Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

July 13, 2014 @ 8:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter has become synonymous with the term crowdfunding.  For many people Kickstarter means crowdfunding similar to Kleenex means tissues.  While still in the infancy of the concept of using technology to gather a crowd of backers or investors the concept will soon be an accepted… Read More

July 12, 2014 @ 11:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

As crowdfunding becomes more popular in various countries, recent reports reveal the funding option is gaining attention in the Middle East. According to the Huffington Post, a handful of Lebanese entrepreneurs are using crowdfunding to create and sustain social initiative throughout the country, some of which… Read More

July 11, 2014 @ 4:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Next Friday (July 18), reward-based crowdfunding platform Local Lift, formerly known as Equity Endeavor, will be opening a brand new site for San Francisco Bay entrepreneurs. The platform itself already features campaigns from Austin, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana. Local Lift allows business owners to… Read More

July 11, 2014 @ 7:44 am By JD Alois  |  

RateSetter risk-rated similar to cash by FE, a provider of investment analysis and research. The growing global peer to peer (P2P) lending industry took another step in the direction of popular acceptance as RateSetter, the UK’s biggest P2P lender by monthly volume, has now become… Read More

July 10, 2014 @ 10:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to multiple reports, peer-to-peer lender SoFi, a San Francisco startup, has received a landmark rating on the senior portion of a $270 million P2P deal. S&P and DBRS have assigned a single A rating according to the FT. Mike Cagney, CEO of SoFi was… Read More

July 10, 2014 @ 5:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Prosper continues to experience dramatic growth in the booming industry of peer to peer lending as they “transform the world of finance and banking”.  During the month of June, Prosper jumped to $145 million loans – up from $124 million in… Read More

July 10, 2014 @ 4:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Destroying Net Neutrality has implications far beyond Kickstarter. Yancey Strickler, CEO of crowdfunding giant Kickstarter, has posted today affirming their support on the subject of Net Neutrality – something that should concern us all. Kickstarter has filed an official comment with the FCC expressing their… Read More

July 10, 2014 @ 12:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer crowdfunding provider Dealstruck has partnered with BodeTree to help provide real-time data analysis to help small business owners better understand their finances.  BodeTree integrates with companies’ accounting tools to create an online financial analytics dashboard, aiding businesses in achieving true financial health…. Read More

July 9, 2014 @ 5:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based crowdfunding website Newspryng officially launched its platform last week. The new site offers freelance writers a chance to publish their new work, while getting paid for it. Explaining the platform’s main focus, the team of Newspryng stated it “experiments with a new model for… Read More

July 9, 2014 @ 1:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

EquityNet, an equity crowdfunding platform,  is now partnering with CrunchBase to expand its deal distribution network to allow entrepreneurs to showcase their businesses to more investors. The CrunchBase agreement joins MarketWatch and CrowdneticWire to generate greater exposure to their funding needs. “I am highly enthusiastic about our… Read More

July 9, 2014 @ 12:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pan-European equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs just announced this week they were offering a new type of security on their young platform. Convertibles have joined straight equity and crowdfunding funds as another option for both listing companies and investors.  Thomas Davies, CIO of Seedrs, hit the… Read More

July 9, 2014 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer (P2P) lending platform Lending Club is having a pretty good year.  The company has just released data sharing the news they facilitated over $1 billion in lending this past quarter.  Add that to the past couple of years and the innovative platform… Read More

July 9, 2014 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

University of California, Berkeley announced earlier this year the development of its very own crowdfunding platform that will become operational in early 2015. The declaration comes as hope that the university will join other UC campuses such as UCLA, UCSF, and UC Santa Cruz in… Read More

July 9, 2014 @ 8:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfundraiser, a site for raising money online for nearly any cause, announces a strategic initiative for sourcing desperately needed funding for churches, religious groups and other local non-profit organizations. This newest initiative is part of the company’s effort to reach out to financing causes where… Read More

July 8, 2014 @ 5:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Funderbuilt, a crowdfunding portal based in Southeast Michigan, launched on July 4th to service all types of fundraising needs and models, including donations to charitable causes, reward-based contributions to creative and business endeavors, and equity-based investments in new businesses and products. While most crowdfunding platforms take a percentage… Read More

July 8, 2014 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Israeli peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Tarya has announced the launch of their new site.  The P2P lender is placing an emphasis on “stringent underwriting algorithms” to provide a platform for people to invest in fellow community members who require consumer credit. Tarya sees Israel as the… Read More

July 8, 2014 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a Peer to Peer lending platform targeting the mortgage industry, has shared they are now originating deals for the Montello Capital range of funds.  Montello is owned and operated by Christian Faes and Ian Thomas – both co-founders of LendInvest their P2P venture.  LendInvest will… Read More

July 8, 2014 @ 9:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Australia based Pozible has partnered up with a young “pop-up” PR Agency – jack+bill. The agency is looking to give some pro-bono support to projects crowdfunding on Pozible.  The agency is an offshoot of Porter Novelli Melbourne.  jack+bill was initially launched in 2011 to support… Read More

July 8, 2014 @ 8:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

P2Binvestor (P2Bi) announces a $2 million line of credit to a Boulder-based client, representing one of the largest single crowdlending transactions ever. This credit line adds to P2Bi’s rapid growth and puts the young company on track to achieve a lending portfolio of $25 million this fiscal… Read More

July 8, 2014 @ 8:17 am By JD Alois  |  

In a self-crowdfunding round, Finland based Invesdor raised €290,871 for the two year old equity crowdfunding platform.  The raised was just shy of the high end target.  The offer garnered 135 investors from 13 different countries and added 121 new shareholders  to their roster.  Pre-money valuation… Read More