Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

August 14, 2015 @ 12:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the announcement of its recent funding round capturing $30 million, Tilt’s co-founders James Beshara and Khaled Hussein sat down with TechCrunch to share their thoughts on the investment and the future of the crowdfunding platform. The media outlet revealed that Tilt has already expanded to the… Read More

August 14, 2015 @ 11:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Porter Novelli’s PR offspring jack + bill is back again to partner-up with Pozible.  Last year the duo joined to promote three individual Aussie crowdfunding campaigns. “We’re pleased to say all three projects from 2014 achieved their crowdfunding targets, and we’re even more pleased that… Read More

August 14, 2015 @ 11:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

EdAid, a financial technical startup, recently announced that it is launching its own crowdfunding platform to help students with college expenses. According to CityAM, the new platform, which is pending approval by the Financial Conduct Authority, is set to launch next month and will offer… Read More

August 14, 2015 @ 10:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Chinese peer to peer lender Migang has formed a strategic partnership with Tianan Property Insurance to provide additional security to customers. According to a report in China News, Cao Xiaofeng, Chairman of Migang, said; “Risk control has been a challenge for P2P sector, and we… Read More

August 14, 2015 @ 10:14 am By Erin Hobey  |  

AssetAvenue, a leading online lender for real estate investment properties, announced that Real Estate Forum has selected the company for its annual “Best of the Best” directory in the “lender and financial services” category. The directory is published by ALM and is available in the August 2015 issue… Read More

August 14, 2015 @ 10:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Mitchel Harad, a former executive at Lending Club, recently joined the Aussie peer to peer lending platform Society One.  Harad, who has been described as the “architect” of Lending Club’s growth,  states he joined the marketplace lending platform at a very similar point in its development… Read More

August 14, 2015 @ 9:46 am By Erin Hobey  |  

UBS has shown an increased interest in fintech developments, creating an innovations lab to explore potential applications of bitcoin and the blockchain technology, according to NewsBTC’s Sarah Jenn. Swiss global financial services company based in Zurich recently announced the launch of the Future of Finance Challenge, which is… Read More

August 14, 2015 @ 9:20 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Tendr, a mobile crowdfunding discovery platform, rebrands as OFF3R and will now offer US crowdfunding investment opportunities from Angel.co and other leading US platforms. OFF3R is backed by angel investment club QVentures and with investors in over 42 countries. The investor app hits 250,000 interactions in… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 4:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week Lending Club, the largest marketplace lending platform in the US, released its quarterly financial results.  The numbers beat the street.  But even more important is the fact the direct lending platform is growing.  If you compare their growth to somnolent banks the comparison… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 2:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With a few hours before the closing of its Kickstarter initiative, Bill Nye’s new film has reached over $800,000 thanks to 16,000 backers. Due to its popularity, the project has been dubbed the crowdfunding giant’s most funded documentary. New York City producers David Alvarado and Jason… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 1:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PALMco, a family owned and operated energy supply company, announced today its third annual commitment to funding environmental science projects in partnership with DonorsChoose, a non-profit crowdfunding platform where teachers can request classroom resources. By partnering with the DonorsChoose.org “Double Your Impact” initiative, qualified projects in… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 11:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Investment crowdfunding platform Symbid announced it has received 28% revenue growth in the second quarter of 2015. Korstiaan Zandvliet, co-founder and CEO of Symbid, stated: “We are delighted to report strong revenue growth as our core business continues to expand while we add new revenue streams from our… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 10:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small business loan approval rates through institutional investors and alternative lenders remained higher than any other category in July 2015, according to the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index, the monthly analysis of 1,000 loan applications on Biz2Credit.com. Both categories approved approximately 61% of Biz2Credit’s total… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Shock Top Brewing and Indiegogo have created a formidable partnership to battle the California drought head-on.  Indiegogo will be launching crowdfunding campaigns that tackle the drought – and Shock Top will be supporting with cash.  Shock Top, part of Anheuser-Busch, will be dedicating hundreds of… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 9:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Paula DeLaurentis, a senior marketing, financial services, and real estate professional, has joined real estate crowdfunding platform iFunding as the Chief Revenue Officer. DeLaurentis will be expanding the company’s business development and marketing efforts by implementing a greater strategic focus and a personalized outreach to the real… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdahouse was originally launched in 2012.  The crowdfunding platform sought to drive efficiencies in the buy-to-let market by providing capital via equity at minimum amounts of £5,000. Today Crowdahouse is changing direction by pivoting to debt based lending.  Gary Corben, co-founder and CEO of Crowdahouse,… Read More

August 12, 2015 @ 9:40 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  “Trying.” states Rory Eakin’s Twitter bio, which could describe its owner as well as the company Rory co-founded, CircleUp. But perhaps Rory’s bio needs one more word: “Succeeding.” In the last two years, the company has launched several notable products, such as the Consumer Growth Fund,… Read More

August 12, 2015 @ 1:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, real estate investors network and marketplace, Connected Investors, announced the launch of its aggregated real estate crowdfunding marketplace. For the first time, investors will be able to quickly locate and evaluate investments available across the real estate crowdfunding industry in the US and… Read More

August 12, 2015 @ 12:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based, Monexo Innovations Limited, announced on Wednesday that it has been selected by DBS Accelerator, powered by Nest as the only Peer to Peer lending marketplace startup in the lineup. Monexo is an online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending marketplace inspired by the successful American version, LendingClub. The three-month… Read More

August 12, 2015 @ 11:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, crowdfunding platform CircleUp announced that it teamed up with media outlet Forbes to present the 25 Most Innovative Brands of 2015 list. Founder and CEO of CircleUp, Ryan Caldbeck declared: “We’ve teamed up with Forbes to celebrate the 25 most innovative consumer and retail brands… Read More