Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

May 6, 2014 @ 1:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharing some exciting news about its progress, Tampa-based crowdfunding platform YouCaring has announced its users have raised more than $100M in campaigns. Founded in 2011, the site is considered as the second-most popular site for philanthropy fundraisers. CrowdsUnite recently named the site as a top… Read More

May 6, 2014 @ 12:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CEO and co-founder of the crowdfunding giant Kickstarter Yancey Strickler may have high hopes and big plans for his platform that allows consumers the power to raise funds for projects from art to technology. Unfortunately for some, Mr. Strickler has formally confirmed the platform will… Read More

May 6, 2014 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Alchemy Global, the first crowdfunding platform in the sports and entertainment market that matches accredited investors with growing companies, announced on Monday it formally launched with the closing of its investment round. The platform brings a powerful blend of experienced brand and company builders along with… Read More

May 6, 2014 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to Peer (P2P) lending platform continues to rack up big numbers as they shove banks aside and stake their claim in the P2P crowdfunding world.  One month after hurdling past the $1 billion mark in total loans in a note from Prosper CEO Aaron Vermut,… Read More

May 6, 2014 @ 8:07 am By JD Alois  |  

FundersClub, an accredited investor crowdfunding platform, recently hosted a webinar on investing in small companies via self directed IRA’s.  They have partnered with Entrust, one of the largest providers of self directed IRA’s in the country, to assist in the process of offering his feature… Read More

May 5, 2014 @ 9:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Unglue.it‘s “Thanks for Ungluing” was recently announced by the noted ebook crowdfunding platform. Unglue.it is self described as “the bookstore for books that want to be free” that rewards rights holders for making their ebooks available to the world under a creative commons license. Unglue.it now offers three… Read More

May 5, 2014 @ 5:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday morning, Patch of Land and WealthForge announced on a collaboration to help make online real estate investing, specifically into real estate loans, more accessible for accredited investors. Patch of Land, a real estate crowdfunding platform and online lending marketplace, which to date has… Read More

May 5, 2014 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

P2P Platform Has Hit $500 Million Milestone. Peer to Peer portal Funding Circle has announced it will introduce a new risk tier that will allow the company to serve a quarter more of its U.S. small business loan applicants.   Funding Circle connects business owners with… Read More

May 5, 2014 @ 2:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Gearing up for the 2014 Kickstarter Film Festival, the crowdfunding platform giant announced its ready to accept submissions for the New York-based fest that’s happening this summer.  Features, shorts animations, documentaries, restoration, webisodes, music videos and so much more will take the stage in… Read More

May 5, 2014 @ 1:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Patch of Land, the online peer-to-peer real estate crowdfunding platform, and Crowdnetic, the leading provider of market data solutions for the global crowdfinance industry, announced today that Patch of Land is the first P2RE peer platform to partner on Lendvious.  The platform is Crowdnetic’s new… Read More

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

Lending Club and Union Bank have formed a strategic alliance. Under the new agreement, Union Bank will purchase personal loans from Lending Club, and the two companies will work together to create new credit products to be made available to both companies’ customer base.  Union… Read More

May 5, 2014 @ 12:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

As part of the inevitable evolution of investment crowdfunding portals, consumer product platform CircleUP has introduced diversified investment funds giving them the title of “Circles”.  CircleUp was launched two years ago with the objective of creating a “more efficient and personalized market for individual private… Read More

May 5, 2014 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Australian crowdfunding platform Pozible has formed a new partnership with  Australia’s leading charitable fundraising platform GiveNow.  The charity platform GiveNow sees an opportunity to benefit from the project based approach that Pozible offers.  The two organizations are working together to enable approved organizations to accept… Read More

May 5, 2014 @ 7:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Contradicting famous investor David Einhorn, three well known faces in the investment world gathered to explain why we are currently not in a tech bubble.  Jeff Lynn, CEO of equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, Eze Vidra of Google Campus and VC Eileen Burbidge of Passion Capital… Read More

May 4, 2014 @ 2:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Experiment in Norway Beats Expectations. More than $120,000 was invested into three startups at Norway’s first live equity crowdfunding event, part of the Technoport 2014 innovation conference in Trondheim. The big winner was stair-assist company Assistep, who raised around $90,000 through their campaign on the… Read More

May 3, 2014 @ 4:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Adding another event to its Block Party on May 3rd, crowfunding giant Kickstarter announced its hosting the first ever art show on its new gallery. The show will feature a plethora of pieces made by artist who have used campaign website to raise funds and… Read More

May 2, 2014 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharing some exciting news for its growing community, Australian crowdfunding website StageLabel introduced a new feature called “Concepts.” The site has built a traditional idea of campaigning but focuses on the fashion industry. As part of bringing a little democracy to the site, StageLabel is… Read More

May 2, 2014 @ 7:35 am By JD Alois  |  

The Ranger Specialty Income Fund will begin investing in crowdfunded small business loans through a relationship with Funding Circle USA. The fund wants to provide both domestic and international investors with attractive yields and monthly cash flow attributable to investments in the peer to peer… Read More

May 2, 2014 @ 6:56 am By JD Alois  |  

UK Based LendInvest Also Announces Creation of Secondary Market on P2P Platform. Peer to Peer (P2P) property lender LendInvest has launched a new three year mortgage in a direct challenge to high street banks’ dominance of the £1.2 trillion mortgage market.  The medium term mortgage is… Read More

May 1, 2014 @ 4:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Principal of leading crowdfunding platform Indiegogo Adam Chapnick announced on Thursday he is leaving the industry giant to join real estate crowdfunding company AssetAvenue. The company’s first completed deal raised $485,000 from investors in less than 48 hours to acquire a commercial real estate loan… Read More