Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

December 1, 2016 @ 3:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

RealtyShares announced on Thursday a total of  $5,144,000 has been raised through its real estate crowdfunding marketplace for the acquisition and development of four free-standing triple net (NNN) leased quick service restaurants in Nashville, Tennessee. According to RealtyShares, the tenants, which includes three Checkers and… Read More

December 1, 2016 @ 1:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, NextGen Crowdfunding announced it is now accepting submissions for its Crowdfunding Video Awards (CVAs). Last month, the company revealed details about the CVAs, which will notably recognize the best pitch videos from both reward and equity crowdfunding campaigns. NextGen stated it is now… Read More

December 1, 2016 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

loanDepot is extending its reach and services by acquiring both Closing USA (CUSA) and American Coast Title (ACT). The pair of acquisitions is designed to boost loanDepot’s national footprint for title, escrow and settlement services which are complimentary to its mortgage lending operation. Upon closing… Read More

December 1, 2016 @ 9:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Honeyfund, a crowdfunding platform dedicated to honeymoons, announced on Thursday the launch of its new universal travel and experience gift card. According to the funding portal, the Honeyfund Gift Card recipients can redeem the card for unlimited travel experiences from top partners including Hotels.com, Delta Air Lines, Royal… Read More

December 1, 2016 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PledgeMusic’s co-founder Malcolm Dunbar has reportedly signed a new long-term deal with the crowdfunding platform and is set to continue as its UK and Europe president, along with other new international duties. According to PledgeMusic, Dunbar’s stewardship has led the crowdfunding platform to its most successful… Read More

November 30, 2016 @ 7:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding is not just for startups. While originally anticipated as a vehicle to fund the next cool startup, crowdfunding is being utilized to finance a growing variety of businesses – large and small – and industries. So why not Oil & Gas? Crudefunders has… Read More

November 30, 2016 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform RealtyShares announced on Wednesday it has appointed Bill Lanting as Vice President of Commercial Debt Originations. Lanting reportedly brings real estate financing experience to RealtyShares and was previously an executive with Radisson and Wyndham Hotels. Nav Athwal, RealtyShares Founder and CEO,… Read More

November 30, 2016 @ 1:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, GoFundMe announced campaigns on its crowdfunding platform raised more than $7.4 million on #GivingTuesday 2016. The website confirmed it was the largest single day of giving in its history. GoFundMe confirmed the campaigns on its platform received a 46% increase in funds from… Read More

November 30, 2016 @ 1:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Funding Wonder Crowd, LLC, a small business lending platform operator, announced on Wednesday it was approved by FINRA (the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) as a licensed Regulation Crowdfunding Portal. Sharing details about the new crowdfunding platform, Michael Mildenberger, CEO of Funding Wonder, stated: “Funding Wonder is… Read More

November 30, 2016 @ 11:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the 2016 #GivingTuesday, YouCaring announced its top 10 crowdfunding campaigns for the annual event, which was held yesterday (November 29th). The top 10 campaigns are listed below. Heat for the Sisters (Peekskill, NY): A group of nuns crowdfund to repair their convent. Yuan’s Dying… Read More

November 30, 2016 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Canaan Partners has filed a Form 4 indicating it has sold shares in Lending Club (NYSE:LC). Canaan was an early investor in Lending Club but over past months the VC firm has been selling shares in the publicly traded online lender. Canaan Partners is a Silicon… Read More

November 30, 2016 @ 8:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

 OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK) announced on Wednesday it appointed Nick Brown as its new Chief Risk Officer. Brown will reportedly oversee the online lender’s credit and risk management strategy and execution, which includes credit and operational risk controls, portfolio monitoring, and the further development and optimization… Read More

November 29, 2016 @ 9:12 pm By Jessica Pham  |  

November is National Entrepreneurship Month and Suffolk University in Boston celebrated by organizing experiential courses on crowdfunding.  During Global Entrepreneurship Week on November 14, students partaking in the programs launched campaigns on Kickstarter and Indiegogo to support their startups.  Seven startups and campaigns have launched… Read More

November 29, 2016 @ 6:00 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

  Managing Director Pepe Borrell has been a force behind financial disruption and innovation in Spain, navigating Spanish, Catalan and British financial regulations and raising international funding for national startups and SMEs. Borrell entered the crowdfunding sector with experience garnered from time spent as a consultant for RJCE,… Read More

November 29, 2016 @ 1:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise has announced that is Income eREIT is “almost sold out” with less than 10% of the $50 million cap available for investors.  The debt based real estate crowdfunding vehicle has recently declared a dividend of 11.25% through December 2016. Fundrise’s eREIT approach has replaced… Read More

November 29, 2016 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

  Immovesting, a Paris-based real estate crowdfunding platform, has initiated pre-funding of deals to help support developers / sponsors listing projects on their platform. The “garantie de collecte” or collection guarantee program assures that funds are received on-time regardless of the funding status. This was… Read More

November 29, 2016 @ 9:24 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK’s largest investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube recently published an updated “Due Diligence Charter”. The document was created to express Crowdcube’s commitment to “investor transparency” and guiding principles. Crowdcube stated; “As a platform approved and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, we review and approve… Read More

November 29, 2016 @ 8:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ron Suber, president of online lender Prosper Marketplace, has joined the advisory board of eOriginal, Inc., a service for businesses that need to verify secure, legally compliant and enforceable electronic asset documentation. Suber, who has over 20 years of sales, marketing, and business development, will reportedly leverage… Read More

November 29, 2016 @ 8:50 am By Jessica Pham  |  

Victor is looking to disrupt the “flying on demand” jet charter market with a similar business model to that of Uber.  The company describes itself as such: “On-Demand Private Jet Charter. The widest choice of jets, times, routes and prices, all at your fingertips, with… Read More

November 29, 2016 @ 8:48 am By Erin Hobey  |  

A team of Finnish Nokia-alumni are tackling the question of how photo editing can become as intuitive and efficient as the act of taking the photos themselves and have lined on a solution:  Loupedeck, a console controller for Adobe Lightroom, which aims to allow for… Read More