Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

January 21, 2015 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday (January 21st), BattleFin, a “tournament platform” for hedge fund competition, and EarlyIQ, Inc., a hosted information and analytics company serving early stage capital markets, announced their partnership to provide industry leading transparency and trust within the hedge fund market. Launching at the BattleFin… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

These days it may make sense to keep your money under your mattress as opposed to placing it in a bank savings account. After you get through the miscellaneous fees, a savers rate of return can easily go negative.  At least the mattress won’t charge… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 7:25 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

The signature scent of January is optimism: We will avoid processed food, learn Mandarin Chinese and log at least nine miles before dinner (likely wild salmon atop a quinoa-kale salad). But New Year’s resolutions become realities after taking the first step, whether it’s learning how… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 10:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending platform ArchOver recently signed up Wriglesworth Research to dig into consumer awareness and the acceptance of crowdfunding. From November to earlier this month (January) 500 adults were polled as to their opinion regarding new forms of investment.  The results, provided by ArchOver, were… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 1:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerRealty, a midwest real estate crowdfunding platform, announced on Tuesday (January 21st) that it has been selected to participate in elmspring 2.0, the nation’s leading real estate startup accelerator program. Participants in the elmspring accelerator program will begin an intensive three-month program to develop and prepare… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 12:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Since its Canadian launch in June 2014, Tilt has been the easiest way for Canadians to collect money from a group. Now, the company sees groups collecting money every three minutes on its platform. Country manager at Tilt, Tim Ryan explained, “Collecting money from groups is hard,… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform AssetAvenue has topped another milestone and rather quickly. The funding portal has now passed $24 million in loans, according to a report from the company.  AssetAvenue targets bridge and transitional loans for commercial real estate across the US.  Investors are both… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 9:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

G-Technology, a leader in delivering premium storage solutions, today announced a partnership with Seed&Spark, a community crowdsourcing ecosystem that enables independent filmmakers to fund, promote and distribute their projects. Kicking off at Sundance, the partnership will inspire and educate the Indie filmmaking community through support of… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Lighthouse Bitcoin crowdfunding App is now available for download for Mac, Linux and yes even Windows.  The Alpha version was released by Mike Hearn, based in Zurich, last September and after many bug fixes and a reported 18 updates the public beta version is ready… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 2:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in June 2013, Kickstarter posted a letter to everyone regarding the crowdfunding giant’s campaign for a seduction guide – which was pulled from the platform after it was fully funded. A previously reported, the “Above the Game: A Guide to Getting Awesome with Women”… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 2:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd founder and CEO Jon Medved practically has a regular gig at Bloomberg.  He recently did several sessions at the financial news network tackling a diverse group of topics such as the price of oil and self-driving cars.  In this discussion with Trish Regan on… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 1:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

New Hong Kong and Shanghai-based crowdfunding platform Kliptap is ready to become the ultimate funding tool for social causes in Asia. According to e27, Kliptap recently became a graduate from Chinaccelerator’s batch VI and received $30,000 in funding for 6% in equity. The new platform… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 12:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdStreet, a crowdfunding marketplace connecting accredited investors with institutional-grade real estate investments, today announced it has posted an $18.4 Million equity fund investment opportunity, Olympus Fund IV, consisting of three Class A multifamily assets. The fund will add two to three more multifamily properties in 2015… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 11:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Toronto based Klondike Strike has announced the hiring of Chad Williams as Chief Executive Officer for the mining crowdfunding startup. Williams will be responsible for Klondike’s global business initiatives. Klondike claims to be the first portal of its kind in Canada. Williams has 25 years… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Exeter based Crowdcube has just boosted its executive bench with the hire of Bill Simmons. The new Chief Financial Officer will be assisting the young company in managing its growth as it looks towards the crowdfunding future. Simmons actually quietly came on board at the tail end… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 10:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based  peer-to-peer lender,Lending Works, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Mackay to the fast-growing peer-to-peer lending company’s Board as a Non-Executive Director.  Mackay has extensive experience in global financial markets, having most recently worked as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley. For seven years, he… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 8:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

A new and innovative way for people to invest in the UK residential property market has emerged, with the launch of crowdfunding platform, Property Partner. Property Partner enables people to invest in individual residential properties, just as they can in company stocks. They then receive a monthly… Read More

January 18, 2015 @ 7:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Trillion Fund, a renewable energy and social investment crowdfunding platform, has pushed into “overfunding” mode on Seedrs. The investment site launched an equity crowdfunding round last year seeking a raise of £500,000.  As of today 246 investors have committed to just over £536,000.  The offer… Read More

January 17, 2015 @ 10:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Kickstarter debuted its redesigned iOS app. This release comes nearly two years after the app first surfaced on iPhones everywhere, and it comes with new features that will draw in more and more backers of the crowdfunding giant’s platform. According to Fast Co. Design,… Read More

January 16, 2015 @ 3:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fresh off the 2015 CES in Las Vegas, CEO of Indiegogo Slava Rubin sat down with Huffington Post’s tech editor Michael Rundle to discuss the differences between crowdfunding platforms and technology shows like CES. According to Huffington, CES 2015 features 20,000 product launches and 1.8… Read More