General News

April 9, 2018 @ 2:03 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Crypto fever continues…. According to a recent Bloomberg Technology post, George Soros and his $26 billion family office is now preparing to trade cryptocurrencies, shifting from his January World Economic Forum assessment that digital assets were a “bubble. Adam Fisher, who oversees macro investing at New York-based Soros… Read More

April 9, 2018 @ 1:37 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

FrontFundr, the leading Vancouver-based Canadian online investing platform, utilizes its online exempt market dealer (EMD) status plus its modern technology to enable users across Canada to invest in innovative growth businesses in under 12 minutes and starting from $250. “We are pleased to announce that… Read More

April 9, 2018 @ 1:03 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Nova Credit, based in San Francisco and backed by Index Ventures, First Round Capital, NYCA and Core Innovation Capital, has partnered with Transunion to serve creditworthy newcomers to Canada who may otherwise miss out on credit opportunities due to a lack of Canadian credit history…. Read More

April 9, 2018 @ 12:51 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Online lender Lendio has reportedly facilitated nearly $60 million in loans through its lender turndown program. Lendio’s lender turndown program allows lending partners to offer a marketplace of loan options to customers that do not fit the lender’s credit box; this allows lenders to turn a… Read More

April 9, 2018 @ 12:32 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

CNote​, has shared that in just 10 months, its members have helped to create or maintain more than 1,000 jobs across the US. CNote aims to helps increase economic opportunity by investing in federally-certified community lenders that fund female and minority entrepreneurs, affordable housing, and… Read More

April 9, 2018 @ 7:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SenseTime, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company, announced on Monday it raised $600 million during its Series C round of funding, which was led by the Alibaba Group with participation from  Temasek and Suning. This round of funding comes less than a year after the company raised $410 million through its… Read More

April 8, 2018 @ 9:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

The 36 Annual SEC Small Government Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation took place last November in Austin, Texas. This past week, the SEC published the final report which includes the list of recommendations as prioritized by the participants in this yearly gathering between… Read More

April 6, 2018 @ 7:18 am By JD Alois  |  

In Finland, investments into startups has hit a record high of €349 million. A report provided by the Finnish Business Angels Network (FiBAN) and the Finnish Venture Capital Association (FVCA) provide the data on the rise in backing early stage Finnish firms. According to the… Read More

April 5, 2018 @ 1:19 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

In an effort to identify key innovators in fintech, the LATTICE80 team has created “top” Fintech influencers lists in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.  The Fintech Hub’s  lists are prefaced with sector highlights. Let’s start with Europe: “The Fintech industry in mainland Europe and… Read More

April 5, 2018 @ 11:16 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Digital currency exchange guidelines at last! Australia has implemented new legislative guidelines aimed at regulating digital currency exchange businesses. Enacted earlier this week, the new regulations require cryptocurrency exchanges in the country to comply with requirements outlined in the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act… Read More

April 5, 2018 @ 10:53 am By Erin Hobey  |  

WISeKey International Holding Ltd ( SIX: WIHN), a global cybersecurity and IoT company, will launch its WISeCoin in Q4 2018. WISeCoin will be funded by an ICO with forthcoming private pre-sales starting in Q3 2018. The company expects high demand for WISeCoin. Founded by Chairman… Read More

April 5, 2018 @ 8:47 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Etherparty Smart Contracts Inc., a Vancouver blockchain tech company, is now accepting applications for its Rocket Three for Free contest, which will offer three projects or startups the opportunity to win full use of Etherparty’s new cryptocurrency crowdfunding platform, Rocket, free of charge. Founded by Lisa… Read More

April 5, 2018 @ 6:19 am By Adrienne Gonzalez  |  

“The world’s largest social fundraising platform” is about to get even larger, GoFundMe has just acquired rival YouCaring. The acquisition was announced late Tuesday in a pair of blog posts on the respective platforms. “It became clear to both us and them over the last… Read More

April 4, 2018 @ 10:44 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Y-Combinator-backed Request Network Foundation launched its cryptocurrency payments service which allowing users to send and request payments or make money transfers in cryptocurrencies. “We’re very excited to see the ways in which developers connect with the technology, and use it to make cryptocurrency payments mainstream,… Read More

April 4, 2018 @ 10:12 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Around the Ides of March, Google (following in Facebook’s footsteps) banned all cryptocurrency advertising, effective June 2018. Crowdfund Insider reported that in 2017 alone Google blocked 3.2 billion ads from its platform. Now Chrome has added to its Developer Program Policies a ban that prohibits products… Read More

April 4, 2018 @ 9:08 am By Erin Hobey  |  

GoFundMe, the social fundraising platform, has acquired the personal fundraising site YouCaring, furthering the company’s mission to help people turn compassion into action. During this transition, current YouCaring fundraisers can continue to collect donations and will have the opportunity to migrate to the GoFundMe platform. New fundraisers… Read More

April 3, 2018 @ 12:41 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Funding Circle, a leading small business loans platform, has expanded its U.S. operations with a second office in Denver, Colorado. With the move Funding Circle will look to hire around 290 new employees in the Denverarea over the next two years to support the company’s… Read More

April 3, 2018 @ 12:28 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

2018 continues to be an exciting year full of innovation and successful funding rounds for Mobius. In January 2018, the company reportedly raised $35 million, claiming the “largest pre-sale of 2018.”  Then came the record MOBI initial coin offering public sale which sold out in two hours…. Read More

April 3, 2018 @ 10:53 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Digital payments services are now live on India’s Microsoft Kaizala. By integrating the payment and both organizations’ mobile payment infrastructure services of Yes Bank and MobiKwik, Microsoft Kaizala users may swiftly send or receive money without having to leave the Kaizala mobile app. With Microsoft Kaizala, users will… Read More

April 2, 2018 @ 4:00 am By Cali Haan  |  

Author’s note (August 22, 2019): I came upon this article I wrote early on in recent days, and would like to add that I am considerably less enthused now about cryptocurrencies than I was when I wrote th9s article- as I hope we all are…. Read More