Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

October 13, 2015 @ 8:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending platform Landbay has announced a site redesign and rebranding of its services that target the buy-to-let mortgage sector. Landbay hired creative agency Minimart to reposition the firm. Landbay explained that as the P2P sector continues to build public awareness, Landbay views… Read More

October 13, 2015 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

    RealtyMogul has surpassed a new milestone.  The real estate crowdfunding platform reports that it has topped $150 million of investments transacted via its site.  It was only last July that RealtyMogul announced having passed the $80 million mark indicating a rapid growth trajectory… Read More

October 12, 2015 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On October 1st, the Crowdster Board of Directors and major investor, Canrock Ventures, announced the appointment of Joe Ferraro as the new CEO. The leadership change signals a strategic transformation at the software company that launched its crowdfunding platform in 2014. Crowdster chairman, Mark Fasciano,… Read More

October 12, 2015 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

  Lending Loop, a new peer to peer lending platform, has launched in Canada to allow ordinary Canadians the ability to invest in small businesses across the country. The site actually went live this past June. The creation of co-founders Cato Pastoll and Brandon Vlaar,… Read More

October 12, 2015 @ 7:35 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a UK-based peer to peer lending platform that targets the mortgage market, has reported a profit of £3.1 million on revenue of £15 million for the year ending March 2015.  LendInvest reported a profit in 2014 of £1.2 million on revenue of £5 million…. Read More

October 10, 2015 @ 9:52 am By JD Alois  |  

EarlyShares, an early participant in the investment crowdfunding space, has received a nice recognition for the efforts of Heather Schwarz, co-founder and COO.  Schwarz received the 2015 Impact Award for Entrepreneurial Spirit awarded by the CREW Network – an entity dedicated to advancing the achievements… Read More

October 10, 2015 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Global investment crowdfunding portal OurCrowd has crafted a unique partnership with Cintrifuse based in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Cintrifuse is a not-for-profit entity that aids the region’s high potential startups with funding and support. OurCrowd is one of the largest investment crowdfunding platforms in the world. Founded… Read More

October 9, 2015 @ 11:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Another big Kickstarter crowdfunding success has made the decision to migrate its campaign to competitor Indiegogo following the end of the project on Kickstarter.  PUGZ, called the “worlds smallest wireless earbuds charged through your phone”, raised a hefty $1.43 million from over 10,000 backers on… Read More

October 9, 2015 @ 7:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Landbay, a UK based peer to peer lending platform that finances buy-to-let mortgages, has been invited to join the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) as a full member. This is a first for a P2P platform and comes at a time when the FCA is… Read More

October 8, 2015 @ 10:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bondora has crossed the Atlantic. This is according to multiple reports that the Estonian based platform has entered North American, skipping the US, and heading due North. Quoted in the Globe & Mail, Partel Tomberg, Bondora co-founder and CEO, stated; “We are able to provide investors… Read More

October 8, 2015 @ 6:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE: LC), the largest marketplace lending platform in the US, will issue its earnings for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015, on Thursday, October 29, 2015, after the market close. Lending Club will host a conference call to discuss the third quarter… Read More

October 8, 2015 @ 12:28 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Symbiont today announced the addition of two fintech industry veterans, Dr. Maureen O’Hara and Dr. Keith B. Jarrett, to its Advisory Board.  The blockchain pioneer, which launched in 2013 with its creation of Smart Securities, recently secured $1.25M seed funding.  The platform’s board appointments will provide proven expertise and guidance to the Symbiont… Read More

October 8, 2015 @ 11:06 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“Crowdfunding is the future of real estate financing,” commented Fundrise CEO and Co-Founder Ben Miller. Asserting the partnership as the first-ever crowdfunded commercial construction loan, Jay Maddox of the commercial real estate services company Avison Young brokered a deal with Fundrise which resulted in the real-estate platform’s providing Birtcher Anderson… Read More

October 8, 2015 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

CoPower, an investment crowdfunding platform that targets the clean energy sector, has announced that it has raised $850,000 in seed financing led by RBC and Innovation Support. The company has been in operation for several years and has helped to raise over $1 million in… Read More

October 8, 2015 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Litigation crowdfunding platform TrialFunder is claiming some pretty lucrative returns available to investors. The site states that TrialFunder is now providing pre-settlement funding to plaintiffs that can deliver 3.5% to 5% compounded monthly, “which represent annualized returns of 51.1% to 79.9% to investors”.  These investment… Read More

October 7, 2015 @ 5:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo has taken data from 100,000 different crowdfunding campaigns to highlight some interesting statistics about what works (and what does not).  This is good information if you are crowdfunding the next multi-million mega-hit or something for a few thousand dollars. In brief, here is some… Read More

October 7, 2015 @ 4:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform WiSeed has surpassed € 30 million in funding.  Launched in 2008, WiSeed has been a leader in the nascent crowdfunding scene in France. In January 2015, Crowdfund Insider wrote that WiSeed had signed up 37,700 members, funded 51 startups, and raised  € 14… Read More

October 7, 2015 @ 1:56 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

CPA.com today announced a marketing partnership with Biz2Credit, a leading small business lending marketplace. Biz2Credit’s cloud-based platform gives entrepreneurs and small business owners access to a network of more than 1,300 prescreened lenders. Financing, which ranges from $5,000 to $5 million, can be arranged in as little… Read More

October 7, 2015 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Crowd2Fund has opened up their exchange to allow investors the opportunity to trade in alternative investments like equity that has been crowdfunded.  Crowd2Fund will also match sellers and buyers for assets purchased outside of the Crowd2Fund platform.  Originally announced this past May, Crowd2Fund… Read More

October 7, 2015 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

RateSetter, a UK-based peer to peer lending platform first opened up for operations in 2010, completing its first loan on October 7th.  Since that date, the online lending platform has matched over £815 million in loans, paid almost £25 million in interest to investors and… Read More