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January 7, 2015 @ 8:04 am By Erin Hobey  |  

2014 proved to be a strong year for fledgling Sliced Investing, an investment platform connecting accredited investors to hedge fund investments: in November the platform closed seed financing of $2 million to develop new funds for investors and accelerate the platform’s growth. Venture capital firms… Read More

January 6, 2015 @ 11:02 am By Erin Hobey  |  

OurCrowd, the leading global equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors, reported significant growth and expansion during 2014. Yesterday the company posted achievements on its blog, today more highlights were shared in a yearend summary.  In under two years, OurCrowd has established itself as a major international… Read More

January 6, 2015 @ 9:53 am By JD Alois  |  

In an “important message” customers, BitStamp announced it has temporarily suspended all services as it investigates a security breach where “operational wallets” were compromised.  According to the popular Bitcoin exchange, hackers stole “less than 19,000 BTC” or approximately $5 million – a sizable amount but… Read More

January 6, 2015 @ 9:26 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey deadline is today, 6 January 2015. Since late November, The University of Cambridge teamed up with EY, the global professional services organization, and launched the European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey with the support of major European industry associations. As readers may know, this is the largest study to date on… Read More

January 5, 2015 @ 2:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celebrating the new year with a big bang, Kickstarter has announced it passed half a billion dollars in backer’s funding over the past 12 months. Kickstarter revealed, “3.3 million people from nearly every country on Earth pledged more than half a billion dollars (that’s 1,000 a… Read More

January 5, 2015 @ 8:30 am By Jor Law  |  

Billions of dollars have flowed into U.S. companies through a little known program known as “EB-5”.  EB-5 is an immigrant investor program created by Congress in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors.  The program is administered… Read More

January 4, 2015 @ 10:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has engaged in a bit of reflection for 2014 having publishes a series of posts on their site reviewing accomplishments for the past year. Indiegogo had more than a few highly successful campaigns for 2014 and produced several record breaking projects…. Read More

January 4, 2015 @ 9:58 am By JD Alois  |  

This past November Dawn Sole was named one of South Florida’s winning startups by the South Florida Business Journal.  Pluck N’File was described as the “Swiss Army Knife of the tweezer world. The multifaceted tool launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo seeking to raise $25,000… Read More

January 3, 2015 @ 4:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Zopa co-founder and Keystone attorney Simon Deane-Johns recently participated in several panels at the successful ECN Crowdfunding Convention held in Paris in December.  Zopa was the first peer to peer lending platform so Deane-Johns has been engaged in new forms of finance since the early days and… Read More

January 2, 2015 @ 3:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (January 6th), Kentucky General Assemble will hold a session to discuss a bill that will use a new state-run crowdfunding platform. According to The Lane Report, Steve Riggs, D-Louisville, has prefiled legislation to create crowdfunding investment opportunities in the state for residents seeking… Read More

January 2, 2015 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

With 2014 finally at an end and 2015 just kicking off it is that time of year when predictions on the future of crowdfunding roll in.  Crowdfund Insider has already published more than a few interesting predictions for 2015 and we expect more to follow…. Read More

December 31, 2014 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

The past year has been eventful in the world of alternative finance.  From crowdfunding to peer to peer lending the world of finance is changing rapidly – and for the better.  While no industry is ever stagnant, the past several decades of the finance industry… Read More

December 30, 2014 @ 7:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Cloud Lending, the industry’s end-to-end lending solution built on Salesforce.com, recently added CL Marketplace, a unified cloud platform that simplifies and automates the entire loan process in marketplace lending, to its suite of cloud-based industry applications that enable non-bank financial institutions to manage loan portfolios, increase transaction volume and rapidly bring new… Read More

December 29, 2014 @ 6:31 am By Jenna Cohen  |  

With reports that the final rule-making dates for Titles III and IV of the JOBS Act have been pushed back once again (potentially as late as October 2015), it’s as if the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dropped a giant piece of coal in our… Read More

December 26, 2014 @ 6:00 am By Josh Kalish  |  

The lifeblood of online investment platforms is investment.  That’s not to take anything away from the brilliant and dedicated entrepreneurs who bravely dance on the cutting edge of industry.  But let’s face it, an idea without funding will flicker and then burn out like a… Read More

December 24, 2014 @ 6:57 am By Anna Duning  |  

With overwhelming bipartisan support, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act—or the JOBS Act—was signed into law on April 5, 2012, and for entrepreneurs and startup investors, the bill was easily one of the most promising pieces of new legislation to come out of Congress in… Read More

December 23, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey deadline has been extended until 6 January 2015. In late November  The University of Cambridge teamed up with EY, the global professional services organization, and launched the European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey with the support of major European industry associations. As readers may know, this is the largest… Read More

December 22, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Based in NYC,  Ingress Capital believes “you shouldn’t have to be a Silicon Valley insider to invest in the growth companies of tomorrow.” With its team’s combination of diverse operating experience including  startup founder, executives, and securities professionals, Ingress networks within the Consumer Technology, Media &… Read More

December 21, 2014 @ 11:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) hosted its annual convention on December 11th and 12th at the BpiFrance Headquarters in central Paris. The highly successful gathering captured a broad audience of platforms, regulators, politicians and industry advocates to review and share diverse global perspectives.  The single most… Read More

December 19, 2014 @ 9:41 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The University of Cambridge teamed up with EY, the global professional services organization, and launched the European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey with the support of major European industry associations in November. As readers may know, this is the largest study to date on crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and other forms of… Read More