Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

January 12, 2017 @ 6:34 am By Erin Hobey  |  

University of Kentucky students, student organizations, faculty and staff may now raise funds for innovative UK programs and initiatives through a new, convenient, university-wide crowdfunding platform — Big Blue Crowdfunding. Planned to go live this week, the crowdfunding service was developed by UK Philanthropy, in partnership… Read More

January 11, 2017 @ 7:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Funding Circle Also Reports it is Now Profitable in the UK. Funding Circle, one of the largest online SME lender’s in the world, has closed on a $100 million funding round. The equity investment was led by Accel with participation from existing investors; Union Square… Read More

January 11, 2017 @ 4:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

  SeedInvest is one of the most prominent investment crowdfunding platforms in the US. A full stack funding platform, SeedInvest lists opportunities from issuers under Reg D (both 506c & 506b), Reg A+, and Reg CF.  The platform boasts a solid community of over 140,000… Read More

January 11, 2017 @ 1:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two weeks after ringing in the new year, Kickstarter reflected on its crowdfunding platform’s 2016 successes. The funding portal revealed that more than 3.5 million of its community members from all over the world supported tens of thousands of independent creators. Kickstarter then… Read More

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

Yesterday we published an article about BrewDog raising £10 million on Crowdcube.  The funding round via Mini-bonds was described as the largest ever on a UK crowdfunding platform.  Later in the day, Crowdfund Insider was contacted by Crowdstacker saying not so fast – they believe… Read More

January 11, 2017 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom has published a study that indicates the young investors are more committed than ever to support British SMEs. Evan as many voted to “Bremain”, young UK investors want to help boost the economic future of the country as it plans its… Read More

January 11, 2017 @ 8:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, global crowdfunding platform GoFundMe announced it has officially acquired CrowdRise, an online fundraising platform for charities and non-profits. According to GoFundMe, CrowdRise will now focus on fundraising for charity and fundraising for individuals will be directed to GoFundMe. The funding portal also noted that… Read More

January 10, 2017 @ 4:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two months after Indiegogo teamed up with MicroVentures to launch its equity crowdfunding platform, campaigns on the platform have successfully secured $1 million in funding. There are currently five initiatives on the website. Indiegogo launched the new equity portal with MicroVentures on November 15th, which… Read More

January 10, 2017 @ 12:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, crowdfunding platform for games Fig announced it hosted four of the top ten most crowdfunded video games of 2016. The funding portal stated that the four titles accounted for nearly two-thirds of the total amount of the ten games. Sharing more details about… Read More

January 10, 2017 @ 12:15 pm By Therese Torris  |  

France is the second largest European crowdfunding market after the UK. We asked the CEOs of France’s leading crowdlending and crowdinvesting platforms to share their hopes, wishes and predictions for the sector in 2017. They expressed their confidence in the sustained growth of their market…. Read More

January 10, 2017 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Invesdor is reporting on progress in Norway.  The equity crowdfunding platform set up shop in Norway in February of 2016 becoming the first licensed platform to launch in the country.  All 3 Norwegian companies received investments from several countries notably from Finland, Sweden, and Germany…. Read More

January 10, 2017 @ 7:36 am By JD Alois  |  

  Boxing Day delivered a special gift to BrewDog and Crowdcube. The Scottish craft brewer closed the largest ever UK crowdfunding round at £10 million.  The funding was listed on Crowdcube and stands as the largest to date. Crowdcube also points out that their record… Read More

January 10, 2017 @ 7:20 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Clínica Dialibre, the first clinic in Spain to specialize in diabetes for children, opened in March 2016 with the mission of setting a milestone in the treatment of diabetes and improving the young patients’ quality of life by personalizing the treatment for each patient. The Clinica… Read More

January 9, 2017 @ 11:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

CoAssets Limited, a Singapore-founded Fintech firm that is listed on the ASX (ASX:CA8), has launched a newly incorporated subsidiary, CoAssets Real Estate (Care) Pte Ltd. CoAssets described the new subsidiary as part of the company’s long-term growth strategy. The new CoAssets subsidiary will provide “a… Read More

January 9, 2017 @ 3:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

MobileCause, a mobile, social and online fundraising platform, announced on Monday it raised $15 million during its Series B funding round, which was led by New York-based technology-focused growth equity firm Level Equity. According to MobileCause, the Series B funding round’s funds will be used… Read More

January 9, 2017 @ 3:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Commercial real estate marketplace lending platform, Money360, announced on Monday it closed a record $35.6 million in commercial real estate loans in December 2016. The marketplace lender revealed that December’s transactions reflect short-term bridge loans for a mix of property types, including retail, office and… Read More

January 9, 2017 @ 12:13 pm By Jessica Pham  |  

Peer to peer lending platform Wellesley has been crowdfunding on Seedrs for almost a month to raise £1.5M (approximately $1.82M). The campaign is currently restricted to Wellesley customers so it is hard to track. Investors have the chance to buy shares in the P2P platform… Read More

January 9, 2017 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AlliedCrowds announced on Monday its 2016 recap and its priorities for the 2017 fiscal year. This information comes less than a month after the company unveiled plans to launch its very own peer-to-peer lending platform, AlliedExchange. The company shared: “With 2016 behind us, we wanted… Read More

January 9, 2017 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Marcus, Goldman Sach’s (NYSE:GS) foray into the universe of online lending, launched late last year. The catch was you had to be “invited” to take out a loan. Management was clearly testing things before the training wheels came off. Today, Marcus is emailing folks to let… Read More

January 9, 2017 @ 9:05 am By Vincent Basulto  |  

Predicting what will transpire in the coming year is always challenging, particularly in relatively nascent and growing industries such as marketplace lending. While surprises are undoubtedly in store for 2017, indications are that certain trends—the growth of bank partnerships and industry consolidation—will continue and accelerate… Read More