Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

September 8, 2014 @ 1:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs Chief Investment Officer, Thomas Davies, took to the studios of Bloomberg to talk about the Chapel Down share offer that is the first publicly listed company to go the equity crowdfunding route. Davies explains the strategy behind Chapel Down doing the very public listing… Read More

September 8, 2014 @ 12:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

RCS Capital Corporation (NYSE: RCAP) announced on Monday (September 8th) the launch of “crowdfunding 2.0” investment platform, We Are Crowdfunding. The new website is designed to provide investors direct access to high caliber, institutional quality public and private investment offerings. We are Crowdfunding will offer… Read More

September 8, 2014 @ 9:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The UK’s rewards-based crowdfunding platform, Crowdfunder, is one of 50 people or projects that are being celebrated for helping to change Britain for the better and named in the 2014 New Radicals list by Nesta and The Observer. New Radicals is a search led by Nesta, the UK’s innovation… Read More

September 8, 2014 @ 8:38 am By JD Alois  |  

In a release, real estate crowdfunding platform Patch of Land has stated their site has grown 275% in just the past 3 months.  The volume of loans pre-funded, then syndicated through the e-commerce powered platform, has grown substantially as real estate crowdfunding “continues to make… Read More

September 8, 2014 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Having opened an office in Singapore last year,  Sweden based crowdfunding platform FundedByMe has revealed an investment by Singapore based investment group Link2Ventures for an undisclosed amount.  The additional funding is expected to be used to boost further growth in the Asia Pacific region.  FundedByMe will be… Read More

September 7, 2014 @ 9:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

New Zealand bank Heartland, an institution with roots going back to 1875, has taken a 10% equity stake in peer to peer lending startup Harmoney.  This investment has occurred only months after Harmoney received its license to operated in New Zealand.  Heartland bank has targeted… Read More

September 7, 2014 @ 6:45 pm By Amy Wan  |  

Recently crowdfunding thought leader Anthony Zeoli published a thought-provoking piece entitled “Why You May Want to Reconsider How “Secure” You Feel About Your Real Estate Crowdfunding Investment.” Patch of Land sincerely appreciates the learned issues that Zeoli points out in his article; this piece intends… Read More

September 6, 2014 @ 11:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Honoring its mission to discover and cultivate emerging photography talent, non-profit organization, Lucie Foundation, has launched a brand new crowdfunding platform that is exclusively for photo-based projects, Fotofund. Media Bistro reports that Fotofund was created “to provide financial backing to photographic projects through online contributions… Read More

September 5, 2014 @ 4:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a brief post on their web site,  peer to peer lender Lending Club announced they have added another states to their growing list of places that may use their platform.  While not everyone may be aware of this – not all states allow peer… Read More

September 5, 2014 @ 10:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hawaii residents Don Murphy, Raymond Noh, and Kurt Osaski have launched a brand new crowdfunding platform called We Get ‘Em to raise funds for the University of Hawaii Athletics Department. This website debut comes after the department revealed it was facing a $3million budget cut… Read More

September 5, 2014 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

GamCrowd, the UK-based equity crowdfunding platform for the gaming industry, has announced that it has closed its initial equity crowdfunding round after successfully ‘self-funding’ on its own platform, GamCrowd.com. The company overfunded by 15% and CEO Chris North is pleased to have successfully completed the… Read More

September 5, 2014 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

I guess this is a sign of success.  We announced earlier this week that Australian peer to peer lender SocietyOne was going to offer free credit scores on their stand alone site GetCreditScore. The site fired up couple days ago and it has not been… Read More

September 4, 2014 @ 8:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Each year before the new school starts, teachers everywhere make final preparations by adding items they believe are perfect for their students on their “to do” list. Unfortunately, while some administrations may only allow certain amounts to each teacher, others might not have the same… Read More

September 4, 2014 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo is doing their annual pilgrimage up north to Canada hitting the streets of Canada’s largest city for the Toronto International Film Festival or TIFF. As the cottagers slip back into their Fall routines one thing they may look forward to are the cool films… Read More

September 4, 2014 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Wix.com, a web site development platform that boasts “millions” of users, has stated that company co-founders, Giora Kaplan, Avishai Abrahami and Nadav Abrahami have personally invested in the donation based crowdfunding site give2gether.  The Wix co-founders will not  be taking an active role in the… Read More

September 4, 2014 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

In a bit of a coup, solar energy peer to peer financing platform Mosaic has announced that Lisa Gansky will be joining its board of directors. Lisa is a noted entrepreneur and author of the book Mesh: Why the Future of Business is Sharing which… Read More

September 4, 2014 @ 8:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Realty Mogul has announced today that it has successfully crowdfunded a large industrial real estate transaction in Indiana. Realty Mogul’s accredited investors contributed more than a million dollars through the online crowdfunding platform to acquire Jackson Industrial Park with Chicago based Brennan Investment Group.   The… Read More

September 3, 2014 @ 8:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending platform Funding Circle (US) has just tweaked their loans as they want to encourage small business to greater advantage of their funding platform.  The P2P lender has adjusted their rates to as low as 8.99% for a two year term loan…. Read More

September 3, 2014 @ 11:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Famed fashion designer and environment advocate Vivienne Westwood has invested £1 million into renewable energy crowdfunding platform Trillion Fund.  According to reports she will not only be a significant investor in the site but an “active ambassador” for the company. As reported in the Telegraph,… Read More

September 3, 2014 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Swisscom Launches Crowdfunding Site Powered by WeMakeIt. Switzerland’s leading telecom provider, Swisscom, has launched a crowdfunding platform as a service for companies and other organizations.  The Ittigen based company wants to create a simple way for other companies, especially banks, to create their very own… Read More