Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

August 23, 2016 @ 3:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, the creators of the Indiegogo success, Con Man, will be releasing the web series new mobile game. This debut comes just a month after Alan Tudyk, and Nathan Fillion revealed they might consider doing a movie on the series within the series, Spectrum.  In 2015, Fillion and… Read More

August 23, 2016 @ 11:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lender to SMEs, OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK) announced on Tuesday the launch of its initiative that’s dedicated to helping small business owners with time management. According to the lender, this initiative is considered the first of its kind and is in response to its latest… Read More

August 23, 2016 @ 10:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Innovation Birmingham announced it formed a strategic partnership with equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube as a way to encourage successful fundraising efforts for startups and early stage businesses. This announcement comes just after the completion of Innovation Birmingham’s iCentrum building and the launch of Serendip… Read More

August 23, 2016 @ 10:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, loanDepot announced the closing of its $150 million capital transaction. The online lender revealed it plans to use the funds to continue investments in technology and product development. Sharing details about the transaction, Anthony Hsieh, chairman and CEO at loanDepot, stated: “Capital investment in consumer lending and in the mortgage industry… Read More

August 23, 2016 @ 9:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform iFunding announced on Tuesday it raised $1.95 million in preferred equity for a student housing apartment community which is located in Gainesville, Florida. The investment is being made just as the more than 600 bedroom property prepares to open for occupancy. Sharing details… Read More

August 22, 2016 @ 9:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Patch of Land is offering $4 million in a portfolio of single family rental properties in Utah.  The offer is to refinance a grouping of 36 properties in the Ogden / Salt Lake City metro areas.  The deal is structured as four 24 month loans… Read More

August 22, 2016 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Last week Crowdfund Insider interviewed Sandi Gilbert, CEO and co-founder of SeedUps Canada, on the convoluted regulatory environment established in Canada. The article was in part a follow-up to an earlier article that described the rule-making approach in Canada as Dead in the Water…. Read More

August 22, 2016 @ 1:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

RED Mountain Resort, one of the Western Canada’s oldest resorts, announced it was launching its very own “Testing the Waters” (TTW) campaign on equity crowdfunding platform StartEngine this Tuesday (August 23rd).  Sharing details about the resort RED CEO, Howard Katkov, stated: “RED started as a ski club… Read More

August 22, 2016 @ 12:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Invesdor announced this week that the first annual Helsinki Blockchain Conference is set to be held on August 26th at Microsoft Flux. The funding portal shared the event’s description, which reads: “We are delighted to invite you to Helsinki Blockchain Conference 2016,… Read More

August 22, 2016 @ 12:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform, RealtyMogul.com, announced on Monday it has appointed Sameer Shamsuddin as chief technology officer and Niall Weintraub as vice president of marketing. Both hires are part of the new wave of talent that it joining the funding platform’s Los Angeles office this month. RealtyMogul.com… Read More

August 22, 2016 @ 10:20 am By JD Alois  |  

The Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores  (CNMV) in Spain has approved Arboribus to operate as a Participatory Financing Platform (PFP) joining a growing list of regulated platforms. Arboribus is an online lender providing access to capital for SMEs. A PFP is a new type of… Read More

August 22, 2016 @ 9:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Crowdfunder sat down with CEO of Digitzs, Laura Wagner, to discuss her and her team’s recent crowdfunding success along with key advice for startups. Earlier this year, Digitzs took to the equity funding platform to raise funds with Shark Tank alum, Kevin Harrington. During its funding… Read More

August 22, 2016 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform investiere.ch has closed a series B funding round led by Swiss bank Zürcher Kantonalbank. Existing shareholders and other angels also participted in the round.  The bank now becomes a “significant minority shareholder” in the crowdfunding platform. The investment totaled CHF 3.5 million… Read More

August 22, 2016 @ 7:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Dubai-based Eureeca has released a statement following their successful self-crowdfunding round where they raised $400,000 in 12 days. Sam Quawasmi, co-CEO and co-founder, called the event an important one for platform growth.  Today Eureeca has over 12,000 active investors from 42 different countries. “This year has… Read More

August 21, 2016 @ 6:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bondora, a European peer to peer lender based in Estonia, has been on a big push to bring greater clarity and transparency to their lending platform. The initiative is not a requirement but a strategic decision to drive investor confidence and utilization. Last month, Crowdfund… Read More

August 20, 2016 @ 11:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Kickstarter announced the launch of its new prototype gallery feature. The crowdfunding platform revealed its design and technology creators are now able to share their earliest sketches and latest prototypes, trace the evolution of their ideas and the iterative process behind bringing their projects… Read More

August 19, 2016 @ 3:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Elan Lee, co-creator of the highly addicting card game Exploding Kittens and former chief design officer of Xbox, announced this week that he is currently working on a new kind of crowdfunding project. He decided to start backing various projects just to write about what they do, what kind… Read More

August 19, 2016 @ 2:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

  A few weeks back Crowdfund Insider published an article on the regulatory environment in Canada that labeled new crowdfunding securities exemptions as “Dead in the Water“.  In brief, regulators in multiple provinces have enacted rules that were ostensibly created to foster entrepreneurship and access… Read More

August 19, 2016 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, crowdfunding platform GoFundMe announced campaigns that participated in its Teacher Appreciation Week competition successfully captured $1.2 million. This news comes just one day after the funding portal declared it was giving a $50 donations to education campaigns on its crowdfunding platform and announced… Read More

August 19, 2016 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kimbia, the single-day crowdfunding event platform for nonprofit organizations and higher education institutions, announced on Friday it has appointed Mark Perkins as its new CEO. Prior to assuming his new role at Kimbia, Perkins assumed leadership roles at various companies, including Tenure Holdings and Leasing Group and… Read More