Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

February 27, 2014 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Jon Medved, CEO and founder of equity crowdfunding portal OurCrowd CEO, was recently interviewed during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.  Medved states that “it is a great time to be a tech investor” and that Israel is a “startup nation” with lots of… Read More

February 27, 2014 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube Has Raised £20 Million, Invigorating British business. Worlds first equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, is celebrating their third birthday this month. Since their launch in February 2011, the company has raised over £19.9 million for 103 start-ups as well as small and growing businesses. These companies… Read More

February 26, 2014 @ 5:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hubbub.net (formerly Sponsorcraft), a crowdfunding network for education, believes that free crowdfunding is inevitable, and that the new wave of crowdfunding platforms will need to explore alternative revenue models. In light of this they have taken the bold decision to lead the way and drop their… Read More

February 26, 2014 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Taiwan based HWTrek, a global community for digital electronics, has released their new Request for Quotation (RFQ) Tool and comprehensive Crowdfunding Guide. These features will further augment HWTrek’s newly launched community platform.   The tools enhance ease-of-use, streamline the RFQ process and provide best practices… Read More

February 26, 2014 @ 10:19 am By Charles Luzar  |  

What’s in a name? For online companies, quite a bit. Just ask Microryza, the donation-based crowdfunding platform for medical research. The site has now rebranded as Experiment, perhaps in an effort to secure that “brand-as-a-verb” ubiquity that Kickstarter enjoys. The company has also secured experiment.com…. Read More

February 26, 2014 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

wemakeit, Switzerland’s largest and most successful crowdfunding platform is celebrating its second birthday as it plans for major expansion in the near future. In addition to artists and creative people, wemakeit now also supports non-profit associations and organizations in funding new projects and in aiding their communities to… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 11:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube has shared some interesting information regarding female entrepreneurs crowdfunding on their platform to raise capital for their companies.  Their reflection was engendered by a recent report by the Federation of  Small Bussinesses (FSB) in the United Kingdom. The FSB’s research indicates there has been… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 11:22 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Did you know Brian Meece was a mean ukelele player? RocketHub co-founder and CEO Meece sat down with AlleyWire as part of their “Where I’ve Been” series and briefly discussed how some of the fundraising techniques in the world of liberal arts helped him and… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Netherlands based Symbid Corporation, a crowdfunding platform that helps private investors, SME-entrepreneurs and start-ups come together in a secure ecosystem, has announced it has become publicly listed on the OTC Markets exchange under symbol SBID.   The company stated it was using the to accelerate… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 10:48 am By JD Alois  |  

The Pavonis Group has closed a seed investment in crowdfunding platform, ProHatch LLC. This round of capital will primarily fuel ProHatch’s platform enhancements for investment crowdfunding and acceleration of their real estate vertical. ProHatch is a crowdfunding platform built where professionals can come together in… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 10:33 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Realty Mogul has been named a “Start-Up to Watch” for 2014 at Digital LA’s Digerati Awards. Digital LA is the founder of Silicon Beach Fest, a biannual start-up entertainment conference. Realty Mogul was recognized alongside other Los Angeles-area startups, including SnapChat and DreamWorks Animation. “We’re truly… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 9:43 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Patreon is a crowdfunding platform that seeks to directly connect content creators with their fans via crowdfunding. The San Francisco-based platform just nabbed a $2.1 million round of funding, as was first reported by Publisher’s Weekly. Patreon was founded by Jack Conte, one half of the… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 9:20 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The first day of Candace Klein’s highly-anticipated hearing is in the books. In what could be a watershed moment for crowdfunding in the State of Ohio, the Ohio Division of Securities is squaring off against Klein. The backdrop: a notice of intent to issue cease… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 8:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo is gearing up to head to Austin, Texas next week as part of the global SXSW 2014 blitz.  They will be hosting multiple “Happiness Hours” and are asking friends and fans to swing by for a visit at the Indiegogo Tech… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 7:41 am By JD Alois  |  

OnFarm, a data company for agriculture, will be presenting a webinar on the investment opportunities in the company this week.  Crowdfunding on AgFunder this is the platform’s first offering for accredited investors. The webinar on OnFarm,  will focus on the data organization and visualization tool… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 6:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Dealstruck Selected by Peer-to-Peer Loan Fund Direct Lending Investments for Investment in Small Business Loans.  Direct Lending Investments, the general partner of a peer-to-peer (P2P) fund with a diversified pool of high-yielding, short-term small business notes, today announced a partnership agreement with Dealstruck, an online… Read More

February 24, 2014 @ 9:19 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Propellr has announced the launch of their platform specializing in alternative assets,  help accredited investors access institution-level opportunities previously reserved for the wealthiest of Americans or those “in the know.” We’re taking the kind of private placement deals usually found in hedge funds and making… Read More

February 24, 2014 @ 7:07 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

FundersClub is celebrating an exit this evening, the first exit for a company funded on the equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors. TalentBin has been acquired by Monster Worldwide (MWW). Gozaik was also acquired by MWW today. Terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed. TalentBin and Gozaik… Read More

February 24, 2014 @ 6:17 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Realty Mogul is continuing their push into exciting real estate markets around the county. The latest market to see activity from the equity crowdfunding platform is Los Angeles, where five multi-family properties – 141 units in total – were just crowdfunded. We have many accredited… Read More

February 24, 2014 @ 5:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kiva.org and Vittana.org have announced a partnership to expand access to higher education for tens-of-thousands of poor and low-income students in developing nations. Kiva is the world’s largest crowdfunding platform with a mission to alleviate poverty. Vittana is a pioneer in creating tuition loan alternatives… Read More