General News

February 25, 2016 @ 5:22 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Conexus, Saskatchewan’s largest credit union, announced a partnership with Grow (formerly Grouplend), Canada’s fast growing fintech company, to bring online lending to Saskatchewan. This new partnership will allow residents of Saskatchewan access to Grow through one of Canada’s “most trusted and forward thinking” financial institutions…. Read More

February 24, 2016 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Leverage PR, a well known marketing firm in the alternative finance sector, has announced a new crowdfunding consulting service said to be driven by ongoing demand from corporate customers.  Leverage said this new consulting group would utilize both in-house expertise and high-profile industry partners. Speaking… Read More

February 24, 2016 @ 2:54 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

loanDepot on Wednesday announced the launch of its consumer experience and product development team with the appointment of Tim Von Kaenel as chief product officer, Rick Medeiros as chief digital officer and Helen Wang as head of consumer experience, according to a recent press release. The appointment… Read More

February 23, 2016 @ 7:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

International investors have always played an important role in providing capital to private placement offers.  The private placement market under Regulation D is enormous. Since Title II made actionable by the SEC in September of 2013, until the end of 2014, over $1.5 trillion in… Read More

February 23, 2016 @ 4:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a year after securing funds on Kickstarter, feminist blog, Femsplain, announced it has ceased publishing on new content. Former Tumblr employee, Amber Gordon and her team hit the crowdfunding giant in March 2015 for the fully functional, community-powered publisher. The description read: “We are… Read More

February 23, 2016 @ 2:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Elio Motors founder and CEO, Paul Elio, will be joining Cromwell Coulson, CEO of OTC Markets and Ron Miller of StartEngine, to “share the inside story” of using Regulation A+ to raise capital from investors online. Elio utilized the StartEngine equity crowdfunding platform to raise… Read More

February 23, 2016 @ 2:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CFX Markets, a secondary market for alternative investments, announced on Tuesday it has appointed Dan Breen as its new managing partner. Breen has been hired to aid in the rapid growth being experienced by the platform. He brings over 25 years’ worth of secondary market trading… Read More

February 23, 2016 @ 1:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chapel Down Plc (EPIC: CDGP)has been announced as one of the London Stock Exchange’s 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain. The report, in its third year, recognizes the UK’s fastest-growing and most dynamic small and medium sized businesses. The company, which is considered to be the first… Read More

February 23, 2016 @ 9:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Elmspring Accelerator, a seed-stage technology accelerator for real estate and tech startups, has added Anka Capital Management partner Bob Gillespie as executive director. Founded by Thomas Bretz and Adam Freeman, Elmspring is emerging as a premier destination for technology startups in real estate and… Read More

February 23, 2016 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Classy, a fundraising and community mobilization platform  announced on Tuesday it has formed a partnership with voluntary health agency, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS).   The transition will start with LLS’s flagship campaign, Team in Training (TNT), a charity sports training program.  In addition to TNT, other… Read More

February 23, 2016 @ 7:10 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Capital Cell, the first European equity crowdfunding platform specializing in biotech and life sciences startups and companies, has successfully linked with entrepreneurs and investors on their most recent self-funding round. To date the Barcelona-based equity crowdfunding platform founded in 2015  by CEO Daniel Oliver, who also serves as the president of Asociación Española… Read More

February 23, 2016 @ 6:40 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Consumer fintech firm, MoneyMe, has announced a $30 million AUS capital raise after just two years in operation, signaling increasing confidence by the investment community in fintech who demonstrate an ability to achieve their growth projections and deliver true consumer value. The $30 million capital… Read More

February 23, 2016 @ 6:28 am By Erin Hobey  |  

FinTech Sandbox, a nonprofit that helps FinTech startups access data and build great products, today announced that Experian, a leading global information services company, will make its business credit data available to Sandbox residents. By leveraging Experian’s business data, residents will be able to further… Read More

February 23, 2016 @ 6:15 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Mobile World Congress 2016 continues today in sunny Barcelona.  PayPal announced its new global partnerships and product updates that showcase its vision of using technology to reimagine financial services to be faster, simpler and more inclusive, whether online, in-app, in store or in new contexts. “We… Read More

February 23, 2016 @ 5:57 am By Erin Hobey  |  

myPINpad, UK based technology company which enables multi-channel and multi-factor authentication via the Cardholder PIN has appointed a new Head of Global Partnerships, Dheeraj “DJ” Ahluwalia. The appointment signals an exciting period of growth for the business. Following the announcement of a partnership with VocaLink late last year,… Read More

February 23, 2016 @ 5:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Safe Cash, an end-to-end secure digital payment technology for banks, merchants, and consumers, has announced that it is able to handle up to 25,000 transactions per second on its blockchain – more than 3,000 times as many as Bitcoin. The time to complete and final settlement… Read More

February 22, 2016 @ 9:59 pm By Candace Klein  |  

A common theme in business and finance circles is that women are underrepresented, less capitalized, and face an uphill battle when it comes to building and financing their small businesses.  While the statistics may bear this out to some degree, the women-owned business horizon is… Read More

February 22, 2016 @ 11:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Obsidian Solutions, a Canadian fintech company that optimizes operations for fund managers, announced on Monday it has secured $500,000 during a seed funding round. Obsidian noted its team has designed and built a new type of solution for the asset management community that tackles the need for… Read More

February 21, 2016 @ 12:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA) is a not for profit entity that supports driving capital and investors to small and medium sized companies. The UK has effectively subsidized entrepreneurs as policy makers have recognized the profound importance of fostering an ecosystem that is conducive… Read More

February 19, 2016 @ 4:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Gust, a global service provider powering the entrepreneurial ecosystem, has acquired Fundacity, which is considered one of the world’s most popular platforms powering startup accelerator programs. Fundacity reportedly supports over 100 accelerator programs serving users in 156 countries with a flexible solution for application creation, management, and cohort… Read More