Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

March 10, 2015 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Madiston LendLoanInvest is launching a new Secondary Market for P2P loans. The UK based firm is said to give lenders the opportunity to cash in their loan parts early if they need to, giving lenders liquidty when necessary.  The firm said it is adding new… Read More

March 10, 2015 @ 8:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Students at the Wharton School of Management, one of the leading MBA programs in the world, and OurCrowd, a global equity crowdfunding platform, have formed a partnership to create a new, “social impact” investment channel. The agreement will see new investment opportunities listed on the… Read More

March 10, 2015 @ 8:14 am By JD Alois  |  

The CEO of JustPark, Alex Stephany, and Crowdcube co-founder Luke Lang teamed up yesterday to talk about crowdfunding and the sharing economy. JustPark is raising capital on Crowdcube right now and their funding round has hit it out of the park. JustPark connects drivers in need… Read More

March 10, 2015 @ 2:38 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Whether you have an eye–or a nose–for good design, Sniffr, a new crowdfunding platform for Singapore designers, has just soft-launched, according to Channel NewsAsia. Founded by Otto Solutions, the platform offers aspiring designers a launch pad to share and showcase their designs, as well as solicit funding… Read More

March 10, 2015 @ 1:00 am By Therese Torris  |  

Leading French crowdfunding platforms Anaxago and WiSeed launched real estate business units to meet strong demand from both real estate developers and investors. In this interview, Souleymane Galadima, the Managing Director of WiSeed Immobilier, presents his company’s current real estate crowdfunding model based on debt… Read More

March 9, 2015 @ 10:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

The former Vice Chairman of PIMCO, Chris Burnham, has signed up to join the Advisory Board of peer to peer lender LendEx.  The Australian based direct lender offers loans to individuals and small business at “rates lower than those offered by the banks”. PIMCO is… Read More

March 9, 2015 @ 3:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Flow Hive, the beekeeping and honey making system that has captured the backing of thousands, is now the most funded campaign on Indiegogo of all time having raised about $5.3 million with over three weeks left on the offer. Ubuntu Edge raised $12.8 million for its smartphone… Read More

March 9, 2015 @ 2:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Israel-based OurCrowd announced it is planning to open a new office in Toronto. Now TechVibes has revealed more details about the equity crowdfunding platform’s move to Canadian borders. During the Canadian Crowdfunding Summit, CEO of OurCrowd Jon Medved shared information about the platform’s new… Read More

March 9, 2015 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Zopa, worlds first peer to peer lender, is celebrating its birthday today.  Ten years ago the innovative company was founded “in a barn in Buckinghamshire”.  While the direct lending industry now has many companies participating around the world much credit should be given to Zopa as… Read More

March 8, 2015 @ 9:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender SoFi (or Social Finance) may receive a $3.5 billion market valuation later this year in an initial public offering (IPO).  SoFi is a direct lender that got its start in the student loan refinancing sector but has since expanded its credit… Read More

March 6, 2015 @ 3:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fairway America, a small balance real estate (SBRE) pooled investment funds company, announced on Friday (March 6th) its $1 Million commitment from one or both funds, Fairway America Fund VI, LLC and Fairway America Fund VII, LP, to Colonial Capital Management’s new $100 Million Colonial… Read More

March 6, 2015 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Lendico, a peer to peer lender that has not let national barriers get in the way of expansion, has announced that two German banks, along with “international hedge funds” will invest hundreds of millions of dollars in loans from Lendico.  The names of the funding… Read More

March 6, 2015 @ 8:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AgFunder, an equity crowdfunding platform for agriculture technology, today announced the release of its AgTech Investing Report 2014: Year in Review, covering $2.36 billion raised across 264 deals in the AgTech industry for 2014. From precision agriculture to biotech to drones, venture capitalists made investments… Read More

March 5, 2015 @ 2:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Revealing what he expects in the future of crowdfunding, co-founder and CEO of Indiegogo Slava Rubin stated that he believes a single project using the funding method will generate more than $1 billion by end of this decade. During his recent interview with TrustedReviews, Rubin… Read More

March 5, 2015 @ 1:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Offering up some advice on how to receive crowdfunding success, award-winning producer and UK film and creative at Indiegogo, Miranda Fleming sat down with Aesthetica Short Film Festival to discuss key strategies to earning the cash filmmakers need for their projects. During her interview, Fleming revealed… Read More

March 5, 2015 @ 12:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday (March 5th), media outlet City A.M. announced it has partnered with Crowdnetic to launch a new website, CityAmCrowdwatch, which is dedicated to UK crowd finance data. According to City A.M., CityAMCrowdwatch features information on private UK-based companies that are publicly raising capital online… Read More

March 5, 2015 @ 11:13 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has shared they experienced the best month ever for number of registered users.  For the month of February over 15,000 joined the funding portal.  This jump in users has now boosted their “investor community” to over 145,000 individuals. While… Read More

March 5, 2015 @ 9:11 am By Therese Torris  |  

French real estate developers badly need private equity and French savers have a strong, yet until recently unsatisfied, appetite for investing in real estate development. Crowdfunding comes to the rescue. Two leading French equity crowdfunding sites Anaxago and WiSeed have recently launched a division dedicated… Read More

March 4, 2015 @ 12:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

More than seven billion people live on Earth. That’s seven billion hearts beating. Seven billion bodies breathing. Seven billion minds creating thoughts and ideas all over the world. Yet, so many face struggle everyday all around us. Even so, there is one thing that will… Read More

March 4, 2015 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Plymouth community projects and social enterprises will be able to tap into funds as part of a pioneering crowdfunding scheme launched today. Plymouth City Council has set aside £60,000 for projects on Crowdfund Plymouth, which was launched by crowdfunding platform, CrowdfunderUK Projects launching as part of Crowdfund… Read More