Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

January 29, 2015 @ 5:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equitise, an equity crowdfunding platform, was ready to go live in Australia last year . In light of the regulatory environment “down-under” Equitise has since set up shop in New Zealand and they are now live with their very first investment offers. In a notice to followers Equitise… Read More

January 29, 2015 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

It was revealed earlier this week that a patent infringement lawsuit was filed against Indiegogo, CircleUp, GoFundMe, Kickstarter, Gust, RocketHub & Innovational Funding  by Alphacap Ventures LLC for a trial by jury in the Eastern District Court of Texas. Alphacap Ventures is based in California but… Read More

January 29, 2015 @ 7:29 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Didn’t receive an invitation to INVST? If not, it’s OK—you can also apply for one. Invested.in, a crowdfunding technology company, recently launched INVST, an invite-only investment platform for fund managers, third-party marketers and accredited investors. The company is designed to utilize the wisdom of tech… Read More

January 29, 2015 @ 12:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Realty Mogul is really beefing up these days.  They have been on a hiring frenzy.  Growing at this rate is probably a good indicator of product demand. Realty Mogul is one of the earliest entrants into he real estate crowdfunding space. In September of 2014,… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 10:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coming off a year where they facilitated $1.6 billion in loans, Prosper, one of the largest peer to peer companies in the world, has acquired American HealthCare Lending (AHCL) – a medical financing platform. The company is the largest “patient financing company in [the] behavioral… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 10:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Now that Lending Club (NYSE: LC) is publicly traded they will be making it habit to schedule quarterly calls, along with other required securities filings. The worlds largest peer to peer lender  has just announced its earnings for Q4 2014 will be released on February 24,… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 9:19 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  Bitsquare, a fully peer-to-peer decentralized Bitcoin exchange that handles BTC/USD, recently announced it will crowdfund toward a 120 BTC goal (about $28,000), notes BTC Geek. Bitsquare will be crowdfunding using Lighthouse, which was recently released into public beta by Mike Hearn, making it one… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 2:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The Singapore Exchange (SGX) will launch its very own equity crowdfunding platform as a vehicle to help raise capital for entrepreneurs and small businesses.  SGX will partner with Clearbridge Accelerator on the project. Clear bridge is described as one of the leading venture capital… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 2:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate startup accelerator program, elmspring, announced this week that two participants of its program, PeerRealty and ReaLync, are set to featured at the January 2015’s Technori Pitch. Technori Pitch is described as “a monthly showcase of innovative starters, showcasing what they have just launched.” The series has brought over… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 1:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fund Wisdom, an equity analytics firm analyzing online equity offerings, released its first annual Investment Insight report for 2014. The report details industry-wide online private equity offerings from top investment platforms including AngelList, SeedInvest, WeFunder, Onevest, Fundable, EquityNet, Return On Change, CrowdFunder, and EarlyShares for… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 1:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Crowdfund Insider reported on Alchemiya, a premium online subscription-based video on demand platform for Muslim entertainment, which launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £60,000 so that it may expand its already growing services. It was known as the first Muslim media company… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 11:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Debrett‘s, an online source on British social skills, etiquette and style, recently announced its annual Britain’s 500 Most Influential List. This list features very well known people in British society and is carefully complied by independent panels of specialists in each field who has provided… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 8:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seed&Spark, a crowdfunding and distribution platform for independent filmmakers and Wemo.io, a virtual reality technology and platform company, today jointly launched a diversity-minded grants program to empower independent filmmakers to become part of the growing virtual reality (VR) industry. During the Sundance Film Festival, Wemo.io… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 8:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the increasingly competitive landscape of the toy development and retail industries, crowd funding has emerged as a gateway for toy innovators to display and gather support for ideas that may have been passed up by large toy companies. ToyBacker announced on Wednesday (January 28th)… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 8:10 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a peer to peer lender for real estate mortgages, has topped the £200 million mark in loans since the platform launched in May of 2013.  LendInvest started as an offshoot of Montello Capital Partners.  In October of last year there was a bit of… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 12:23 am By JD Alois  |  

GiveALittle is a zero fees donation crowdfunding platform for New Zealanders. The no fee pledge is thanks to the owners the Spark Foundation who acquired the platform back in 2012.  The site has been doing the crowdfunding thing for about 8 years now and they are the… Read More

January 27, 2015 @ 2:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube has gotten in the habit of handing out rewards to some of the more interesting and more creative companies that have raised capital via their platform each year.  It is a bit of the “best of the best” sort of thing where individual campaigns are… Read More

January 27, 2015 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Green Party has pioneered a new path for British politics by using Crowdfunder to raise money, campaign and bring greater choice to voters in 2015. Over the last three months 64 Green Party parliamentary candidates have used Crowdfunder, gathering the support of over 2,500 backers and… Read More

January 27, 2015 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Patch of Land has apparently had a nice 2014. Granted things are just revving up this year after an eventful 2014, but the investment portal recently shared that in Q4 of 2014 they topped the list of SEC filings for 506(c) offerings…. Read More

January 27, 2015 @ 10:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Investors have been given a chance to profit from the popularity of sailing, after the company behind a new round Britain yacht race that’s open to all listed on the crowdfunding platform, Funding Tree. Circular Sailing, which has already attracted substantial equity investment, is now seeking… Read More