Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

December 9, 2014 @ 7:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Trillion Fund recently launched an equity crowdfunding round on Seedrs and to date the campaign has raised £180,000 on a goal of raising £500,000.  The valuation of the company was lowered from a previous pre-money amount of £ 6 million to £4.5 million today thus… Read More

December 8, 2014 @ 11:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

The largest peer to peer lending platform on the planet, Lending Club, will finally trade shares later this week as the highly anticipated IPO hits the screens of the New York Stock Exchange.  As many industry followers have expected, the projected price per share has… Read More

December 8, 2014 @ 12:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Reelcause, Inc. (Reelcause) and The Jack Brewer Foundation (JBF Worldwide) are thrilled to announce the Reelcause Launch Event on January 8th at the United Nations in New York City. At the event, Reelcause will unveil a revolutionary approach to entertainment and rewards-based crowdfunding geared toward nonprofits, NGOs, individuals… Read More

December 8, 2014 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Mill Residential REIT, the very first Real Estate Investment Trust to publicly crowdfund, has fully funded on Syndicate Room.  The offer sought to raise £2.1 million for the funding round. The offer has now closed having raised £2,225,520 from 72 investors.  Investors using the Syndicate… Read More

December 8, 2014 @ 8:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform iFunding announced on Monday (December 8th) that its real estate partner, The Bruckal Group, has raised $1 million on the platform for its latest residential project. The campaign was accomplished in 14 days, involving 45 participants from iFunding’s registered base of thousands of accredited… Read More

December 8, 2014 @ 7:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Realty Mogul, has shared that an offering involving a Class B retail center in San Antonio, TX has performed beyond expectations.  According to company representatives, investors in the project have recently been repaid 100% of their initial investment – together with accrued… Read More

December 7, 2014 @ 11:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

FundedByMe, an investment crowdfunding platform based in Sweden but operating in multiple countries today, has shared some recent success stories on companies using their platform.  The site has experienced an average investment size of €3,500.  The largest single investment has been € 120,000 and the lowest… Read More

December 7, 2014 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Build Backer announced last month they were accepting early bird registration for their platform that investors to access opportunities in property for as little as £500.  The company recently stated that their platform is now open to investors but still not fully live.  The site… Read More

December 7, 2014 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

DonationTo, an online fundraising platform, has incorporated new features that enable consumers and charitable organizations to launch crowdfunding campaigns and to help keep 100 percent of the money raised. The company also shared that it has eliminated the need to have a credit card in… Read More

December 6, 2014 @ 12:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This holiday season DreamFund.com, the circle giving platform for important dreams, recently conducted a survey issued to over 200 parents and 500 teenagers, asking their thoughts on gift giving and receiving. Today they announce the survey data, which revealed the following: Teens don’t feel like they… Read More

December 6, 2014 @ 11:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taking time away from her ever so busy schedule, co-founder of Indiegogo Danae Ringelmann sat down with Forbes magazine to share details about the global crowdfunding platform along with the ups and downs of using the popular funding method. During her interview, Ringelmann stated, “I wish… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending platform Landbay is incentivizing “savers” this Holiday season by offering up a £50 “John Lewis”voucher for any new or existing customer who deposits £2000 or more in their Landbay account by December 19th.  Presently all lending on Landbay is into buy-to-let… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 11:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfundraiser, a crowdfunding platform that is focused on both debt and equity crowdfund investing now offers investment options for both accredited and non-accredited investors alike. The company provides both private and public equity investments for crowdfunding deals across all platforms in the crowdfunding ecosystem. This means all… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

RCS Capital Corporation (NYSE: RCAP) has announced it has agreed with American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARCP) to settle litigation commenced in the Delaware Court of Chancery by ARCP in connection with RCS Capital’s termination of the definitive agreement to acquire Cole Capital Partners… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

iCapRate Investment Corporation, a pioneer in Net Leased commercial real estate crowdfund investing, emerged from stealth mode today announcing plans to unveil an innovative online platform allowing accredited investors to participate side-by-side with iCapRate in the direct ownership of vetted Investment-Grade Single Tenant Net Leased… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 10:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

SeedUps, one of the early equity crowdfunding platforms to set up shop in Canada, has recently published some interesting insight into its first few months of operation. Seedups was founded in 2014 by Sandi Gilbert, a well known investment crowdfunding advocate and co-founder of the… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 5:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help its students, faculty and staff members raise funds for their projects, the University of Texas in Austin announced the launch of its very own crowfunding platform called HornRaiser. According to the university, students taking full advantage of HornRaiser, which will help garner… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global Crowdfunding Platform Recognized as Certified B Corporation. Brooklyn based Kickstarter has shared in a post that they have been acknowledged as meeting the very high standards as a Certified B Corporation.   Kickstarter topped the median score garnering an 84 on their report.  Created… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kimbia, the single-day crowdfunding event platform for nonprofit organizations, has released their Who Gives to Crowdfunding Events? infographic. The infographic includes donor demographics from Give Local America, which has been dubbed the largest crowdfunding event to date, during which over 300,000 donors gave $53.7 million to more… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 9:16 am By JD Alois  |  

New York based KLS Diversified Asset Management has agreed to invest £132 million in loans to small business originated via peer to peer lender Funding Circle.  The loans will be from a private fund managed by KLS and will provide a “further injection of much… Read More