Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

July 19, 2015 @ 4:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Direct lender Balboa Capital has completed a securitization in the amount of $230 million. This is the company’s 3rd term securitization and its largest ever.  Balboa, a privately held company, mainly focuses on equipment lease loans and loan backed notes.  According to Balboa, these notes… Read More

July 19, 2015 @ 12:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

  UpStart, a three year old marketplace lending platform founded by former Googlers, is a next generation direct lender that wants to leapfrog existing platforms by providing turbocharged data processes to making loans. The first generation marketplace lenders saw opportunity in the bloated and punch… Read More

July 18, 2015 @ 11:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last September, Omar Mamoon, owner of San Francisco’s DOUGH & Co., launched a Kickstarter to raise $35,000 for his small business. The company was started in 2013 and is described as a premier purveyor of quality egg-free cookie dough that can be enjoyed both baked and unbaked…. Read More

July 18, 2015 @ 8:09 am By JD Alois  |  

  CoAssets, Southeast Asia’s first real estate crowdfunding platform, held its second Expo for Property, Investing and Crowdfunding (EPIC) in Singapore this past week. Organizers state that attendance doubled over year prior as interest in real estate crowdfunding has soared.  Over 900 attendees participated in… Read More

July 17, 2015 @ 11:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

As more and more companies are turning to crowdfunding for extra funds, Indiegogo’s CEO Slava Rubin is encouraging everyone with a project idea to use the global platform. During a recent interview with MarketWatch, Rubin stated that he, along with the rest of the Indiegogo crew,… Read More

July 17, 2015 @ 10:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With more and more projects looking into Indiegogo InDemand, the platform has offered some tips on how to be successful by using the program. Indiegogo noted, “InDemand makes it easy to continue raising funds after your campaign deadline. Campaigns in InDemand have reached their goal, met their… Read More

July 16, 2015 @ 12:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Middle East’s crowdfunding platform, Zoomaal, announced that it has teamed up with Oasis500 and Flat6Lab launched a new acceleration program. Wamda reported that the program guarantee to approve for seed investment projects in tech, the Internet of Things, wearable technologies, and other physical B2C… Read More

July 16, 2015 @ 10:58 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Australia’s crowdfunding scene recently took the spotlight with the news that CoAssets, a Singapore-based real estate crowdfunding platform, would publicly trade shares on NSX, an Australian stock exchange. On the investment side, Aussie real estate crowdfunding platform Estate Baron has recently secured backing of note: from Benni Aroni, founder of WaterSun Homes… Read More

July 16, 2015 @ 10:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo has announced the appointment of Christian Busch as Senior Vice President of Marketing. According to the crowdfunding platform, Busch will oversee all marketing and communication activities at Indiegogo.  Busch has been working with Indiegogo on a consulting basis. His LinkedIn profile indicates  he became… Read More

July 16, 2015 @ 7:17 am By JD Alois  |  

FundedByMe, based in Sweden, has published a review of successful Nordic equity crowdfunding campaigns.  FundedByMe provides a portfolio of services for companies raising capital including debt, equity and rewards based crowdfunding. The platform has successfully funded around 500 companies from 25 different countries so they… Read More

July 15, 2015 @ 3:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, India’s crowdfunding platform, Ketto Online Ventures Private Limited, announced that it has received over $700,000 during its latest funding round. Ketto, which was founded by Varun Sheth, Kunal Kapoor and Zaheer Adenwala in October 2012, is described as a crowdfunding space to campaign for social causes, NGOs,… Read More

July 15, 2015 @ 11:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Offering up his own insight on the tech industry, Crowdcube co-founder Luke Lang sat down to reveal why such companies should consider equity crowdfunding for their next funding rounds. During an interview with IDG Connect, Lang stated: “Crowdfunding not only gives businesses a platform to… Read More

July 15, 2015 @ 7:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Twino, a new peer to peer lending platform based in Latvia, has added a new twist to the direct lending equation. According to the company, Twino will buy out loans if they are more than 60 days overdue.  While there are multiple direct lenders that… Read More

July 14, 2015 @ 4:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Funding Circle is on a trajectory to originate around $1 billion in loans for 2015. The direct lender facilitated $100 million in loans in both the US and UK combined for the month of June, according to CEO and founder Samir Desai. The marketplace lending… Read More

July 14, 2015 @ 3:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pave, a crowdfunding platform that turned lending upside down with its Income-linked Payment Agreement, or IPA, where individuals invested directly in the future of an individual. It was more of a bet on how promising a person’s financial outlook was perceived. Accredited investors could select an… Read More

July 14, 2015 @ 12:08 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Singapore-based fintech company, fastacash, has announced today that it has raised US$15 million in Series B funding reported e27‘s Yon Heong Tung. The round was led by Rising Dragon Singapore and includes Life.SREDA, UVM 2 Venture Investments LP and Jungle Ventures. The Series B round brings fastacash’s total funding to US$23.5 million…. Read More

July 14, 2015 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform RealtyMogul has raised a sturdy $35 million in a Series B funding round. The valuation was not disclosed.  The Funding was led by Sorenson Capital with early investor Canaan Partners joining in as well.  The investment was described as a underscoring “RealtyMogul’s… Read More

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

Luxe.Co & Fashion.VC have announced raising RMB 10 million (USD $1.6 million) via equity crowdfunding. According to the company, investors included ZhenFund led by Xu Xiaoping plus 12 angel investors.  Xiaoping is the founder of New Oriental a publicly traded company on the NYSE. Luxe.Co… Read More

July 14, 2015 @ 11:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SaundersDailey, an online real estate investment marketplace, today announced its launch as the first local platform to offer community-funded properties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul (Twin Cities) area. Featuring opportunities with investments that start as low as $2,500, SaundersDailey gives accredited and institutional investors the ability to… Read More

July 14, 2015 @ 10:31 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Ablrate, the peer-to-peer lending platform that offers investors access to asset backed loans against aircraft transactions, has launched a new platform with a secondary market. Commenting on the new platform, CEO Ablrate David Bradley-Ward said, “The new Secondary Market is a culmination of feedback from investors and our… Read More