Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

June 29, 2016 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE:LC) held its annual shareholder meeting yesterday making several announcements including the appointment of Scott Sanborn as CEO, making his position permanent instead of temporary. The largest marketplace lending platform in the US explained to shareholders that many investors paused in May but… Read More

June 29, 2016 @ 3:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, investment crowdfunding platform Crowd of Angels announced the launch of its new growth funding round. The website is seeking a minimum of £196,000 (max £700,000) as it prepares to expand. Crowd for Angels reported it has helped to raise over £1.1 million for small growing companies… Read More

June 28, 2016 @ 10:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ferratum has launched peer-to-peer lending in the Czech Republic – Attractive opportunity for investors to participate in credit portfolios Ferratum, a mobile consumer loan and small business lender, has launched its new peer-to-peer lending platform FerratumP2P. Ferratum announced in 2015 it had selected Mambu to power… Read More

June 28, 2016 @ 2:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, RealtyShares unveiled interesting data on crowdfunding projects that originate from the state of Florida. The website reports that it has leveraged its network of 20,000 investors to help fund more than 200 properties in Florida for $28.1 million. Mark Masterson, director of investments… Read More

June 28, 2016 @ 1:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the UK’s vote to depart from the European Union (EU), the team at crowdfunding portal, RealtyShares, revealed their thoughts about the shocking decision. Arash Sotoodehnia, RealtyShares chief credit officer, stated: “The uncertainty around what happens next as Britain begins the process of negotiating her… Read More

June 28, 2016 @ 12:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Israel’s equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd announced the dates for its third annual Global Investor Summit. Sharing details about the event, the OurCrowd team explained: “The OurCrowd Global Investor Summit is one of the leading events in the Israeli high-tech industry. Over the last… Read More

June 28, 2016 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Bizfi has received a $20 million investment from Metropolitan Equity Partners.  Details on the exact structure of the investment was not provided.  The investment by Metropolitan is an increase from the $65 million committed by the company this past December. Bizfi is an aggregation platform… Read More

June 28, 2016 @ 10:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last Friday, Dreamfunded was presented the “Equity Crowdfunding Platform of the Year” at the 3rd anniversary of Live Sharks Tank in San Francisco. According to the funding portal, the Equity CrowdFunding Platform of the Year award honors websites that notably “transform” equity crowdfunding into the industry standard… Read More

June 28, 2016 @ 7:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE:LC) will be holding its annual meeting today.  Originally the meeting was scheduled for June 7th, the annual meeting was rescheduled for today (June 28, 2016) as it was not yet in a position to provide its shareholders a complete report on the… Read More

June 28, 2016 @ 7:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Scott Sanborn, previously named “Temporary” Chief Executive Officer of Lending Club (NYSE:LC), may now remove the temporary portion of his title.  Sanborn is now the CEO of Lending Club following a decision by the Board of Directors.  The Board has tasked Sanborn with transforming the… Read More

June 27, 2016 @ 12:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

SunDown, a regional entrepreneur ecosystem based in Ohio, has created an investment club on Wefunder.  In a note to followers SunDown stated they were into the equity crowdfunding game to help invsetors “de-risk” their participation. SunDown stated; “The new equity crowdfunding rules and platforms are going… Read More

June 27, 2016 @ 11:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This weekend equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd announced the opening of its new office, which is located in the city of Herzliya. The location will reportedly have 15 employees and will be responsible for the portal’s engineering and product development. OurCrowd founder and CEO, Jon Medved revealed:… Read More

June 27, 2016 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Research consultancy Forrester is making some pretty dire predictions regarding Brexit collateral damage. In a blog post this weekend, Forrester stated; “Digital and customer-facing talent will migrate out of the UK,” and “Product and delivery innovation will slow”. Forrester cautions that a “customer-focused agenda is… Read More

June 27, 2016 @ 9:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just days after the UK’s voters made the surprising decision to leave the European Union (EU), Finland’s equity crowdfunding platform, Invesdor, weighed in on the big vote. The funding portal’s communications manager, Mikko Savolainen, revealed in a blog post: “Late last week, the UK voted… Read More

June 27, 2016 @ 8:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help athletes from all over the world reach their Olympic dreams, GoFundMe announced on Monday its new global competition for those looking to achieve the gold at the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.  The crowdfunding portal revealed the Olympian who secures the most… Read More

June 27, 2016 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunder (US) announced this past spring its intent to launch a diversified VC fund for early stage companies. Crowdfunder stated at that time; “The Fund invests $100,000 into startups backed by top VCs at their same terms. Once the Fund invests in a startup, our online… Read More

June 27, 2016 @ 7:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Commercial mortgage marketplace lender LendInvest saw its ARC Ratings affirmed receiving a Limited SQ1 Servicer Quality rating, with stable outlook. Revealed last Friday, ARC stated; “LendInvest, the mortgage marketplace lender, was previously accorded a public SQ1 Servicer Quality rating on 23rd June 2015. Over the past… Read More

June 26, 2016 @ 11:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundnel, a collaborative crowdfunding investment platform based in Singapore, has formed a partnership with the Business Angel Network Southeast Asia (BANSEA), to pool resources and boost deal flow.  BANSEA ONE, backed by BANSEA and Fundnel, will become a key investor in early stage companies in… Read More

June 25, 2016 @ 3:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, has joined a group of investors, advisors and agricultural industry leaders to help launch Radicle, a new AgTech focused accelerator. Radicle was founded by AgTech venture capital firm Finistere Ventures, Cloud Break Advisors and a a group of founders including Bayer, DuPont… Read More

June 25, 2016 @ 8:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the UK’s unexpected decision to leave the European Union (EU), co-founder of Crowdcube, Luke Lang, shared the equity crowdfunding portal’s reaction to the decision. As previously reported, the UK continues to remain in collective shock as the largely unexpected result of the EU referendum will… Read More