General News

August 12, 2015 @ 11:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, crowdfunding platform CircleUp announced that it teamed up with media outlet Forbes to present the 25 Most Innovative Brands of 2015 list. Founder and CEO of CircleUp, Ryan Caldbeck declared: “We’ve teamed up with Forbes to celebrate the 25 most innovative consumer and retail brands… Read More

August 12, 2015 @ 10:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lightricks, a developer of premium image processing software for mobile, announced today the closing of its first external financing, in the amount of $10 million led by Israeli venture capital firm, Carmel Ventures In less than two and a half years since its founding, Lightricks… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 9:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Citizen.VC, a online investment platform that leverages 506(b) Reg D private placements but NOT 506(c) placements, has received a “No Action” letter from the SEC regarding questions and clarifications as to what qualifies as general solicitation and the establishment of relations with investors.  The guidance… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 6:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lawrence Lessig, a Harvard Professor, iconoclast, and creator of MayDay PAC, has entered the 2016 Presidential election. Lessig is seeking the nomination of the Democratic party joining Bernie Sanders in the quest to dethrone Hillary Clinton from her anointed position as party standard bearer.  Lessig,… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 4:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

C2FO, a Kansas City fintech firm, reported its 2015 Q2 working capital flows of $5.4BN, more than four times the rate compared to $1.2BN in Q2 2014. This record was fueled by a substantial increase in supplier early payment demand. Q2 2015 C2FO record milestones include:… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 3:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

loanDepot announced on Monday plans to offer new home equity products. loanDepot is a marketplace lender that offers American consumers a choice of credit products through purchase and refinance home loans, unsecured personal loans, and now home equity loans on one convenient tech-enabled lending platform. This announcement comes… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 12:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CommonBond, a marketplace lending platform that lowers the cost of student loans for borrowers and provides financial returns to investors, today announced founder and CEO of Sanlaap North America, Sindhura Sarikonda, as the winner of the 2015 CommonBond Social Impact Award, which honors the nation’s top MBA… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 12:38 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

With the confidence of over 121 investors, Innovation Makers has secured over £292,220 on its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube.  With eight days remaining on the campaign to reach its £400K target for 20% equity offered, the Innovation Makers team announced that former Maclaren COO Russ Cohen… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 11:54 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Indian P2P lending marketplace Faircent.com signed data and solutions initiatives with global risk and information solutions provider TransUnion, for real-time credit appraisal of borrowers, reported the Economic Times. According to the post, Faircent is the first P2P lending marketplace to leverage TransUnion’s capability in data, analytics… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 11:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

GoDaddy, Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), a technology provider dedicated to small businesses, today announced a partnership with Kiva, a micro-lending platform, that will connect GoDaddy employees with Kiva borrowers in countries around the world. Kiva is a non-profit organization working globally to connect people through lending to alleviate… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 11:17 am By Erin Hobey  |  

  Ablrate, a UK peer-to-peer lending platform that offers investors access to asset-backed loans against aircraft transactions, has announced a partnership with The Just Loans Group PLC to provide commercial property-backed investment options on the Ablrate platform. “This collaboration represents a fantastic way for Ablrate’s… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 10:52 am By Erin Hobey  |  

As promised last week on its website, the trailblazing German crowdfunding platform Companisto  plan to launch a new asset class will be available starting 18 August.  More details have been revealed regarding this new venture, namely its new asset class is venture loan: “We continuously want to… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, ShapeShift.io announced that it has integrated the Ethereum digital asset onto its instant exchange platform. Customers anywhere in the world can now buy or sell “ether” instantly along with Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ripple and several dozen other digital assets through ShapeShift.io. Erik Voorhees, ShapeShift’s CEO, shared: “Ethereum… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 9:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, the Lambeth Council and Funding Circle announced the launch of the Local Business Lending Partnership, a pioneering new scheme to stimulate local economic growth and employment through improved access to business finance. As part of the scheme, the council will lend money directly… Read More

August 10, 2015 @ 3:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help aspiring campaign organizers, three Crowdcube alums, Shoot, Renovagen, and Compare and Share, have decided to reveal their top tips to launching a successful funding round. The equity crowdfunding platform shared: “More and more startups are looking to crowdfunding as a way of raising finance,… Read More

August 10, 2015 @ 11:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year, former Tumblr employee, Amber Gordon and her team have debuted a campaign on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter for their new  website, Femsplain. The team shared: “Femsplain is a fully functional, community-powered publisher founded in October 2014 to inspire change through storytelling. We are a… Read More

August 10, 2015 @ 9:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Last week, Indiegogo announced it made a special appearance at the first ever White House Demo Day. The popular crowdfunding platform shared: “On Tuesday, August 4, 2015, Indiegogo was a part of history: we attended the first ever White House Demo Day. Hosted by President… Read More

August 8, 2015 @ 7:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Milken Institute publishes an annual Global Opportunity Index that tallies the countries where it is easier to do business and thus foster companies that can be competitive on a global basis. This is important because while all businesses start small, most would love to scale… Read More

August 8, 2015 @ 3:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

FinFair 2015 took place in Manhattan on July 29th. The event was a combination of old school finance and FinTech entrepreneurs – the disruptive types who are quickly changing the world of finance. According to event organizer Dara Albright, “Wall Street is about to discover the… Read More

August 7, 2015 @ 4:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Taking time away from the production of  Zombicide: Black Plague the team at game developing studio CoolMiniOrNot shared details about the Kickstarter-success’ experience at GenCon in Indiana this past weekend. Zombicide: Black Plague is described as a standalone cooperative boardgame for 1 to 6 players that… Read More