Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

October 21, 2015 @ 11:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Latvian-based marketplace lender, Twino, which opened in May of this year and had just reached one million euros of investment, announced this month that it is launching an expansion throughout Europe into markets that are new for the P2P industry. Now, Twino investors will have… Read More

October 21, 2015 @ 9:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, small business lending marketplace StreetShares announced it has formed a partnership with military social network RallyPoint to help promote veteran business ownership. The two rapidly growing companies are teaming up to use their respective resources to reach more military members, veterans, and supporters… Read More

October 21, 2015 @ 9:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Argentina based Afluenta, a P2P lending platform, is staking claim as the first crowdfunding platform to set up shop in Peru.  The company reports this is the first step in a significant regional expansion. The company expects to launch in Mexico and Colombia, followed by Brazil,… Read More

October 21, 2015 @ 9:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Zopa, the UK’s largest peer to peer lender, has announced the appointment of Nigel Morris as non-executive Board Member. Morris, currently the Managing Partner at QED Investors, is the co-founder of Capital One. QED has invested in well known Fintech companies, including, Credit Karma, Avant Credit,… Read More

October 21, 2015 @ 9:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Creditera has not only launched an enhanced marketplace for small business financing with recommendations based on their credit data and needs, but also a personal and business credit dashboard that guides business owners with personalized action plans. The launch of these features aligns with the company’s… Read More

October 20, 2015 @ 11:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cloud Lending Solutions, a global cloud infrastructure company, announced on Tuesday the launch of CL Multi-Country Extension, a lending technology platform to support global operations. With CL Multi-Country Extension, marketplace lenders can manage all operations from a single system, including bank integrations, funds movement and… Read More

October 20, 2015 @ 11:03 am By Erin Hobey  |  

AvantCredit, one of the UK’s fastest growing marketplace lenders announced that it has provided GBP100 million in loans in the UK market since launching in October 2013.  The company, which has issued nearly 35,000 loans in the UK to date, uses innovative technology and machine-learning algorithms,… Read More

October 20, 2015 @ 8:30 am By Georgia Quinn  |  

Thirty-two years after starting her career in London, Nicola Horlick is still often the only woman in the room. Although she notes that is not a lot of progress, it has never fazed her. Nicola, once called London’s Superwoman, attributes her can-do attitude to a… Read More

October 20, 2015 @ 3:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding Circle, the leading UK SME marketplace lending platform, has dramatically increased its footprint with the acquisition of Zencap. Funding Circle will now operate in Germany, Spain and the Netherlands. Funding Circle already has a significant operation in the US. Funding Circle representatives state this… Read More

October 19, 2015 @ 1:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

New peer to peer lending platform Viventor is now open for business. The online lender announced last month its intent to start offering loans secured by mortgages.  To incentivize investors Viventor states that “all investments made until December 1st, 2015 will come with a buyback… Read More

October 19, 2015 @ 7:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Madiston LendLoanInvest is entering the Lithuanian market having partnered with Finbee on a joint venture to offer peer to peer lending services.  Madison has provided Finbee with its lending software and has become a shareholder in the company. This is the second P2P lender to… Read More

October 19, 2015 @ 6:45 am By JD Alois  |  

TrustBuddy jolted the peer to peer lending world as “suspected misconduct” compelled the platform to shut down operations last week.  Now the firm has publicly stated it can no longer operate in any form, forcing the company to file for bankruptcy as the situation is… Read More

October 19, 2015 @ 6:28 am By JD Alois  |  

New Zealand based Snowball Effect has provided an update on the companies that have successfully raised capital on its investment crowdfunding platform. Snowball Effect was the first platform to receive a license by the FMA a little over one year ago.  Since that time Snowball… Read More

October 18, 2015 @ 4:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowded out by the huge announcement of AngelList signing a deal that will direct $400 million towards early stage startups made possible by CSC Upshot was the revelation the platform had launched a new App for startup jobs.  Described as like the Tinder for tech… Read More

October 18, 2015 @ 3:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pittsburgh based InventHelp, has announced the forthcoming launch of an invention focused crowdfunding platform FundAnIdea which will launch in coming weeks. The site will offer both rewards based and equity based crowdfunding. InventHelp was established in 1984 and currently employs over 100 people and is said… Read More

October 17, 2015 @ 9:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Kickstarter hosted its fifth annual film festival in 35 theaters nationwide. The event showed off some of the best features, documentaries, and shorts funded through the crowdfunding platform. The Kickstarter team previously declared: “For one night only, 32 theaters across the country will… Read More

October 16, 2015 @ 2:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoping to continue the expansion of its company, Dutch crowdfunding platform, Lendahand, recently launched a second campaign on Symbid. Lendahand, which was founded by Peter Heijen, Koen The, and Peter Stolze, provides funds to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in emerging economies. These include countries such… Read More

October 16, 2015 @ 1:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday crowdfunding platform,  RocketHub, announced that one of its projects, Lunar Lion Moon Mission, has successfully hit a funding milestone. Penn State’s Lunar Lion is led by director of Space Systems Initiatives at Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory, Michael Paul. The project’s team is the… Read More

October 15, 2015 @ 11:51 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Crowdfunder recently celebrated Bitvore’s million dollar raise secured from 10 investors with an interview with CEO Jeff Curie.  The platform will use the new funding to focus on “scaling up sales and marketing to help expand the market footprint and grow the revenue stream.” Bitvore collects vast amounts of Internet data,… Read More

October 15, 2015 @ 11:19 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Money may not grow on trees, but seems to grow well on a certain Atlanta Kabbage patch.  The trailblazing tech and data platform announced a $135 million equity raise led by Reverence Capital Partners as well as ING, Santander InnoVentures, and Scotiabank. Additional new investors include China’s… Read More