Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

February 19, 2015 @ 1:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to give students and faculty a place to fund projects, the University of Pittsburgh has launched a crowdfunding platform dedicated to those apart of the panther family. According to Pittsburgh Business Times, EngagePitt allows donors to contribute to campaigns that are created and ran by… Read More

February 19, 2015 @ 12:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over six months ago, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter unveiled a new algorithm system for the platform to determine if submitted projects are following its rules. As previously reported, the algorithm scans review keywords in the campaign, the creator’s past track record on the platform and if similar campaigns… Read More

February 19, 2015 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced this week that it has agreed to acquire Kickstarter-success LoopPay, the acclaimed mobile wallet solutions provider that turns existing magnetic stripe readers into secure, contactless receivers. LoopPay’s technology has the potential to work in approximately 90% of existing point-of-sale (POS) terminals,… Read More

February 19, 2015 @ 11:17 am By Erin Hobey  |  

JustPark’s crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube swiftly overfunded its original £1M goal, raising over £1,408,475 with the help of over 1902 backers. As reported by Crowdfund Insider‘s Samantha Hurst earlier this week, “JustPark is apparently leading the disruption of the £50 billion global parking market by allowing its customers… Read More

February 19, 2015 @ 10:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Leading Crowdfunding Platform Plans to Deploy Estimated $30 Million of Capital in Mile-High City Fundrise, the leading real estate crowdfunding platform, today announced that it has made its debut in the Denver real estate market after providing $1 million to finance a ground-up mixed-use apartment complex with… Read More

February 19, 2015 @ 9:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PropFunds L.P., doing business in the real estate crowdfunding arena, has funded approximately $2,000,000 of first trust deeds in the past two months. The property types have primarily been multi-family projects in the greater Los Angeles market and the annualized yields to PropFunds investors are projected to… Read More

February 19, 2015 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding Circle, a leading peer to peer lender that targets small business loans, has announced a significant commitment by Victory Park Capital to finance up to $420 million in loans to small business originated via Funding Circle in both the UK and US over the… Read More

February 18, 2015 @ 12:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

The largest social networking site in China RenRen is at it again and they are investing this time in Sindeo – a mortgage marketplace that seeks to fix the broken mortgage loan system. RenRen has been playing a growing role in funding fintech as they expand… Read More

February 18, 2015 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Graham Wellesley, CEO and founder of Wellesley & Co. a UK based peer to peer lender, has announced a new P2P bond targeting ISA accounts.  Wellesley took to the studios of Bloomberg to chat up his platform’s newest investment opportunity.  He explained that by listing… Read More

February 18, 2015 @ 10:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The inventors of The BBQ Dragon, a grilling accessory that got its start with a successfully funded $100,000 Kickstarter campaign, will now have a chance to compete on national TV for much bigger stakes, on Science Channel’s new show, All-American Makers. In the nationally televised show, business owners and… Read More

February 17, 2015 @ 8:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

International crowdfunding platform FundedByMe, has jumped into the debt space thus rounding out their funding options on their global platform.  The loans will initially be available for SMEs in Sweden but investors from all over the world will be able to loan money in the… Read More

February 17, 2015 @ 4:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

GridShare, a new renewable energy crowdfunding platform, has just launched and they are targeting all aspects of clean tech by facilitating debt, equity and donations based funding.  There is growing interest in renewable energy crowdfunding. Investments that package a social good with a return on… Read More

February 17, 2015 @ 3:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The National Institute of Whole Health (NIWH), pioneers of Whole Health Education® training and research since 1977, announced today its partnership with CrowdMed, an online, crowdsourced medical diagnosis platform that helps to solve the world’s most difficult medical cases. For almost 40 years, NIWH has been training… Read More

February 17, 2015 @ 2:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

From Thursday (February 19th) to Saturday (February 21st), the nation’s largest cannabis expo CannaCon, will take place in Seattle, Washington at the beautiful Bell Harbor International Conference Center located on Pier 91 at Smith Cove. Marijuana icons Tommy Chong, best known as one-half of the… Read More

February 17, 2015 @ 12:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (February 17th), peer-to-peer lender, Linked Finance, announced it has hired Lloyd Nolan as its new chief operating officer. According to The Independent, Nolan joins Linked Finance from computer software company Symantec, where he was senior operations director of the customer management center for… Read More

February 17, 2015 @ 12:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Assetz Capital is going to the crowd to finance its young peer to peer lending platform.  Led by CEO and co-founder Stuart Law, Assetz Capital is seeking a raise of £2 million in a convertible offer on Seedrs.  The offer incorporates a 10% discount on… Read More

February 17, 2015 @ 11:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Co-Funded announces the launch of its unique crowdfunding platform, which gives customers and individuals a voice in facilitating changes they’d like to see. On traditional crowdfunding platforms it is companies seeking an alternative to traditional funding that initiate the process. Co-Funded differentiates itself by allowing customers and individuals to initiate… Read More

February 17, 2015 @ 9:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seed&Spark, a crowdfunding platform made just for independent film, extends its foray into digital distribution, making films available to millions of iTunes customers around the world. Seed&Spark has selected a handful of films to pilot a new distribution program with iTunes. Going forward, films that… Read More

February 17, 2015 @ 9:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AXA has launched a crowdfunding initiative on CrowdfunderUK to enable local communities to raise money for projects that aim to improve road safety in their area. As the next phase of the insurer’s RoadSafe Schools campaign, which initially launched in 2013, AXA will be providing… Read More

February 17, 2015 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

The UAE’s leading peer to peer lending platform, Beehive, has launched a new funding service to assist SME’s in the region.  Invoice Financing is now available to ease cashflow issues for small companies. Beehive was launched in November 2014 by partners Craig Moore and Rick Pudner. Beehive facilitates… Read More