Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

September 12, 2014 @ 7:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has created a cool infographic sharing some insight into the first mini-bond ever to be offered online.  Chilango, a hugely popular London restaurant chain, launched the mini-bond offering earlier this year to lead the way.  Dubbed the “Burrito Bond” the securities… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 5:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK’s reward-based crowdfunding platform, Crowdfunder UK, is hosting an online event at the Eden Project on Friday (September 12th) between 7 – 8pm. Three crowdfunding projects, all foodie start-ups, will battle it out to gain support and funding from the crowd, both in the live audience and… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 4:00 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

In a recent post, TechCrunch’s Jonathan Shieber shared the latest from AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant, angel investor Gil Penchina and CrunchFund Investor and TechCruch Founder Michael Arrington from the stage of Disrupt SF 2014, ” AngelList is expanding globally and launching new vehicles for accredited investors to back what amounts to indexed AngelList… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 1:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

North Capital Investment Technology announced on Wednesday (September 10th) the launch of its accredited investor verification platform, Accredited.AM. The new website is ran by a veteran investment team with more than 25 years of experience. This free online service offers investors a simple, confidential way to verify… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 9:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Barnraiser, a crowdfunding platform that is dedicated to powering the good food movement, is inviting sustainable food artisans, farmers, educators, community leaders and others to launch projects that reshape our food systems. “We are thrilled to offer Barnraiser to anyone serious about making a positive impact on… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Realty Mogul, one of the early entrants in the hyper growth industry of real estate crowdfunding, recently passed the $30 million mark in online funding.  The properties funded represent an incredible $220 million in value. This from a startup company launched in the Spring of… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 7:12 am By JD Alois  |  

NakedWines, the wine crowdfunding platform, recently had a rough go of things with the earthquake in Northern California.  Their Napa tasting lounge got hammered by the quake breaking bottles and making wine lovers rather sad. On a Facebook posting things appeared to be taking a… Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 5:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Recently, Japan-based bitcoin market, bitFlyer, launched a new bit coin crowdfunding platform called fundFlyer. According to Coindesk, fundFlyer is similar to other crowdfunding platform but it is taking a significant steps to mainstream bitcoin use in Japan.  One of the fundFlyer’s first projects is from… Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Popular Internet search engine, Google, announced on Wednesday (September 10th) it has fully funding the classroom requests of every Greater Kansas City area teacher on the education crowdfunding site DonorsChoose.org. As a result of Google’s $194,370.90 donation, 152 Kansas City area teachers will receive materials for their 13,842 students — ranging from paper,… Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 12:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In celebration of its first year live in Canada, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter took a look back at the last twelve months. Last year, the platform revealed its excitement of the Canadian launch by declaring, “We’re thrilled that Kickstarter is now available to creators in Canada…. Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 12:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

  China based peer to peer (P2P) lending site Jimubox announced today during a press conference in Beijing they had secured a substantial $37,190,000 investment in a Series B round.  The funding was said to be “competitive” and was led by Xiaomi and Shunwei Capital… Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 12:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Volpit, a startup investment crowdfunding platform that makes investing in startups simple, is launching a new tool that completely transforms the way startups pitch to investors, by turbo-charging the process. The fully-FCA authorized platform has debuting its  PitchBuilder this week, which enables startups to invite… Read More

September 9, 2014 @ 10:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The first peer to peer lending platform in New Zealand “Harmoney” officially launched earlier today stated it had commitments for $100 million in capital funding mainly from four investors.  Earlier this week it was reported that established bank Heartland had taken a significant equity stake… Read More

September 9, 2014 @ 8:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Former head of Google’s consumer-product marketing, Brett Crosby has teamed up with once lawyer of VirtualTourist, which was acquired by TripAdvisor Inc., Brew Johnson to launch a new Los Angeles-based real estate crowdfunding platform called Peer Street Inc. According to Bloomberg News, Crosby and Johnson are… Read More

September 9, 2014 @ 12:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Australia based Chuffed, a donations crowdfunding site that only launched in October 2013, has shared they have hurdled the $1 million AUS mark.  In a posting on the companies Facebook page Chuffed commented on their success; ONE. MILLION. DOLLARS! Yep, that’s how much you’ve donated… Read More

September 9, 2014 @ 11:43 am By JD Alois  |  

MassCatalyst is an investment crowdfunding platform that operates as an auction for investors.   The patent pending platform allows companies to auction both debt or equity thus differentiating their service from traditional investment portals.  In a release, the sites creators stated they will debut the… Read More

September 9, 2014 @ 11:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Creative England and the UK’s leading crowdfunding website, Crowdfunder have joined forces to find and fund the England’s top female game developers and freelancers through an innovative crowdfunding partnership.  A widely reported 49% of gamers in the England are women but only 12% of the people making… Read More

September 9, 2014 @ 10:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Cleveland, Ohio-based Vestor is a crowdfunding platform aiming to help real estate developers close the gap in their projects, while give investor access to compelling real estate projects.  Vestor, incubated at noted Cleveland based accelerator Flashstarts,  launched their site with the opportunity to invest… Read More

September 9, 2014 @ 8:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

JustGiving’s crowdfunding platform, Yimby, has raised over £1.3M for local projects since its debut last November. The website’s mission is to helps individuals and groups give funds to community projects without having to be a registered organization. According to Civil Society, Yimby, which stands for… Read More

September 8, 2014 @ 8:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Offering up a new way for wineries and vineyards to get funding, Paris-based crowdfunding platform Fundovino launched last month and is on a mission to help not only wine makers, but also wine tourism, culture and art get backers easily and quickly. Fundovino, which dubbed… Read More