Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

May 3, 2017 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, the UK’s largest equity crowdfunding platform, is out with a report on Q1 2017 operations. The online marketplace is reporting “another record quarter” having funded 29 early to mid-stage business for a total of over £23 million.  Crowdcube states that this represents 2.7X more… Read More

May 3, 2017 @ 8:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Lendy, a UK based peer to peer lending platform in the secured property sector, believes 2017 is the year for P2P lending to finally mature. Management says that P2P will shift from alternative finance to “main challenger to the traditional banks.”  But to accomplish this… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 3:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

RateSetter is expanding its footprint by entering into a strategic partnership with personal loan provider George Banco. RateSetter has also acquired an equity stake in the George Banco company. George Banco is one of the UK’s largest guarantor lending platforms. The partnership incorporated the acquisition… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 3:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than one week after announcing more than 12.7 million backers have raised $3 billion to go towards independent creators on its crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter shared that 10,000 art projects have been funded through its funding portal. While sharing details about the latest milestone, the Kickstarter… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 12:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Biz2Credit announced on Tuesday it named New York City the 2017 Best Small Business City in America. According to the company, this vote was based on a weighted average that includes annual revenue, credit score, age of business (in months), and a BizAnalyzer score that factors in cash… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Crowdfunder UK announced it was teaming up with Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Media Business for this year’s Voom Pitch, the UK and Ireland’s biggest pitching competition. The trio revealed that for the first time since the competition’s launch in 2011, it will take… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 9:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

India-based crowdfunding platform for NGOs, medical, and personal causes Impact Guru announced on Tuesday it formed a partnership with U.S. and UK-based non-profit crowdfunding platform, GlobalGiving. According to the duo, this new partnership will enable vetted Indian NGOs and social enterprises raising funds on Impact Guru to… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 6:32 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Propertista, a Spanish real estate agency online that connects buyers and sellers directly, is overfunding on Crowdcube Spain. ¡Sigue ganando tracción! Since launching 9 months ago, the platform reportedly saved its customers more than 300,000€ in agency commissions and touts a real estate portfolio worth more than 8M€. 60%… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 3:57 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Miss Piggy, Grover, Kermit and their Muppet pals will come to life again thanks to over 1,811 Kickstarter backers supporting the Museum of the Moving Image Jim Henson Exhibition.  With nine days remaining on its campaign, more than $127,915 has been raised toward an exhibition that explores the famous Muppet creator. Rainbow connections officially… Read More

May 1, 2017 @ 4:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding platform for music, PledgeMusic, recently announced it received a nomination for the 2017 A2IM Libera Awards in the Independent Champion Category. According to the event’s organizers, the A2IM Libera Awards celebrates the successes of the independent music community. The funding portal shared: “As a… Read More

May 1, 2017 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, New Zealand’s crowdfunding platform PledgeMe announced it was dedicating the month of May to lending related goodness. While sharing details about the initiative, the PledgeMe team stated that throughout the month they will be connecting with Kiwis who are interested and curious about crowdlending…. Read More

May 1, 2017 @ 1:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marketplace lending platform Lendio announced on Monday its annual list of Top 10 Best States For Small Business Lending. The list is based on the lending data from the lender’s platform, which matches small businesses with over 75 lenders. Speaking about the list, Brock Blake,… Read More

May 1, 2017 @ 11:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding platform GoFundMe announced on Monday, as part of the annual teacher’s appreciation week, it is launching a “We Love Teachers” fundraiser. This initiative is described as a national initiative to support K-12 teachers and GoFundMe will donate $1,000 to 100 campaign created by and for… Read More

May 1, 2017 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Sharestates, an online real estate investment marketplace, has announced the launch of a new financing capability; Shareline Solution. The new service is a hybrid between lending and brokering a loan. Private lenders will have access to Sharestates lending capabilities to directly serve their clients all… Read More

May 1, 2017 @ 7:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peer-to-peer lender China Rapid Finance announced on Friday the pricing of its initial public offering (IPO) for 10 million American depositary shares (ADS). The company revealed each ADS was priced at $6.00,  with a total offering size of US$60 million. According to the Asian online lender, each… Read More

April 30, 2017 @ 3:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

investFeed, described as the first transparent social network for the financial markets, is crowdfunding on Seedrs. We believe this is the first US based company to leverage the UK based investment crowdfunding platform. The UK is home to the most robust equity crowdfunding market in… Read More

April 30, 2017 @ 2:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise, an online marketplace for investing in real estate, has filed a Reg A+ offer with the SEC to sell additional shares in their Income eREIT. This will be the second round for the Fundrise Income eREIT. The first round sold out raising the maximum… Read More

April 29, 2017 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, crowdfunding platform PledgeMe announced the new pricing for its CrowdfundingU program. This news comes less than two months after the funding portal revealed it was providing tiered CrowdfundingU programs for equity and lending campaigns.  CrowdfundingU offers a structured 6-week program for equity campaigners…. Read More

April 28, 2017 @ 5:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Crowdfunder UK reported that more political candidates are excepted to crowdfund their election campaign in the snap general election. The crowdfunding platform revealed that just a little over a week since the election, projects on its website have raised £200,000 in the politics category…. Read More

April 28, 2017 @ 4:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, Kickstarter announced as part of its mission to bring creative projects to life, it has launched the pilot of its new Kickstarter Creators-in-Residence program. The crowdfunding giant stated that during the pilot, it will open its Brooklyn headquarters doors to various campaign alumni… Read More