Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

February 4, 2014 @ 8:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

NationBuilder Users Can Quickly Add Political Crowdfunding Campaigns. NationBuilder, a “Community Organizing System”  that helps leaders grow and organize communities has partnered with Crowdtilt to integrate their crowdfunding functionality on the NationBuilder platform.  With this integration, any NationBuilder nation can supplement fundraising efforts by adding,… Read More

February 4, 2014 @ 5:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pubslush Launches Enhanced Community Management for Publishers, Industry Professionals. This week Pubslush co-founders, Hellen and Amanda Barbara, have announced the addition of a new community feature to their crowdfunding platform.  The crowdfunding platform that allows authors to host their literary projects, will now allow Publishers,… Read More

February 4, 2014 @ 9:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Today Pave announces a new element of their product that aims to take the platform’s disruptive crowdfunding platform to the next level. First and for those unfamiliar, what is Pave? Based in New York, Pave is essentially a crowdfunding platform for people – the platform… Read More

February 3, 2014 @ 11:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

If you are interested in launching a crowdfunding campaign and need a place to hang out while putting in those 20 hour days this could be for you.  Aussie crowdfunding platform Pozible has announced “The Pozible Residency” which is similar to doing a medical residency:… Read More

February 3, 2014 @ 12:01 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The US-based peer-to-peer lending space is off to a blistering start in 2014. January saw over $325 million in loan origination for Lending Club and Prosper. Lending Club accounted for over a quarter-billion in loans alone, up from $100 million in new loans in January… Read More

February 3, 2014 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform AngelList has announced a new feature for their growing platform: Filtered alerts now allows investors to monitor specific characteristics such as location, type of offer, and other variables to aid in managing the growing number of businesses listing on their platform.  As… Read More

February 3, 2014 @ 3:30 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In the ever-growing crowdfunding community, peer lending reigns supreme. A TD Economics report we covered last week estimates the size of the global crowdfunding industry at somewhere between $3 and $5 billion in 2013. Of the sites responsible for this emergent shift in capital access,… Read More

February 2, 2014 @ 2:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding platform Seedrs, a leader in the investment crowdfunding space in Europe, has shared some updated information regarding their platform’s success.  Seedrs was one of the first equity platforms in the UK and is proudly the first platform to be officially regulated by the Financial… Read More

February 2, 2014 @ 11:20 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The rewards-based crowdfunding arms race is alive and well. In a recent interview with Bloomberg West, Bloomberg’s Emily Chang leads by pointing out that Indiegogo is the smaller of two websites currently participating in a “two-horse race,” singling out Indiegogo as the “little guy.” In… Read More

February 1, 2014 @ 7:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

United Kingdom based startup Seedrs, the world’s first fully regulated equity crowdfunding platform open to investors and entrepreneurs throughout Europe, has received an investment from AFT Holdings, an international investment and management company. “As an international investment group, we are proud patrons of the vision… Read More

February 1, 2014 @ 7:23 am By Charles Luzar  |  

London-based peer lending platform Zopa has closed a £15 million funding round led by Arrowgrass Capital Partners. Augmentum Capital, Wellington Partners and Balderton Capital also took a stake. As part of the deal, Arrowgrass CEO Henry Kenner will receive a seat on the board. Zopa… Read More

January 31, 2014 @ 6:09 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Peer-to-business lending platform Dealstruck has announced an exclusive agreement with the National Small Business Association (NSBA) to provide NSBA members with valuable benefits and resources, including small business lending products and services. The NSBA already offers many valuable benefits and resources to its members, including… Read More

January 31, 2014 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Foodies rejoice.  There is finally a crowdfunding site just for you.  FundaFeast, scheduled to launch on February 1st,  describes their platform as the first crowdfunding site for “anything and everything food related”. Recognizing there are a lot of great crowdfunding platforms funding just about anything, founder… Read More

January 31, 2014 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Looks to Tackle National Issues with Localized Crowdfunding Campaigns. BNN Funding’s mission is to run national campaigns that bring attention to “big topic” societal or cultural issues; hunger in America, creating jobs, combatting disease, or sustaining local news – and crowdfund across 350 cities for… Read More

January 30, 2014 @ 3:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, a leading equity crowdfunding platform, has released the final amount of their self-crowdfunding round.  The London based platform raised £2.58 million, an amount that was far above their initial target of raising £750,000 which was surpassed on the first day of the offer.  Over… Read More

January 30, 2014 @ 1:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Privanet and equity based crowdfunding platform Invesdor have partnered to offer a secondary market for crowdfunded offerings.  Both are based in Helsinki, Finland. Privanet is a specialist in the trading of unlisted shares. The company, which was founded in 2000, is supervised by the Finnish Financial… Read More

January 30, 2014 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Alliance Seeks Greater Access for Accredited Investors to Alternative-Asset Crowdfunding Platform. Next Generation Trust Services, a third-party administrator of self-directed retirement plans, has formed a strategic alliance with Venovate, a marketplace for alternative investments, to offer crowdfunding opportunities to owners of self-directed IRAs. Venovate Marketplace,… Read More

January 29, 2014 @ 7:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Springfield, Missouri based CrowdIt,  a crowdfunding company that brings business networking and support services into the funding experience, has released the details with their second launch contest, including new prizes for joining the contest campaign. Based on the success of the company’s first launch contest,… Read More

January 29, 2014 @ 1:02 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In the fall of 2013 we reported on a rather notable move by Square Enix into the crowdfunding space. That effort has now launched, and it could help Indiegogo become more competitive in the world of video games. Collective is not a crowdfunding platform. Rather,… Read More

January 29, 2014 @ 12:32 am By Charles Luzar  |  

FundersClub just announced the release of a new social content channel called Venture News. The news aggregator aims to provide a hub of conversation and content for the world of finance. It works similarly to Hacker News, Y-Combinator’s tech news meritocracy. Users can sign up and… Read More