Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

February 7, 2016 @ 7:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Don’t Bank. SoFi. The marketplace lender doesn’t want to change the banking industry. It wants to eliminate it completely. Having raised a mere billion dollars last year, SoFi has decided to spend a few dimes on promoting its message around the country. And what better… Read More

February 7, 2016 @ 1:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Leading marketplace lending platform Prosper acquired an Israeli startup towards the end of 2015 called BillGuard.  BillGuard’s service allows consumers to track their spending across many accounts, budget effectively, and protect their money from wrongful charges while monitoring a user’s credit score. It may also… Read More

February 7, 2016 @ 11:21 am By JD Alois  |  

AngelsDen has been on a steady trajectory of growth for the past several years. The migration from analogue funding to digitally raising money online appears to be doing rather well.  In 2015, AngelsDen raised approximately £11 million for 60 deals with the backing of 13,000 investors…. Read More

February 7, 2016 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Origin Capital announced it’s new real estate crowdfunding platform in September of 2015. Origin is a real estate investment management firm with approximately $500 million of real estate under management.  At the time of the announcement, Origin stated they wanted to facilitate far greater access for… Read More

February 6, 2016 @ 7:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hanwha, one of the largest conglomerate companies in South Korea, has launched a partnership with Dianrong a leading peer to peer lender in China. The as of yet named entity will open an office in Singapore later this month. Hanwha is a Chaebol that formed an technology… Read More

February 5, 2016 @ 3:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Despite announcing its new creator academies for this year’s One Spark Festival less than two months ago, it appears the company has decided to nix the plans for the accelerating programs for now. According to The Florida Times Tribute, One Spark revealed it created creator academies… Read More

February 5, 2016 @ 2:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sensible Lender, a UK peer to peer lending platform, has made the jump from auctioned interest rates to fixed rates set by the online lender. Sensible is not the first to make this change. In fact, one of the largest platforms in the UK, Funding… Read More

February 5, 2016 @ 1:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Offering up some advice for potential and existing crowdfunding campaign organizers, Crowdcube and Eureka Communications consultant, Ariane Comstive, revealed the importance of investors relations in a new blog post. The UK-based equity crowdfunding portal and Comstive shared: “You spent a lot of time and effort… Read More

February 5, 2016 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

As part of the ongoing shakeup at GLI Finance (LSE:GLIF), FundingKnight has posted it will no longer receive credit from GLI. FundingKnight is a smaller, peer to peer lender in the UK that has facilitated approximately £30 million in loans.  GLI holds 24% of the… Read More

February 5, 2016 @ 8:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Chinese crowdfunding platform KaiStart announced this week they had closed on a Series “A+” funding  round led by Matrix Partners and Vision Capital. At the end of 2015, KaiStart had revealed it had raised $5.2 million from a broad group of investors including; Incapital, Meridian… Read More

February 5, 2016 @ 12:16 am By JD Alois  |  

  Fundnel (pronounced like Funnel) is one of several investment crowdfunding platforms that have launched in Singapore over the past year. But even though there are a growing number of sites entering the internet finance space, Fundnel claims the title of Asia’s first collaborative fundraising platform… Read More

February 4, 2016 @ 4:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Money360, a commercial real estate online marketplace lending platform, today announced a strategic relationship with Millennium Alternative Investment Network (MAIN), an efficient end-to-end solution that offers investors access to an increasing range of alternative investments. Starting this year, accredited investors will be able to access… Read More

February 4, 2016 @ 10:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, real estate crowdfunding platform iFunding announced that it has hit a new milestone. The portal revealed that it returned over $5 million of capital to investors during 2015’s calendar year. Founder and CEO of iFunding, William Skelley, shared: “The entire team is excited… Read More

February 4, 2016 @ 10:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the closing of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, Kickstarter offered up some details about its experience at this year’s big event. The crowdfunding giant shared: “We’re dusting off the snow from our parkas and boots this week as the Kickstarter Film team settles back… Read More

February 4, 2016 @ 5:03 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Fintech opportunities are percolating in southeast Asia. Earlier this week, the Silicon-based venture capital firm, Sequoia Capital, closed a $920 M fund capital to invest majorly in Indian startups along with South East Asian companies.  With the reserve bank actively studying peer lending, this part of the globe… Read More

February 3, 2016 @ 3:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs announced it is joining the Mayor of London’s International Programme. The programme reportedly offers mentoring, expert advice and real business opportunities for high-growth companies in the life sciences, technology and urban sectors. We’re excited to be joining the Mayor’s International… Read More

February 3, 2016 @ 3:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a year and a half after securing £121,000 on Crowdcube, CEO and founder of UK startup Blanco Nino, Philip Martin, sat down with the equity crowdfunding platform to share details about the company’s growth and future plans. During the interview, Martin offered up… Read More

February 3, 2016 @ 2:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, PledgeMe co-founder Anna Guenther announced a new program for the platform called “CrowdfundingU.” Guenther took to the crowdfunding portal’s blog and wrote: “Team PledgeMe has learned a lot over the last year. And now with 12 equity campaigns funded (out of 19… Read More

February 3, 2016 @ 12:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform, iFunding, announced on Wednesday it has hired Daniel Drew as Vice President and Head of Real Estate. He will be in charge of expanding the organization’s business development and platform offerings for investors and institutions. Drew  joins the iFunding team from… Read More

February 3, 2016 @ 11:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, real estate crowdfunding platform, Wealth Migrate, announced it has closed a $13.1 million two-phase deal for the acquisition of two Atlanta medical office buildings  This deal marks the third of the portal’s medical property deals in the city. Wealth Migrate CEO of Global… Read More