Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

July 10, 2015 @ 1:05 am By Therese Torris  |  

Seedrs is a star among equity crowdfunding platforms. Founded in 2009 in the UK, the company pioneered innovations such as raising funds for several crowdfunding platforms – including itself – and launching a crowdfunding campaign for a listed company. Such bold moves have made Seedrs… Read More

July 9, 2015 @ 11:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

While making the final preparations for its launch, upcoming UK real estate investment platform, BrickVest, announced it has received backing from Rocket Internet’s Global Founders Capital (GFC). According to TechCrunch, GFC has invested in a startup before the platform open its investment doors. Although BrickVest nor GFC are disclosing… Read More

July 9, 2015 @ 11:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With female entrepreneurs becoming a big topic in the crowdfunding world, equity platform Crowdcube weighed in on its experience with working with projects that involve women leaders. The UK platform shared: “Crowdcube is changing the status quo. We’re making investing and raising finance more accessible, affordable and rewarding… Read More

July 9, 2015 @ 10:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Great news, UK! This week, crowdfunding platform Tilt announced that it has opened its doors of the countries inventors. Tilt revealed: “The easiest way to collect money from your group is now available in the UK! Say goodbye to bank transfers, collecting cash from a… Read More

July 9, 2015 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The US is a magnet for foreign students looking for a superior education and a boost to their career.  Yet these same international students frequently need to borrow to pay for school just like the legions of domestic students. CommonBond, a direct lending platform that… Read More

July 8, 2015 @ 3:40 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  A co-creator of the legislation that eventually became the JOBS Act of 2012, Candace Klein, Chief Strategy Officer for marketplace lender Dealstruck, joined the crowdfunding movement unintentionally. Candace was drawn in through her nonprofit, Bad Girl Ventures, and in the process founded her second company, began working with the… Read More

July 8, 2015 @ 7:56 am By JD Alois  |  

SME lender Funding  Empire has sold majority ownership to Paratus AMC, a residential mortgage lending company.  According to a company statement, Funding Empire will continue to maintain operations in Cardiff as “Wales’ only peer to peer lending lending platform”.  The direct lender launched operations in… Read More

July 7, 2015 @ 6:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has just released their numbers for the first half of 2015 and according to their tally the funding portal has seen £53.5 million invested via their site with £38.9 million raised for a funded business. In 2014 the total amount raised… Read More

July 7, 2015 @ 4:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Southern California-based Payoff, Inc. today announced that Eaglewood Capital Management, a subsidiary of alternative asset manager Marshall Wace, has agreed to finance up to $250 million of loans over a multi-year period, subject to Eaglewood’s purchase criteria. This arrangement should enable Payoff’s rapid growth to support the… Read More

July 7, 2015 @ 12:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Landbay, a peer to peer lending platform that targets the mortgage sector, is barely one year old and it has thrown down the gauntlet to challenge traditional banks. The direct lending platform says it will hit £1 billion per year in lending and 100,000 customers by 2018…. Read More

July 7, 2015 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based real estate crowdfunding platform CoAssets will publicly trade shares on NSX, an Australian stock exchange. This comes as CoAssets announces expanding its platform into Australia.  According to a report from the company, CoAssets, the first crowdfunding site for real estate projects in Southeast Asia, will… Read More

July 7, 2015 @ 11:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK’s peer-to-peer lending platform, RateSetter, announced it has implemented AU10TIX BOS to improve fraud protection and KYC compliance while streamlining customer experience and increasing effective volume handling capacity. AU10TIX BOS enables 100% automated, Click&Go multi-factor authentication of online submitted ID images. BOS carries out a… Read More

July 7, 2015 @ 10:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Specialty social media and gaming network CrowdGather, Inc. (OTCQB:CRWG) today announced financial results for the fiscal year ended on April 30th. CrowdGather reported revenues of $2,399,842, compared to revenues of $1,537,051 reported for fiscal 2014. Gross profit for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015,… Read More

July 7, 2015 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Prêt d’Union, the leading peer to peer lending platform in France, has raised a significant € 31 million from Eurazeo and angel investor Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet.  The new investors join an established group including Crédit Mutuel Arkea, Schioted and AG2R La Mondiale. In a posting on the… Read More

July 7, 2015 @ 8:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based Crowdonomic has Rebranded as Crowdo as it Expands Across Asia. Launched in 2012, Crowdo has announced they will launch two platforms before year end.  As part of their regional expansion plan, Crowdo intends to launch a peer to peer lending platform in Indonesia… Read More

July 6, 2015 @ 5:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Young peer to peer lending platform, Money&Co., founded by City Super Woman Nicola Horlick, believes it has set a record of sorts.  The direct lender was launched in the spring of 2014 and to date has facilitated about £6 million in loans. According to Money&Co.;… Read More

July 6, 2015 @ 12:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

MYBank, a new online only bank, is poised to challenge China’s state owned banks with its 100% digital, branchless banking operation that will serve customers 24 hours a day. This is one of China’s first privately owned internet banks as China pushes forward in the… Read More

July 4, 2015 @ 10:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Offering up his insights about crowdfunding, Crowdcube co-founder Luke Lang sat down with International Business Times to share details about the funding method and why so many are turning to it for their businesses/projects. While discussing the difficulties entrepreneurs have to finding angel investors to give to their… Read More

July 3, 2015 @ 2:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

The new FSCS deposit limit will kick in on January 1st, 2016.  The limit for individuals is being lowered from £85,000 to £75,000 to be in line with the European Union Deposit Guarantee Scheme which is designed to “harmonize” the limit across Europe to €100,000.  The… Read More

July 3, 2015 @ 8:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Impacting the lives of military families across the nation, Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation (Fallen Patriots) seeks to bridge the gap in the cost of college education for children who lost a parent in the line of duty. Beginning today, Fallen Patriots is kicking off its… Read More