General News

August 1, 2016 @ 8:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the weekend, real estate crowdfunding platform iFunding announced it had raised a total of $750,000 for a senior bridge loan in Denver, Colorado. The website confirmed that this loan is structured to accommodate a dynamic real estate strategy. The Bruckal Group was selected for the loan… Read More

July 31, 2016 @ 7:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week the Payments Systems Regulator (PSR) announced that reform is needed in the UK payments sector to improve competition and better serve consumers.  The announcement was made by the one-year-old agency following a report on payments released by the PSR. The PSR stated that there… Read More

July 29, 2016 @ 3:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

We have published several of these informational type matrices regarding the various iterations of investment crowdfunding as enacted under the JOBS Act of 2012. This most recent visualization is courtesy of VerifyInvestor (an accredited investor verification service) and it addresses Title II – Reg D 506c… Read More

July 29, 2016 @ 2:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Crowdcube caught up with Pod Point’s founder, Erik Fairbairn, to discuss why he decided to back the equity platform’s crowdfunding platform, which has so far raised £6.7 million from nearly 3,200 investors. POD Point turned to the crowdfunding method in 2015 and first captured  £1.5m through… Read More

July 29, 2016 @ 1:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, Kickstarter announced it will be making its way across the Atlantic to attend this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, which will take place on August 5th to the 29th. The crowdfunding portal shared: “Over in the UK, the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe is almost… Read More

July 29, 2016 @ 12:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Charity fundraising website, iDonate, announced on Friday the launch of its new peer-to-peer support that is dedicated to nonprofits. This new service reportedly enables organizations to support their causes by creating individual, team or event-centered crowdfunding programs that tap into personal networks. Ray Gary, CEO of… Read More

July 29, 2016 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  This week, Indiegogo success TrackR announced two new features for its popular device, the TrackR Bravo. The first feature, Family Sharing, allows users to share their items with groups while the second feature, Custom Printing, allows users to print any photo directly on their devices…. Read More

July 29, 2016 @ 10:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

JumpStartFund’s Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) announced on Friday it has formed a partnership with Deutsche Bahn to create an “Innovation Train,” which is described as a conventional train that will use new technologies being developed by HTT that increases efficiency and to bring a modern digital presence to today’s train transportation. According… Read More

July 29, 2016 @ 9:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the release of Ethan Mollick’s study on Kickstarter’s impact on the economy, CEO and co-founder of the popular crowdfunding portal, Yancey Strickler, sat down to discuss the website’s growth and influence of entrepreneurs. Mollick reported in his study: “From inception to May 2015, Kickstarter projects resulted… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 6:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA), founded by Jason Best and Sherwood (Woodie) Neiss, has announced the launch of CCA Regulation Crowdfunding Indices win conjunction with Crowdnetic.  CCA states their data will be updated daily to depict a snapshot of growth in this new market. Crowdnetic has… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 3:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seedrs success and cloud platform, Poq, announced this week it has secured €3.6 million during a Series A funding round, which was led by Beringea with participation from seed investors Seedcamp and Venrex. The London-based  company, which raised £332,390 through the equity crowdfunding platform in 2014, is a commerce platform for retail apps… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 2:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dara Albright Media announced on Thursday the launch of its new Fintech event series, which will reportedly focus on how investors of all sizes, businesses in all stages of growth, and financial services providers of all echelons stand to benefit from today’s fintech industry. The company… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 1:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Professor Ethan Mollick of the University of Pennsylvania released its recent study on Kickstarter’s impact on the economy. The study revealed the following: Employed 283,000 part-time collaborators Created 8,800 new companies and nonprofits with 29,600 new full-time jobs Raised more than $5.3 billion for those… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 10:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Spark Foundation’s Givealittle announced starting September 1st it is charging a flat 5% fee, inclusive of goods and services tax (GST), on the amount raised by campaigns on its crowdfunding platform. The website declared in an official statement the soul purpose of the fee is to keep… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 10:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Onevest announced today the acquisition of FounderDating to create one of the largest and leading networks of entrepreneurs and advisors, in combination with Onevest’s subsidiary, CoFoundersLab. “We are thrilled to welcome the FounderDating community into our entrepreneurial ecosystem,” said Onevest’s Executive Chairman Alejandro Cremades. “Small… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 9:57 am By JD Alois  |  

IW Capital and crowdfunding specialist Crowdfinders has published commissioned research on investor sentiment post Brexit.  According to their findings, support for SMEs remains strong in the face of uncertainty but confidence towards UK shares, government bonds, and property – has tanked. According to Lloyds Bank,… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, crowdfunding platform Kickstarter announced it is making prepares to open its doors for Singapore campaign creators.   Kickstarter is currently available in nearly 20 countries, including the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Spain. Last year alone, the… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 9:01 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Elevate, a provider of online credit solutions for non-prime consumers, today announced it has increased its credit facility with Victory Park Capital (VPC), a privately held registered investment advisor dedicated to alternative investing, by an additional $100 million to a total of $545 million. “Elevate… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 8:32 am By Erin Hobey  |  

CapitalRise, a new property investing platform enabling everyday investors to sidestep middlemen and invest directly in some of the finest real estate, has not only gone live but has fully funded. According to the platform, CapitalRise differs from other platforms in that it offers higher… Read More

July 27, 2016 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

The Online Lenders Policy Institute is hosting its first “Marketplace Lending Policy Summit” in Washington, DC in September and they have two marquee names headlining the event. Congressman Patrick McHenry, an author of the JOBS Act and Fintech champion, will be one of the keynote… Read More