Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

September 29, 2015 @ 11:10 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Thomson Reuters will begin tracking crowdfunding data on its Eikon desktop, as new research projects explosive growth in the UK’s alternative finance market.  Thomson Reuters partnered with Crowdnetic, a provider of real-time data and research to the global marketplace-lending and crowdfunded-startup industries for the new… Read More

September 29, 2015 @ 9:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Creamfinance LLC, a European online consumer lending company, has recently reached an agreement with peer-to-peer lending platform Mintos. From now on, investors will be offered an opportunity to invest in short-term unsecured loans issued in Georgia. According to the CEO Matīss Ansviesulis, an initiative to join the… Read More

September 29, 2015 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

In less than two years of operation, Kickante has blitzed into the Brazilian crowdfunding scene with a growth rate that tops 1000%.  While the Brazilian economy struggles, Kickante is a shining light on the economic horizon that matches capital to entrepreneurs and other project creators…. Read More

September 29, 2015 @ 8:00 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Dwellxchange, a real estate crowdfunding website that connects homeowners and investors, will officially launch today. Founded by Eric Eckardt, an online real estate entrepreneur and former investment banker, Dwellxchange will offer homeowners a method by which to extract equity in their homes by connecting with… Read More

September 28, 2015 @ 2:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kicking off the new school year with a competition, crowdfunding platform Tilt announced the Top Party Schools in Canada Challenge. The Tilt team shared in a recent blog post: “Last month we announced the top 10 party schools in Canada with Queen’s taking top spot…. Read More

September 28, 2015 @ 11:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdnetic, a provider of technology and market data solutions to the marketplace lending industry, today announced the launch of “Marketplace Lending Gateway” (“Gateway”), a centralized technology platform that connects loan applicants from banks and retailers to alternative funding sources through a real-time matching and allocation… Read More

September 28, 2015 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

AssetAvenue has announced the hiring of Douglas Sellers as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).  Sellers will be responsible for leading all of AssetAvenue’s technology initiatives and developing the product roadmap to launch new products and features for users of the company’s edge online real estate lending… Read More

September 28, 2015 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Landbay has announced a new hire in Paul Clampin appointed as Chief Lending Officer. Clampin joins the peer to peer lending platform from Paragon Group and is said to have over 30 years of industry experience. While at Paragon, Clampin was Director of Mortgage Underwriting. Landbay states… Read More

September 28, 2015 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

One of the leading real estate crowdfunding platforms Patch of Land has announced it has returned $10 million in both principal and interest to investors in less than two years.  This milestone was paired with the revelation that investors have not experienced any loss of… Read More

September 28, 2015 @ 4:00 am By Therese Torris  |  

Crowdfunding, in particular in its presales form, has proven an excellent channel to accelerate the process of innovation and lower its risk. It enables entrepreneurs to get early feedback and submit their prototypes and service concepts to the ultimate market test: the customers’ willingness to… Read More

September 27, 2015 @ 4:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Iron Sky, the cult film, is back on Invesdor once again to raise more capital. We last heard from Iron Sky in 2014.  The camp classic film about Nazi’s who are hiding out on the moon, hit Invesdor to raise €150,000 to help finance the movie… Read More

September 26, 2015 @ 1:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Back in April of this year, Jimubox, a young peer to peer lending platform based in Beijing, closed a funding round of $84 million.  Jimubox, founded only in August of 2013, has quickly risen to become one of the leading direct lending platforms in the… Read More

September 26, 2015 @ 10:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Continuing to enjoy the success of their well-known Indiegogo campaigns, startups Bluesmart and Miss Possible sat down with the crowdfunding platform to share details about the initiatives and big achievements. The Bluesmart suitcase is high-quality carry-on that the user can control from their phone. Its size is… Read More

September 25, 2015 @ 2:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Adding more changes since becoming a public benefit corporation (PBC), Kickstarter decided to nix one of its employee perks. According to Buzzfeed News,  the popular crowdfunding platform recently changed its vacation policy, which unfortunately means no more unlimited time off. A spokesperson of the company told the media outlet… Read More

September 25, 2015 @ 11:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taking time away from her duties as Indiegogo’s Director of European Technology & Design, Anastasia Emmanuel sat down with Shiny Shiny to share details about her career and how popular crowdfunding has become. During her interview, Emmanuel discussed her passion for technology: “I totally fell into… Read More

September 25, 2015 @ 9:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Harmoney, Australasia’s peer-to-peer lending (P2P) marketplace, announced on Thursday that the company has completed a $200m funding round, led by P2P Global Investments PLC (P2PGI) managed by Eaglewood Europe LLC, a subsidiary of alternative asset manager Marshall Wace. The agreement includes both equity and debt, with… Read More

September 25, 2015 @ 9:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online small business lender, Herio Capital, announced this week that it has funded over $10 million to American entrepreneurs in 2015. This milestone comes after another record month of origination volume for the firm, in which Herio funded $3 million to borrowers. Sherif Hassan, founder and managing partner… Read More

September 24, 2015 @ 6:09 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  For a company that launched less than a year ago, FlashFunders has made its presence known as one of the first equity crowdfunding platforms allowing startups to manage and execute their whole seed funding round online. The company is also one of the first broker-dealers approved by… Read More

September 24, 2015 @ 3:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has settled charges against TeraExchange for “failing to enforce its prohibition on wash trading and prearranged trading on a Swap Executive Facility (SEF) platform”.  According to the CFTC, Tera, a provisionally registered SEF, failed to enforce a prohibition… Read More

September 24, 2015 @ 11:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fundrise, a real estate crowdfunding platform, has announced a new partnership with 306 7th Street LLC to provide $2 million in funding for an apartment repositioning in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. The sponsor has hired JBS Project Management to oversee the development. Investors… Read More