Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

October 22, 2014 @ 11:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Well known investor and former Pimco executive Mohamed El-Erian has joined the board of Payoff after investing in the “next generation financial services company”.  El-Erian was an important part of Pimco – the largest bond manager in the world – until recently when he departed… Read More

October 22, 2014 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

The peer to peer lending industry sees the light at the end of the tunnel as the UK government nears the day when retirement funds, in the form of Individual Savings Acccounts (ISAs) will be able to invest in P2P loans.  Last week the UK… Read More

October 21, 2014 @ 5:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, CEO of Kickstarter, Yancy Strickler announced the exciting news that the crowdfunding giant would be opening its platform to Scandinavia and Ireland startups. Kickstarter’s team wrote, “We’re so excited to announce that Kickstarter is now available to creators in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Ireland — four countries with amazing cultural histories and… Read More

October 21, 2014 @ 1:51 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Orchard, the Marketplace Lending Platform backed by Spark Capital, Canaan Partners, and industry veterans, secures $14.7M in total investments Founded in NYC 2013, Orchard Platform, an investment and analytics platform focused on the global marketplace lending market, today announced it has raised $12 million in Series A… Read More

October 20, 2014 @ 9:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has announced the immediate integration and  availability of Apple Pay –  incorporating the one touch iPhone payment system in their crowdfunding platform.  Indiegogo joins a growing number of banks, credit card providers and retailers jumping aboard Apple’s spin on a digital… Read More

October 20, 2014 @ 8:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

“Peer-to-Business” crowdfunding platform InvestNextDoor has stated that Dr. Richard Swart, Director, Program for Innovation in Entrepreneurial & Social Finance at UC Berkeley’s Fung Institute has joined their Advisory Board as a “Crowdfunding and Research Advisor”.  Dr. Swart is a PhD in Information Systems, an international award-winning academic and a recognized… Read More

October 20, 2014 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Cheryl Shuman has launched of a cannabis business crowdfunding platform dedicated to helping companies raise capital for Marijuana associated projects. CannaDabbaDoo wants to create a business crowdfunding platform that enables companies to raise capital from investors, customers, and friends. Cheryl Shuman, is a self described… Read More

October 20, 2014 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Solar peer to peer investing platform Mosaic has announced a significant arrangement with PartnerRE LTD (NYSE: PRE) to provide institutional investment that will support Mosaic’s rapid growth in home solar loans.  The Global financial services company will direct up to $100 million in financing for… Read More

October 19, 2014 @ 9:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending platform Lending Club has selected the New York Stock Exchange as their venue to list the much anticipated initial public offering. According to multiple reports, but first advanced in the FT, Lending Club has followed the path of several high profile… Read More

October 19, 2014 @ 8:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Venovate, an online platform for alternative investing, today announced that Jerry Chafkin, EVP and Chief Investment Officer of AssetMark and former senior Charles Schwab executive, has joined the company’s Board of Directors. “We are delighted to welcome Jerry to our Board of Directors,” said Michael Raneri,… Read More

October 19, 2014 @ 12:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Breakaway Funding is a young investment crowdfunding platform that was founded by seasoned banking executive  Kim Kaselionis.  She is the former CEO / Chairman of Circle Bank where she led the company to 53 consecutive profitable quarters and from near insolvency to being sold to… Read More

October 19, 2014 @ 11:56 am By JD Alois  |  

European investment crowdfunding platform Seedrs recently commented on the fact that venture capitalists are using their platform to invest in promising companies.  Seedrs, one of the leading investment crowdfunding platforms in Europe, mentioned specific examples of two VCs leveraging their crowdfunding site to invest in… Read More

October 18, 2014 @ 5:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

The French investment crowdfunding platform Sowefund, launched in September 2014, has been approved to operate a crowdfunding platform under the French statute designating the Conseiller en Investissements Participatifs (CIP) by ORIAS. The new French regulations providing rules for crowdfunding were introduced earlier in 2014 and… Read More

October 18, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, crowdfunding platform Tilt announced the official launch of Tilt/Open Pre-Orders. It is considered the easiest way to turn any website, such as static, WordPress, Squarespace, SpaceCraft, or any other, into an online store, taking pre-orders, all by dropping in two lines of… Read More

October 17, 2014 @ 1:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitcoin-powered crowdfunding platform Swarm announced its first class of startups that will be featured on its website earlier this week. According to its description, Swarm is “Kickstarter powered by Bitcoin technology.” It allows regular people to fund the startups they like, while entrepreneurs raise more… Read More

October 17, 2014 @ 9:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Real Estate Crowdfunding Platform Sees Opportunity in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Other Emerging Markets. Southeast Asia’s first real estate crowdfunding site CoAssets, has partnered up with Alternaty as it expands its footprint into other Asian countries. Altneraty, a real estate company based in Vietnam, specializes… Read More

October 17, 2014 @ 8:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

“Fanvestors” will officially be earning some royalties from their investment in French artist Georgia Jane’s music crowdfunding campaign listed on Your Music Company (YMC). Those who backed Georgia Jane will collectively receive 5% of their total investment in the form of a check or an account credit… Read More

October 16, 2014 @ 3:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Charitable crowdfunding platform, CrowdRise, is gearing up to launch the “worlds largest charity effort” to raise money for #GivingTuesday commencing on December 2, 2014.  Co-founded by actor Edward Norton, producer Shauna Robertson, and entrepreneurs Robert and Jeffrey Wolfe, CrowdRise has announced that it is also… Read More

October 16, 2014 @ 12:27 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Science for the people, by the people. Experiment, the crowdfunding platform for scientific research, is currently trending on AngelList, and for good reason: researchers from over 150 institutions and universities are using Experiment to fund important seed-stage research that would otherwise go unfunded.  The new… Read More

October 16, 2014 @ 10:55 am By Erin Hobey  |  

FlashFunders is the first no-cost equity funding platform open for small businesses and tech entrepreneurs.  “This is not the Silicon Vally model leveraging technology for business as usual,” avers FlashFunders. FlashFunders Co-Founder Vincent Bradley aims to take advantage of the recent changes in private equity funding by offering… Read More