General News

January 12, 2018 @ 10:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just days after former Gawker employees closed their failed crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, the former news website received a bit from billionaire, Peter Thiel, who reportedly caused its demise a couple years ago. As previously reported, Gawker was forced to shut down after Hogan sued… Read More

January 12, 2018 @ 10:04 am By Erin Hobey  |  

This weekend Propy will be giving away 50,000 PRO tokens reportedly worth $250,000 to the winners of the much-anticipated Crypto Hackathon at the World Crypto Economic Forum at South San Francisco Conference Center from 13- 16 January. Propy CEO and Founder Natalia Karayaneva, along with Propy’s… Read More

January 11, 2018 @ 4:36 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Roofstock, a leading US online marketplace for buying and selling leased single-family rental homes, announced the strategic hire of Suresh Srinivasan as chief marketing officer. Srinivasan has 20 years’ experience leading marketing, product, and e-commerce functions at Fortune 500 and high-growth tech startups. Most recently… Read More

January 11, 2018 @ 11:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“The sexual discrimination, harassment, and assault that has been reported and come to light over the last two months have been equal parts terrifying and illuminating. We stand with all those who have endured sexual harassment: those who have come forward and those who have decided… Read More

January 10, 2018 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

FinTech4Good, Alternative Assets, Asia Finance Association, and the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance, have joined together to create the 2018 Digital Assets Investment Forum (DAIF) scheduled for January 16th, 2018 in New York. This is a one day seminar covering all things blockchain including the fast evolving… Read More

January 10, 2018 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Regulation Crowdfunding or Reg CF as everyone calls it, is the youngest federal crowdfunding exemption available in the US. While the JOBS Act was signed into law in 2012, it took the Securities and Exchange Commission 4 years to release finale rules. Yes, the wheels… Read More

January 9, 2018 @ 7:01 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Goji, the UK-based specialist direct lending investment manager and platform, secured an undisclosed multi-million pound funding round from investors including Anthemis’ Venture Fund 1 (AVF1) and AXA Strategic Ventures (ASV). “Confidence in direct lending as an asset class is picking up pace and the investment… Read More

January 9, 2018 @ 1:54 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Atlanta-based real estate investment platform Groundfloor has received regulatory approval to raise money under Reg A+. This crowdfunding offer has been in the works for some time now;  like all Reg A offers, the issuer must by scrutinized by the SEC before any securities may be… Read More

January 9, 2018 @ 12:44 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

GoodBox, a techcompany focused on building solutions that connects donors and causes, has secured over £1.8 million from over 460 investors — including Tennis star Andy Murray — on its Seedrs’ crowdfunding campaign. GoodBox has set a funding goal of £2.4 million for a 23.21% percent… Read More

January 8, 2018 @ 4:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Finastra announced on Monday it has appointed Pedro Porfirio as its new lead of global field and customer engagement with capital markets customers and prospects. According to the fintech company, Porfirio will drive the growth of the company’s entire capital markets business line spanning treasury, capital… Read More

January 8, 2018 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

InvestHK, part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government established in 2000 to attract foreign direct investment and support businesses to expand in Hong Kong, has released details of the forthcoming StartmeupHK Festival 2018 scheduled to take place from January 29 to February 2nd…. Read More

January 8, 2018 @ 10:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, TD Bank released its 2017 Treasury Management Survey, which revealed that technological innovation and disruption is set to greatly influence the investment priorities and business plans of financial executives. The report noted that for 2018 and beyond, financial professionals cite process automatic at… Read More

January 4, 2018 @ 2:12 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Cebiotex, a CataloniaBio member, has launched a new crowdequity campaign to raise €650,000 through CapitalCell in order to ensure its first drug, CEB-01 for post-op treatment of soft-tissue sarcomas, reaches pediatric oncology. The campaign is part of a larger €1.6-million round of funding; since launching, the… Read More

January 4, 2018 @ 1:29 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Robo-advisor Wealthfront announced a $75 million round of financing led by Tiger Global Management with participation from all existing venture capital investors, including Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Social Capital and Spark Capital Growth. Launched by Andy Rachleff and Dan Carroll in December 2011, Wealthfront currently… Read More

January 4, 2018 @ 8:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Virgin Startup has teamed up with TribeFirst to launched Crowdboost, a new equity crowdfunding accelerator program for startups looking to scale. Its description reads: “CrowdBoost has been developed for ambitious entrepreneurs who are looking to leverage the power of the crowd to raise funds, raise awareness and… Read More

January 2, 2018 @ 2:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two years after securing $230,000 through its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, Israeli biotech and food-tech startup SuperMeat has raised $3 million through its seeds funding round and has formed a strategic partnership with PHW, one of Europe’s largest poultry producers, and an equity investor in… Read More

January 2, 2018 @ 11:01 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Originally launched in 2013 as a yoga directory, YogaTrail joined 500 Startups in 2014 and evolved from a yoga directory to including schedules, increasing capabilities, and started developing content.  By late 2016, YogaTrail started the marketplace for bookings, calendars and events. Now the platform is looking to raise… Read More

January 2, 2018 @ 10:24 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Crowdo, a South East Asian online marketplace for P2P lending and crowdfunding, posted an infographic citing its 2017 milestones. “2017 has been a great year for Crowdo as we hit several milestones and experienced tremendous growth in our organization where saw our year start off… Read More

December 29, 2017 @ 10:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lending platform for small businesses OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK), the leader in online lending for small business, announced today that a fund managed by an investment advisor subsidiary of BlackRock has joined OnDeck’s platform of financing partners as another committed source of capital to fund… Read More

December 29, 2017 @ 9:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Liverpool-based property developer Mitty Group secured £1,982,000 worth of funding from UK-based peer-to-peer lender Assetz Capital to develop two new residential and leisure sites in Merseyside. Established in 2013, Mitty Group is one of Liverpool’s fastest growing property development and investment companies. It specializes… Read More