General News

October 19, 2017 @ 12:01 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Fifteen filmmakers advanced today to the finals of Seed&Spark’s Hometown Heroes Crowdfunding Rally, moving on to pitch their local feature film to Mark and Jay Duplass, who will executive produce up to five of the movies as well as provide up to $25,000 in no-interest… Read More

October 19, 2017 @ 11:25 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, and Al Ansari Exchange, a leading foreign exchange and worldwide money transfer company in the UAE, have established a new partnership to promote and support the growth of FinTech industry in Abu Dhabi… Read More

October 19, 2017 @ 10:55 am By Erin Hobey  |  

PayKey, a fintech startup which aims to bridge the gap between banking and social, officially closed a $10 million Series B funding round, led by MizMaa, and joined by SBI Group, Digital Ventures – the fintech subsidiary of Siam Commercial Bank, SixThirty, Fintech71, The FinLab,… Read More

October 18, 2017 @ 3:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

San Francisco-based Seed announced on Wednesday the launch of its new full-service digital bank alternative that is designed specifically for small businesses. While sharing details about the services, Brian Merritt, Co-Founder and CEO of Seed, stated: “Traditional banks have struggled to take care of their small… Read More

October 18, 2017 @ 11:54 am By JD Alois  |  

The annual Securities and Exchange Commission’s Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation has been scheduled for November 30th.  In a shift from years past where the Forum was held in the SEC’s headquarters in Washington, DC, the event will take place in Austin, Texas…. Read More

October 18, 2017 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Dr. Leonid Kogan, Chair of the Finance Department at MIT Sloan School of Management, has joined deep data company 55 Institutional Partners as Chief Investment Scientist. 55 Institutional Partners is an “investment science firm” that helps enterprise customers implement tax optimized enhanced portfolios. Kogan’s research covers theoretical and empirical… Read More

October 17, 2017 @ 3:12 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Tifosy, reportedly the world’s first and only fully licensed sports crowdfunding business, has successfully raised £1m equity through its own platform. Co-founded by former player and manager Gianluca Vialli and former investment banker Fausto Zanetton, Tifosy is spearheading a sports finance revolution by allowing supporters to… Read More

October 17, 2017 @ 12:29 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Several leading Spanish banking, energy and telecommunications companies have established Alastria, a new regulated national network based on blockchain. The non-profit consortium was presented simultaneously in the cities of Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia and Malaga with the aim to develop the Distributed Ledger Technology (DTL),… Read More

October 17, 2017 @ 11:37 am By Erin Hobey  |  

BitClave, a blockchain startup developing a decentralized search ecosystem, shared that it has completed a successful private and public pre-sale token event raising almost $15 million and receiving commitments for another $24 million. BitClave is also excited to announce the start date for the highly… Read More

October 16, 2017 @ 10:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Today, the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer, announced the appointment of James Shipton as the new Chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).  A Goldman Sachs veteran, Shipton is currently leading a research center at Harvard Law School where he… Read More

October 16, 2017 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Dow Jones has just released its quarterly report on Venture Capital in Europe.  According to their tally, venture capital declined both in regards to funds raised and investment activity during the 3rd quarter. Both the number of funds and amount raised by European VC funds decreased… Read More

October 13, 2017 @ 4:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendIt Europe took place in London earlier this week with around 1000+ attendees participating including a good showing of regular suspects and an emerging group of early stage, aspiring Fintech firms. For both presenters and attendees the backdrop of the Brexit decision and the uncertainties… Read More

October 13, 2017 @ 9:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced on Friday it has formed a partnership with RS Component’s DesignSpark. This news comes less than three months after the funding portal announced its collaboration with RS Component.  “DesignSpark and RS Components are proud to be working with Crowdcube to… Read More

October 12, 2017 @ 3:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

 OTC Markets Group Inc.(OTCQX: OTCM), operator of financial markets for 10,000 U.S. and global securities, announced that Continental Stock Transfer & Trust has joined OTC Markets’ Transfer Agent Verified Shares Program. The organization revealed it launched the Transfer Agent Verified Shares Program initiative with the goal of… Read More

October 12, 2017 @ 2:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

American Express (AMEX) announced on Thursday the launch of a new addition to its suite of business financing products, which are designed to help businesses with access to working capital and short-term financing, Business Loans. According to the financial service giant, Business Loans now gives small businesses… Read More

October 12, 2017 @ 1:56 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Private investors may now participate in a new equity crowdfunding real estate round for a mortgage of residential buildings in Darmstadt / Frankfurt area of Germany.  “Wohnen Im Village 11” on zinsbaustein.de features ten semi-detached houses and one detached house.  Private investors can participate in the… Read More

October 12, 2017 @ 1:11 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Earlier this year Crowdfund Insider spoke to CEO Pete Martin about Votem and its own securing public, private and proxy global election systems, which builds on a blockchain-based solution giving democracy back to the people with a swift, safe and secure electoral process. As expected, other platforms… Read More

October 12, 2017 @ 12:37 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

UK online investment platform SyndicateRoom has supported Warwick Audio in a £2.2M funding round, as part of a larger financing activity bringing in more than £3M to the company. The funds will support Warwick Audio as it prepares to push its patented technology into the… Read More

October 12, 2017 @ 12:04 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Orca, an independent whole of market research service for UK P2P lending, has created a comprehensive guide for investors evaluating P2P lending. “Peer-to-Peer Lending Investor Guide: Innovating an Ancient Credit Model” was created by the Orca team and published on their website today, free to… Read More

October 11, 2017 @ 3:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Elevate Credit, Inc., a tech-enabled provider of online credit solutions for non-prime consumers, announced on Wednesday its RISE product is now offering lines of credit in the state of Tennessee. This news comes just after the product’s successful line of credit launch in Kansas and it makes Tennessee the 17th state that… Read More