Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

June 19, 2014 @ 4:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CEO of EarlyShares Joanna Schwartz spoke to CNBC’s Realty Check to discuss real estate crowdfunding. Ms. Schwartz states that the real estate funding option is “really taking off” in the U.S. and that is outpacing other sectors in equity crowdfunding. EarlyShares is a equity-based crowdfunding… Read More

June 19, 2014 @ 3:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

ieCrowd, the discovery-to-market commercialization platform for innovations that solve global challenges, today announces it has raised an additional $2.2 million bringing total funding to $7 million. Investors include physicians, healthcare professionals, and other private funders from around the world. The funding will be used to accelerate… Read More

June 19, 2014 @ 12:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CTQuan Simultaneously Launches Overseas Investment Fund. Chinese equity crowdfunding platform CTQuan recently raised approximately $4 million in financing round. Established in 2011, the platform was founded by top Chinese investors Lei Jun, Xiaoping Xu, and Kaifu Lee. It helps startups find their investors by leveraging the data… Read More

June 19, 2014 @ 11:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending platform Funding Circle has announced a new partnership with global banking giant Santander.  The new arrangement is designed to give small UK businesses greater access to capital  The gist of the relationship is that Santander will proactively refer small business customers looking… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 5:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo got to take a trip to Washington, DC too – to recognize the revolution in creative types designing and making things most of us could never imagine.  Yes it was a bit of a crowdfunding love-in, as both platforms (along with a few others)… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 5:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

There is a lot going on in the Maker space these days and crowdfunding has a lot to do with it.  Accelerated market validation and a growing number of services to aid creators in the production process has fueled a creative burst perhaps never seen… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 1:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

HWTrek, a global funding platform and community for digital electronics, has helped two US hardware startups attract new funding from its parent company, TMI Holding (TMI) and will provide ongoing support to aid in their future growth. TMI selected the two campaigns by leveraging HWTrek’s expert community of… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 1:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo UK Marketing and Community Manager Anastasia Emmanuel chats up their just announced Go Crowdfund Britain campaign.  Indiegogo recently raised about $40 million in a new funding round and then followed that up with more big name investors like Sir Richard Branson.  With a solid war… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 12:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdtilt, a crowdfunding platform that helps users fund experiences, purchases, and causes with help from their friends, family, and extended network, announced today that the San Francisco company is now available to the people of Canada. In just a few weeks, the local Crowdtilt team… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 10:03 am By JD Alois  |  

“Go Crowdfund Britain” Seeks to Raise £1 million from UK Crowdfunding Projects. Global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo will launch their inaugural “Go Crowdfund Britain” initiative on 23rd June 2014. “Go Crowdfund Britain” is a drive to raise a million pounds to get Britain’s best ideas, coolest… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 8:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfundraiser announced on Wednesday the release of its new crowdfunding platform focused on high school sports fundraising. As a new entrant into the growing crowdfund market, the crowdfunding portal hopes to upend some of the legacy areas of fundraising by providing a much more efficient service… Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 8:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rewards based crowdfunding giant Kickstarter crossed the one billion mark today for “successful” funds raised. These are pledges for campaigns that have hit their goals and the funds have been collected by the project creators.  Kickstarter announced earlier this year having surpassed $1 billion in… Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 10:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to rock their devoted fans in Richmond, Virgina, Foo Fighters announced they are making their way to the city all thanks to a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdtilt. Freelance creative director and copywriter Andrew Goldin launched the campaign in March with a goal of $70,000. According… Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 9:03 am By Georgia Quinn  |  

After being freed from the vestibule and entering CircleUp’s airy San Francisco office space with CEO Ryan Caldbeck, I settled in for an open and informative discussion on consumer products, leveraging networks and the future of capital formation. The Vision Ryan and several CircleUp team… Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Solar Crowdfunding Platform Mosaic Creates Platform for Groups to Nominate Locations for Solar Energy. Renewable energy crowdfunding platform Mosaic that funds solar projects,  has launched Mosaic Places, a technology platform they hope will quickly and efficiently propel solar energy across the United States. Mosaic Places facilitates communities to nominate community… Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 8:26 am By JD Alois  |  

SyndicateRoom is an equity crowdfunding platform that allows its members to co-invest in startups with established angel investors, has been called out by Knowledge Peers as “UK’s fastest growing equity crowdfunding platform”.  The report stats that SyndicateRoom experienced a 200% increase in equity raised versus… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 1:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Following their hugely successful funding round, Crowdfunder UK has confirmed that Chartered Accountant, Deborah Edwards will lead the UK’s No 1 rewards-based crowdfunding platform’s finance team. Deborah, who is a partner at Harlands Accountants in Cornwall was brought on board to assist with Crowdfunder’s fundraise and look… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 11:37 am By JD Alois  |  

hyperfund is a crowdfunding platform that provides all three primary strategies for businesses raising capital on the internet with rewards, security, and debt crowdfunding options. hyperfund wants to enable startups and growing businesses to take advantage of the explosive growth of crowdfunding and the SEC’s… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 11:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding giant Indiegogo announces the appointment of Victor Kovalev, former Director of Engineering at Yelp, as Vice President of Engineering to lead the company’s web and mobile advancements. The addition of Kovalev rounds out a talented leadership team that will oversee Indiegogo’s push for global domination… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 6:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Founder of well known McAfee Anti-Virus and one time fugitive, John McAfee and his Future Tense Secure Systems (FTC) has acquired an equity stake in QiKFunder. QiKfunder is a security and privacy-minded crowdfunding company that seeks to provide a seamless  crowdfunding experience by offering fundraising… Read More