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February 12, 2015 @ 8:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Look for Team, Team, Team. Stay away from too early stages where there is nothing you can really base you judgment on. Get a bad cop integrated in your investment decision making who will stop you when… Read More

February 11, 2015 @ 7:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

  David Haber is the co-founder, CEO and visionary behind Bond Street, an online lender that empowers small businesses by providing financing in a simple, transparent and fair way. Haber leads Bond Street’s overall company vision, strategy, fundraising and business development functions. Through Bond Street, Haber aims to… Read More

February 10, 2015 @ 8:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Cloud Lending Solutions, the industry’s only end-to-end lending solution built natively on Salesforce.com, today announced its new customer LendingPoint, a non-bank direct lender that aims to meet consumer demands for online borrowing options. LendingPoint has successfully used Cloud Lending as a foundation to go from concept… Read More

February 9, 2015 @ 2:00 am By Therese Torris  |  

Following up on the recent announcement of the partnership between French Groupama Bank and peer-to-business lender Unilend, we spoke with Nicolas Lesur, founder and CEO of Unilend, about what makes this deal unique and how it will accelerate Unilend’s rapid growth. Peer-to-business lending platform Unilend… Read More

February 8, 2015 @ 7:00 pm By Anthony Zeoli  |  

As the S.E.C. continues to drag its feet on releasing final Title III crowdfunding rules, the intrastate crowdfunding movement shows no signs of slowing down. Here is a brief update as to the status of the enactment/use of intrastate crowdfunding exemptions in certain states. Minnesota… Read More

February 6, 2015 @ 1:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise has received commitments from six institutional funds for more than $100 million to invest on their platform. The specific fund names were not disclosed. The significant amount of backing was qualified as due to Fundrise’s “success in tapping into the… Read More

February 6, 2015 @ 8:00 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  AqarFunder, the first online real estate crowdfunding platform in Egypt, welcomes investors to a bright future for real estate crowdfunding—one that includes a 15-25 percent total return. The Cairo-based company, with an office near the banks of the Nile, leverages technology to connect private… Read More

February 5, 2015 @ 8:43 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Marcus New, the Founder and Chief Entrepreneur of InvestX, is an experienced entrepreneur; he founded and served as chairman (and previously the CEO) of Stockhouse, Canada’s leading financial community and a global hub for affluent investors, with up to 1 million unique monthly visitors. Prior to… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 8:58 am By Ludwine Dekker  |  

One month into 2015 and we’ve seen a lot of predictions being made.  But what is much harder to predict than exponential growth, is a selection of crowdfunding platforms that will be the winners of 2015! What are the platforms that we’ll have to watch… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 11:36 am By JD Alois  |  

  Is crowdfunding the new power tool for Angel investors in disguise? I cannot answer that question but research firm Beauhurst has published its report on the UK equity market and according to their authors the biggest story of 2014 was the rise of crowdfunding… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

As anticipated, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a regulatory review of the crowdfunding environment – including investment crowdfunding and peer to peer lending. Rules were initially released in March of 2014 with the government entity taking a “light touch approach” that was broadly embraced… Read More

February 2, 2015 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

  Leading investment crowdfunding portal Seedrs is claiming another “first”.  In a note to followers, CEO and co-founder Jeff Lynn stated; “I’m pleased to share that today Seedrs is launching the first-ever crowdfunding campaign for a company’s IPO.” It should be noted that SyndicateRoom claimed the… Read More

February 1, 2015 @ 11:21 am By Catherine Pargeter  |  

With the big game this weekend, all eyes are on New England and Washington. Sure, most people are focused on the players, the coaches, and the inflation of the balls, but we thought we would look at the 12th man in terms of their performance… Read More

January 31, 2015 @ 11:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investing in startup companies is a risky endeavor.  Now I believe that risk capital should be a part of anyone’s portfolio but a decision to dedicate money to a promising business, with enthusiastic entrepreneurs at the helm, is no guarantee of success.  This is a… Read More

January 30, 2015 @ 5:23 pm By Alessandro M. Lerro  |  

    The equity crowdfunding market has been slow to take off in Italy largely due to intrinsic limitations with the environment and regulations. But Italy is pivoting once again and adapting to the new world of capital formation. Just 18 months after having enacted (first… Read More

January 29, 2015 @ 1:18 pm By Dara Albright  |  

Anyone who has been reading my articles over the years knows that I have been on a fervent mission to help develop a practicable framework for unaccredited investor crowdfinancing. One of the reasons for my vehemence is that I am a staunch advocate of “investing… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 12:02 pm By Richard Swart  |  

Last week the UC Berkeley case study on Sanovas Inc., the San Rafael California Life Science accelerator was presented  at the JP Morgan Chase OneMed conference to a packed audience of over 120 investors.  I presented the case study, which is the first in a… Read More

January 27, 2015 @ 9:10 am By Kevin Berg Grell  |  

Welcome to the Jungle New York City, 1968. Busy street. A group of people have stopped on the sidewalk to look up at a window on the 6th floor of the adjacent office building. No one is in plain sight. No one is trying to… Read More

January 26, 2015 @ 1:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

One of the very first equity crowdfunding platforms to go live on the internet, Symbid, has announced an evolutionary shift in a push to become a multi-faceted investment platform with a diverse portfolio of funding options. Launched in mid 2011, the funding portal was the… Read More

January 25, 2015 @ 10:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Paul Niederer is not one to mince words. Having been around the block more than once, Niederer gives good advice.  When it comes to new forms of finance he speaks from experience, not just unhindered opinion.  The Australian Small Scale Offerings Board (ASSOB), a company… Read More