Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

March 23, 2015 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority has approved the application of Dubai based Eureeca and is now regulated under UK rules.  Eureeca is a leading investment crowdfunding platform in the Middle East.  According to Eureeca, the funding portal is seeking to assist UK based SMEs looking to enter… Read More

March 23, 2015 @ 8:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lending Works, a peer-to-peer lender for insurance against borrower default risk, is pleased to announce the launch of several new features aimed at the UK pensions market, as new pension rule changes come into effect in April 2015. More than 52% of Lending Works’ lenders… Read More

March 23, 2015 @ 7:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has announced the launch of a new program called the “Sprint Programme” designed specifically to help fund startups raise seed funding. The very first company to leverage the new feature, the Pressery, quickly raised £150,000 in hours. Back to the Future… Read More

March 22, 2015 @ 6:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending platform DirectMoney is said to be preparing to publicly trade shares on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) within the next eight weeks. If it successfully lists shares it will become the first platform to trade in Australia and one of the… Read More

March 20, 2015 @ 4:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Direct lender Dealstruck added another name to its executive bench today. Ryan Campbell has been appointed VP of Sales and will need the peer lending platform’s push to grow sales and revenue.  He will be tasked with the overall productivity and effectiveness of attracting new… Read More

March 20, 2015 @ 10:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Property investment company the House Crowd has announced surpassing the £10 million mark in funds raised since its launch in 2012.  The platform uses crowdfunding to raise capital to invest in property which is then refurbished. In September of 2014, House Crowd released it had… Read More

March 20, 2015 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd is a global investment crowdfunding platform that is one of the leaders in the sector today having raised over $100 million for SME’s. While its headquarters are nominally in Israel, the platform has taken a truly cosmopolitan approach. Led by visionary founder and industry champion,… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 4:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With just a few hours until its crowdfunding campaign comes to an end, up and coming restaurant Loco’l has not only successfully funded, it has also become the most funded food project on global crowdfunding platform, Indiegogo. As previously reported, filmmaker and actor Jon Favreau has announced… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 11:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Sustainability Partnership announced the launch of its social media crowdfunding cooperative for live radio, chat, jobs, events and road shows that have a green earth and green space focus. Sustainability Partnership and CrowdfundingCooperative are free and consist of green projects and visionaries dedicated to help each other… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 10:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PALMco, a family owned and operated energy supply company, announced today its support of PAWS Chicago, the city’s largest No Kill humane organization focused on creating solutions to end the killing of homeless pets. PALMco contributed $5,000 to support PAWS Chicago’s 9th Annual Animal Magnetism event, which… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 8:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AppVested, an equity crowdfunding platform that connects serious accredited investors to carefully-vetted mobile application ideas, also known as AppIdeas, in need of funding. By carefully selecting only the most opportune app ideas brought forth by willing and creative-minded entrepreneurs, AppVested looks to develop, launch and market… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer mortgage lender Landbay has appointed Julian Cork as Chief Operating Officer. Julian has been hired aid in the rapid growth being experienced by the funding platform. He will be joining co-founders John Goodall and Gray Stern in the buy to let focused… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 2:08 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Many in the crowdfunding world are abuzz with news about Australian startups–from Flow Hive, Indiegogo’s most funded crowdfunding project, to CrowdfundUp, Australia’s first real estate crowdfunding platform. And in today’s news, angel investor group Sydney Angels is partnering with equity-based crowdfunding platform VentureCrowd to offer more Australian startups the… Read More

March 18, 2015 @ 10:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just six months after its successful Kickstarter campaign came to an end, React Mobile, a personal safety solution featuring a leading app to enable family and friends to monitor someone’s location and call for help in an emergency, today announced the availability of the React Sidekick,… Read More

March 18, 2015 @ 9:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

P2Binvestor (P2Bi), a crowdlending platform for commercial lines of credit, announces more than $50 million in invoices funded since signing its first direct client in May 2014. To date, P2Bi has financed the growth of companies in technology, natural foods and products, manufacturing, energy, and personnel services with… Read More

March 18, 2015 @ 9:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Australia was early to the equity crowdfunding game with ASSOB but they are a bit late in real estate crowdfunding – that is until today. CrowdfundUp, a Perth based startup, has launchd Australia’s first real estate crowdfunding platform offering both debt and equity investment  opportunities… Read More

March 18, 2015 @ 8:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

For donors and consumer givers who want to know that the money they donate to charity is making a tangible impact and serving real needs, Austin-based startup 121Giving today launched a new product marketplace and crowdfunding platform that enables donors to know where their giving… Read More

March 18, 2015 @ 8:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Appropriately – international funding platform FundedByMe is now accepting Bitcoin.  The announcement has been matched with the launch of an equity crowdfunding campaign for Safello, a Bitcoin trading platform that is already halfway funded. FundedByMe is using the Safello offer as a Pilot Program to test… Read More

March 17, 2015 @ 10:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Legal firm, Stephens Scown, has partnered with Crowdfunder UK to become a sponsor of Crowdfunder Local in the South West covering the Crowdfund Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset regions. The rewards-based crowdfunding platform works with businesses, charities and community groups to help them raise funds from the… Read More

March 17, 2015 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

investUP (known as UP), the crowdfunding supermarket, today announces partnerships with five new equity and Peer-to-Business (P2B) crowdfunding sites, joining the eight crowdfunding sites already on the investUP platform. These partnerships will allow investors to search for the most suitable investments from a greater choice of… Read More