Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

December 24, 2015 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding Circle has revealed in a series of tweets that the company has just topped £1 billion in lending in the UK. The US and Europe add about £250 million. The milestone was foreshadowed in a Funding Circle blog post yesterday stating that 7,250 UK… Read More

December 23, 2015 @ 2:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two days until Christmas Day, the team at CoAssets wrote an article for Yahoo! News that explains how Santa Claus knows a thing or two about the crowdfunding method. The Singapore-based real estate crowdfunding platform shared: “Crowdfunding this holiday season can be a struggle for… Read More

December 23, 2015 @ 1:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a bit over one year (they launched in September of 2014), Harmoney, a peer to peer lending platform based in New Zealand, has funded over £170 million to more than 10,000 Kiwis.  Realised annual returns on all loans on the platform have topped 12%…. Read More

December 23, 2015 @ 1:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Kiva Zip’s Jonny Price announced the lending platform’s numbers from November 2011 (its launch) to December 2015 (present).   Kiva Zip is a program from Kiva where people may make loans directly to entrepreneurs for as little as $5. It has three goals: Help… Read More

December 23, 2015 @ 11:17 am By JD Alois  |  

How will the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates impact small business? According to Robert Riedl of Dealstruck – it is all good. DealStruck is a marketplace lending platform that focuses on providing access to capital for SMEs. Dealstruck provides loans of up to… Read More

December 23, 2015 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform iAngels will co-invest in the NFX Guild’s Winter 2016 class of “handpicked” startups. NFX Guild is an invitation only accelerator for digital networks and marketplaces founded Israeli-American industry veterans James Currier, Gigi Levy-Weiss and Stan Chudonovsky.  The 3-month program operates twice a… Read More

December 23, 2015 @ 8:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, NexusCrowd Inc.  announced it has closed its second commercial real estate offering, raising $500,000 in 5 weeks. By partnering with Downing Street Realty Partners on the project, the Canadian real estate crowdfunding platform allowed accredited investors to participate in the redevelopment of a… Read More

December 22, 2015 @ 4:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Following the move by the Federal Reserve, Lending Club (NYSE: LC) has announced it will increase interest rates by 0.25% thus matching the move by the Fed last week.  The announcement is not unexpected and is similar to what many major banks have announced.  Lending… Read More

December 22, 2015 @ 2:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the announcement that Camden Town Brewery has been acquired by mega brewer AB InBev, Crowdcube shared its excitement for the brewery, which has been dubbed the equity crowdfunding platform’s second exit. On Monday, founder of Camden Town Brewery, Jasper Cuppaidge, announced the transaction to fans… Read More

December 22, 2015 @ 1:51 pm By Elena Mikhaylova  |  

Crowdfunding continues to grow globally. The largest rewards platform, Kickstarter, has hosted close to 100,000 successfully funded projects and has assembled a community of almost 10 million backers. It has been aggressively expanding internationally this year. Some studies suggest that most of the growth in… Read More

December 22, 2015 @ 10:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With nearly a week until the calendar year comes to an end, Indiegogo decided to take a look back at five popular film campaigns that hit its global crowdfunding platform over the past 12 months. The Indiegogo team shared: “There are 9 days left in the… Read More

December 22, 2015 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

iFunding, a commercial real estate crowdfunding platform for accredited investors, announced today that they raised $330K in mezzanine financing for a $2.85M senior loan mortgage. The property is located at 1706 Park Ave, in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The senior loan was pre-funded by iFunding… Read More

December 22, 2015 @ 9:22 am By Erin Hobey  |  

15.5% of digitally active consumers currently use financial technology products Payment services are the most popular product offering Users are younger, wealthier and increasingly urban With 29.1%, Hong Kong has the highest rate of FinTech use of all surveyed markets  “Higher-income individuals are some of the… Read More

December 22, 2015 @ 8:51 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Calling all Next Generation Payments, Blockchain, Data / Credit Analytics, Mobile VAS / Mobility, Cyber Security and Biometrics and Wealth Tech innovators and disruptors, start your applications in time for the 7 January 2016 deadline! Aiming to source six groundbreaking FinTech innovations to demo to multiple invited financial institutions (banks… Read More

December 22, 2015 @ 8:21 am By Erin Hobey  |  

It’s the most wonderful time of the year as Crowdfund Insider keeps tabs on global platforms as quarterly and year end reviews are announced. Just in, Arboribus, a leading Spanish P2P lending platform co-founded by Josep Nebot, released some highlights from 2015.  The platform has continued growing this year, and has… Read More

December 22, 2015 @ 7:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Cumulative lending to SMEs from Peer to Peer platforms will hit £3 billion before January 1st, according to a report from MarketInvoice. The company states that funding raised by SMEs via P2P lenders was up over 50% from year prior. The total lending to SMEs… Read More

December 21, 2015 @ 4:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, accredited crowdfunding platform RealtyShares announced it has reached more than $100 million invested to date. Each investment was made on the platform from accredited and institutional investors who have invested in over 270 transactions involving over 1,500 different properties. CEO of RealtyShares, Nav Athwal, stated:… Read More

December 21, 2015 @ 3:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding giant Kickstarter announced on Monday that it has named American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) interim president, Molly Neuman, its first head of music. She is known for her work on various music crowdfunding projects, including Amanda Palmer’s 2012 campaign. Kendel Shore, VP of Communities… Read More

December 21, 2015 @ 2:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two weeks until 2015 comes to an end, Crowdfunder UK has unveiled the best campaigns that hit its platform this year. Phil Geraghty, MD of Crowdfunder UK, shared: “At Crowdfunder we’re so proud the innovative and inspiring projects who, through the support of… Read More

December 21, 2015 @ 12:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Credibly has partnered with JetPay (NASDAQ: JTPY) to provide JetPay customers with streamlined access to Credibly’s direct lending platform. Credibly founder and Chief Revenue Officer Ryan Rosett said he was “thrilled” to partner with JetPay to provide better access to capital for small business;… Read More