Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

March 14, 2017 @ 7:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The Australasian rewards-based crowdfunding platform Pozible has joined the Certified B Corp movement. Pozible, the largest platform of its kind in Australia,  has announced is is joining a growing group of businesses that believe in generating a positive impact on the world and “durable prosperity… Read More

March 14, 2017 @ 12:08 pm By Spencer Li  |  

One of the fundamental differences between Chinese and US lending platforms can be found just by examining the home pages of their websites. Most, if not all, US platforms’ landing pages are targeted at borrowers and exhibit mainly information around borrowing whereas, on those of… Read More

March 14, 2017 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

VentureFounders, a crowdfunding platform that targets sophisticated investor, has surpassed £40 million in funding after 2 years of operation.  The company explains that 85% of the portfolio has the backing of venture capital firms and that 87% of all issuers listed on the site have… Read More

March 14, 2017 @ 6:03 am By Erin Hobey  |  

With thirteen days remaining on its campaign, Place to Plug has raised over 80 percent of its goal from over 72 Crowdcube Spain investors.  To date the campaign has raised just over 81,140€ for 20.00% equity; 20,000€ is the largest investment to date. Place to Plug, headquartered… Read More

March 14, 2017 @ 5:00 am By JD Alois  |  

ID Finance has integrated with Blackmoon and is now executing investment transactions via the Russian online lending platform. ID Finance is a data science, credit scoring and “nonbank digital lending as an application” provider. ID Finance has is currently operating in Russia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Poland, Spain and Brazil…. Read More

March 13, 2017 @ 5:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Indiegogo announced seven films that were funded through its crowdfunding platform will be premiere at the 2017 SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. The event kicked off last weekend. “Every year, thousands of people flock to Austin to network, enjoy the BBQ and watch some of… Read More

March 13, 2017 @ 2:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CapitalRise, a London-based property investment platform, announced on Monday it is launching an Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) wrapper for residential property. According to the platform, the new IFISA allows savers to invest a minimum of £1,000 and up to £15,240 in the current tax year (rising to £20,000 in the… Read More

March 13, 2017 @ 12:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global Debt Registry (GDR), a company that provides loan data validation expertise, has announced the addition of online lending platform Avant to its verification network. Avant offers access to unsecured personal loans ranging from $1,000-$35,000 with funding as soon as the next business day. The online lender… Read More

March 13, 2017 @ 11:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the weekend, Indiegogo revealed the importance of diversity and inclusion on its crowdfunding platform. The company announced that over 700,000 from 223 countries and territories have used its funding portal since its launch in 2008. “We started Indiegogo because when all ideas from all kinds… Read More

March 13, 2017 @ 2:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Businessagent and Crowdrating have partnered join forces to provide UK equity crowdfunding risk ratings. The new joint venture was said to represent a “significant step forward” in transparency for UK crowdfunding. Businessagent is an FCA regulated equity crowdfunding and peer-to-peer aggregator. Crowdrating provides independent research and… Read More

March 11, 2017 @ 10:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding platform Republic hosted a “mixer” event to help educate companies considering raising capital online. The event included the participation of Georgia Quinn, a Senior Contributor to Crowdfund Insider, who is also the CEO and co-founder of iDisclose – an online tool designed to streamlined… Read More

March 10, 2017 @ 10:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

P2P lender RateSetter announced on Friday it has updated its performance statistics. According to the lending platform, a new set of fields on the Performance by year means investors may now view the amount lent by year, which is broken down by lending type. The… Read More

March 10, 2017 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced on Thursday it is making its way to the 2017 SXSW festival, which kicked off on Friday and will run until March 19th in Austin, Texas. “Every year, some of the coolest people doing the coolest things descend on Austin… Read More

March 9, 2017 @ 2:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

NextGen Crowdfunding announced on Thursday the third round winners of the Crowdfunding Video Awards (CVAs). As previously reported, the CVAs provides campaign organizers new ways to promote crowdfunding campaigns and products to backers as well as potential investors. Season one of the CVAs kicked off on January… Read More

March 9, 2017 @ 2:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Yirendai (NYSE: YRD) announced the launch of its new open technology platform, Yirendai Enabling Platform (YEP), during the 2017 LendIt USA Conference, which was held earlier this week in New York City. According to Yirendai, the new platform enables part companies to utilize its data… Read More

March 9, 2017 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, the Crowdfunding Centre announced it has opened its all-female BizFunding Accelerator. The launch of the program comes after Facebook’s #SheMeansBusiness campaign revealed the main barriers to women starting a business are around raising money and financial security. According to program co-founder/director, Kay Klug, the key… Read More

March 9, 2017 @ 9:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marketplace lender, LendingHome, announced on Thursday it has launched its next-generation one-stop online mortgage that is designed specifically for the needs of first-time homebuyers. The online lender claims that its online mortgage is the first to prioritize the customer experience by putting control over the process… Read More

March 9, 2017 @ 8:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowd for Angels announced on Wednesday it launched its first “crowd bonds,”  which are described as specially created secured, high-interest products that are eligible for its new Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA). Introduced by the government in April last year, the IFISA allows investors to earn… Read More

March 9, 2017 @ 8:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendIt, the global lending and fintech conference series, held its first annual awards on Tuesday in New York City. As previously reported, The organization stated out of hundreds of applicants worldwide; the selected finalists were placed in 18 categories, which notably celebrate fintech market leaders, emerging… Read More

March 9, 2017 @ 7:33 am By JD Alois  |  

  Leading investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has now crowdfunded 50 deals of £1 million or more. Cauli Rice, a company that has used Crowdcube to raise capital in the past, closed its funding round at £1.4 million backed by 1038 investors.  Crowdcube pointed out that… Read More