Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

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

February 24, 2014 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Hardware crowdfunding platform HWTrek (Hardware Trek),  will be participating along with experts from leading global entities at the Hardeggs iFuture Hardware Competition in Beijing, China on March 14, 2014. Focused on the innovative hardware trend and implementing hardware-software combinations, this event integrates world-class resources in… Read More

February 24, 2014 @ 9:42 am By Charles Luzar  |  

CircleUp is an early starter in the world of crowdfunding and especially crowdfunding for equity, and the following video interview is an intimate look at why CircleUp was created. Co-founder Ryan Caldbeck says that the idea started with a bad panel at a trade show… Read More

February 23, 2014 @ 6:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blue Patent GmbH, a company funded in the fall of 2011 on the German equity crowdfunding platform Seedmatch, has suspended operations.  In a disappointing announcement made this past week, Seedmatch shared the news the young company was ceasing operations.  In an effort to support transparency,… Read More

February 22, 2014 @ 3:33 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdtilt made a big announcement this week when they dragged their white label crowdfunding solution out of beta and rebranded it as CrowdtiltOpen. Before moving on, Crowdtilt took a look back at the top ten campaigns to run on Crowdhoster while it was in beta,… Read More

February 22, 2014 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Sunfunder, a crowdfunding platform for solar energy as an impact investment, just recently listed their 20th project.  They continue to grow and expand their offerings which are in under-developed countries in Africa.  Presently investors participate in these projects as they believe in the mission of… Read More

February 22, 2014 @ 6:51 am By JD Alois  |  

American Homeowner Preservation (AHP) has shared a success story Danita Bailey’s success story as part of their new real estate crowdfunding model. Georgia resident, Danita Bailey, experienced severe financial hardships in the Spring of 2013. After the loss of her husband and increasing difficulty finding… Read More

February 21, 2014 @ 12:02 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

EquityNet has announced a partnership with Dow Jones MarketWatch via Crowdnetic and North Capital Private Securities that seeks to allow issuers to “showcase their private offerings” on MarketWatch, CrowdWatch and other crowdfunding platforms. Privately-held businesses can use EquityNet’s new distribution network and patented technology to showcase… Read More

February 21, 2014 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Real Estate Crowdfunding site Patch of Land has launched two new deals on its platform, growing its portfolio of real estate debt investments from single-family residential projects to multifamily apartment buildings. They are now open to investment by accredited investors. The two projects launched on… Read More

February 21, 2014 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

MicroVentures, an investment crowdfunding platform, is announcing the debut of a new mobile crowdfunding app at this year’s LAUNCH Conference in San Francisco. The new MicroVentures app will allow conference attendees indicate interest to invest in the very startups that are presenting at the conference,… Read More

February 21, 2014 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding company Crowdcube will be closing their first foray into offering a Fund of Crowdfunded Investments.  Venture Fund will close on Wednesday, February 26, 2014. Launched on January 28, 2014, Crowdcube has experienced significant demand for the product.  The investment vehicle allows individuals to… Read More

February 21, 2014 @ 8:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Social gifting platform Givted is runing a promotion that pitches in $20 for any group gift – as long as 3 people contribute with a $100 minimum.  Not a bad offer to receive a free 20% contribution. Givted is a crowdfunding gift giving service.  The… Read More

February 21, 2014 @ 8:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Turned Away By Local Banks, Business Find Funding in Crowd Lending. Cornwall based Folk2Folk, a peer-to-business (P2B) crowdfunding phenomenon tailored exclusively for the South West region, has helped to secure loans of a remarkable £20million since it was launched in early 2013. Folk2Folk crowdlending platform… Read More

February 20, 2014 @ 11:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Prodigy Network, one of the first crowdfunding for real estate platforms, has announced the launch of “Prodigy Design Lab”, the very first crowdsourcing platform dedicated to real estate, architecture, interiors, and urban planning. The first competition hosted on this new platform is for the design of the… Read More

February 20, 2014 @ 6:41 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

FundersClub is just a little over 18 months old now. The equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors has just published its first report on unrealized net Internal Rate of Return (IRR), and the numbers are telling. First, note that FundersClub is realistic about this data;… Read More

February 20, 2014 @ 1:13 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

In this video interview, The Crowd Cafe’s Jonathan Sandlund interviews Joachim Dupont, CEO and Founder of Anaxago. It’s a relatively deep dive into how Anaxago operates, including a look at where the platform sources dealflow and how they curate. Anaxago also divulges that the platform… Read More