Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

July 1, 2014 @ 4:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to share some details about its 2014 Film Festival, global crowdfunding platform Kickstarter revealed the films, locations and dates earlier this week. Organizers of the event took to the platform and wrote, “Our celebration of features, shorts, documentaries, animations, and other video art made… Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Angels Den, a UK based angel and equity crowdfunding platform, has shared some of their insight into creating a powerful pitch.  The platform has listed their top five tactics for making that impact with investors to get your business funded.  We all know that started… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 3:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoping to avoid more confrontation with Russia, Ukrainian citizens have launched a crowdfunding campaign “The People Project” to purchase the country’s first “People’s Drone.” According to The Guardian, with Ukraine’s army continuing to encounter pro-Russians militants in the East, the country’s citizens decided to raise… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 12:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LeVar Burton’s “Reading Rainbow” crowdfunding campaign is now in the top five most successful Kickstarter projects of all time. The project is receiving the latest round of support from unexpected sources – the top four highest earning campaigns ever.  Pebble, OUYA, Pono and “Veronica Mars” announced that they… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding champion Paul Niederer, the founder of ASSOB – one of the earliest equity crowdfunding platforms around, recently shared some insight into his experience with investment crowdfunding.  ASSOB or the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board.  He has incorporated some actual empirical data regarding this new form of… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 9:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Mid-West Based Debt & Equity Portal Offers Pre-Vetted Real Estate Deals to Investors. Grand Rapids based Loquidity, a debt and equity real estate crowdfunding platform, has fired up its digital marketplace for premier real estate assets initially targeting the Central and Midwestern U.S. The new… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

As the world continues to watch events of trauma, hope, conflict, innovation and resilience unfold throughout the Middle East, Kiva and Grameen-Jameel Microfinance Ltd. have partnered to launch “Change is in Your Hands.” The campaign gives visitors to Kiva/MiddleEast the chance to open the borders of opportunity for entrepreneurs… Read More

June 29, 2014 @ 6:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

National Family Mortgage states that  it has surpassed over $200 million in total loans funded.  Apparently loan velocity is increasing as well with June originations exceeding $15 million.  The young peer to peer company reached their first $100 million in July 2013 and has now doubled that amount in… Read More

June 27, 2014 @ 8:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Indiegogo has made it no secret they are sizing up the equity crowdfunding market in contrast to their main competitor Kickstarter who has publicly stated they will not go down the equity path.  Indiegogo co-founder Danae Ringelmann recently shared her thoughts about the funding option… Read More

June 27, 2014 @ 11:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise has been a trailblazer in the real estate crowdfunding world. They were the first to offer “Regulation A” type investments – a process that allows anyone – not just the wealthy class – to participate in real estate investments that generate solid returns. Fundrise… Read More

June 27, 2014 @ 10:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Since being established in 2009, Kickstarter has gained some famous video games on its roster, including FTL: Faster than Light, Wasteland 2, The Banner Saga, Octodad:Dadliest Catch, Castle Story, and, of course, Broken Age. Now, the crowdfunding giant is ready to introduce a new service called Play Now. It will allow… Read More

June 27, 2014 @ 7:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

IssuWorks, a new venture by the former Vice-Chairman of NASDAQ David Weild, has recently launched its Series A funding round on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder. David Weild has been referred to as the “father of the JOBS Act” due to his role in providing data,… Read More

June 26, 2014 @ 6:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

American Homeowner Preservation is closing National Homeownership Month with the announcement that it has reached the halfway mark in crowdfunding its third pool of distressed mortgages, opportunity 2014A. Thus far, American Homeowner Preservation has raised $690,000 of the $1.2 million needed to complete the purchase of… Read More

June 26, 2014 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

500 Startups, an  active venture capital fund and startup accelerator program, has announced that it has filed with the SEC under the new rules allowing for general solicitation, and is now publicly fundraising for its third flagship fund, targeted at $100M. To facilitate this process, 500… Read More

June 26, 2014 @ 2:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowds4Change, a crowdfunding platform for education and community initiatives supporting youth, has announced the launch of its Change Counts campaign to encourage schools and organizations serving youth to take the first step in sparking change to meet their educational objectives. Change Counts, through Crowds4Change, provides… Read More

June 26, 2014 @ 11:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform, Fundrise, announced on Thursday the launch of its first Florida real estate investment opportunity, a 13,000-square-foot, mixed-use development in Wynwood, Miami in conjunction with Atlas Real Estate Partners. Accredited investors from around the country will be able to invest in project… Read More

June 26, 2014 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based real estate crowdfunding platform Property Crowd is looking to raise £1 million for their initial investment opportunity, significantly raising the bar for property-focused crowdfunding with what appears to be the largest single investment opportunity of its kind to date. The property crowdfunding market… Read More

June 26, 2014 @ 7:17 am By JD Alois  |  

ShareIn Provides Equity Investment from £40,000 to £1m for UK Companies. UK based ShareIn, an investment crowdfunding company launched in 2012, has been authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to operate its equity based platform into the wider UK private investor market. Simultaneously the company… Read More

June 26, 2014 @ 7:10 am By Georgia Quinn  |  

In the wake of Dodd-Frank and the financial crisis, peer-to-business lending or “P2B” is stepping up to fill the funding gap for small and startup businesses. What is P2B  you may ask and how does it differ from P2P lending? Well, pretty simply, P2B is… Read More

June 25, 2014 @ 1:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Equities.com, an online financial publication and social community for investors, is pleased to announce it has entered a strategic partnership with Crowdnetic, a provider of information and data solutions to the global crowdfinance marketplace. Equities.com and Crowdnetic will work closely together to make available certain… Read More