General News

May 4, 2017 @ 4:41 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Co-founded in 2011 by Helen Boyle and Claire Ollard, The Dip Society offers healthy dips and pâtés in several British retailers and independent shops including Selfridges, Booths and Ocado. Primed for further growth, the all-female executive team has paired with Seedrs to raise £300,000 by way of… Read More

May 4, 2017 @ 3:52 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Ameria, a German technology company which develops digital marketing and sales solutions for companies including HARIBO, MediaSaturn and Porsche has synced with Companisto to raise 700€K. Valued at 22,500,000€, Ameria has raised over 518,190€ for 3.02% shared offered from more than 387 investors. The largest investment to date is… Read More

May 4, 2017 @ 3:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Tungsten Network, a leading global business transaction network, and BlueVine, a leading provider of online working capital financing, unveiled a new partnership today that aims to better meet the financing needs of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) on Tungsten’s Network. By linking with Tungsten Network,… Read More

May 3, 2017 @ 7:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

  OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2017. OTC revenues came in at $13.4 million for the quarter versus $12.8 million for prior year quarter a 5% increase. Operating income hit $4.2 million for the quarter versus… Read More

May 3, 2017 @ 3:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pretty much everyone has a smartphone these days. Either iOS or Android, we carrying our mini-computers with us everywhere, purchasing, reading, socializing, working and more. All day long. The data potentially captured by a smartphone is profound. There are many products and services that stand… Read More

May 3, 2017 @ 3:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Silicon Valley Forum announced its second fintech conference The Fintech Evolution: Banking on the Blockchain. The event is set to be held on May 30th at Swissnex in San Francisco. The organization revealed that “The FinTech Evolution” will cover the specifics of the… Read More

May 3, 2017 @ 11:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, SoFi announced its weeklong Raise Week campaign, which is described as a week of online education, in-person events, and personal career coaching to help its customers get what they’re truly worth in the workforce. While sharing details about the campaign, which will kick… Read More

May 3, 2017 @ 10:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PayPal announced on Monday the launch of its new small business toolkit, Business in a Box. This news comes just after the payment giant revealed its PayPal Working Capital helped over 115,000 businesses around the world access more than $3 billion in loans and cash… Read More

May 3, 2017 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

The Crowd Invest Summit is out with statement that it intends on targeting the real estate crowdfunding sector at this years LA conference. Real estate crowdfunding has become one of the most successful sectors of alternative finance. The combination of a hard asset and the… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 4:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based blockchain company nChain announced on Tuesday it has appointed Bitcoin Foundation’s founding executive director, Jon Matonis, as its new vice president of corporate strategy. The company stated that Matonis would support its business growth by developing commercial relationships, and evaluating opportunities for strategic investments and… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 3:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than one week after announcing more than 12.7 million backers have raised $3 billion to go towards independent creators on its crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter shared that 10,000 art projects have been funded through its funding portal. While sharing details about the latest milestone, the Kickstarter… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 3:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Asian robo-advisory platform-as-a-service provider, WeInvest, announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with global fintech platform InvestCloud to enable its robo-advisory solution, which supports multi-asset based, multi-currency, goal-based, and thematic investing. Speaking about the partnership, Bhaskar Prabhakara, CEO at WeInvest, stated: “The WeInvest PaaS solution gives… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 3:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

SeedLegals is a Legaltech platform for startup funding rounds. The UK-based platform lets startups and investors complete all the legal documents for their funding round. Typically these can take months. SeedLegals can complete in in a matter of days. Only recently launched, SeedLegals has received… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 2:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Barclays announced on Tuesday the opening of its Rise London location in Shoreditch. Barclays stated that the Rise program brings fintech startups from all around the globe together to work on the company’s customer and business opportunities. They also work together to help create the future of… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 12:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Biz2Credit announced on Tuesday it named New York City the 2017 Best Small Business City in America. According to the company, this vote was based on a weighted average that includes annual revenue, credit score, age of business (in months), and a BizAnalyzer score that factors in cash… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Crowdfunder UK announced it was teaming up with Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Media Business for this year’s Voom Pitch, the UK and Ireland’s biggest pitching competition. The trio revealed that for the first time since the competition’s launch in 2011, it will take… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 6:53 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Growth Street’s marketplace rate dropped on Monday from 6.5% AER to 6.4% AER, rewarding borrowers with a 10bps drop in their costs of funds. The UK P2P lender attributes the drop to the momentum it has built on its platform, welcoming over 700 investors to date since the… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 6:32 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Propertista, a Spanish real estate agency online that connects buyers and sellers directly, is overfunding on Crowdcube Spain. ¡Sigue ganando tracción! Since launching 9 months ago, the platform reportedly saved its customers more than 300,000€ in agency commissions and touts a real estate portfolio worth more than 8M€. 60%… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 3:57 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Miss Piggy, Grover, Kermit and their Muppet pals will come to life again thanks to over 1,811 Kickstarter backers supporting the Museum of the Moving Image Jim Henson Exhibition.  With nine days remaining on its campaign, more than $127,915 has been raised toward an exhibition that explores the famous Muppet creator. Rainbow connections officially… Read More

May 1, 2017 @ 5:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Aussie fintech startup Airwallex announced on Monday it has secured $13 million USD through its latest Series A funding round. Participants of the round included Sequoia Capital China, Mastercard, and Tencent Holdings. Founded in 2015, Airwallex is described as a foreign exchange market that makes… Read More