Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

August 8, 2014 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Groundbreaker, a platform to facilitate real estate crowdfunding sites, has announced updates to their service.  Earlier tin 2014, Groundbreaker announced they were transitioning to a SaaS approach due to client demand.  This past week the company shared new updates to support existing and new customers…. Read More

August 8, 2014 @ 10:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Tilt (formerly Crowdtilt), has announced that it will enable ESPN Fantasy Football players to pay, collect and manage league dues simply using a customized online tool on their crowdfunding platform. Effective immediately, fans playing ESPN Fantasy Football can navigate to Tilt’s online tool and set… Read More

August 8, 2014 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Aircraft Asset-Backed Peer to Peer Lending Available to Retail Investors. Following a brief beta launch, Ablrate has now fully launched the world’s first platform for retail and small institutional investors to invest in aircraft transactions.  The team at Ablrate aim to harness this P2P lending to… Read More

August 7, 2014 @ 6:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australia-based crowdfunding and online fundraising organization, mycause, announced the credit cards of up to 12,000 donors and charity partners have been “compromised” when the platform was hacked last week. According to ABC News, an international hacking operation targeted the crowdfunding platform and some of the credit… Read More

August 7, 2014 @ 12:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdStreet, a crowdfunding marketplace connecting accredited investors with institutional-grade real estate investment, announced Thursday (August 7th) it has listed a mezzanine financing for 30 Knightsbridge Road, a four-building class B+ office complex in Piscataway, N.J., sponsored by EverWest Real Estate Partners, a privately held Denver-based real… Read More

August 7, 2014 @ 8:41 am By Erin Hobey  |  

BT9, an Internet of Things (IoT) company enabling real time monitoring of the transport and storage of perishable products in order to provide actionable intelligence for optimizing food safety and drastically reducing waste, has secured its target goal, raising $4.04 million in committed funding on… Read More

August 7, 2014 @ 3:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Seed&Spark, the first crowdfunding and distribution platform for independent film, closed  $ 1 million seed round and announced Julie Parker Benello (co-founder of Chicken & Egg Pictures and Gamechanger Films) and producer / Veritas Prep founder Chad Troutwine (Oscar-winning Undefeated, Freakonomics, Print the Legend) to… Read More

August 6, 2014 @ 5:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Recognizing the growing interest among individual investors to hold alternative assets in their self-directed retirement accounts, but realizing the challenge in being able to locate and invest in private placements, PENSCO announced on Wednesday (August 6th) the launch of The PENSCO Marketplace, a considered first-of-its-kind… Read More

August 6, 2014 @ 10:18 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“In Britain last week,” Forbes’ David Prossner reported, “14.9% of all electricity generated came from renewable energy sources. Meanwhile, India announced the commissioning of the country’s largest ever solar polar plant. And in the US, New York State unveiled a $250m funding package for renewables.”… Read More

August 6, 2014 @ 8:50 am By Anthony Zeoli  |  

Kickstarter has always prided itself on vetting its crowdfunding campaigns, as well as its ability to detect and remove fraudulent crowdfunding campaigns quickly. While that may have been the case in the past, some recent campaigns signal that Kickstarter might be getting a little too… Read More

August 6, 2014 @ 8:15 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Operator O2 has announced that it has created a new crowdfunding platform which supports social action ideas by young people. Under its existing Think Big programme, O2 already offers young people a grant of £300 to help kickstart their ideas and run projects which grow… Read More

August 6, 2014 @ 6:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based CoAssets, a real estate crowdfunding platform that targets South East Asia, has stated they have crossed the S$1 million mark in their first year of operation.  CoAssets was launched in July of 2013.  The platform is supported by the Interactive Digital Media Programme… Read More

August 5, 2014 @ 1:49 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Citizinvestor, the US crowdfunding platform for government projects, today announced a white-labeled software product called Citizinvestor Connect. The product will provide government entities with the tools needed to work directly with citizens as they propose, prioritize, and crowdfund public goods. Since launching in September 2012, Citizinvestor… Read More

August 5, 2014 @ 1:21 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Headquartered in Paris, I AM LA MODE recently launched its international crowdfunding platform which specializes in fashion projects.  The platform caters not only to fashion designer’s collections but also to other facets of the fashion industry including financing fashion events, fashion trucks, new apps and… Read More

August 4, 2014 @ 1:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a statement UK based peer to peer (P2P) lending platform RateSetter said they have strengthened their position as the largest P2P lender in the UK, handling a “market-leading” £71m in loans over the last three months.  This past July (2014), the company became the… Read More

August 4, 2014 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

So last week we reported on the news that SnowBall Effect had received their equity crowdfunding license in New Zealand but there was another platform that also their license as well (and most likely on the very same day).  PledgeMe shared in an update that… Read More

August 3, 2014 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

This past June, Patrick Vieljeux, founder of charity platform Causedirect, stated, “Crowdfunding creates a bridge between the public and the private sector. Its helps support communities’ projects that the public authorities are no longer able to finance alone and encourages people’s involvement…” The Swiss-based non-profit… Read More

August 2, 2014 @ 12:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a note posted on the UK Business Angels Association, it was shared that Angels Den has successfully funded 29 businesses for all of 2014.  The UKBAA also highlighted two of the funding platform’s recent successes:  MuscleGenes, the world’s fastest growing fitness genetic testing company,… Read More

August 2, 2014 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Dealstruck, an online peer to peer lending platform, has committed an $200,000 “CrowdLoan” term loan to leading USwirl franchise owner in the US. The growth capital has enabled franchise owner Pat Long to expand her business by purchasing three stores throughout Pennsylvania. Dealstruck  connects growing,… Read More

August 1, 2014 @ 10:13 am By JD Alois  |  

New Zealand based peer-to-peer lender Harmoney has shared the appointments to their board of directors.  Harmoney became the first fully licensed P2P lender in New Zealand this past July. Harmoney had earlier announced former GPG Chairman Rob Campbell as the board chair.  The complete board… Read More