Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

June 16, 2016 @ 3:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Crowdfunder UK announced it has formed a partnership with the Dorset County Council to offer up £200,000 to crowdfunding youth projects. According to the crowdfunding platform, the council has set aside an Innovation Fund of £200,000 to provide young people with places to go and… Read More

June 16, 2016 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

WR Hambrecht + Co is a bit of a Silicon Valley legend. Industry icon and firm namesake, Bill Hambrecht, was one of the first bankers to recognize the potential of Silicon Valley tech companies. He went on to help take public a litany of well-known companies… Read More

June 16, 2016 @ 10:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Indiegogo announced its very own Pride Celebration, which will be held at its San Francisco headquarters on June 23rd. The free event’s description reads: “In honor of pride month, Indiegogo is hosting a LGBTQIA Pride Celebration at Indiegogo HQ! It’ll be a chance… Read More

June 16, 2016 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform PeerStreet has updated its platform to “further improve the investing experience.” The feature enhancements include updates to the automated investing tool, instant account funding abilities, a new notification center, payment schedule and a streamlined investing program.  PeerStreet stated the improvements were… Read More

June 16, 2016 @ 8:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, CoAssets announce that it is hosting the 2016 Expo for Property, Investing & Crowdfunding (EPIC) in Singapore next month. The crowdfunding event will take place on July 8th at the Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel. EPIC is described as a 1-day event that informs SMEs and startups on… Read More

June 15, 2016 @ 3:25 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The crowd has a habit for raising its glass (and opening its wallets) for crowdfunding campaigns offering spirits, beer and wines. Whiskey is the focus of today’s campaign. Scottish whiskey. Think Poet Robert Burns.  GlenWyvis Distillery Community Benefit Society, based in the historic Highland town… Read More

June 15, 2016 @ 2:21 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

As expected, more and more brick and mortar operations are casting wider nets for clients, by utilizing fintech and offering more and more of their services online.  Raleigh-based Sageworks, a financial information company that provides loan portfolio and risk management solutions to banks and credit unions,… Read More

June 15, 2016 @ 11:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced it has teamed up with pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, to launch a new initiative called, Project Get Old. Sharing details about the campaign, Indiegogo revealed in a blog post: “Age doesn’t have to dictate our health. If we take care of… Read More

June 15, 2016 @ 10:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs announced that it is set to sponsor the upcoming TechBikers 2016, on June 24th. Described as a 3 day, 320km ride from Paris to London with 70 influencers, hustlers and investors from the UK tech scene, the race is taking… Read More

June 14, 2016 @ 2:45 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

RateSetter, one of the UK’s largest P2P lenders, has announced its foray into small business loans with the aid of government backing, reported the Financial Times. In preparation for its expansion anticipated by this week’s end, Ratesetters hired a specialist team and built a technology platform to support business… Read More

June 14, 2016 @ 2:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Yirendai Ltd. (NYSE: YRD), an online consumer finance marketplace in China, announced on Monday that it has appointed Yang Cao as both chief operating and technology officer. The website revealed that Cao will lead its technology, product and engineering divisions and oversee business operations including customer acquisition, business development and… Read More

June 14, 2016 @ 2:04 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

FinLeap, the startup platform behind Germany’s SolarisBank, has secured €21 million in equity capital to support its fintech incubation program. Next to the founding shareholder Berlin-based HitFox-Group, new institutional investors from the insurance industry took a stake in the company including Hannover Re, the third largest worldwide reinsurer,… Read More

June 14, 2016 @ 1:38 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Australian online lender Marketlend announced that the platform raised $1 million investment in a round lead by fintech entrepreneur Jon Barlow and former KKR Director and Borland Capital founder Mati Szeszkowski, according to Reuters.  The lender will use the new windfall to further automate its technology systems and… Read More

June 14, 2016 @ 10:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peter Hazlehurst, former CEO of Google Payments Corp., announced on Tuesday the beta launch of his new education crowdfunding platform, AngelScholars. According to its description, AngelScholars offers up a crowdfunding solution to the scholarship system providing a new and unconventional way of giving back. “Located in… Read More

June 14, 2016 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Germany represents the fourth largest economy in the world, ahead of the UK and following  the economy of Japan.  The German economy is dominated by the Mittlestand: small and medium-sized companies, many which are family owned, that fuel prosperity with their robust productivity. These smaller… Read More

June 13, 2016 @ 3:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  GoFundMe announced on Monday it is offering up $100,000 to the Orlando shooting victims. The devastating incident took place in at the nightclub, Pulse, and left 49 dead and 53 injured. The crowdfunding platform shared: “Today, GoFundMe donated $100,000 to the campaign supporting victims… Read More

June 13, 2016 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Long-time Orchard Senior Advisor Bill Ullman has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer of the Fintech firm. Ullman has been providing his insight and perspective to Orchard since the firm was founded in 2013.  Ullman, reporting directly to Orchard CEO Matt Burton, will now direct global… Read More

June 13, 2016 @ 7:56 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Armed with an undergraduate degree in Electronics from Dharmsinh Desai University and MBAs from both the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and McGill University, Jaidev Janardana spent 12 years with Capital One, in the US and the UK. He was the CMO for Capital One UK, responsible… Read More

June 13, 2016 @ 7:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Tennis star Andy Murray joined up with Seedrs in June of 2015.  The relationship between Murray and Seedrs was described at the time as a long-term partnership agreement where he would advise the firm on areas of strategic interest. Murray also became an active investor… Read More

June 11, 2016 @ 9:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peer to peer lending platform Zopa announced on Friday that it was named Moneywise Customer Service Awards’ Most Trust Loan Provider for the seventh year in a row. The awards event is described as the “authoritative stamp of approval by the UK consumer,” recognition is given… Read More