Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

September 3, 2014 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

As part of an ongoing initiative to spur innovation across various sectors of the crowdfunding world, Indiegogo has formed a partnership with Icontrol’s OpenHome Labs incubator program.  Now smart home devices launching crowdfunding campaigns on Indiegogo will have special access to OpenHomes program including: mentoring,… Read More

September 3, 2014 @ 8:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfundraiser announced on Wednesday (September 3rd) a new program that provides free crowdfunding for the National day of Services & Remembrance (September 11th). The day honors the lives and heroism those who were part of the tragic attacks on the morning of September 11, 2001…. Read More

September 2, 2014 @ 5:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

The team at real estate investment crowdfunding platform Fundrise has put together an infograpic highlighting some interesting numbers they are seeing through their platform. The developers referenced below all have networks on Fundrise and many have raised capital via the Fundrise platform. Fundrise points out… Read More

September 2, 2014 @ 3:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Phundee has publicly announced the launch of their hybrid crowdfunding platform.  The site has a mission to help fund creative arts, film and the entertainment business with a rewards and equity platform.  While the rewards portion is operational now the site still  shows “coming soon”… Read More

September 2, 2014 @ 2:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

SyndicateRoom, an equity crowdfunding platform that pairs professional Angel investors with retail investors to raise equity for startups and small companies has announced they have topped £10 million in total funding raised.  The funding via their platform has been for 18 different UK based businesses…. Read More

September 2, 2014 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Prodigy Network, a real estate crowdfunding platform founded by entrepreneur Rodrigo Niño, has closed on their purchase of 17 John Street in Manhattan for a stated price of $85.3 million including over $25 million in crowdfunded equity.  Additional senior financing came from Deutsche Bank with… Read More

September 2, 2014 @ 12:03 am By JD Alois  |  

  The Australian Small Scale Offerings Board or ASSOB has taken a new strategic shift by announcing the first regional funding hub located in Cairns.  Expectations are for this new initiative to be expanded into other regions across the country over the coming months. ASSOB… Read More

September 1, 2014 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Australia based peer to peer (P2P) lender SocietyOne will start offering credit scores to customers free of charge this week.  SocietyOne is Australia’s only active P2P lender at this time – although competing companies are preparing to enter the market. According to a report in… Read More

August 31, 2014 @ 8:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yancey Strickler, Kickstarter CEO and one of the crowdfunding sites founders, recently hit the screen (or pages) of CNN Money to talk crowdfunding. Yancey sticks pretty much to the stump speech on crowdfunding but he does hammer home the point that “Lateness is not Failure”… Read More

August 31, 2014 @ 3:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube is now accepting applicants for its accelerator program.  The program is looking for companies that expect to raise capital in the next few months.  Selected companies will get assistance in prepping their business to become investment ready – and of course… Read More

August 30, 2014 @ 2:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

European equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs received a nice accolade from Design Good.  The digital community has designated Seedrs as one of the Top 9 Places in the World to Raise Investment Capital. Design Good is an online community of people, brands and groups using creativity… Read More

August 29, 2014 @ 2:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to a recent report RainFin, a Peer to Peer lender owned in part by Barclays, is broadening its reach to include small business loans.  The P2P lender is following a similar path to Lending Club, the large US based P2P lender that just announced… Read More

August 29, 2014 @ 11:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking help from others, environmentalists are now turning to crowdfunding to raise funds for not only equipment, but also for their new big ideas. During a recent interview, marketing manager at Australia-based Landcare NSW, Jenny Quealy, reported the company has teamed up with crowdfunding platform Pozible… Read More

August 29, 2014 @ 9:48 am By JD Alois  |  

As we reported earlier this week, Coolest Cooler became the most funded project ever on global crowdfunding platform Kickstarter having cruised past Pebble Watch.   Coolest still has a few hours to go as it hovers around the $12 million mark as about 57000 have… Read More

August 29, 2014 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending platform Dealstruck has provided GIA Power Management with Dealstruck’s “CrowdLine” product.  GIA is a commercial development and construction company  This line of credit is an alternative to high-interest loan options.  CrowdLine has assisted GIA when the company was unable to find… Read More

August 28, 2014 @ 4:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

North East UK company Growth Capital Ventures announced the upcoming launch of its crowdfunding campaign on its own platform GrowthFunders to raise £150,000 to continue to build and introduce new features on its already existing website. Growth Capital Ventures launched the equity crowdfunding and co-investment… Read More

August 28, 2014 @ 3:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tilt (the crowdfunding platform formerly known as CrowdTilt) is now free to use. Yep that’s right.  According to a post by Tilt Leader James Beshara; “Starting today, we’re dropping the fees on our ‘Collect’ feature! It is now FREE for organizers to collect money with… Read More

August 28, 2014 @ 11:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Indiegogo announced it will be opening a brand new Midwest satellite office in Chicago’s 1871. The organizations revealed they are teaming up to host a quarterly education session for those working in the building. According to the Chicago Tribune, the notion of… Read More

August 28, 2014 @ 11:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

American Homeowner Preservation, AHP, is rebuilding communities devastated by the foreclosure crisis, and August proved to be a successful month for the company as it sold vacant, abandoned properties spanning across nine states. In the last 30 days, AHP has found new owners for vacant properties… Read More

August 28, 2014 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding hit the radar when the two leading, rewards based crowdfunding platforms launched.  Indiegogo launched first in 2008 with Kickstarter following in 2009.  Kickstarter has always been fairly transparent in their data and approach.  They have a cool portion of their site that shows the… Read More