Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

January 14, 2016 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Income&, a marketplace investment platform based in San Francisco, announced on Thursday it has been named a finalist for the SXSW Accelerator Pitch competition, which will take place March 12th and 13th. The company revealed that in its eighth year, the accelerator competition at SXSW will… Read More

January 14, 2016 @ 11:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Noah Breslow, CEO of OnDeck (NYSE:ONDK), walked over to the studios of CNBC to talk about their recent partnership with JP Morgan and the future of credit.  Breslow started by stating the obvious; driving to a branch and then waiting multiple weeks for a loan… Read More

January 14, 2016 @ 11:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address, Kickstarter announced it is supporting the politician and the country’s future economic view. President Obama stated: “In this new economy, workers and start-ups and small businesses need more of a voice, not less. The rules should… Read More

January 14, 2016 @ 10:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, EarlyShares revealed the information that real estate investor need to know about the interest rate uptick. The crowdfunding platform’s Joanna Schwartz revealed in a blog post: “After months of well-publicized inaction, the Federal Reserve finally announced on December 16 that it was raising… Read More

January 14, 2016 @ 6:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Funding Circle posed the question on its blog, “Did You Help 146 Businesses Access Finance Last Week?” While many readers were still on holiday, during the week of 4 – 8 January, it was back to business for fintech and the crowdfunding sectors!  Funding Circle investors… Read More

January 14, 2016 @ 5:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

LendInvest, the leading online lender for short-term property finance, has appointed its first in-house legal counsel to the company’s expanding team. Ruth Pearson joins LendInvest from Simmons & Simmons where she was a Managing Associate in the Banking team. Pearson joined Simmons & Simmons as a… Read More

January 14, 2016 @ 1:39 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Based in Jakarta, Indonesia, a new marketplace for peer-to-peer (P2P) lending officially launched today to give Indonesia’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) greater access to funding by means of loans pooled from crowdfunding, according to a story in the JakartaGlobe. Modalku offers companies quick access to non-collateral loans with interest rates between… Read More

January 13, 2016 @ 6:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Propel(x), an angel crowdfunding platform that helps individuals source promising technology startups, has announced that during 2015 it helped raise over $3.6 million dollars for early stage companies.  According to information provided by the company, Propel(x) helped to fund 14 different deals at an average… Read More

January 13, 2016 @ 4:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following an exciting few days at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the Indiegogo team took to global crowdfunding platform’s blog and shared some details about the big event. The team stated: “CES 2016 has officially come to a close, and this year’s show was bigger and… Read More

January 13, 2016 @ 12:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the announcement that One Spark, Inc. is making some several new changes, including the creation of its new social purpose corporation and the resignation of CEO Elton Rivas, chairman of the company Peter Rummell shared his thoughts about the latest situation and the future of the One Spark… Read More

January 13, 2016 @ 12:00 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Nearly one third of Americans will be using a technology company for financial services such as loans, mortgages and payments in five years, reports global P2P platform TransferWise Almost one third of Americans are likely to be using a technology provider and not a bank for… Read More

January 13, 2016 @ 11:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Over the past several years equity crowdfunding platform Fundable has migrated from an investment listing service to a portfolio of applications and services designed to deliver a complete ecosystem for early stage companies. Now leading under the banner of Startups.co,  the company states it is… Read More

January 13, 2016 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Global investment crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has created an infographic, alongside their industry report, highlighted 2015 milestones. OurCrowd, while based in Israel, has offices around the world taking a truly international approach to internet finance. Some of the data points provided by OurCrowd include: Approximately 10,000… Read More

January 13, 2016 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has published a report on the “sudden ascendancy and dominance of private investing”. Their numbers indicate that venture capital has more than doubled since 2013 to $135 billion during 2015.  Crafted in partnership with Xconomy, the document highlights the dramatic shift… Read More

January 12, 2016 @ 7:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equitise, a “Trans-Tasman” equity crowdfunding platform has shared a few of the high-points from 2015. Originally queued up to launch in Australia, Equitise first set up shop in New Zealand as the regulatory regime moved a bit quicker in facilitating the new form of internet finance…. Read More

January 12, 2016 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seedrs announced on Tuesday that it has teamed up with AltFi to create the 5 Steps to a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign.  Seedrs’ Tom Channell and Sam Hodges from AltFi, shared: “Deciding to embark on an equity crowdfunding round is a big decision for any founder. A successful campaign… Read More

January 12, 2016 @ 12:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the past few months, thousands of supporters have taken to Indiegogo’s Generosity platform to help Syrian refugees. The website is now offering a collection of campaigns to support the 12 Million + Syrians who have been affected by the devastation of the war.  … Read More

January 12, 2016 @ 11:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, real estate crowdfunding platform DiversyFund announced its marketplace will be offering $120MM to fix and flippers for the acquisition and renovation of rest estate throughout California during the next twelve months. Founder and CEO of DiversyFund, Craig Cecilio, stated: “When you add the significant… Read More

January 12, 2016 @ 10:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Crowdcube took a look at 2015’s best moments in tweets. The equity crowdfunding platform revealed each month’s favorite 140-character posts. The Crowdcube team stated: “Following on from the success of our year in review, we wanted to celebrate with our year in 140 characters…. Read More

January 11, 2016 @ 12:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Orchard has published its’ monthly industry report covering the marketplace lending sector for consumer unsecured loans. According to data provided by the company, total origination volume has consistently increased quarter-over-quarter during the past year. Some highlights included in the document; Borrower interest rates have been… Read More