General News

July 25, 2015 @ 8:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

New Zealand’s equity crowdfunding platform, PledgeMe,  finished its second equity crowdfunding campaign raising a total of $366,840 on Friday evening. The website launched its second campaign earlier this month to raise $250,000 and quickly surpassed the initial goal. Sharing her thoughts about the project’s success, CEO of PledgeMe,… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 12:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, co-founder of Kickstarter Charles Adler opened his latest project, Center for Lost Arts, in Chicago. According to the Chicago Tribute, Adler unveiled the center, which is inside a former West Town meat wholesaler that was about to be torn down for less than $50,000. He… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 11:37 am By JD Alois  |  

P2P Global Investments has successfully raised £400 million bringing their total raised to date to £870 million.  The Issue, which was over-subscribed, will issue 40 million C Shares, of which 38,200,016 C Shares will be issued under the Placing and 1,799,984 C Shares will be… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 11:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SocietyOne, Australia’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, announced that Mitchel Harad has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Harad was the Vice President of Marketing of Lending Club, a leading direct lender with headquarters in San Francisco. Leading Lending Club’s borrower marketing efforts over the… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 10:48 am By JD Alois  |  

  Orchard, the conduit platform for institutional money flowing into direct lending platforms, has published an update on the marketplace “Lendscape”.  Orchard is uniquely positioned to provide perspective into the evolving ecosystem because the majority of substantive marketplace lending platforms are plugged into their network…. Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 4:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The inaugural Crowd Dialog Europe event is scheduled to take place next month in Helsinki, Finland. The conference is described as an “experts gathering” with participants from over 25 different countries who will meet to discuss the most recent developments in crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, and crowd-innovation.  Crowd… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 2:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help writers and publishers campaign organizers with their projects, Kickstarter offers up some tips on how to successfully create a great campaign pitch video. The crowdfunding platform declared: “A video is one of the first things your backers will see — but that… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 1:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few days after announcing its partnership with Kickstarter, The Smithsonian Institution received some supporters from a non-crowdfunding backer, D.C. congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. Norton introduced her bill to strengthen both the Smithsonian’s governance and fundraising capacity, marking the first significant change to the… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 12:50 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

  Mine Shaft Brewing’s Crowdfunder campaign shares some enviable highlights with potential investors, including a team who kickstarted iconic Sam Adams, key customers and  partners, exciting Major League Baseball investor perks, MSB althletic ambassadors, strong leadership experience in beverage, finance, sales, and consulting.  Seeking to raise $9,400,000 by 31… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

KPMG and CB Insights have released a quarterly report on global VC funding and according to their data VC backed companies are booming.  In Q2 alone over $32 billion went toward 1819 deals.  This pushed VC funding globally to almost $60 billion. If you compare… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, crowdfunding platform EquityNet announced the release of new crowdfunding statistics for 2015 based on a sampling of over 15,000 U.S. businesses listed on EquityNet from 2007 to present day. Judd Hollas, founder and CEO of EquityNet stated: “EquityNet has been a leader when it comes to tracking the… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 11:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendingPoint, an online direct loan provider, is excited to announce that it has added global payments industry expert Charlie Fote to its board of directors. Fote brings nearly four decades of global market leadership, as CEO and Founder of the Fotec Group, a company at the… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 11:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In order to grow their startup best-selling stevia sweetened iced tea Naturbursche, entrepreneurs Britta Henkelmann and Dagmar Hemschenherm partnered with Companisto for their newly launched equity crowdfunding campaign.  Prevalued at 1,500,000 €, Naturbursche seeks to raise a minimum of 50,000€ on its campaign; in just two days,… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 10:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SmartAsset, a personal finance technology company, and EVEN Financial, a supply-side platform for Marketplace Lending, today jointly announced a strategic partnership aimed at helping consumers find the best personal loans. Ian Rosen, EVEN Financial CEO, explained: “Our tools allow companies like SmartAsset to easily offer their… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 10:34 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Orios Venture Partners, an India-based early-stage VC firm floated by serial investor Rehan Yar Khan, announced a new US$150 million fund according to e27. The new fund (Fund II) will primarily focus on startups working in the fintech, B2B commerce, used merchandise and affordable products spaces, as well… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 10:12 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Capify, formerly AUSvance, will serve as an international conglomerate provider of unsecured alternative finance solutions to SMEs. Capify,  powered by a proprietary technology and analytics platform, today announced its global rebrand aiming to become the most diverse, worldwide alternative SME financing platform. Headquartered in the… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 10:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dealstruck, the online lender that provides lending solutions for small businesses at every stage of their lifecycle, today announced that it received another $10 million capital investment from Community Investment Management LLC (“CIM”), an investment firm focused on marketplace lending. This investment allows Dealstruck to… Read More

July 22, 2015 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Golden Pacific Capital is offering $10M equity participation in a professionally-managed, leveraged investment fund through real estate crowdfunding platform, Crowdflipr. This project is focused on the acquisition and rental of Kansas City (“KC”) single family residence (“SFR”) real estate. The KC Distressed SFR Fund is based on its… Read More

July 22, 2015 @ 2:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In celebration of its 20 years of Tech, CNET recently featured experts to share details about the growth of the industry. One of those was Indiegogo’s CEO and co-founder, Slava Rubin. In his article, Crowdfunding lets people decide which products matter, Rubin shared details about Indiegogo: “Innovation… Read More

July 22, 2015 @ 12:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced that it has formed a partnership with Draper University that will allow applicants/potential students to crowdfund for their tuition The site shared: “At our site, you can see campaigns from budding entrepreneurs who explain why they want to attend… Read More