Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

July 22, 2014 @ 8:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few weeks following the closing of his “Reading Rainbow” campaign on Kickstarter, former host of the PBS children’s series LeVar Burton discusses his initial reaction to the project’s launch and success on the crowdfunding platform. Over 105,000 backers pledges a total of $5.4… Read More

July 22, 2014 @ 8:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding portal Crowdcube launched their self-crowdfunding campaign earlier today seeking to raise an additional £1.2 million.  This was on top of a recently announced investment led by well known European VC Group Balderton Capital.  The Venture group had invested £3.8 million in the young… Read More

July 21, 2014 @ 7:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Innovative social enterprise ‘30 Seconds Change’ is raising funds to deliver a new charity fund raising platform to your mobile phone. 30 Seconds Change, a new social enterprise, announced today the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. The funds raised, will be used to launch… Read More

July 21, 2014 @ 3:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seed&Spark Partners with Tugg Join Forces to Educate Independent Filmmakers on Leveraging the Crowd to Build Independence. Brooklyn based Seed&Spark, a crowdfunding and transactional VOD platform for independent film, has shared they have formed a partnership with Tugg – a platform that empowers individuals to… Read More

July 21, 2014 @ 2:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdera and Umojawa have joined forces on a new crowdfunding platform for civic crowdfunding initiatives across the globe. This move merges the complementary strengths of both companies — Crowdera’s product development and technology expertise with umojawa’s proven success in funding projects and passion for community… Read More

July 21, 2014 @ 1:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

According to reports the popular crowdfunding platform to another country; New York City-based crowdfunding giant, Kickstarter, has plans to launch a new funding platform for crowdfunders in Ireland. The Irish Independent reports there have been only 90 Irish projects on the crowdfunding platform since its inception. 48… Read More

July 21, 2014 @ 11:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cleveland-based real estate crowdfunding platform, Vestor,  is seeking to help hotel developers to transform three neglected buildings into a LeMeridien hotel in the downtown area. According to Crain’s Cleveland Business, hotel consultant Lonnie Burghardt was close to ending a five-year quest to turn part of the stretch of… Read More

July 21, 2014 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Kapipal, an international donation and rewards based crowdfunding platform, has announced its acquisition of WeLoveYourSongs, an online music community for unsigned musicians and their fans. Founded in 2010, WeLoveYourSongs has built an online community centered around unsigned musicians and fans of underground music. The site… Read More

July 21, 2014 @ 8:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Silicon Real LIVE recently interviewed Christian Faes, co-founder and Director if LendInvest – the UK based peer-to-peer lender that focuses on mortgages.  LendInvest has completed over £68 million in loans since their launch last year. Faes gives a good overview of the LendInvest platform talking… Read More

July 21, 2014 @ 7:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Simultaneously Announces Acquisition of Trupoly. RCS Capital Corporation (NYSE: RCAP), has announced that it is establishing an investment crowdfunding platform which it will operate under the name, “We R Crowdfunding.”  Concurrent with this announcement, RCAP revealed they had acquired Trupoly, a New York based white… Read More

July 20, 2014 @ 10:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

This is kind of cool.  Kickstarter has recognized there are a ton of people who couldn’t mosey on over to Brooklyn this past Friday to watch their 4th Annual Film Festival.  So for those of you who were geographically deprived they have a solution.  Free… Read More

July 20, 2014 @ 2:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

SilverAlms, a  recently launched crowdfunding platform based in India that raised questions regarding the veracity of their new site has responded to questions forwarded to a gmail account.  The interaction was engendered after SilverAlms emailed Crowdfund Insider responding to an earlier article as TheCrowdfundingCentre had… Read More

July 19, 2014 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Possible Scam Crowdfunding Site Created to Dupe Unwitting Donors. SilverAlms a donation crowdfunding site claims to be the “Worlds First Charity Crowdfunding Portal”.  But is it really?  The site appears to be a clone of crowdfunding campaigns from other platforms such as Indiegogo and GoFundMe… Read More

July 18, 2014 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Australia based Loan Ranger, an online direct lender, has announced a strategic investment from UK based Liberum Capital.  Effective immediately, Liberum will also add Simon Atkinson as a director and Board Member.  Simon will join Jeff McCarthy, a former Managing Director of US based peer… Read More

July 18, 2014 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharing his thoughts about crowdfunding and venture capital, CEO of Indiegogo, Slava Rubin, sat down with Fox Business’ Jo Ling Kent during the Fortune’s BrainstormTech 2014 conference in Aspen, Colorado. During the interview, Rubin stated, “We launched the industry in 2008, and we’ve seen considerable… Read More

July 18, 2014 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

In the UK, just like the US, consumers pay a ridiculous amount per year financing their credit cards.  The estimated total may top £6 billion per year, an astounding amount but understandable when one grasps the high rate of interest consumers pay today. Now with a… Read More

July 17, 2014 @ 2:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kickstarter is ready for the first showing of the 2014 Film Festival in Brooklyn! The crowdfunding giant shared some details about the event, which will take place this Friday (July 18th). The festival features a selection from the platform’s favorite films, shorts, web series, animations,… Read More

July 17, 2014 @ 1:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

A new generation of regional real estate investment experts are launching Inner 10 Capital, a real estate crowdfunding site and sister company to Inner 10 Development. The company incorporates an analytics-based investment model to identify high yield urban development projects in Austin’s top 10 zip… Read More

July 17, 2014 @ 11:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Study by LendInvest reveals 80% of consumers are unaware fast-growing industry is now regulated by FCA. According to a report by LendInvest, four in five consumers don’t know peer-to-peer (P2P) finance is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) despite the massive growth of alternative… Read More

July 17, 2014 @ 10:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Smart Crowdfunding LLC has brought mainstream crowdfunding to the younger generation. Their new platform, Crowd-Fund-Kids, launched in July 2014, and will initially be available in four countries: United States, United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada.  However, they plan on expanding their platform into more countries in the near future.  Crowd-Fund-Kids will not… Read More