Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

February 9, 2015 @ 3:51 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Pharrell Williams is probably “Happy” that his song picked up this year’s Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance, and Sam Smith may be telling his lucky stars, “Stay With Me” for his awards in four categories: Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Song and Record… Read More

February 9, 2015 @ 2:00 am By Therese Torris  |  

Following up on the recent announcement of the partnership between French Groupama Bank and peer-to-business lender Unilend, we spoke with Nicolas Lesur, founder and CEO of Unilend, about what makes this deal unique and how it will accelerate Unilend’s rapid growth. Peer-to-business lending platform Unilend… Read More

February 7, 2015 @ 3:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube  Spain shares they have broken the Spanish equity crowdfunding record in raising €450,000 for Barcelona drop company HEMAV.  The funding round closed in 6 days with the backing of 73 investors.  HEMAV added four new board members including Lluis Font the co-founder of Zyncro and… Read More

February 6, 2015 @ 1:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise has received commitments from six institutional funds for more than $100 million to invest on their platform. The specific fund names were not disclosed. The significant amount of backing was qualified as due to Fundrise’s “success in tapping into the… Read More

February 6, 2015 @ 8:00 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  AqarFunder, the first online real estate crowdfunding platform in Egypt, welcomes investors to a bright future for real estate crowdfunding—one that includes a 15-25 percent total return. The Cairo-based company, with an office near the banks of the Nile, leverages technology to connect private… Read More

February 5, 2015 @ 7:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

CommonBond Expands Service to Over 700 Programs Nationwide. Student loan lender CommonBond has announced a significant commitment from Nelnet(NYSE: NNI), one of the “most venerable names in student loans” to fund $150 million in loans.  Nelnet has also made an equity investment in CommonBond thus… Read More

February 5, 2015 @ 3:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Symbid Corp. (OTCQB: SBID), a financial technology brand committed to building an online funding network based on investment crowdfunding and cloud-based monitoring technologies, has provided an update on the Company’s continued progress in the execution of its business strategy. Key developments include: Symbid Corp. will begin… Read More

February 5, 2015 @ 10:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Financial Technology Brand Closes Funding Round With Show of Investor Confidence in Growth Strategy Symbid Corp. (OTCQB: SBID), one of the first investment crowdfunding platforms worldwide, announced on Thursday (January 5th) the closing of its Private Placement Offering as one of a few companies to raise finance… Read More

February 5, 2015 @ 9:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Swedish brand Intimina launched its funding project for the world’s first collapsible menstrual cup, Lily Cup Compact, on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter, which recently finished with 8530 backers from over 50 countries worldwide and reached 4000% over the original crowdfunding target. This places the campaign in the top 2% of… Read More

February 5, 2015 @ 8:43 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Marcus New, the Founder and Chief Entrepreneur of InvestX, is an experienced entrepreneur; he founded and served as chairman (and previously the CEO) of Stockhouse, Canada’s leading financial community and a global hub for affluent investors, with up to 1 million unique monthly visitors. Prior to… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 12:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club (NYSE: LC) founder and CEO Renaud Laplanche is making the rounds talking up his most recent partnership.  Earlier this week Lending Club and Alibaba announced a unique arrangement where peer to peer lending platform would provide loans for US based companies that purchase from Chinese firms…. Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wired recently reported that CNBC and Crowdnetic are teaming up to release a new crowdfinance index that aims to give the investing public an insight of how the market is evolving. Vice president and senior executive product at CNBC, Steve Lewis stated, “This is a seas… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 10:33 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Wil Schroter,  Startups.co Founder and CEO, today announced what’s in store for Fundable in 2015: the acquiring of Clarity.fm and launching of Startups.co. Clarity was founded by well-known serial entrepreneur Dan Martell to help Founders get personal advice from startup experts in every field, from marketing to fundraising to… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 10:08 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Leah Stern has joined OurCrowd’s team as CST: Chief Story Teller for the global hybrid VC / crowdfunding platform. The University of Miami grad also currently serves as producer and anchor for the Israeli Government Press Office News in Jerusalem, as well as acting as a multi… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 10:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

WeCareCard, an online fundraising platform that empowers individuals to raise money for a variety of life-changing causes, and I’m Sorry to Hear, a marketplace that connects funeral professionals and consumers in an online destination, have partnered to promote awareness and offer online tools to pay for… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 7:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Switzerland’s “most successful” crowdfunding platform wemakeit is celebrating its 3rd anniversary and  has “big plans” for the future.  Since the site launched, wemakeit has financed 7.5 million Swiss Francs for diverse projects.  Having commenced operations focused more on cultural campaigns, wemakeit is now generating more… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 4:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PALMco, a family owned and operated energy supply company, announced today that it has successfully raised an additional $25,000 for environmental science classroom projects through DonorsChoose, a non-profit crowdfunding platform where teachers can request classroom resources ranging from printer paper to educational magazine subscriptions. The combined… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 11:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

New crowdfunding platform, Save Our Legacy, hopes to give everyday people the opportunity to empower others and make the world a better place. Created to help individuals and organizations raise funds to produce videos, mini-documentaries and ads, Save Our Legacy launched today, providing an online space… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate PeerRealty announced that its online investment platform is now open to the general public. The platform had previously been in private, invitation-only mode. CEO of PeerRealty, Jordan Fishfield  stated, “At PeerRealty, we believe that no investment portfolio can be truly diversified without a real estate… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

SoFi, a unique peer to peer lending platform, has announced a significant $200 million investment in a Series D funding round led by Third Point Ventures. Company valuation was not disclosed in the announcement. Goldman Sachs acted as sole placement agent for the funding round…. Read More