Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

May 10, 2015 @ 1:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer credit analytics startup PeerIQ has hired Deepak Agnani to its management team as Head of Financial Products. In this role Deepak will lead the development, marketing and launch of new product offerings. PeerIQ, is notable backed by multiple big names in the finance… Read More

May 10, 2015 @ 1:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

AOL co-founder, and entrepreneur advocate, Steve Case created Rise with the Rest in 2014.  Since that time he has been traveling across the country to identify promising young companies to back with his money and seal of approval. Rise with the Rest seeks startups in… Read More

May 9, 2015 @ 2:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Diversified crowdfunding platform Symbid announced earlier this year their intent on offering loans, as part of a portfolio of financing options.  Now they have set a date. Symbid will start offering loans, crowdfunded on their platform, this month and they are promoting the service to both… Read More

May 9, 2015 @ 8:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

In celebration of Mother’s Day (this Sunday), Indiegogo Life has teamed up with BigTent by Care.com, an online destination for local parenting groups, for a special tribute to all the mothers throughout the world. The global crowdfunding platform shared: “We all remember how parents used to communicate… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 1:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

RealCrowd, the online commercial real estate investment platform that last year funded properties with an aggregate value of nearly $1 billion, has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnFinance “Companies to Watch” for 2015. Firms on the OnFinance list are positioned at the… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 9:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platforms largely leverage 506b/506c private placement offers with the “c” offers being allowed to advertise (or generally solicit). It was Title II of the JOBS Act that effectively legalized crowdfunding on a broad scale changing decades of institutionalized private placement practices. Being… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 8:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The results are in: “Give Local America 2015,” which ran non-stop around the country on May 5th, is officially dubbed as the “largest, single-day, charitable crowdfunding event to date.” Through the course of the day, hundreds of thousands of donors were activated in 180 communities… Read More

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

While peer to peer lending captures much of the headlines regarding new forms of debt finance, there remains a group of alternative lenders that have been around for quite some time but with relatively less fanfare. CAN Capital is one of these small business lenders… Read More

May 7, 2015 @ 4:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help those affected by last month’s earthquake in Nepal, crowdfunding platform GoFundMe has announced it will donate $150,000 towards the relief efforts. The GoFundMe team stated: “In a continuing effort to aid those affected by the terrible earthquake in Nepal, GoFundMe has made… Read More

May 7, 2015 @ 1:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Comedian, television host, actor, and author, Stephen Colbert, announced that he has partnered with Share Fair Nation and ScanSource to fund every classroom project in South Carolina on DonorsChoose. Together, the three contributions will fund nearly 1,000 projects for more than 800 teachers at over 375 schools, totaling $800,000. Colbert, a South Carolina native, announced the… Read More

May 7, 2015 @ 1:17 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Cloud Lending Solutions, an end-to-end lending solution built natively on salesforce.com, today announced that Humphrey Polanen has been named president. He will be responsible for expanding Cloud Lending’s strategic partnership ecosystem and driving new cloud-based technology solutions that power the alternative lending community. “Humphrey’s expertise and… Read More

May 7, 2015 @ 12:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

CrowdfundUP, a real estate crowdfunding platform, has closed the very first deal in Australia. The offer was for a $500,000 development project listed by Perth based developer Megara. The project will build eight, 2-level, residential units in Doubleview, Perth. Both wholesale and retail investors had… Read More

May 6, 2015 @ 9:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Orchard describes its beginning as a small circle of friends, driven by the same interests, with a desire to make a difference in the alternative lending space.  But what was once a bit of a hobby is now a pretty enormous and incredible business. I… Read More

May 6, 2015 @ 4:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Each year, millions of backers hit crowdfunding platforms to raise funds for various projects: movies, technology, events… you name it, there’s a campaign for it. But what happens when the project’s organizers are unable to deliver? CBS correspondent, Michelle Miller, investigated the situation by chatting… Read More

May 6, 2015 @ 3:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seed Equity Capital Partners, LLC, announced today that it is launching Seed Equity Venture Fund I, L.P. (the “fund”), a venture seed fund targeting $10 million to invest in early growth stage technology companies. The fund has made a filing with the SEC under Rule 506(c),… Read More

May 6, 2015 @ 3:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform, PeerRealty, announced today that it is now accepting reservations from investors interested in investing in a portfolio of two triple net lease properties located in Schaumburg, IL and Orland Park, IL. PeerRealty CEO, Jordan Fishfeld, explained: “At PeerRealty, we aim to… Read More

May 6, 2015 @ 11:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club CEO and founder Renaud Laplanche is making the rounds to talk up first quarter financial results which were released yesterday after market close. The peer to peer lending platform beat results yesterday and raised guidance for the rest of the year. Laplanche, speaking… Read More

May 6, 2015 @ 10:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Zopa, the first peer to peer lender in the UK, has partnered up with another innovative firm UBER. The now (almost) ubiquitous ridesharing / cab replacement company is entering into a new service.  UBER and Zopa have created a new marketplace that will assist UBER drivers… Read More

May 6, 2015 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Dealstruck, a peer to peer lending platform that will provide credit to small businesses for up to $500,000, has shared it has surpassed $50 million in lending. This milestone was achieved by originating over 500 loans. A spokesperson for Dealstruck stated; “In less than two… Read More

May 6, 2015 @ 8:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Florida based Benworth Capital has launched a real estate crowdfunding platform called Fundrageous.  Bedworth is an alternative mortgage provider based in Miami.  The new portal was announced at the eMergeAmericas conference held this week. Benworth founder and CEO of both companies, Bernie Navarro, was quoted on… Read More