Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

July 26, 2017 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding platform YouCaring announced on Wednesday it has formed a partnership with Major League Baseball (MLB) to bring crowdfunding to the Big Leagues. According to the funding portal, through the partnership, MLB, its Clubs, and its players will have the ability to set up crowdfunding… Read More

July 26, 2017 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundnel a crowdfunding and community platform serving all of AsiaPac, has announced it formed a first of a kind partnership with ThincLab, an Australia start-up incubator born out of the University of Adelaide. The collaboration will bring ThincLab’s network to Singapore, Fundnel’s home base, and… Read More

July 26, 2017 @ 11:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

P2P lending platform Faircent announced the launch of its new auto investment feature, which according to Economic Times, will eliminate the need for lenders to browse through borrower profiles by automating the process. While sharing details about the new feature, Chief Technology and Product Officer… Read More

July 26, 2017 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Maniv Mobility has announced the close of the first mobility-only fund in Israel. The $40 million fund includes several high profile names including Valeo, InMotion Ventures (part of Jaguar Land Rover) and leading global crowdfunding platform OurCrowd. The intent of the fund is to act… Read More

July 26, 2017 @ 9:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Irish peer-to-peer lending platform Linked Finance has successfully secured more than €1 million for Waterford-based businesses. According to the Muster Express, over 30 businesses in Waterford have raised funds through the lending platform to facilitate their business growth. Mark Bergin, Founder, Coffee House Lane and who has sought… Read More

July 26, 2017 @ 9:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peer-to-peer lender Funding Circle has reportedly joined forces with UK-based Just Eat to provide takeaway restaurants with discounted business loans. Funding Circle will now offer nearly 30,000 restaurants that use Just Eat the discounted loans. The takeaway businesses will now be able to borrow up to £60,000… Read More

July 26, 2017 @ 8:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Salamanca Group, a London-based Merchant Bank, announced on Wednesday it recently completed a Series A funding round for peer-to-peer lending platform, Proplend. The company states it facilitated the fundraising through its proprietary network and has also acquired a stake in the online lender. Founded in… Read More

July 25, 2017 @ 12:42 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Seed&Spark has made its niche within film industry crowdfunding, raising over $7M for film projects since launching in 2012 under the helm of CEO & Founder Emily Best. The platform is currently hosting a crowdfunding rally for national filmmakers in partnership with Mark Duplass.  The… Read More

July 25, 2017 @ 10:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Credit score firm Aire recently secured $5 million during its Series A funding round led by Sunstone Capital with participation from White Star Capital. The company states it gives people a new credit to help them qualify for essential financial products. It is authorized and… Read More

July 25, 2017 @ 7:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Exterion Media has formed a partnership with Seedrs, one of the UK’s largest equity crowdfunding platforms. Exterion is the largest privately held Out of Home (OOH) advertising business that manages outdoor advertising across the UK and Europe. Exterion is the conduit for outdoor displays such… Read More

July 24, 2017 @ 4:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Michael Tannenbaum, the chief revenue officer of online lending platform SoFi, has reportedly stepped down from his position. According to TechCrunch, Tannenbaum has been at SoFi since 2014, when he started off as vice president of finance before moving on to become the lending platform’s chief revenue… Read More

July 24, 2017 @ 11:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, leading peer-to-peer lender Lending Club announced it has expanded its partnership with Opportunity Fund to provide underserved small businesses with access to loans they need in order to grow. Lending Club revealed: “Access to credit has long been a challenge for small businesses,… Read More

July 24, 2017 @ 8:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lending Works recently announced it is now offering bonuses for lenders on its peer-to-peer lending platform. Starting today, lenders may earn a bonus of £50 for each calendar week, up to £200 in bonus. This is assuming that the lenders lend out £5,000 or more in each of the calendar weeks. While… Read More

July 23, 2017 @ 9:57 am By Jonathan Nieh  |  

CoinList, founded as a partnership between Angel List and Protocol Labs, is quietly trying to standardize initial coin offerings (ICOs) by self-imposing similar restrictions as the SEC imposes on companies that conduct certain private offerings under Regulation D. The Growing ICO Market ICOs have been… Read More

July 21, 2017 @ 5:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Borrowell, a Canadian Fintech firm that provides a safe way for Canadians to obtain three and five year fixed-rate loans at low interest, has raised $57 million in Series A funding round. The capital infusion included $12 million in equity and $45 million in a new credit… Read More

July 21, 2017 @ 4:00 pm By Therese Torris  |  

Pan-European marketplace for savings products, Raisin has become the poster child of Fintech disruption as it managed to convince 75,000 investors to put more than €3 billion into savings accounts held at foreign banks. We spoke with Tamaz Georgadze, co-founder and CEO, who explained to… Read More

July 21, 2017 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Republic, an investment crowdfunding platform founded by AngelList alumni, is collaborating with Sony Entertainment on a new series of pitch events involving the Draper family. And who are the Drapers, you may ask? The Drapers are California based VC’s with a pretty amazing track record…. Read More

July 21, 2017 @ 10:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

While revealing a “refresher” of its lending policies, UK-based peer-to-peer lender, Zopa, announced that as of July 20th it has lent £2.46 billion and is lending around £80m per month. “With the support of our customers, we have (as of 20 July 2017) lent £2.46bn… Read More

July 21, 2017 @ 9:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Luke Lang sat down with his Crowdcube co-founder, Darren Westlake, to discuss start-up challenges and the entrepreneur lifestyle. The interview’s description reads: “Listen to Luke’s perspective about the challenges of starting a business in a new sector, in the tail end of a… Read More

July 21, 2017 @ 8:09 am By JD Alois  |  

CapitalRise, a property crowdfunding platform that lets people invest in real estate for as little as £1000, has announced it has raised £.1.35 million for a luxury homes development in Hampshire. This is the platforms largest funding round to date. CapitalRise said their recently launched… Read More