Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

February 3, 2016 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Direct lender Credibly has secured a $70 million credit facility to meet “enormous demand” from SMEs seeking capital. SunTrust Brank led the financing committing $50 million and AloStar joining as “first participant” with an additional $20 million. According to Credibly, the terms of the agreement… Read More

February 3, 2016 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding, for both debt and equity, is a natural fit between technology and asset class. While so much digital ink is dedicated to early stage companies raising capital online, it is the real estate sector that has captured most of the deal flow… Read More

February 2, 2016 @ 3:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, crowdfunding platform Acquire Real Estate announced it recently closed a funding round for 57 Littlefield Street, a $16.5 million industrial property located in Avon, Massachusetts. The project attracted a dozen investors from across the U.S. that contributed between $3,000 and $100,000 in investments. Acquire Real Estate… Read More

February 2, 2016 @ 3:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Kickstarter introduced “Projects We Love” Badges feature to its widely popular crowdfunding platform. The Kickstarter crew declared: “To date, there have been more than 280,000 creative projects on Kickstarter — phew! Whether you’re a backer looking to find great ideas, or a creator looking… Read More

February 2, 2016 @ 2:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Double Fine closed the crowdfunding campaign on Fig for its highly anticipated video game, Psychonauts 2.  According to the campaign page, the initiative raised over $3.8 million from 24,000 backers. A portion of the funding is part of an equity crowdfunding offer under Regulation A+,… Read More

February 2, 2016 @ 11:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Crowdfunder UK’s marketing manager, Jess Ratty,  revealed some tips on how to launch crowdfunding projects as part of the platform’s series, Bootcamp 2016. As previously reported, the reward-based crowdfunding platform stated that Bootcamp is an intensive three-week campaign, hosted by the Crowdfunder Academy to get new… Read More

February 2, 2016 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Rock Holdings, the parent company of Quicken Loans, has  updated its newest brand. RocketLoans, built from the ground up, has migrated from mortgages to personal loans thus making a bigger commit to internet finance.  Consumers may now borrow up to $35,000 with fixed interest rates for… Read More

February 2, 2016 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, commercial real estate crowdfunding platform, iFunding, announced it has completed preferred equity financing for the construction of an 118-unit multifamily building, Eviva Midtown, in the Midtown District of downtown Sacramento, CA. The total project cost is $41 million. According to the funding portal,… Read More

February 2, 2016 @ 9:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Crowdcube caught up with one of its members, Rick Fish, to discuss his investing experience through the UK-based crowdfunding platform. The Crowdcube team shared: “Our next investor is Rick Fish, who is 39 and lives in North London. After spending almost 20 years… Read More

February 2, 2016 @ 6:13 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Capital Cell is the first European equity crowdfunding platform specializing in biotech and  life sciences startups and companies.  Capital Cell links with entrepreneurs seeking funding with investors who want to invest their money in projects with a high growth potential. To date the Barcelona-based equity crowdfunding platform founded in 2015… Read More

February 2, 2016 @ 4:44 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Creditnation.in, a lending platform which combines credit advisory, analytics, process automation and last-mile connectivity, has announced that it has raised angel round funding for an undisclosed amount.  The platforms deals primarily in credit cards, loan against property, housing, personal, auto and business loans, and have already partnered… Read More

February 1, 2016 @ 5:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Indie Crowd Funder has announced its intent to launch Title III investment crowdfunding specifically for independent filmmaking.  Portal rules and requirements were finalized by both the SEC and FINRA last week opening up the door for platforms to register their intent, and join FINRA, to… Read More

February 1, 2016 @ 2:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Beepi, the fast-growing marketplace that is probably the future of buying and selling used cars, has added some impressive names to its board of advisors. Announced today are the following additions: Larry Summers – former Secretary of the Treasury. He also served as President of Harvard… Read More

February 1, 2016 @ 11:21 am By JD Alois  |  

As reported in December, the Chinese peer to peer lender Ezubao (Ezubo), launched by Yucheng in 2014,  was shuttered by authorities as employees were questioned and managers were arrested by police.  Now Xinhua and other news outlets are providing details that are shaking up the… Read More

February 1, 2016 @ 9:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer t0 peer lender Assetz Capital has revealed it has secured funding from “a number of financial institutions” and will be providing access to capital for UK SMEs.  Assetz Capital provides a variety of products including commercial mortgages, SME term loans, development finance, bridge loans,… Read More

January 31, 2016 @ 10:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a global equity crowdfunding platform, hosted over three thousand investors, startups and corporate partners from 50 different countries at their second Annual Summit last week. Founder and CEO Jon Medved opened up the event with a presentation that encapsulated his platform’s success while sharing a… Read More

January 31, 2016 @ 9:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

C2FO, a market for working capital, has added Citi Ventures to its list of investors that already includes recognizable names such as Union Square Ventures, Temasek, Tiger Global and more. C2FO creates an exchange where companies with excess cash may drive higher rates of return… Read More

January 30, 2016 @ 7:06 pm By Weiyang Research  |  

By the end of 2015, Kickstarter had launched 274,900 projects, of which 98,500 had successfully reached their fundraising goal. The total contributions added up to $2.147 billion US dollars. 10,101,800 people have been contributors on the Kickstarter platform, of which 3,135,900 were repeat backers. Kickstarter projects… Read More

January 30, 2016 @ 12:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Tech City UK announced the first thirty companies to join its Upscale. This program is described as a 6-month pilot program that provides some of the fastest growing UK tech companies world class advice from scale coaches, entrepreneurs and operators who have… Read More

January 30, 2016 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Australian marketplace lending platform DirectMoney (ASX:DM1) has posted its Q2 results for the period ending December 21st, 2015.  DirectMoney listed its shares on the ASX just last year in mid-July. The IPO priced out at $0.20/share. The company was launched in 2006 but created a… Read More