General News

July 26, 2016 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

WePay, a “payment as a service” platform” has opened up offices in the UK to further expand its reach into the white label payment sector including crowdfunding and other marketplaces.  WePay already provides services to GoFundMe, a very large donations-based platform in the US. The… Read More

July 25, 2016 @ 3:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, CEO of LendInvest Christian Faes took to the website’s blog to reflect on the Brexit decision, which was voted on last month in the UK. Following the shocking vote to leave the European Union (EU), the largest peer-to-peer mortgage lender in the UK… Read More

July 25, 2016 @ 2:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

While continuing to raise awareness for her new healthy food petition, Veronica Mars starlet Kristen Bell recently revealed to E! News her favorite pastime is looking up GoFundMe crowdfunding campaigns she can put funds towards. During her interview with the media outlet, Bell shared: “I… Read More

July 25, 2016 @ 1:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last Thursday, Louisville-based venture capital firm, Access Ventures, announced the launch of Kiva Columbus, a new program that is dedicated to Columbus, Ohio’s small businesses. The company reported Louisville itself has received its second Kiva Fellow since its launch in November 2014. The city is… Read More

July 25, 2016 @ 9:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Exciting news, Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans! The hit series is officially rebooting and its coming to streaming service, Netflix. Creator of the show, Joel Hodgson, revealed details about the reboot at San Diego’s 2016 Comic Con, which was held this weekend. pic.twitter.com/qX6vtMU3nq — #MST3K… Read More

July 25, 2016 @ 8:38 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Peer to Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) has released its second quarter numbers for 2016. The P2PFA was founded in 2011 as a self-regulatory body for the sector to promote high standards of conduct and consumer protection and represents the largest P2P lenders in… Read More

July 24, 2016 @ 6:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

ICYMI London-based start-up Plutus Tap & Pay raised money in a “Crowdsale”.  Plutus is creating a contactless payment system for cryptocurrencies. According to a statement by Plutus; “Over a thousand people rushed to participate to what was probably the shortest 9 day crowdfunding round to… Read More

July 23, 2016 @ 1:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report on Entrepreneurial Financing was published earlier this month. The document is a global snapshot on the state of entrepreneurial endeavors around the world. Produced by a team of researchers from Babson, Oxford and the University of South Africa, Capetown,… Read More

July 23, 2016 @ 8:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few days after launching its new equity crowdfunding round, Crowdcube announced it has officially welcomed the 3,000th person to its crowd of investors. The company launched its highly anticipated campaign earlier this week and within the first 24 hours, the platform raised over £6… Read More

July 22, 2016 @ 12:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to Reuters, Trendon Shavers, founder of the Bitcoin Savings and Trust company, received 18 months in prison and was ordered to pay back $1.25 million to his victims.  The sentence was handed down this week by US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in Federal… Read More

July 22, 2016 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Command Partners and Enventys have merged to form a one-stop platform to power successful hardware projects. From ideation to funding to broad market roll-out, the combined entity will help entrepreneurs bring their designs to reality and financial success. Command Partners was one of the first… Read More

July 22, 2016 @ 9:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With Pokemon Go continuing to be a huge success in the app world, global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo revealed five crowdfunded projects for those aspiring Pokemon trainers looking to catch em’ all. The funding portal shared: “Have you found yourself crawling under small spaces, running down… Read More

July 22, 2016 @ 9:06 am By Odysseas Papadimitriou  |  

Entrepreneurship is a tough slog no matter where you live, considering that 51% of all new businesses fail within five years, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. But location still matters, despite what the digitized nature of contemporary commerce might lead you to believe. Sure,… Read More

July 22, 2016 @ 8:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, crowdfunding platform Pozible announced details about its new feature, ScreenConnect. The new product notably allows filmmakers to distribute Pozible funded films by incentivizing viewers to share the film with their networks. ScreenConnect’s features include: Rent, Purchase, & Screening: Filmmaker will set up pricing, and the… Read More

July 21, 2016 @ 4:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunder UK alum Wildcraft Brewery was selected as Instantprint’s July Instant Love winner. Last month, the crowdfunding platform announced it teamed up with InstantPrint to provide projects with some “Instant Love” each month. The duo is set to provide campaigns with a free poster design… Read More

July 21, 2016 @ 2:02 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Christchurch, New Zealand based agricultural technology company, CropLogic Limited, announced that it has successfully closed its crowdfunding campaign on Equitise and has appointed Ventnor Capital as Corporate Advisors, in preparation for the company’s anticipated listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). “I would like to thank all those… Read More

July 21, 2016 @ 1:48 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Singapore-based P2P online lending platform Validus Capital has partnered with insurance provider EQ Insurance to offer investor protection on some of the financing it provides to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to StraightTimes. Validus Capital claims to be the first platform in Singapore to provide investor insurance on its invoice financing services. “We… Read More

July 21, 2016 @ 11:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Fresh from its seed round, LenDenClub made good on its promise and has launched a new version of its P2P lending platform with features including end-to-end automation of lender-borrower transaction cycle from registration, document verification, credit analysis, transaction matching to report generation. An algorithmic-based program, built based… Read More

July 21, 2016 @ 8:57 am By Erin Hobey  |  

UK government-owned economic development bank reports strong results. The British Business Bank today published its annual report and accounts for 2015/16, highlighting the growth and momentum of the organisation just 17 months on from its inception in November 2014. The report summarizes the Bank’s work through… Read More

July 21, 2016 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Dow Jones Venture Source is reporting an increase in venture capital fundraising for Q2 of 2016. Fundraising was said to “rocket” during the quarter, in contrast to the same quarter in 2015. The largest fund to raise money was EQT Ventures based in Stockholm that… Read More