Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

April 7, 2017 @ 1:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

LAUNCH Festival, a two-day event hosted by Jason Calacanis, kicked off yesterday with a new twist. Live crowdfunding was offered for a handful of companies that were simultaneously listed on the SeedInvest crowdfunding platform.  These companies each delivered a 3 minute explanatory pitch to a… Read More

April 7, 2017 @ 8:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Online lender Kreditech has appointed two senior bankers to its advisory board. Former CEO of Vanquis Bank, Michael Lenora and CEO of OneSavings Bank, Andy Golding will now help provide guidance to the Hamburg-based Fintech tirm. Kreditech, a consumer lender and “Credit as a Service”… Read More

April 7, 2017 @ 2:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Lumo and Oneplanetcrowd have joined together to crowdfund a solar project located near Perpignan in the South West of France.  Lumo is a France-based crowdfunding platform. Oneplanetcrowd is operating out of the Netherlands. The two platforms were said to have jointly developed a solution to overcome… Read More

April 6, 2017 @ 4:30 pm By Jonathan Nieh  |  

Yesterday, the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance released two new Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) answering questions related to Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF). CD&Is are the Commission’s way of giving some informal guidance, through a question and answer format, on how its staff members interpret certain rules. They… Read More

April 6, 2017 @ 12:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingRobot Says Strong Demand Takes Robo-fund Beyond Individual Investors LendingRobot and its relatively new offering “LendingRobot Series“, has announced a product specifically for institutional investors labeled, “LendingRobot Professional”. The new Robo-fund for alternative lending was created “based on significant interest” from wealth managers and family… Read More

April 6, 2017 @ 11:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fundraising platform for nonprofits, MobileCause, announced on Wednesday enhancements and features launched with its first quarter 2017 product release, which are designed to help users raise more funds and simplifies fundraising processes for nonprofits. While sharing details about the features and enhancements, Sean MacNeill, MobileCause… Read More

April 6, 2017 @ 11:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Canadian marketplace lending platform LendingArch, announced it has formed a partnership with NewOak, a New York-based asset management and institutional advisory firm who have advised on over $5.5 trillion in assets on behalf of the world’s top banks, institutions, law firms, and regulators. According to… Read More

April 6, 2017 @ 10:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Renaud Laplanche, the founding CEO of Lending Club, has announced the launch of a new consumer credit platform aptly entitled Upgrade.  The online lender was described as a new iteration of online lending that combines the best of marketplace lending and consumer services such as… Read More

April 6, 2017 @ 9:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Property Partner, a buy-to-let online marketplace launched in 2015, has surpassed £50 million in funding. The peer to peer lender also shared interesting statistics regarding platform performance, including: The number of investors has increased 57% to 10,361 in 12 months £12.5 million of property has… Read More

April 6, 2017 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding platform Wefunder announced on Thursday it is set to host a 12-city tour of live, in-person funding events for small businesses. The funding portal noted that the events are much like demo days that are hosted by accelerators. According to Wefunder, the 12-city events’… Read More

April 6, 2017 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

FundedByMe is launching operations in Finland under a new partnership lead by Raine Luomanen and Casper Grönblom. The partnership was described as a franchise arrangement. FundedByMe explains that this new structure follows updated crowdfunding regulations introduced in Finland in September 2016. FundedByMe CEO and co-founder,… Read More

April 5, 2017 @ 8:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

NextGen Crowdfunding announced on Wednesday the fifth round winners of the Crowdfunding Video Awards (CVAs). The contest provides campaign organizers new ways to promote crowdfunding campaigns and products to backers as well as potential investors. The winners of the fifth round are the following: First place: Purple… Read More

April 5, 2017 @ 3:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marketplace lender LendingHome announced on Wednesday its investor platform has successfully hit its $100 million invested milestone since its debut in January 2016. According to LendingHome, the investor platform gives accredited investors access to a marketplace with the same short-term, high-yield real estate assets that… Read More

April 5, 2017 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

LAUNCH Festival takes place later this week and the first batch of participating companies have been released. LAUNCH, the creation of Jason Calacanis, has partnered with SeedInvest to offer live investment crowdfunding during the event.  Reportedly there will be an audience of over 12,000 individuals… Read More

April 5, 2017 @ 11:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Business commerce platform Tradeshift announced on Wednesday it has partnered with Chinese peer-to-peer lender CreditEase to launch a trade financing app, which is aiming to bring low-cost financing to millions of businesses in China. According to Tradeshift, the goal of this partnership is to help solve… Read More

April 4, 2017 @ 10:32 pm By Cole Lyons  |  

Kreditbörsen (the credit exchange), a part of Sweden-based LendyTech , has launched a peer-to-peer lending service for borrowers and investors. The LendyTech group is described as a Fintech group with a global focus. LendyTech currently operates Kreditbörsen, SCG and LendySoft.  Each of the platforms forcuses on the credit… Read More

April 4, 2017 @ 9:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

  RateSetter has appointed Amanda Sharp as Regional Relationship Manager for London and the South East. Sharp previously spent 35 years with RBS Group. While at RBS, Sharp spent 20 years in the Business and Commercial division working with SMEs. Sharp has joined RateSetter to… Read More

April 4, 2017 @ 5:40 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

“We have gained a foothold within the industry by partnering with 42 brands to date. Moving forward we will continue to innovate…” Having spent more than 20 years as a corporate executive in companies backed by prosperous VC firms including Kleiner Perkins, Mohr Davidow and Sequoia Capital, ApplePie Capital CEO… Read More

April 4, 2017 @ 4:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, digital financial services company Ally announced the launch of its new online auto finance marketplace, Clearlane. This new platform notably connects consumers with leading auto finance providers to finance or refinance their vehicles. According to Ally, the Clearlane network includes numerous national, regional and local providers,… Read More

April 4, 2017 @ 3:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Kickstarter announced the launch of Guest Pledging. This new feature will be offered to those who choose not to create an account with the funding portal and will contribute to projects as a Guest. While sharing details about Guest Pledging, Kickstarter stated: “One… Read More