General News

January 28, 2016 @ 5:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

OTC Markets has published a research report on issuers listing on the OTCQX “Best Market”.  The research was completed by Oxford Metrica and was commissioned by OTC Markets. According to the report, trading volume on shares increased by 53% once they moved over to the… Read More

January 28, 2016 @ 1:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, One Spark announced it has extended the registration deadline for this year’s festival. According to The Florida Times Union, the company’s spokesperson, Kristen Sell, revealed that only 150 out of 300 creator projects have registered. The media outlet confirmed that One Spark was extending… Read More

January 28, 2016 @ 12:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to share more details about his Star Marine FPS project, Star Citizen creator Chris Roberts has decided to address fans about the game’s development.  According to ScreenRant, Star Marine promises to give players their first full sense of the game’s first-person shooter mode. It is described as a combination of… Read More

January 28, 2016 @ 12:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, peer-to-peer lending platform, LendInvest, announced it has published its 2015 report. Highlights from 2015 include the following: Lowered minimum investment from £10,000 to £1,000 Completed UK’s largest ever Series A Funding with £22 million investment by Beijing Kunlun for 20% shareholding. Became world’s… Read More

January 28, 2016 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lazer Team, Rooster Teeth’s sci-fi film that captured over $2.3 million through crowdfunding platform Indiegogo, scored over $1 million in theatrical release pre-sales. This was done through the company’s partnership with crowdsourcing company, Tugg. Speaking about Tugg’s services, CEO Nicolas Gonda revealed to Deadline: “The… Read More

January 28, 2016 @ 8:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Rob Murray Brown, a steady critic of the equity crowdfunding industry particularly in the UK, has launched a service to support SMEs seeking to leverage the new form of finance. The new service has been labeled ECf Solutions. Brown has operated the web site “Fantasy Equity… Read More

January 28, 2016 @ 5:56 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Berlin-based startup LUUV is returning to the crowd after completing two successful crowdfunding campaigns on Indiegogo and Kickstarter which garnered over €360.000 in pre-orders to date, from more than 60 countries. solidLUUV was awarded with the “ISPO Product of the Year” Award 2015/2016. In addition, the jury of CES (Consumer Electronics Show)… Read More

January 28, 2016 @ 5:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Award winning UK startup Wriggle seeks to fill empty seats for the dine out sector, by offering local food and drink venues access to its discounting tool. The platform’s functionality is simple – local businesses reactively reduce the price of their products to reach Wriggle customers who, in a couple of… Read More

January 28, 2016 @ 4:38 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Santander InnoVentures, the $100 million fintech venture capital fund of Santander Group, in partnership with Onevest, a leader in the startup ecosystem operating CoFoundersLab and 1000 Angels, today announced Cambridge Blockchain as the winner of its Distributed Ledger (DL) Challenge. Massachusetts based Cambridge Blockchain was among… Read More

January 28, 2016 @ 4:15 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Partner Susan Su announced 500 Startups Batch 16 on the fund’s blog, celebrating the largest accelerator cohort in 500 Startups history with 53 companies in total. Batch 16 presents five major industry themes, including FinTech, Digital Health, ViceTech, HR/workforce development and SportsTech.  To date, 500 Startups has invested in well over 500 companies, over 1500… Read More

January 27, 2016 @ 4:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Crowdcube #FundedClub member JustPark announced it has teamed up with traffic and navigation app Waze to create its brand new Android app. Speaking about the app, the parking innovator shared in its blog: “The whole app has been completely redesigned and it’s crammed full… Read More

January 27, 2016 @ 3:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SeedUps Canada, the first investment crowdfunding platform to set up shop in the country, announced last week that it is launching the Be the Dragon tour. The website shared the event will be making stops in Vancouver and Calgary with a mission to attract companies to… Read More

January 27, 2016 @ 3:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, equity crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder announced that it has teamed up with B37 Ventures to co-manage the seed fund for the Singularity University Labs Accelerator (SULA). The SULA fund will reportedly provide $100,000 in seed funding, and acceleration, to high impact for-profit ventures that are… Read More

January 27, 2016 @ 2:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

MangoPay, a payment platform that has focused on the crowdfunding and marketplace sector of finance, has shared a brief update on their progress. According to the company, Mangopay now has hit the following numbers: Over €200 million in payments processed 900 clients and rising 50 +… Read More

January 27, 2016 @ 12:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

KoreConX, a free all-in-one solution that is disrupting the market by helping companies navigate the equity crowdfunding process and reduce risk, announced on Wednesday it has formed a partnership with Associated Foreign Exchange (AFEX) to bring escrow services to equity and debt crowdfunding portals. The company… Read More

January 27, 2016 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Founder and CEO of real estate crowdfunding platform iFunding, William Skelley, has been named a member of the exclusive ‘Next Generation of Real Estate Leaders.’ The first annual dinner for the group will be held this evening in New York City at the Columbus Citizens Foundation…. Read More

January 27, 2016 @ 8:39 am By JD Alois  |  

According to Dow Jones’ Venture Capital Report, European VC fundraising jumped 58% to €1.33 in Q4 2015 in comparison to Q3 when reviewing the number of fund closings and capital raised. When comparing to Q4 of 2014, venture capital increased only 6% as the number of… Read More

January 26, 2016 @ 2:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the big matchup between the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots at the AFC Championship football game, P2BInvestor revealed in its latest blog post that startups can learn a thing or two from the sporting event. The P2BInvestor team shared: “As a Denver-based startup,… Read More

January 26, 2016 @ 1:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PrivatEquity.biz, Israel-based secondary market trading arena, announced on Tuesday that it has launched its Global Provider Program. According to PrivatEquity.biz, the Global Provider Program aims to help mature private, pre-IPO high-tech companies to receive investments from both private and institutional investors in their regions through secondary… Read More

January 26, 2016 @ 12:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, CrowdRise announced its Water for Flint challenge in partnership with Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and craigconnects, to deliver 25,000 cases of water to the residents of Flint, Michigan. The crowdfunding platform stated that for every $20 donation made to any fundraiser through the Water for Flint Challenge, Newmark will match the donation with… Read More