Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

July 8, 2014 @ 8:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

InsideSales.com, a leading cloud-based sales acceleration technology company, has stated that Dave Boyce has joined its executive team as vice president of product marketing. Boyce will oversee global go-to-market strategy for InsideSales.com’s suite of sales acceleration solutions.  More recently, Boyce was founder and CEO of Fundly, a… Read More

July 7, 2014 @ 11:49 am By JD Alois  |  

NXGen Capital has launched a new online platform to provide accredited investors access to pre-vetted commercial investment properties across the western United States.  The site debuts with multiple commercial projects, ranging in scope from hotels, condos and office space to assisted living and memory care… Read More

July 7, 2014 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding site Seedrs announced today they will be offering a new type of securities on their investment platform.  The convertible equity option will join straight equity and fund options as a method for listing companies to raise capital. The first company to take advantage… Read More

July 7, 2014 @ 8:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

IgnitionDeck, Inc., a provider of Wordpress-based commerce solutions, has acquired two popular tools for no-fee crowdfunding: Fundify, purchased from Astoundify; and CrowdPress, purchased from BoxyStudio. The acquisitions consolidate IgnitionDeck’s ownership of the some popular solutions for no-fee crowdfunding on Wordpress, which is the dominant online… Read More

July 5, 2014 @ 12:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Gambling Specific Site GamCrowd looks to raise funds on own platform. GamCrowd the gambling-specific crowdfunding and crowdsourcing platform that launched ear lie this year has launched a self-crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for their own platform. Following in the path of several very high-profile platforms,… Read More

July 5, 2014 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to Peer lending platform Funding Circle recently signed a partnership with Santander to help small businesses secure loans.   They see this new strategic relationship as a methodology to help bring P2P into the mainstream.  Samir states that about 1/3 of the businesses that… Read More

July 5, 2014 @ 7:31 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based Funding Circle shared last week that their platform has topped £300 million in loans in just under 4 years.  Over £100 million has been lent via the site during the first 6 months of 2014 alone indicating significant momentum for the company.  These… Read More

July 4, 2014 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

TwistRate, a new crowdfunding platform, announced today the official July 4th weekend launch of its crowdfunding portal, giving veteran service members, law enforcements, outdoor enthusiasts, extreme sports, fishing and hunting communities a dedicated place to come together online to fund the ideas, passions and dreams… Read More

July 4, 2014 @ 9:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Excitement abounds for Fundly’s philanthropic crowdfunding. Fundly, the donation-based crowdfunding platform that empowers people, groups and organizations to raise funds for near and dear campaigns,  concurrently hosts thousands of active campaigns daily.  With over 100,000 campaigns created in the last year, Fundly allows users to… Read More

July 4, 2014 @ 7:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Twelve South West England social enterprises are to benefit from £10,000 match funding from the Santander Social Enterprise Challenge, run in partnership with the UK’s largest rewards-based crowdfunding platform, Crowdfunder. The challenge was created to fund promising social enterprises from across the South West. Social… Read More

July 4, 2014 @ 7:13 am By JD Alois  |  

New Zealand based Snowball Effect recently sent a note out to interested parties stating they expect a July launch of their equity crowdfunding platform.  The site is “in the late stages of the licensing process” with indications from regulators the process will be completed soon…. Read More

July 3, 2014 @ 3:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With entrepreneurs continuing to wait to take advantage of equity crowdfunding in various countries, New Zealand’s Financial Market Authority (FMA) announced some exciting news about the funding option. In a report by Stuff, FMA spokesperson Andrew Park declared the financial regulator is ready to grant… Read More

July 3, 2014 @ 3:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Indiegogo has announced a new iPhone app for Canada. This is the first of what is expected to be a global roll out of mobile versions of its funding technology. According to the Globe and Mail, the global crowdfunding company stated Canada was chosen because… Read More

July 3, 2014 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedmatch claims the title as the first German investment crowdfunding platform having launched way back in 2011.  Equity crowdfunding in Germany has been fairly robust with reports placing total volume in 2013 at about EUR 15 million.  Anyone can participate in these offers as there… Read More

July 2, 2014 @ 1:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Firelily announced on Wednesday the launch of its new crowdfunding platform for individuals and communities impacted by disaster can access information on disaster recovery, connect with donors who want to aid in their recovery process, and tell their story. Co-founder of Firelily, Paul Lewis noted, “Every… Read More

July 2, 2014 @ 11:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the past few weeks, Indiegogo UK has been on-the-go thanks to its Go Crowdfund Britain campaign. As previously reported, this new initiative was launched on June 23rd and is seeking to raise a million pounds to get Britain’s best ideas, coolest inventions, brightest young businesses and… Read More

July 2, 2014 @ 8:07 am By JD Alois  |  

The graphic elves at peer to peer lender Prosper have put together an interesting infographic on fixing your debt problems. Unfortunately it is true.  Too many people in the United States (and some other countries) spend more than they can afford.  The spending binge is… Read More

July 2, 2014 @ 7:56 am By JD Alois  |  

E-commerce and internet giant Jingdong (JD) launched a new crowdfunding platform this week.  Called “Coufenzi” the site has listed 12 initial projects and is similar in approach to Demohour – presently the largest Chinese crowdfunding site. Described as “Kickstarter-like” a report in TechinAsia, Coufenzi is outlined… Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 10:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdlending platform Dealstruck, has now provided more than 100 loans and credit lines to growing, profitable small businesses. The young company shared this accomplishment in a recent company statement. Ethan Senturia, Dealstruck co-founder and CEO commented on this achievement stating; “We’re proud to reach several… Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 8:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Elizabeth Braman Joins Realty Mogul as Chief Production Officer Spearheading Equity and Debt Investments.  Brings over 15 Years of Real Estate and Technology Experience. Realty Mogul, a real estate crowdfunding platform for accredited investors, has announced that real estate executive Elizabeth Braman is joining the company to expand… Read More