Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

November 10, 2015 @ 9:00 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

EnergyFunders, an online marketplace connecting investors to oil and gas projects, today announced its official launch as the first platform to facilitate global and national participation in deals operated by small and mid-sized operators in the U.S., according to the press release Featuring investment minimums as… Read More

November 10, 2015 @ 8:38 am By Erin Hobey  |  

MPIRICA Health Inc., a healthcare transparency company based in Bellevue, Washington, today announced a $400,000 investment from OurCrowd First, an early­stage seed fund with OurCrowd, one of the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platforms. The funding coincides with a free­to­employers release of MPIRICA’s Surgeon Quality Scores,… Read More

November 9, 2015 @ 8:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jon Medved, founder and CEO of equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, caught up with CNBC while at the Crowdfunding Asia conference in Singapore this week.  Medved explained in an interview that OurCrowd wants to provide access to the smart investor into deals in which they have… Read More

November 9, 2015 @ 4:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Gearing up for its fourth annual crowdfunding festival, One Spark announced that creator application is now open. One Spark’s co-founder, Elton Rivas, stated: “It’s hard to believe that we’re entering One Spark’s fourth year. Above all else, what resonates the most is being able to… Read More

November 9, 2015 @ 3:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Consano, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit crowdfunding platform that focuses on medical research campaigns, today announced the launch of Honor Funds, a new initiative that allows individuals and groups to create a dedicated online hub to raise funds for a specific research project. Consano developed the Honor… Read More

November 9, 2015 @ 2:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Seedrs announced that blockchain investment company, Coinsilium, launched a campaign on its platform as part of its initial public offerings (IPO) plans. Chief Investment Officer at Seedrs, Thomas Davies, stated in a blog post: “When Seedrs raised a secondary public offering for Chapel… Read More

November 9, 2015 @ 1:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Just five days after launching its new Crowdcube campaign, UK crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder UK successfully secured over £600,000. According to Crowdfunder: “Off the back of another year of exceptional growth, Crowdfunder is opening up for another round of investment—this is your chance to buy… Read More

November 9, 2015 @ 10:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

NextGen Crowdfunding has announced that reward-based crowdfunding platform, Indiegogo, will be participating in its November 19th Equity Crowdfunding Conference in Santa Monica, California. Amanda Hat, Senior Director of Growth Innovation at Indiegogo, will join other industry leaders discussing current and future directions in crowdfunding.Aubrey Chernick, founder… Read More

November 9, 2015 @ 9:00 am By Georgia Quinn  |  

  It has been almost a year and a half since my last visit to Lending Club and my last interview with Renaud Laplanche its CEO. A lot has changed since then, but even more has stayed the same. Lending Club is now a public… Read More

November 8, 2015 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

First Real Estate Crowdfunding Platform to Be Purchased Five real estate crowdfunding platforms have joined together to purchase Tycoon Real Estate based in California. Tycoon gained notoriety during an appearance on ABC’s Shark Tank.  Billionaire Mark Cuban bailed on the offer in under a minute…. Read More

November 7, 2015 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Continuing to remain irritated about TLC’s “keeping fans in the dark about the Kickstarter album” tactic, the campaign’s backers have unleashed a new hashtag that shows their frustration about the situation. As previously reported, the girls shared some details about the album’s delay at the… Read More

November 6, 2015 @ 2:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform SeedInvest has responded to proposed rules the state of Washington has hoisted up the securities regulation flag pole regarding Regulation A+.  In brief, SeedInvest wants to to “Save Regulation A”, according to a post on their blog. As enacted under Title IV… Read More

November 6, 2015 @ 11:05 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Milan-based Assiteca Crowd, one of the first platforms equity crowdfunding authorized by Consob, launched “Assiteca Crowd Startup Showcase,” a contest offering startups and innovative SMEs the opportunity to finance itself on the platform also receiving assistance with accompanying free path.  The crowd will help determine the… Read More

November 6, 2015 @ 10:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this fall, crowdfunding platform Kickstarter announced it became a public benefit corporation (PBC). This type of corporation performs a specific function for the benefit of the public. Now CEO and co-founder of the famous website, Yancey Strickler is ready to share details about the business’ change and… Read More

November 6, 2015 @ 10:05 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Andy Murray remains committed to backing British entrepreneurs by making two more investments through the crowdfunding platform Seedrs, according to a release. The two-time Grand Slam winner, current world number two tennis star and Seedrs Advisory Board Member has invested an undisclosed sum in London-based Shavekit and… Read More

November 6, 2015 @ 10:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kickbooster, a network for crowdfunding campaigns, has recently launched its services that pays campaign backers so share their favorite funding projects. According to Tech Crunch, Kickbooster users can share links to interesting campaigns, and receive a 10 percent referral fee when someone clicks their link and… Read More

November 6, 2015 @ 8:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Offering up an insight on Indiegogo’s equity crowdfunding future, CEO Slava Rubin published a post on Linkedin titled How Indiegogo and Title III Are eliminating Gatekeepers. Rubin shared: “Before we started Indiegogo in early 2008, a select group of elite gatekeepers were responsible for determining which… Read More

November 5, 2015 @ 2:03 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Replay Technologies, the developer of free-dimensional video, or freeD, a video format that gives sports fans a dynamic 360 degree, 3D viewing experience of their favorite professional sporting events, has linked with OurCrowd for its private equity raise. Who doesn’t remember that bullet-dodging scene in… Read More

November 5, 2015 @ 2:00 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  It was an accident that led Krista Morgan to peer-to-peer lending in 2008–a jolt caused by the high interest rate she was quoted when applying for a personal loan, during a time of notably low interest rates in the UK. After finding Zopa, one of the… Read More

November 5, 2015 @ 12:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Indiegogo unveiled its latest infographic, Technology Crowdfunding Stats: 7 Insights from 29,000 Campaigns The global crowdfunding platform stated: “Though crowdfunding can be used to raise money for nearly any type of idea or project, one of the most popular uses is to fund the… Read More