Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

May 1, 2014 @ 1:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdtilt is proud to share that the Jamaican Bobsled Team has been recognized with a Webby Award for their ingenuity in using a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdtilt to fund their trip to the Sochi Olympics. Although the two-man bobsled team of Winston Watts and Marvin… Read More

May 1, 2014 @ 12:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

TechBridge has announced the launch of the TechBridge Nonprofit Exchange, the first crowdfunding website that enables nonprofits to raise funds for technology projects that will increase their capacity to serve their respective communities. “Nonprofits recognize the role of technology in increasing their capacity to serve…. Read More

May 1, 2014 @ 8:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Make Architecture Happen, a crowdfunding platform exclusively for architects and designers, has launched. The site is presently featuring 15 innovative projects ranging from a walkable boardwalk made from over 200 pieces of laser-cut recycled lumber to a community center that will provide jobs in a… Read More

April 30, 2014 @ 3:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs has announced that Todd Ruppert, former CEO of T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services, has joined the european investment portal’s advisory board. Ruppert is described as one of the investment industry’s most successful leaders. During his 27-year career at the world-renowned,… Read More

April 30, 2014 @ 3:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jeff Lynn, the CEO and co-founder of successful equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, is set to testify at the House Subcommittee hearing scheduled to review the status of the JOBS Act tomorrow in Washington, DC.  While his prepared remarks have not yet been posted he has… Read More

April 30, 2014 @ 2:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Venovate, the crowdfunding marketplace for alternative investments, has announced public launch of Venovate Marketplace during a presentation at Finovate Spring conference. Venovate demonstrated the platform by listing its own convertible debt note and soliciting investors to participate in the deal.  Studio 9+ is an incubator… Read More

April 30, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK based Crowdfunder has had an excellent month.  Having launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, the company reached their stated goal of raising £500,000 in just three hours.  £230,000 was pledged within the first 15 minutes.  NESTA was first up to pledge contributing £150,000…. Read More

April 29, 2014 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Dutch crowdfunding campaigns are now live on the Kickstarter platform.  Announced some time ago, the expansion into the Netherlands is part of a continuing strategy to grow the brand and platform for rewards based crowdfunding to all corners of the globe.  Over 1100 creators have… Read More

April 29, 2014 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has posted a brief video about promoting your crowdfunding campaign.  As they say (and we concur) crowdfunding is not a field of dreams… if we build it they will come simply is not reality.  As one would expect the advice centers… Read More

April 28, 2014 @ 6:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tubestart, a crowdfunding & content development platform for digital video creators, has expanded their popular partner program to a total of 7 YouTube Multi Channel Networks incuding Fullscreen and latest additions Machinima, Paragon and Flix Digital. Tubestart’s partner program offers creators and partner networks access… Read More

April 28, 2014 @ 6:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Founded by former CEO / Chairman of Circle Bank, Kim Kaselionis, Breakaway Funding is ready to connect entrepreneurs with investors seeking alternatives to conventional equity investments.  The site currently has four crowdfunding listings on the new platform each seeking debt financing. “What we saw at… Read More

April 28, 2014 @ 4:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

As the crowdfunding craze catches on for thousands of companies, a new solar funding, CrowdSun.com, is now making solar energy investing easier than ever. CrowdSun is a crowdfunding site that is specifically geared towards investment-grade solar projects. The help solar project developers/owners gain critical access to funding…. Read More

April 28, 2014 @ 4:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding platform Angels Den has become the first angel investment platform to join a new portal aimed at supporting SMEs turned down by the banks.  The alternativebusinessfunding.co.uk site brings market-leading alternative financiers together for the first time under one umbrella. AngelsDen has positioned their platform… Read More

April 28, 2014 @ 2:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo has published another crowdfunding guide, this time they are tackling the film and video category.  While Indiegogo does not share their results – crowdfunding films has become one of the hottest and most visible segments of the rewards based crowdfunding industry. The document is… Read More

April 28, 2014 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd Has Now Raised $43 Million for 36 Companies. Israel based OurCrowd, a leading global equity crowdfunding platform, has closed a $25 million Series B funding round. According to OurCrowd this is the largest investment round in the equity crowdfunding sector to date. The investment… Read More

April 28, 2014 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Announced late last year, Peer to Business(P2B) crowdfunding platform Money&Co is prepping to launch this week in the United Kingdom.  The site is founded by prominent business woman Nicola Horlick who has put together a team of managers that includes Luke Davis and Robin Wight…. Read More

April 27, 2014 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

It launched its website earlier this month, and now the new crowdfunding platform for nonprofit endeavors Onefund is sharing more details about its goal of becoming a global service.  Created by a group of Boulder, Colorado residents, platform aims “to provide a mechanism that will… Read More

April 26, 2014 @ 9:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharing exciting news to its fans, leader of crowdfunding in concerts and the world’s first social booking platform, RABBL announced earlier this week its’ latest website addition, Fan Rabbls. The new service will allow fans to prove real demand for their favorite musicans and puts… Read More

April 25, 2014 @ 6:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peerform, a peer to peer lending company, has shared they have signed an agreement with Looking Glass Investments (LGI) to utilize their loan analyzer .  Launched earlier this month, the Peerform Loan Analyzer is an alternative methodology for assessing the creditworthiness of a borrower.   Under… Read More

April 25, 2014 @ 4:32 pm By Barry James  |  

Puzzling, is it not, that two of the world’s leading exponents can have such different perspectives on equity crowdfunding as Crowdcube and Seedrs. Similarly people often inquire about my own views and that of The Social Foundation – which seem to be almost polar opposites… Read More