Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

July 20, 2017 @ 5:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fast Track, a global platform that enables accredited investors and funds to co-invest with technology startups, announced on Thursday the completion of its first successful deal, which raised €1.3 million for Swiss biomedical company, Monarch Bioimplants. According to Fast Track, Monarch Bioimplants has engineered a… Read More

July 20, 2017 @ 12:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise, a leading online marketplace for real estate investing, has officially announced the availability of their new eFunds. Crowdfund Insider reported on the looming announcement this past spring when Fundrise filed a new Form 1-A, or Reg A+ offer, revealing the new investment vehicle. In… Read More

July 20, 2017 @ 11:02 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Online investment platform SyndicateRoom has opened up a £1 million investment opportunity  for the electric vehicle (EV) charging company, Engenie. The company, which was launched in 2013, provides high-power rapid-charging facilities for electric cars and buses, catering both directly to consumers and also to commercial… Read More

July 20, 2017 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

RateSetter has been hit with a series of significant operational challenges as several large loans have struggled.  The widely reported series of events have culminated in approximately £48 million worth of loans being taken over by the P2P Lender. This amount would have  outstripped the… Read More

July 20, 2017 @ 8:18 am By Cole Lyons  |  

LendInvest, a UK based online property finance marketplace, has recently announced the launch of a new Retail Bond, with a fixed interest rate of 5.25% due in 2022. LendInvest will continue to provide three other investment channels including their online investment marketplace for individuals to invest… Read More

July 19, 2017 @ 11:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, peer-to-peer lender Zopa released its latest Home Improvement Index that indicated a quart of British homeowners looking to improve their homes this summer are choosing to renovate their kitchens and are seeing a 51% return on investment as a result. According to research, 25% of… Read More

July 19, 2017 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

KyberNetwork is a new project headed up by Loi Luu, a PhD candidate at National University of Singapore. He has done research on cryptocurrencies, smart contract security and distributed consensus algorithms and is one of the original founders of Oyente and Smartpool. KyberNetwork is a new… Read More

July 19, 2017 @ 10:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Waves has already launched Bitcoin, USD and EUR gateways, now the platform has implemented an Ether gateway within the lite client for improved decentralized trading. Waves says the gateway will enable users to store ETH and trade it against other tokens on the Decentralized Exchange… Read More

July 19, 2017 @ 7:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Prospa, an online lender to Australian small business, has been awarded the 2017 Telstra New South Wales Medium Business Award in the 2017 Telstra Business Awards. Prospa said it was the first Fintech company to be awarded the accolade. This is the company’s third consecutive… Read More

July 18, 2017 @ 8:35 am By Erin Hobey  |  

This past weekend, the Santa Fe art collective Meow Wolf launched a WeFunder investment crowdfunding campaign to offer shares to the general public; within 48 hours  investors snapped up the opportunity in record time, reportedly the fastest known regulation equity investment crowdfund since SEC regulations allowing… Read More

July 18, 2017 @ 7:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Bondora, a European peer to peer lender based in Estonia, has announced that it has become profitable during the first six months of 2017. Bondora stated that it had generated a net profit of €300,00 during the first half of the year. The overall revenue target… Read More

July 17, 2017 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based consumer magazine, Time Out, announced last week it has teamed up with crowdfunding platform GoFundMe to launch its new “Make London Better” Challenge. Time Out revealed that the challenge was designed for two Londoners (or teams of Londoners) to turn their ideas to improve the… Read More

July 17, 2017 @ 3:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just eight months after announcing its plans to move into Hong Kong and Singapore, Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform Lufax is set to make its way to Singapore. It is now prepping to launch its new platform called Lu International.  As previously reported, Lufax Chairman and… Read More

July 17, 2017 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

This past February, MarketInvoice shared it had funded invoices over £1.1 billion since platform launch in 2011. The online lender said it expects to top the £2 billion in invoices funded by the end of the year. This prediction was said to be catalyzed by… Read More

July 17, 2017 @ 8:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“As the industry matures and looks to grow beyond a base of early adopters, I believe a focus on clarity will best help us to attract new investors.” Growth Street, an FCA-authorized UK business finance platform focusing on SME loans, has aimed to become a… Read More

July 17, 2017 @ 7:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Assetz Capital is continuing its strategy of establishing a local presence across the UK with the appointment of Ian Craig as Regional Relationship Director to help manage operations in Scotland. The appointment comes as Assetz Capital says growth in Scotland continues with a target of… Read More

July 16, 2017 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

While the Netherlands market is small, equity crowdfunding platform Symbid is apparently having an important impact. Symbid has reported that in the first half of 2017 its platform accounted for 27% of all “venture capital” crowdfunding in the Netherlands.  Investment crowdfunding in first half of… Read More

July 15, 2017 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Fluid, a Fintech and Adtech startup has expanded its service to US students into 32 different states. The App based lender is available on iTunes allowing up to $500 in credit without any additional interest payments.  The description on iTunes explains it is exclusively designed… Read More

July 14, 2017 @ 5:27 pm By Therese Torris  |  

The German press reports that German incubator Rocket Internet is selling its participation in the multinational P2P lending platform Lendico to British hedge fund Arrowgrass. Arrowgrass already owns a small share of Lendico and wants to take over the company. Founded in December 2013 by… Read More

July 14, 2017 @ 5:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nonprofit organization CanDo has recently announced the launch of its new crowdfunding platform, which is dedicated to supporting humanitarians in war zones. The organization shared earlier this week: “Dear CanDoers. We have some BIG NEWS to share. Today we are launching the first crowdfunding platform supporting… Read More