Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

January 25, 2017 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, a real estate crowdfunding platform based in Estonia, has added an Auto Invest feature to its investing marketplace. The new feature was said to be launched due to investor demand. The application is pretty straightforward. Following activation, Auto Invest will allocate resources based on… Read More

January 25, 2017 @ 1:30 am By JD Alois  |  

loanDepot challenges the status quo of traditional banking every day. loanDepot has just achieved an impressive milestone.  In the past 7 years since platform launch, loanDepot has now funded $100 billion in home, personal and home equity loans making it a top-five retail mortgage lender… Read More

January 24, 2017 @ 9:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tackling the exit challenge head on, investment crowdfunding platform StartEngine has announced the creation of a secondary market to buy and sell shares in Reg CF and Reg A+ securities. Reg CF, created by Title III of the JOBS Act, allows issuers the ability to… Read More

January 24, 2017 @ 6:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

While it should come as no surprise that Tilt (née CrowdTilt) is on the auction block the suitor sounds a bit odd. Tilt is reportedly in talks with AirBnb to be purchased by the iconic home-sharing platform. First reported by TheInformation, Tilt has been pegged at… Read More

January 24, 2017 @ 4:05 pm By Jessica Pham  |  

Online lending experienced a challenging year in 2016. Regardless of your base of operations, unexpected events created a bumpy ride for many platforms in this sector of finance. Crowdfund Insider last spoke to Zopa CEO Jaidev Janardana in mid-2016, just prior to the UK’s decision… Read More

January 24, 2017 @ 3:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, commercial real estate marketplace lending platform, Money260, announced it hired two new directors, David Christensen and Kenneth Wood, to support the increasing demand in the northeast and northwest regions of the U.S.  According to Money360, Christensen has more than 30 years of industry experience in… Read More

January 24, 2017 @ 1:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform RealtyShares has announced that over $300 million in real estate finance has been raised on its crowdfunding platform. During the fall of 2016, RealtyShares announced they had topped $200 million indicating solid growth in the past several months.  Serving both institutional… Read More

January 24, 2017 @ 8:46 am By JD Alois  |  

UK Bond Network, an alternative finance provider that specializes in structuring and distributing investment opportunities in secured corporate bonds has been authorized by the FCA and HMRC  as an ISA manager. The approval now allows the platform to offer the Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA). Announced in… Read More

January 24, 2017 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Global Alternatives has announced the “relaunch” of Property Crowd. Described as “property crowdfunding 2.0”, the updated platform will now offer cross-border investments in institutional grade real estate opportunities. Property Crowd is now offering professional investors and high net worth individuals (HNWIs) an 11.2% IRR via… Read More

January 23, 2017 @ 6:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding has experienced rapid growth in the US.  Yet most opportunities have been made available only to accredited investors. As securities laws are updated to accommodate the emerging innovation of internet finance traditional methods of funding real estate projects are being disrupted. At… Read More

January 23, 2017 @ 5:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise has posted a page blocker announcing a new feature or application to be revealed soon. While short on details, Ben Miller, CEO and co-founder, states they are preparing to embark on “perhaps our greatest innovation yet.” Fundrise was the first online investment platform to… Read More

January 23, 2017 @ 3:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, equity crowdfunding platform for healthcare, RedCrow, announced  MindChild Medical successfully received FDA approval for a non-invasive fetal heart monitor. The RedCrow-backed company, which was founded in 2008, reportedly submitted a 510(k) in 2012 for its MERIDIAN M110 monitor, which is described as a medical marvel… Read More

January 23, 2017 @ 1:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

  GrowthFountain is the newest entry into the Reg CF crowdfunding space. The platform received its regulatory approval in December and today has officially launched. As of today, 22 platforms have received regulatory approval with one, uFundingPortal, being pulled from the list for operational shortcomings… Read More

January 23, 2017 @ 10:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few months after joining European accelerator Level39, short-term peer-to-peer lending platform Welendus has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The online lender is seeking £300,000. Founded in 2015, Welendus states it aims to re-define the short-term lending market by introducing a peer-to-peer short-term lending platform and… Read More

January 23, 2017 @ 9:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CoAssets Limited, a Singapore-founded Fintech firm that is listed on the ASX (ASX: CA8), announced over the weekend it has invested RMB 1 Million (approx. A$194,000) in Fujian’s Da Xian Bing Internet Technology Ltd (“Da Xian Bing”).  The company stated that the investment, for 10% of Da… Read More

January 23, 2017 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Specialist provider of P2P and marketplace lending products and services, Goji, has announced that Landbay, bond investment platform UK Bond Network, crowd bond provider Downing, and SME-focused P2P platform Peer Funding have each selected their platform to offer the Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA). Goji said… Read More

January 22, 2017 @ 5:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Leveraging a common language and an emerging Fintech regulatory realm that is improving, SoFi is poised to enter the mortgage lending market in Australia. First reported in the Financial Review, SoFi, one of the largest online lenders in the US, is prepping to challenge  Aussie… Read More

January 21, 2017 @ 2:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Following big news of a $100 million funding round, Funding Circle has announced it will stop issuing new loans in Spain. The announcement was posted on the Spanish version site of the SME peer to peer lender noting that it has not offered new loans… Read More

January 21, 2017 @ 1:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced that some of its funded success films are heading to this year’s Sundance and Slamdance festivals. The funding portal shared: “We’re all about starting the New Year off right here at Indiegogo, and that’s just what we’ve been… Read More

January 20, 2017 @ 3:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Crowdcube announced it formed a partnership with UK’s customer acquisition media agency, All Response Media, to support competition for startups, TV Star.  According to Crowdcube, the two winners of the contest will receive a fully funded media and creative TV advertising campaign, which… Read More