General News

December 1, 2015 @ 12:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

A new report released on #GivingTuesday shows that crowdfunding is rapidly becoming a major way that American’s give back to their community. The report, issued by GoFundMe, shows that donations on the crowdfunding platform alone totaled $1.09 billion, which puts crowdfunded giving on par with donations… Read More

December 1, 2015 @ 12:14 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Just over a year after securing a $2M seed round, Mirador today announced that the completion of a Series A round of financing. The $7 million investment was led by Core Innovation Capital, with participation from Nyca Partners and Jump Capital. Initial seed investors Collaborative Fund, Wicklow… Read More

December 1, 2015 @ 11:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In the first hours of going live on Companisto, the Hamburg-based start-up TripRebel raised over 75,410€ toward its 400,000€ funding goal. In 2015, the European Commission selected TripRebel as the “Best European Startup.” In January 2013, while TripRebel founder Carlos Borges was living in Bahia, Brazil, he sought  to… Read More

December 1, 2015 @ 11:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

progressa, a Vancouver-based financial technology company focused on helping sub-prime and near-prime Canadians seeking to improve their financial health, announced on Tuesday it has closed an $11.4 million Series A equity & debt financing round led by Cypress Hills Partners and Conconi Growth Partners. The… Read More

December 1, 2015 @ 10:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Looking Glass Investments (LGI), a fixed-income alternative investment firm focused on marketplace lending, announced today that Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN), a Houston-based capital solutions partner for lower middle market companies seeking to grow or transition ownership, purchased an equity stake in LGI and… Read More

December 1, 2015 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RealtyMogul, an online marketplace for real estate investing, announced it has successfully closed on funds raised through its online crowdfunding platform that will help acquire The Palms, a 240-unit apartment community in Gulfport, Mississippi. The property was purchased for $10.7 million and the platform raised $1… Read More

December 1, 2015 @ 9:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

loanDepot, America’s lender, today announced the closing of a $150 million securitization of its popular unsecured personal loans accessed by consumers. This $150 million securitization was structured and sold by Jefferies, a global investment banking firm. In the first six months since launching its first… Read More

November 30, 2015 @ 5:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA) has taken the rather voluminous 668 pages of final rules for Title III retail crowdfunding and distilled them down into a more manageable 43 pages.  The report, embedded below, was created to augment CCA’s book How to Crowdfund book (available on… Read More

November 30, 2015 @ 4:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, media company Mashable announced it has teamed up with Visa to introduce its brand new marketplace, Mashable Shop. To celebrate the launch this holiday season, Mashable and Visa are offering custom apparel and accessories with designs from the Mashable Collective, along with curated, tech-focused… Read More

November 30, 2015 @ 3:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Gearing up for this year’s #GivingTuesday (December 1st), Generosity by Indiegogo announced that 296 campaigns and 17.9k donors have raised close to $2 million for towards the annual nonprofit event.  The platform revealed: “In 2014, 365 campaigns on Indiegogo raised over $10M for #GivingTuesday. We hope to… Read More

November 30, 2015 @ 2:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Ready to offer up key advice on using the crowdfunding method, crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder UK announced it is launching a 7-week feature known as How To Crowdfund. As part of the first installment, Crowdfunder UK shared six steps to crowdfunding success: “Crowdfunding is a way to… Read More

November 30, 2015 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this summer, Swedish startup PUGZ took to crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to raise funds for its new wireless earbuds. Described as “world’s first” wireless earphones that  allow users to charge them through smartphones, the key differentiator in PUGZ earphones UX is the company’s patented self-guiding… Read More

November 30, 2015 @ 12:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Krowdster, a data powered web app for crowdfunding campaign optimization and promotion, announced the addition of two new features to make it easier for crowdfunders to find targeted influencers and trending content in their industries. Josef Holm, the founder of Krowdster, stated: “Building a targeted,… Read More

November 30, 2015 @ 9:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With PicoBrew’s successful Pico Kickstarter campaign in its final hours, the company continued to announce new brewery partners. To date more than 76 craft breweries and brewmasters have licensed recipes to be made available as PicoPaks for the Pico, and available in the online PicoBrew… Read More

November 30, 2015 @ 8:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, CEO of Brookstone, Tom Via, sat down with CNBC to discuss the new partnership between the retailer and crowdfunding platform, Indiegogo. Earlier this month, Indiegogo revealed that campaign organizers will be able to submit their ideas directly to Brookstone’s partner page through its… Read More

November 29, 2015 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

New Zealand based Brave New Coin and Australia based Smartbit have formed a partnership to create a new cryptocurrency index. The duo have launched the BNC Bitcoin Liquid Index (BNC-BLX) in an attempt to create the “first provable index” for financial markets. According to information provided… Read More

November 28, 2015 @ 12:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharing the real reason for the Thanksgiving holiday, employees of global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo revealed what they are truly thankful for. The website announced: “Happy Thanksgiving from everyone at Indiegogo! We asked the Indiegogo team what they are thankful for – what are you thankful… Read More

November 28, 2015 @ 10:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ending the month of November on the highest note possible, equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced it was the winner of both City A.M. Explosive Growth Company of the Year and TechCities Editor’s Award. The UK website confirmed: “Yesterday we took home our sixth award this month… Read More

November 27, 2015 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dianrong, a leading Chinese peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, and Hanwha S&C announced on earlier this week that that both have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which formalizes the intention of a strategic partnership to pursue a FinTech solution business and other businesses related to internet… Read More

November 27, 2015 @ 10:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lighter Capital, the online investor providing growth capital to technology companies, announced this week that it received $100 million in funding from Community Investment Management (CIM). The $100 million will enable the company to fund approximately 500 investments in SaaS, tech services and digital media companies,… Read More