Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

May 26, 2016 @ 8:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Latvia-based Twino is celebrating its one year anniversary.  After 12 months of operation, the peer to peer lending platform states it has originated over €22 million in loans.  Twino says their rapid growth makes them the “fastest growing platform in Europe.  Investors have earned approximately €325,000 in… Read More

May 26, 2016 @ 8:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Commercial property lender Proplend has reduced their required minimum investment from £5000 to £1000.  The move is expected to broaden their investor base while making it easier for existing investors to create a more diversified portfolio of loans.  Going forward, all new loans will be… Read More

May 25, 2016 @ 6:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

TrustBuddy, a peer to peer lending platform that spectacularly collapsed into bankruptcy last year, has been in the hands of bankruptcy trustees since its demise.  The entire saga became a cautionary note on the emerging online lending industry. Trustbuddy, a publicly traded entity, entered a… Read More

May 25, 2016 @ 10:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Indiegogo announced it has joined forces with Dutch brewing company, Heineken, for a new project known as The Cities Project. The global crowdfunding platform stated residents in New York, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles and Honolulu are invited to submit projects they care about through Heineken’s Facebook page…. Read More

May 25, 2016 @ 9:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, crowdfunding platform GoFundMe released new data highlighting the giving community in Iowa. Iowans have started over 15,000 GoFundMe campaigns, raising $13.1 million from nearly 215,000 total donations. The GoFundMe team stated that the Des Moines Metro Area is considered the largest funding community in Iowa and has… Read More

May 25, 2016 @ 8:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Sweden-based investment crowdfundin platform FundedByMe messaged its intent to start operations in Southeast Asia with the opening of an office in Singapore several years back. FundedByme became the first European-based platform to receive a license to operate in the region when the Securities Commission Malaysia approved… Read More

May 24, 2016 @ 11:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fintech in Mexico continues to grow as Konfio has closed on an $8 million Series A funding round. Konfio is an online lender that finances micro-businesses in Latin America. Their mission is to boost regional economies with loans for young, promising businesses. The new funding… Read More

May 24, 2016 @ 2:56 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Jirnexu, a bank and insurance company tech solution provider formally known as Saving Plus, raised $3M in Series A funding, according to a release. Funding will be used to drive product development, geographic expansion and recruitment across Southeast Asia, with Malaysia and Indonesia as priority… Read More

May 24, 2016 @ 2:02 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Philip Walker has decided to head to the UK after ten years guiding San Francisco tech start ups to join Crowdfunder as its new CFO. Tapped by Software Cornwall, a non-profit company that aims to develop the digital technology community in Cornwall, Crowdfunder UK Director Phil Geraghty commented on the… Read More

May 24, 2016 @ 9:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Online lender to SMEs, OnDeck (NYSE:ONDK) announced it was expanding lending Canada’s small businesses by including a line of credit up to CAD$50,000 and loan term up to CAD$250,000 to help meet the growing needs of the country’s 1.1 million small businesses. In… Read More

May 24, 2016 @ 7:59 am By JD Alois  |  

AssetAvenue has added another product to its portfolio mix: 30 year fixed rate loans. The real estate crowdfunding platform has added the new product due to customer demand.  The new mortgage option may be used to purchase single family homes, rental properties, multi-tenant, condos and… Read More

May 24, 2016 @ 7:35 am By JD Alois  |  

ArchOver and GapCap have formed a strategic agreement where the two platforms will share future business opportunities. While not a merger, the Service Level Agreement (SLA) appears to be a step in that direction.  Both ArchOver and GapCap provide financing secured by receivables. ArchOver is a… Read More

May 23, 2016 @ 10:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

P2P lender i2iFunding has raised 2 crore (about $300,000 USD) from unnamed angel investors to expand their operations.  Several weeks back, the Reserve Bank of India released a consultation paper on peer to peer lending indicating potential capital requirements. The additional funding should help i2iFunding… Read More

May 23, 2016 @ 4:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE:LC) has been pounded by bad news this month. Following the announcement that founder and CEO Renaud Laplanche had resigned for alleged improprieties at the online lender, the bad news avalanche began.  One day it was a subpoena, the next it was a… Read More

May 23, 2016 @ 3:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Title III crowdfunding kicked off a week ago today (May 16th).  The launch of retail crowdfunding took a long, circuitous route to realization with much discussion and debate along the way.  The platforms that are leveraging the new securities exemption believe it is a viable… Read More

May 23, 2016 @ 9:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs recently announced its new fee structure for raising funds, known as Seedrs Nominee. The company stated, after listening to entrepreneur and investor feedback, it is looking for ways to make its portal more effective for everyone. Seedrs revealed the new simple tiered… Read More

May 23, 2016 @ 8:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CoAssets (NSX:CAX), launched as a real estate crowdfunding platform in Singapore, announced on Monday its new risk-free crowdfunding that is available for Aussie investors. Following last month’s launch of the CoAssets Australia website in April 2016, CoAssets revealed it is offering new users the chance to trial… Read More

May 23, 2016 @ 8:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Leading UK based investment crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom has closed its self-crowdfunding round having raised £3.1 million in growth capital.  The oversubscribed Series A round beat its original target of raising £2.3 million – a number that was topped in just 10 hours.  The offer benefited… Read More

May 23, 2016 @ 7:51 am By JD Alois  |  

  Peer to peer lending platform Zopa has announced a new partnership with Unshackled to provide 2-year loans for consumers that seek to finance a mobile phone instead of purchasing the device. This new announcement follows news last week that Zopa was moving into the £12… Read More

May 23, 2016 @ 7:31 am By JD Alois  |  

  RealtyMogul.com has topped $200 million in debt and equity in funded real estate crowdfunding. The platform is now the first site to surpass the $200 million milestone for US-based real estate finance.  The company also revealed it has now returned $40 million, in both… Read More