Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

November 18, 2015 @ 4:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Taking a page out of the august Economist, Bitbond has launched BitcoinPPI; an index that measures bitcoin purchasing power measured in Big Macs.  Yes, that eternal benchmark of consumable wealth is put to use once again. The hamburger. The Big Mac index was launched by the… Read More

November 17, 2015 @ 5:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Dubai-based Beehive, a marketplace/P2P lending platform has celebrated it’s one year anniversary this week.  In September 2015, Beehive pioneered a global first by becoming the first independently certified Sharia compliant P2P platform.  With its Sharia-compliant offering, Beehive supports Dubai’s strategy to become the capital of the… Read More

November 17, 2015 @ 4:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, EarlyIQ, Inc. announced the immediate availability of EarlyIQ CrowdSelect, the company’s fully hosted suite of services that enables compliance by investment intermediaries including crowdfunding platforms and broker/dealers. CrowdSelect will meet all background and investor requirements under the new Regulation Crowdfunding rules recently approved… Read More

November 17, 2015 @ 2:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

$1.5 billion Brennan Investment Group Completes Third Transaction with RealtyMogul. RealtyMogul, the online marketplace for real estate investing, today announced a successful $1.2 million equity raise for Brennan Investment Group to acquire a two property, 132,997 square-foot flex industrial portfolio in Houston and Stafford Texas…. Read More

November 17, 2015 @ 10:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Sphere Realty Capital (Sphere) announces the nationwide launch of its crowdfunding platform for individual investors, institutional investors and real estate companies. Sphere is described as a full-service, real estate crowdfunding platform that brings together the three primary, though historically distinct, elements of commercial real estate:… Read More

November 17, 2015 @ 10:32 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  A co-founder of Funding Societies in his 20s, Reynold Wijaya is now the peer-to-peer lending company’s chief operations (Singapore) leader, and has helped bring the company’s funding to near $1.25 million. Funding Societies was among the first homegrown P2P lending companies to bring in a trustee registered with the… Read More

November 17, 2015 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

CrowdPlus.Asia is the first, of the approved platforms, to launch in Malaysia – and across multiple Asian markets. CrowdPlus.asia will focus on the ASEAN market, having established a presence in Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as mainland China and Hong Kong where there is a number… Read More

November 16, 2015 @ 4:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, CrowdfunderUK’s co-founder and director of communications, Dawn Bebe, revealed why UK startup should consider going for a “funding cocktail.” Explaining what a “funding cocktail” really is, Bebe stated: “Increasingly businesses, charities and social enterprises are finding that combining funding solutions in a ‘cocktail’ is a… Read More

November 16, 2015 @ 2:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

AltFi, a media outlet for alternative finance, recently announced the winners of this years AltFi Awards. Among the winners were Funding Circle and SyndicateRoom. It was noted that this year AltFi split the award categories into three sections: Industry, Small Business & Investor. “For the industry… Read More

November 16, 2015 @ 10:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Indiegogo announced that it has formed a new partnership with retailer, Brookstone, in an effort to bring more crowdfunding products into the market faster. The global crowdfunding platform revealed that campaign organizers will now be able to submit their ideas directly to Brookstone’s… Read More

November 16, 2015 @ 10:49 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Founded in May 2014, the Philippine-based fintech startup  Satoshi Citadel Industries (SCI) initiated Boom Cash, an SMS-based wallet that allows a person to send and receive money digitally without an Internet connectivity. SCI co-founder and CEO John Bailon told Deal Street Asia that Boom Cash is the product of an internal hackathon,… Read More

November 16, 2015 @ 10:00 am By Georgia Quinn  |  

At a time when some are claiming that marketplace lending has not gone far enough to challenge the traditional banking system, Sam Hodges and Funding Circle have quietly proven that steadily acting on your principles and advancing your mission, can achieve meaningful change. It had… Read More

November 16, 2015 @ 9:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Symbid (OTCQB:SBID), one of the world’s first investment crowdfunding platforms, announced on Monday that it has reported 30% in revenue growth during 2015’s third quarter. Korstiaan Zandvliet, co-founder and CEO of Symbid, shared: “We are delighted to report continued strong revenue growth from an increasing number of… Read More

November 15, 2015 @ 9:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global bank Santander has halted, at least temporarily, its intent to securitize $1 billion in marketplace lending loans. According to a report in Asset-Backed, this will back out an agreement to purchase loans from the largest domestic marketplace lending platform Lending Club.  Apparently Santander is… Read More

November 15, 2015 @ 9:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Direct lending platform Bread announced completion of a Series A funding  round last week led by Bessemer Ventures Partners.  Bessemer was an early investor in trailblazing P2P platform Zopa.  The funding raised $14.3 to help the young platform grow, fund initial loans, and compete with credit… Read More

November 15, 2015 @ 1:00 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

  “I think that what OurCrowd and others have done in this space until now has been quite subversive and wonderful and democratic.” OurCrowd, which is run by serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist Jon Medved, has put at least $170 million to work in roughly… Read More

November 14, 2015 @ 11:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, CrowdfunderUK’s brand communications manager, Jess Ratty, was chosen to appear at the TEDxBristol 2015 held at Bristol’s Colston Hall. She shared her thoughts about all things crowdfunding. The crowdfunding platform noted that the sold out event was set to be one of the largest in… Read More

November 14, 2015 @ 11:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube caught up with one of its #FundedClub members, Cornwall-based The Eden Project, to discuss its progress and crowdfunding success. Described as the world’s largest indoor rainforest, the Eden Project sought to raise capital with a £1 million mini-bond offer. Crowdcube noted:… Read More

November 13, 2015 @ 3:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, Angels Like Rebels, a new platform that is dedicated to empowering musical artists through crowdfunding and crowd-marketing, announced that more than 30,000 fans have pledged over $500,000 towards 22 selected musicians just one week after launching on November 5th. Alexander Volgin, founder of Angels… Read More

November 13, 2015 @ 2:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced that research revealed that its bonds are notably “increasing the interesting rate.” The UK-based website shared: “The bonds on Crowdcube enable our crowd of over 220,000 people the opportunity to invest in more established businesses. In return, investors are receiving… Read More