Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

January 27, 2015 @ 9:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

MobileCause, a mobile, social and online fundraising platform, has released its newest service, crowdfunding for nonprofits. This new product empowers organizations to conveniently raise donations through volunteers, board members, donors and staff. Differing from traditional crowdfunding for projects, MobileCause crowdfunding pages can be setup on a… Read More

January 26, 2015 @ 8:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based startup Club Ethis may be the world’s first Shari’ah compliant crowdfunding platform and according to information provided by the portal it is growing fast. Club Ethis is guided by 2 in-house Islamic scholars. Ethis believes it has shown that Islamic Finance, crowdfunding and real… Read More

January 26, 2015 @ 1:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

One of the very first equity crowdfunding platforms to go live on the internet, Symbid, has announced an evolutionary shift in a push to become a multi-faceted investment platform with a diverse portfolio of funding options. Launched in mid 2011, the funding portal was the… Read More

January 26, 2015 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

KC iFund continues its development as an evolutionary online platform for real estate investing with two new real estate offerings, a new investment process and headquarters in Palm Beach, Florida. Launched in late 2014, KC iFund set itself apart from the standard crowdfunding platforms by… Read More

January 26, 2015 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Recently the Financial Conduct Authority (FC) has been reviewing promotional practices of peer to peer lenders in the UK. This event was shared in a recent report from the FT which posed the question will the FCA clamp down on advertising practices utilized by P2P lenders… Read More

January 26, 2015 @ 9:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

HVS Capital Corp, a real estate company for hospitality investment banking solution, and iFunding, a crowdfunding platform that makes real estate investing simple, announce a strategic alliance to expand financing for hospitality real estate projects. HVS Capital will use the crowdfunding platform to expand the investor base for… Read More

January 26, 2015 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

This past Friday a lawsuit was filed in Texas for patent infringement against global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo.  The plaintiff in the case is AlphaCap Ventures LLC, a filing associated with a Mr. Charles Ainsworth.  Ainsworth is a patent attorney based in East Texas  who “has earned a reputation… Read More

January 25, 2015 @ 5:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Zopa has contracted with the C4L network for fast and secure circuit connectivity between Zopa’s Data Centres and headquarters. Zipper’s CEO Matt McGuire, was quoted on the arrangement: “We are very pleased with the service we have received from C4L and the solution they… Read More

January 25, 2015 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Film has been a high profile category for the rewards based crowdfunding industry. Both Kickstarter and Indiegogo have experienced several solid successes in the video space. Veronica Mars rocked it on Kickstarter in 2013.  This was an event that put the entire film industry on… Read More

January 24, 2015 @ 2:08 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Imagine playing a part in TV competition shows like “Top Chef” or “Project Runway”—but without having your best charred octopus recipe critiqued in front of a live studio audience, or your model’s dress described as “something a Teletubby would wear to a party.” Instead, you’d… Read More

January 24, 2015 @ 9:01 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  Crowdcredit, founded by Tomoyuki Sugiyama, a former bond trader in Lloyds Bank’s Tokyo branch, is Japan’s first lending platform focused on only cross-border peer to peer lending, as P2P-Banking.com notes. The company, based in Tokyo, invests Japanese capital in credit markets in various Latin American countries, such… Read More

January 23, 2015 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday (January 23rd), crowdfunding platform Watsi announced that Premal Shah, part of the PayPal Mafia and President of Kiva, has joined its board of directors. Watsi is a platform that connects patients in developing countries with donors who directly fund their treatment, is one of… Read More

January 23, 2015 @ 9:45 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Fintech BlueVine Capital secured $18.5 Million from investors reported Lizette Chapman reported for Dow Jones VentureWire.  Based in Palo Alto, Calif., BlueVine was founded in 2013 by Chief Executive Eyal Lifshitz while he was a principal at venture firm Greylock IL, and currently employs 18 people. “Other companies, such as Kabbage Inc…. Read More

January 22, 2015 @ 3:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

SoFi, an innovative funding platform that has pushed aggressively to tackle the world of student loans, is preparing to offer $313,800,000 in asset backed notes.  The securities will be secured by private student loans. DBRS has assigned a provisional rating of AA to the Class… Read More

January 22, 2015 @ 11:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Successfully funded Indiegogo campaign Solar Roadways received the Presidential Seal of Acknowledgement yesterday during the State of the Union Speech by Barack Obama. Regardless of which side of the fence you sit, it isn’t bad to be mentioned on a public broadcast viewed by millions…. Read More

January 22, 2015 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

The Royal Bank of Scotland has struck an arrangement with leading peer to peer lenders Funding Circle and Assetz Capital that should give UK small business a boost.  RBS announced it will now formally refer small business borrowers to P2P lenders.  The strategic shift is… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 1:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Inner 10 has announced the completion of its first successfully funded deal. The Austin based company completed an investment offer for construction of a 2 unit condo in Austin. The project was in conduction with their sister company – Inner 10… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 1:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Jibo, Inc., the creator of what’s considered the first family robot, announced on Wednesday (January 21st) it has raised $25.3M in Series A financing, led by RRE Ventures. Participating existing investor CRV, also the lead seed investor, and existing investors Fairhaven and Osage University Partners join… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 1:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Unilend, a leading peer to peer lending platform based in France, has formed a partnership with Groupama Banque to channel € 100 million to small and medium businesses over the next four years.  The arrangement is the first of its kind in France. Unilend has… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 11:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Acquire Real Estate has launched a crowdfunding platform that is said to open up a new world of commercial real estate investments to accredited investors, allowing them access to institutional-quality deals that didn’t exist until now. The firm has joined the growing momentum behind crowd… Read More