Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

June 11, 2017 @ 1:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

The number of FINRA approved and regulated crowdfunding portals has been inching higher. Today, there are 29 different Reg CF crowdfunding platforms each targeting the new securities exemption created under the JOBS Act 0f 2012. At the beginning of 2017, that number stood at 22… Read More

June 10, 2017 @ 10:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Cadre describes itself as a tech-enabled real estate investment platform with an emphasis on differentiated sourcing, diligence enhanced by data, increased transparency, and investor-friendly terms. Cadre is targeting bigger investors but has plans to expand their and now they have additional funding to execute on their… Read More

June 9, 2017 @ 4:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE:LC) has filed an 8-K with the results of the Annual Meeting including the election of Directors. Present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy were holders of 313,460,225 shares of common stock, representing 77.7% of the shares of common stock… Read More

June 9, 2017 @ 10:55 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Oh, the places you will go and the beaches you will see! The Shark Tank Your Life Winner The Undress V3 aims to help backers transition from beach to town simpler, or at least, less revealing. With three successful Kickstarter campaigns and over $864K and… Read More

June 9, 2017 @ 9:50 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In Nordic countries tapping trees is a centuries old springtime ritual, with people enjoying the vitamin and mineral rich birch sap as a cleansing and rejuvenating post winter tonic. True to tradition, during this spring Tåpped has sought to tap into the crowd to help grow… Read More

June 8, 2017 @ 9:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced today that it had originated over $3 billion in loans to more than 20,000 small businesses since 2011. One billion of those loans came in the past 12 months. Peyush Nahar, VP for Amazon Marketplace, released a statement on the milestone; “We… Read More

June 8, 2017 @ 3:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Some crowdfunding platforms are accepting money from international investors. First, to clarify, is is allowable under US regulations but there are caveats to the rules. In the US, there are three different securities exemptions where you can publicly promote your offerings online: Reg D (506c),… Read More

June 8, 2017 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a leading equity crowdfunding platform, has partnered with Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI), Reliance Industries (NSE: Reliance) and Yissum Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, to operate an “innovation technology incubator” that will support the growth of early stage startups in Jerusalem.  The… Read More

June 8, 2017 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd4Climate.org, a crowdfunding platform for climate protection projects in developing countries, has successfully funded its second project since the launch of the platform in November 2016. A Mobile solar power plant, Africa GmbH & Co. KG from Germany, collected more than €170,000 for a mobile… Read More

June 8, 2017 @ 6:41 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Seriously overfunding: Vita Mojo has steadily secured more than £2,759,869  for 12.2% equity on its Crowdcube campaign. Vita Mojo, a quickly-growing UK restaurant chain and software company that is backed by the €6B global caterer Elior, is on a mission “to make food personal.” With industry leaders already on… Read More

June 8, 2017 @ 6:13 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Circadia, a consumer health technology company, launched of The Circadia System designed to adjust individuals’ internal body clocks using light based on feedback from their sleep. This NASA-inspired technology includes two devices: a contactless sleep tracker with an intelligent alarm and an adaptive light therapy lamp,… Read More

June 7, 2017 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Invesdor says the VC or Angel led crowdfunding model has landed in the Nordic region citing two specific examples. The model of pairing professional investors with smaller investors has been growing in prominence across the world and is already well established in… Read More

June 7, 2017 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Specialist business peer to peer lending platform Folk2Folk has hired a new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and four Business Development Managers (BDM). Folk2Folk specializes in secured loans for businesses across the UK. The platform matches local businesses looking for finance with investors looking for a great… Read More

June 7, 2017 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Sharestates, an online real estate investment marketplace, has topped a major milestone: $500 million in loan originations for real estate investment. Sharestates predicts it will surpass $1 billion in real estate loans before the end of 2017. The announcement was joined by the release of… Read More

June 7, 2017 @ 7:52 am By JD Alois  |  

New account has a capped target return of 5.50% gross per annum. P2P lender Assetz Capital has announced a new investment account, or “Property Secured Investment Account,” that is designed to allow individuals to invest automatically in property-backed loans. Assetz Capital said these loans will… Read More

June 7, 2017 @ 7:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Zopa has established a development center in Barcelona, Spain. The new tech hub is said to initially focus on building the platform that will launch the next generation digital bank.  This will include deposit systems, credit card processing, payment gateways and… Read More

June 7, 2017 @ 1:01 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a global leader in equity crowdfunding, has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Reliance Private Client, part of Reliance Capital, one of India’s leading wealth management companies. Reliance Group, the parent company, is amongst India’s leading business houses with over 250 million customers. Reliance Capital… Read More

June 6, 2017 @ 3:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fig Publishing is arguably one of the most creative Reg A+ crowdfunding offers to date. Fig, for those who are not aware of the platform, is a video game publisher that crowdfunds its games. In brief, when games successfully complete campaigns and start selling, the developer,… Read More

June 6, 2017 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

SeedInvest Announces Live Crowdfunding to take place at eMERGE Americas Several weeks back, Jason Calacanis held his annual LAUNCH Festival in San Francisco. As part of the event, live crowdfunding was added to the program for the first time. In February, SeedInvest had announced it… Read More

June 6, 2017 @ 11:03 am By JD Alois  |  

A new real estate crowdfunding platform has launched in Germany. Grundag GmbH & Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CrowdDesk, has launched to provide debt based crowdfunding for German real estate projects. CrowdDesk is a white label crowdfunding platform that powers several well established platforms in Germany…. Read More