Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

May 6, 2015 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

SyndicateRoom, a UK based investment crowdfunding platform, easily funded  their own company to the tune of £1.2 million last week.  The offer was previewed to registered investors on the platform allowing the portal to measure interest prior to the offer launch.  Shares in the company… Read More

May 5, 2015 @ 5:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE: LC), the largest p2p lender in the US, has released its Q1 operating numbers and simultaneoulsy raised its outlook for the entire year. Loan originations jumped 107% versus year prior from $791.3 million to $1.635.1 million for Q1 2015. Operating revenue experienced… Read More

May 5, 2015 @ 12:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Israel based eLoan has a new shareholder. Meitav Dash has acquired a 20% stake in the peer to peer lending company.  The young direct lender has loaned 8.3 million shekels (about $2.14  USD) since the platform launched a scant 18 months ago, according to a… Read More

May 5, 2015 @ 12:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending platform Funding Circle has formed a new partnership with the National Small Business Association (NSBA). The new arrangement is designed to “help Main Street get better access to growth capital”.  The NSBA has an active membership of 65,000 businesses.  Their members… Read More

May 5, 2015 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Sharestates, a real estate crowdfunding platform, has received a $30 million commitment for fraction and whole loan deals from Ranger Direct Lending Fund, a Ranger Capital affiliate.  Ranger Direct Lending Fund trades on the LSE and recently completed a $200 million public offering specifically for investing… Read More

May 5, 2015 @ 7:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Indicative of the dramatic shift occurring in finance today, LendInvest has announced the appointment of a former Microsoft executive to join the fast growing peer to peer lending platform. Bart Boezeman will be LendInvest’s new Chief Marketing Officer.  Previously Boezeman was Director of Global Brand… Read More

May 5, 2015 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

GLI Finance has added another name to its roster of companies that it owns or has a significant stake.  GLI has invested £1.25 million in SME credit broker Funding Options for 28.9% ownership in ordinary equity plus  £0.75 million in preferred shares.  Geoff Miller, GLI… Read More

May 4, 2015 @ 12:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few days after the death of Baltimore resident Freddie Gray caused riots throughout the city, a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe surfaced to support the six police officers that were involved in the situation. Baltimore’s chief prosecutor Marilyn Mosby stated on Friday that Gray… Read More

May 4, 2015 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

iCrowd Hotels, Inc., a real estate developer and investor with a groundbreaking hospitality strategy focused on the millennial market, announced today the launch of its new crowdfunding platform. The new platform, which is focused on hotel properties across the globe, answers the mounting demand for direct access… Read More

May 4, 2015 @ 7:20 am By JD Alois  |  

FundedByMe, a global crowdfunding platform based in Stockholm, Sweden, has recently added loan based crowdfunding and successfully launched a self-crowdfunding campaign.  The platform is also accepting Bitcoin as part of a pilot program to test cryptocurrency integration.  To meet the growing demands and expanding number… Read More

May 4, 2015 @ 12:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Ning Tang, CEO and founder of CreditEase – the first peer to peer lending platform in China, recently shared “ten thoughts” about the evolution of P2P lending and online finance. CreditEase was founded in 2006 prior to P2P lending becoming a popular term, the CreditEase… Read More

May 2, 2015 @ 1:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

As was widely expected, the self-crowdfunding round of investment platform SyndicateRoom easily hit its £1.2 million funding goal representing a 14.12% equity stake in the young company.  Pre-money valuation was stated at £ 7.3 million with a per share price of £2.88. Existing registered investors… Read More

May 1, 2015 @ 4:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

AutoChina International just reported 4th quarter 2014 financial resorts. AutoChina is a “leading provider of innovative financing solutions for China’s transportation industry”. The spread between quarter close and results may be slow for the US, but is typical for China. AutoChina (OTCBB: AUTCF) announced decent… Read More

May 1, 2015 @ 4:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharing his thoughts about crowdfunding, Virgin Group’s founder Richard Branson discuss why he believes that the funding method could be a game changer for startups. While revealing his experience with the crowdfunding industry, Branson wrote: “Is crowdfunding going to change the world? I was delighted… Read More

May 1, 2015 @ 12:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Comcast Corporation, a U.S. based international mass media conglomerate and notably the nation’s largest cable company and home internet service provider, has started a new program to promote budding new entrepreneurs. The company has recently created The Innovators 4 Entrepreneurs contest in which they are… Read More

May 1, 2015 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a peer to peer lending platform for secured commercial mortgages, has updated their tech adding an auto-invest feature for investors. This allows individuals to manually select specific metrics on loans and once an asset that matches your criteria, you will automatically invest. LendInvest describes… Read More

May 1, 2015 @ 8:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding has bee legal in Spain for some time now but the first run at creating a viable regulatory regime endured several challenges.  Regulations published in february 2014 were broadly criticized for being overly restrictive and the new rules are being described as an improvement having eliminated several restrictions… Read More

April 30, 2015 @ 10:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

  SyndicateRoom, a leading UK based investment crowdfunding platform, has been preparing for a self crowdfunding round in the amount of £1.2 million.  Apparently there is a lot of interest in backing the funding portal as company representatives have shared the crowdfunding round is 2X… Read More

April 30, 2015 @ 4:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer, or marketplace lending is growing fast. Loan originations on the largest platforms have hit “escape velocity” biting deeply into the realm of traditional banks. Orchard, a conduit that has positioned their services uniquely at the intersection of it all, shared earlier this… Read More

April 30, 2015 @ 2:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In an effort to offer crowdfunding campaign organizers more ways to see how their project is doing with backers, Kickstarter announced a new Google Analytics feature that will show who’s checking out the pitch. The crowdfunding giant revealed in its blog: “If you’ve never launched a… Read More