Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

November 15, 2016 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

P2Binvestor (P2Bi), a marketplace lender that provides working capital through a crowdfunding model, has raised $7.7 Million in Series A1 funding led by Rockies Venture Club (RVC), the largest angel investor network in Colorado and Future Venture Capital Co, Ltd. (FVC), a Japanese venture capital… Read More

November 14, 2016 @ 10:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingHome is a niche online lender that is focused on the mortgage market. In a relatively short period of time, LendingHome has gone from zero to well over $700 million in residential mortgages. The mortgage market is huge. FBR& Co. recently estimated that $1.9 trillion… Read More

November 14, 2016 @ 5:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, online lender Prosper Marketplace announced its board of directors has named former CFO David Kimball as the new CEO after Aaron Vermut stepped down from the position. Vermut notably served as the CEO of Prosper since March 2014, and the platform reported that he would… Read More

November 14, 2016 @ 1:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

SeedInvest has listed its first side-by-side crowdfunding offer using two different exemptions. SeedInvest has listed Wolfprint 3D, a company that has created a proprietary 3D scanning booth that works autonomously. The booth uses 6 high quality off-the-shelf cameras to create detailed and realistic 3D scans… Read More

November 14, 2016 @ 8:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, FundedByMe announced iTalent’s campaign, which is the second initiative on its Malaysia crowdfunding platform, has secured 310% of its €86,500 funding target. The company has reportedly registered interest to invest from investors in 73 different countries. iTalent is described as an Enterprise Digital… Read More

November 14, 2016 @ 8:04 am By JD Alois  |  

OFF3R has relaunched its updated site that allows investors to access peer to peer lending, property / equity crowdfunding and managed investment platforms in a single application. The multi-channel platform was said to have received a “total overhaul” for both its desktop and mobile version…. Read More

November 12, 2016 @ 3:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

StreetShares, an online lender providing access to capital for SMEs, announced this week its new self-titled foundation announced its Veterans Small Business Awards. The organization teamed up with JP Morgan Chase to provide up to $10,000 each month to vets who own a business. StreetShares revealed… Read More

November 11, 2016 @ 3:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based Monexo announced this week it is looking to expand its peer-to-peer lending operations in the city of Kolkata. Founder and CEO of Monexo, Mukesh Bubna confirmed that the lender is going to start with services for personal loans.  Bubna revealed: “We have taken an… Read More

November 11, 2016 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a leading online mortgage lender in the UK, has announced the speaker line-up for the inaugural Property Development Academy course, scheduled for today and tomorrow (November 11th & 12th).  LendInvest announced this new initiative this past fall as a way to help small developers… Read More

November 11, 2016 @ 8:07 am By JD Alois  |  

MoolahSense , a P2P lender, has received a full Capital Markets Services (CMS) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).  The CMS license, issued today, was for “dealing in securities”.  MoolahSense reports that is is the “first marketplace lending platform in Singapore to be granted… Read More

November 11, 2016 @ 7:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Assetz Capital has reported that investors have now earned £15 million in gross interest since platform launch in 2013.  The P2P lender has focused on provide access to capital for UK SMEs while give investors a viable investment alternative. Assetz Capital… Read More

November 10, 2016 @ 10:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peer-to-peer lender, China Rapid Finance, announced on Wednesday its platform has exceeded one million borrowers and it facilitated 8.8 million loans in total as of October 31st. Sharing details about the new milestone, Dr. Zane Wang, CEO of China Rapid Finance, stated: “Serving more than one million borrowers is… Read More

November 10, 2016 @ 9:58 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Currently Russia’s emerging crowdfunding sector accounts for less than 500 million rubles (USD 7,748,755) in total liabilities, and shows disproportion of different segments and high volatility. The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has initiated a working group of market experts from more than ten local crowdfunding platforms for the development… Read More

November 10, 2016 @ 8:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Invesdor is celebrating the “first” European company to provide an exit by IPO as shares trade on Nasdaq First North Helsinki (ISIN FI4000127527) . Heeros Oyj raised €3.4m from 700 retail investors with its IPO on the Invesdor crowdfunding platform. that took place this past October. In… Read More

November 10, 2016 @ 8:00 am By Jessica Pham  |  

Uplift, Inc. has announced a partnership with The Mark Travel Corporation and Golden Nugget to make low-cost travel financing available to millions of consumers. Uplift is a platform that  seeks to give users looking to travel the option to “buy now, pay later” by providing installment… Read More

November 10, 2016 @ 8:00 am By Jessica Pham  |  

Blackmoon Financial Group, an online lending platform that connects balance sheet lenders with institutional investors looking to purchase new loans, announced today its latest round of funding; $2.5 million in equity capital from Target Global, A&NN Group, Flint Capital, and several private investors. Blackmoon intends to use the new round… Read More

November 10, 2016 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Jason Schenker, a well known financial expert and forecasting guru, has joined Fintech startup Newchip as CFO.  Schenker, according to his bio, has been ranked #1 Forecaster in the world by Bloomberg News in 19 categories since 2010. In total, Bloomberg News has ranked Schenker… Read More

November 10, 2016 @ 7:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Property Partner, a UK Real Estate Crowdfunding Platform, Updates on Results of Secondary Market for Property Shares Property Partner, a crowdfunding platform for UK real estate, has said that £10 million of shares in property have been exchanged on their unique secondary marketplace. Stating “bricks… Read More

November 9, 2016 @ 2:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

uFundingPortal, a Regulation CF crowdfunding platform that was, until recently, a regulated and FINRA approved platform has been shut down. Today, the site is gone and has been removed from the list of FINRA approved platforms indicative of some sort of transgression regulators could not tolerate…. Read More

November 9, 2016 @ 1:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the closing of Heeros Oyj’s IPO subscription period on Invesdor last week, the funding portal’s co-founder and CEO, Lasse Mäkelä, declared more than 700 investors participated during the round. He announced on Twitter earlier this week: More than 700 investors participated in #Heeros #IPO via @Invesdor – Congrats!… Read More