crowdfunding round on its own platform. Opened only for wholesale and sophisticated investors, during the next four weeks Equitise is seeking A$ 1.25 million for platform growth. The company states that A$250,000 is already being underwritten by an… Read More

August 25, 2017 @ 4:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) has been hit with a lawsuit that names former CEO Renaud Laplanche alongside current and former board members and former CFO Carrie Dolan. The complaint, filed in the Court of Chancery in Delaware, states; “Throughout the period December 11, 2014 and continuing through… Read More

August 25, 2017 @ 11:18 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Berlin-based dental-tech company Natural Dental Implants AG focusing on manufacturing replicates of lost teeth consisting of the root and the crown. Its Replicate System aims to make drill a thing of the past. After four years of testing in Germany and internationally, NDI AG has… Read More

August 25, 2017 @ 9:54 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Houston-based mobile grocer Grit Grocery has tapped into the Wefunder crowd for funds needed to assemble a fleet of mobile Grit Grocery markets that will make eating healthy easier for people across the US. Seeking to raise a minimum of $150K toward a $1M goal, $5M… Read More

August 25, 2017 @ 9:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Staples announced 890 teacher projects on DonorsChoose in the Chicago area will receive full funding as part of its $1 million donations.The office supply chain revealed that with a donation of more than $400,000 to support Chicago classrooms, Staples impacted 612 teachers and more than 85,000… Read More

August 25, 2017 @ 9:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder UK recently introduced its Funds Matchmaker, which offers advice on how to apply for funding and how to make funding projects stand out. “Crowdfunder works with partners such as Santander, Virgin, M&S and many councils across the UK to distribute money to… Read More

August 24, 2017 @ 3:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than one year after Indiegogo teamed up with MicroVentures to launch its equity crowdfunding platform, co-founder of the global funding portal, Slava Rubin, sat down with Fortune to discuss equity offerings As previously reported, Indiegogo launched the new equity portal with MicroVentures on November… Read More

August 24, 2017 @ 2:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Latvian peer-to-peer lending platform TWINO has reportedly added a second Russian originator to its platform since its December 2016 launch. According to P2P Finance News, over 40% of TWINO’s investors have funded Russian loans. While sharing more details about its Russian expansion,  Jevgenijs Kazanins, P2P… Read More

August 24, 2017 @ 2:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine Hops Aboard the ICO Freight Train. StartEngine is one of the more active investment crowdfunding platforms in the United States. A full stack crowdfunding platform, StartEngine offers securities under Reg CF, Reg A+ and Reg D (506c). StartEngine seeks to cater to early stage… Read More

August 24, 2017 @ 7:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Assetz Capital, a UK based peer-to-peer lending platform, has announced another milestone. Today the platform has shared that investors in aggregate have earned gross returns of more than £25 million on their investments in approximately four years. Assetz Capital says lenders earned an average of… Read More