General News

April 5, 2016 @ 12:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Seed&Spark, crowdfunding platform for independent films, announced it made direct distribution deal with cable and digital distributor, iN DEMAND. The portal hopes that the agreement will help expand its domestic distribution reach by 50%. Now, CEO and founder of Seed&Spark, Emily Best, is ready to… Read More

April 5, 2016 @ 11:26 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Santander UK, a subsidiary of Grupo Santander, one of the ten largest banks in the world,  announced its intention to license the Kabbage Platform to power automated SMB lending throughout the United Kingdom. “There is incredible potential to shape the next generation of business lending… Read More

April 5, 2016 @ 11:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, a small business financial technology platform, Biz2Credit, released its latest Small Business Lending Index, which revealed that loan approval rates at big banks and institutional lenders have hit new highs in March 2016. According to the report, big banks ($10 billion+ in assets) approved 23% of funding… Read More

April 5, 2016 @ 8:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Any predictions of Fintech’s demise aside, according to a report by Finovate,  the first quarter of 2016 ended on a high note as $458 million in funding went to innovative financial firms.  Their number places the Q1 tally at $6.8 billion more than double the… Read More

April 4, 2016 @ 5:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the long search for PledgeMe’s new board member, CEO of the New Zealand crowdfunding platform, Anna Guenther, announced on Monday that it has appointed Jessica Venning-Bryan to the vacant spot. According to Guenther, Venning-Bryan has spent nearly 15 years advising organizations on how to engage… Read More

April 4, 2016 @ 1:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Crowdcube announced that one of its #FundedClub members, The Good Egg, has been name one of the eleven great places to eat in Hackney by Bloomberg’s chief food critic Richard Vines. #FundedClub @TheGoodEgg_ listed in @Richardvines great places to eat in Hackney https://t.co/B03DvJIKqJ… Read More

April 4, 2016 @ 11:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taking time away from his duties at Indiegogo, co-founder of the site Slava Rubin sat down with Times of Israel to share details about the global crowdfunding platform and the funding method. Back in 2008, Rubin alongside other co-founders Danae Ringelmann, Eric Schell teamed up to launch… Read More

April 4, 2016 @ 9:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder UK announced that it has partnered with online marketplace, NotOnTheHighStreet to launch a search for UK’s future food and drink innovators. This partnership will provide food inventors, producers, and gastro aficionados with the opportunity to raise funds and also gain… Read More

April 3, 2016 @ 11:42 am By JD Alois  |  

The CrowdfundingHub, based in the Netherlands, has published a report on the state of the crowdfunding industry in 27 different European countries. The organization worked with 30 different individuals across Europe to produce the report. The release, coordinated with an event that took place last… Read More

April 2, 2016 @ 12:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Below is a video of a panel that took place this past March at a crowdfunding event put together by Crowdfund Beat Media that brought together several prominent names in the internet finance space. Sam Guzik, a Crowdfund Insider Senior Contributor, Doug Ellenoff, DJ Paul,… Read More

April 2, 2016 @ 10:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With their campaign for the “Airlander” continuing to be a huge success on Crowdcube, the team at Hybrid Air Vehicles sat down with the equity crowdfunding platform to discuss what they have been up to since their last initiative and why they decided to use crowdfunding once… Read More

April 1, 2016 @ 2:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, CEO of Seedrs, Jeff Lynn, sat down with The Memo to share details about the crowdfunding industry’s growth and his opinion on competitor, Crowdcube. During his interview, Jeff discussed Crowdcube: “I have a lot of respect for the way Crowdcube [has] done some things, they have… Read More

April 1, 2016 @ 1:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced it will be celebrating the opening of its new Manchester office on April 28th at 6:00 p.m. While sharing details about the event, the Crowdcube team stated: “We’re inviting you to come along and meet some of our… Read More

April 1, 2016 @ 12:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  On Friday, crowdfunding brewery Brewdog announced that it is seeking the opinion of fans for its new #rebrewdog poll. This poll features a list of retired beers that the company is willing to bring back. The brewery shared in a blog post: “So, time for an… Read More

April 1, 2016 @ 10:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, Chicago-based marketplace lending platform Avant announced it has appointed President of Washington College and former head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Sheila Bair as a new member of its board. Al Goldstein, co-founder and CEO of Avant, stated: “Sheila’s proven track… Read More

March 31, 2016 @ 12:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Prime Meridian Capital Management, a company specializes in an online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending strategies, announced on Thursday the launch of its Real Estate Lending Fund. This new fund reportedly offers investors a diversified and short duration loan portfolio with no hard lock-up. Sharing details about the fund, Prime Meridian explained:… Read More

March 31, 2016 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced that it has appointed Joe Martin as Vice President of Engineering. Martin will be responsible for the company’s engineering team and will also lead in the development of new products/features. According to Indiegogo, Martin’s recent position was  Senior Director… Read More

March 31, 2016 @ 10:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Humble Grape, a UK-based wine and events company, announced this week that it is set to open a second bar on Fleet Street in London. The company secured a grand total of £356,670 during its Seedrs initiative two years ago. As previously reported, Humble Grape was… Read More

March 31, 2016 @ 10:38 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Stratumn announced that it has raised €600,000 in funding to build and promote its blockchain development platform. The round was led by the French VC firm Otium Venture, and includes Business Angels such as Ledger CEO and Maison du Bitcoin founder Eric Larchevêque, according to the… Read More

March 31, 2016 @ 10:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Smart Token Chain, a company that uses patent-pending Smart Token technology combining smart contracts, tokenization, and blockchain to combine financial services and establish a common global standard for value exchange, announced on Wednesday the launch of its new Smart Contract Settlement Exchange. According to the company, the… Read More