Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

January 7, 2016 @ 10:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RealtyShares announced on Thursday that an offering involving an office building in Phoenix has been successfully exited. This is considered one of the largest crowdfunded real estate investments in the city’s metropolitan area and has reportedly performed better than expected. Investors in the transaction are being… Read More

January 6, 2016 @ 9:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kiwi crowdfunding platform PledgeMe is moving into debt. Inspired by some of the largest internet finance platforms in the world, PledgeMe has applied for a license from the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) to offer peer to peer lending. “P2P, or debt crowdfunding as it’s also… Read More

January 6, 2016 @ 5:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Indiegogo is targeting a new audience and it is not early stage firms. Indiegogo is going big by leveraging its experience and tool-kit with product launches and marketing of large corporations.  Indiegogo has already seen several successful corporate crowdfunding campaigns but as of today, they… Read More

January 6, 2016 @ 3:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celebrating Oculus’ recent announcement about backers finally receiving their Rift headsets, Kickstarter revealed on Wednesday the most innovative crowdfunding campaigns that hit its popular platform over the years. The crowdfunding giant shared in a recent blog post: “If you check out the projects on Kickstarter… Read More

January 6, 2016 @ 1:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Early Shares announced on Wednesday it has unveiled its very own predictions for 2016’s real estate crowdfunding. The platform shared: “2013 marked the inception of the real estate crowdfunding market, and 2014 saw its rise, and 2015 saw it soar. Early estimates projected our young… Read More

January 6, 2016 @ 1:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, crowdfunding platform EquityNet unveiled a new equity crowdfunding checklist that will help businesses find success with their upcoming campaigns. The following was reported by EquityNet. The company is legally formed – in this instance; the platform used an LLC as an example: Choose a… Read More

January 6, 2016 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Brad Feld, co-founder of VC firm Foundry Group, has taken to his personal blog to talk about his experience in running a syndicate on AngelList. Feld announced earlier this week that they were ending their FG Angels Syndicate experiment. AngelList launched their syndicate option in… Read More

January 5, 2016 @ 1:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seedrs rang in the new year by offering up a new infographic that shared with users what has happened to its equity crowdfunding platform over the past 12 months. The Seedrs team shared: “As we look ahead to 2016, we thought we’d take a look back… Read More

January 5, 2016 @ 11:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) less than 24 hours away, Indiegogo has unveiled more details about the event and what fans can expect at the crowdfunding platform’s “Zone.” The Indiegogo team shared: “We’re bringing some truly inspiring and incredible crowdfunded startups and enterprise products… Read More

January 5, 2016 @ 10:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With a new year to look forward to, real estate crowdfunding platform iFunding announced its strategic developments for 2016. On Tuesday, iFunding unveiled more details about this year’s plans, which includes a new advisory board that is made up of professionals from the financial services… Read More

January 5, 2016 @ 8:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, marketplace lender CommonBond announced that it closed over $275 million in separate warehouse line funding from Barclays, Macquarie Capital, and others. The new capital provides additional lending capacity for CommonBond to support the company’s rapidly-growing student lending business. The new funding takes CommonBond… Read More

January 5, 2016 @ 7:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Dubai-based equity crowdfunding platform Eureeca has set a platform record having raised $610,000 for UK based Homes or Houses. The funding round closed at 151% of its goal in under 30 days. Eureeca is a twice-regulated platform, having received licensing from the UK Financial Conduct… Read More

January 4, 2016 @ 4:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the success of Little Riot’s Pillow Talk Kickstarter campaign, consumer technology start-up’s Joanna Montgomery sat down with the Telegraph, to discuss her experience with the crowdfunding giant’s platform. The Pillow Talk reportedly enables two people to experience each other’s presence. It sends the sound of the user’s real-time heartbeat… Read More

January 4, 2016 @ 12:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, co-founded by partners Luke Lang and Darren Westlake, was the first investment crowdfunding platform to launch in the UK.  Since that time the company has held tight as the leading UK platform in regards to the amount of total funding raised. As 2015 came to… Read More

January 4, 2016 @ 11:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Offering up its insight on e-commerce retail, OurCrowd announced theories on the industry and its current state. The platform shared: “E-commerce has become a market segment with a number of multi-billion dollar companies in just a few short years. With holiday season retail sales reports coming… Read More

January 4, 2016 @ 10:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, reward-based crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder UK unveiled a new How to Crowdfund series advice called “Getting Funded.” The Crowdfunder UK team stated: “Your team is still active in the background, you have honed your story so it sounds great, you’ve indentified your crowd and know… Read More

January 4, 2016 @ 10:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Web sites such as MyFreeImplants may encounter a new challenge, at least in the UK. According to a report in the Sunday Times, doctors who perform surgery on women who have crowdfunded breast implants “could find themselves in front of the [ General Medical Council] GMC… Read More

January 4, 2016 @ 7:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore-based Silver Bullion has announced it is now facilitating S$1 million per month in bullion secured peer to peer loans. Founded in 2009, Silver Bullion just started offering direct lending in August of 2015. The company was conceived during the height of the financial crisis… Read More

January 2, 2016 @ 10:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Milan based BorsadelCredito has received a € 1 million investment from the venture capital group P1o1.  BorsadelCredito is an online lender focused on providing access to capital for SMEs in Italy. The company was founded by Angelo Daniele Blancato, Alessandro Andreozzi and Ivan Pellegrini. Blanket has spent the last 20… Read More

December 31, 2015 @ 10:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, UK-based equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube celebrated the new year by unveiling some highlights of the past twelve months. “What an amazing year 2015 has been and we couldn’t have achieved all our milestones without you. We look forward to what 2016 brings, but… Read More