General News

May 18, 2015 @ 9:55 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Following a successful Seedrs round last Spring, London-based Octer (formerly called Shareight) has returned to Seedrs to raise a second round of funding. The company, previously known as Shareight, raised £600,000 in just 24 hours on Seedrs back in May 2014.  The campaign seeks raise £700,000, in exchange… Read More

May 18, 2015 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

FullCapitalStack, a crowdfunding platform for small to mid-size companies, has opened a new investment opportunity that will make homeownership more accessible for first-time home buyers. Vision Property Management, LLC (“Vision”) chose FullCapitalStack as its crowdfunding platform for funding a $1.3 million single-family residential, senior-debt loan… Read More

May 18, 2015 @ 8:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cogobuy Group (Stock code: 400.HK), an e-commerce service platform for the enterprise procurement of electronics manufacturing industry in China, is pleased to announce its unaudited operation summary for the three months ended March 31st. The total GMV of the Cogobuy’s operations was RMB2,491.0 million, representing an increase of 62.9%… Read More

May 18, 2015 @ 8:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Blue & Green Tomorrow, the fastest-growing sustainable lifestyle magazine in the UK, and GreenWise Business, the independent UK green business-to-business (B2B) online news and information publisher, are merging to create the leading online independent publishing powerhouse dedicated to consumers, businesses and investors that want to live,… Read More

May 18, 2015 @ 8:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Beepi, a peer-to-peer marketplace for buying and selling cars online, announced its expansion to Texas. The market launch provides residents with local inventory, vehicle inspectors and customer service resources to support its secure online car buying and selling platform in Austin and Dallas, and soon Houston… Read More

May 18, 2015 @ 8:13 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“We are pleased to report the first revenues following the successful launch of Symbid, The Funding Network™ in March. This represents a major step forward in our commitment to creating long-term value for shareholders through an innovative service offering for start-ups and small businesses. Following… Read More

May 17, 2015 @ 9:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

The German Crowdfunding Network has just published first quarter 2015 numbers for the crowdfunding market.  It is interesting to note that both debt based and equity based crowdfunding jumped significantly versus Q4 of 2014.  The association also tracks rewards based as well – this sector… Read More

May 15, 2015 @ 2:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

The House Committee on Small Business held a hearing this past week to discuss peer to peer lending.  With the influx of institutional funds into P2P lending platforms, many direct lenders are taking up the banner of “Marketplace Lending”.  This does not mean small investors… Read More

May 15, 2015 @ 8:27 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Glass full: London wine bar Vini Italiani  has raised over £308,215 on its Seedrs  equity crowdfunding campaign with its equity offering of 11.63%.  Funding will be used to continue the brand’s undivided focus on Italian wines with the goal that Vini Italiani will be recognised and identified as the… Read More

May 15, 2015 @ 6:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Docupace Technologies, LLC (“Docupace”), a provider of SEC/FINRA-compliant paperless processing systems, announced today that it is joining with leading computer security services company Security Snapshot, LLC (“Security Snapshot”) to deliver comprehensive cyber-security solutions for financial services firms. The agreement is expected to fuse Docupace, the… Read More

May 14, 2015 @ 12:18 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

With its elevator pitch of “Disrupting Big Oil: Crowdfunders get monthly guaranteed returns with equity upside,” Ascenergy has tapped into the crowd for its Crowdfunder campaign.  Seeking to raise $6M by 30 June 2015, the company has already raised  over $5,670,000, or 95% of its goal.   Investments $25,000… Read More

May 14, 2015 @ 11:26 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Technological Innovation in Health Tech, Robotics and Smart Sensors Take Stage at HAX’s Accelerator Demo Days 15 hardware startups culminated an intensive 111-day accelerator program by revealing their products at HAX’s sixth annual Demo Day (formerly known as HAXLR8R). Each company  spent three months in Shenzhen, China,… Read More

May 14, 2015 @ 10:38 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The fintech accelerator Startupbootcamp FinTech Singapore has appointed Steven Tong as a new managing director.  Tong,  formerly of Infocomm Investments and the London-based accelerator, also welcomed three new team members from PwC Singapore, Pix Vine Capital and Jungle Ventures.  Tong  brings 15 years’ worth of experience working with financial technology companies… Read More

May 14, 2015 @ 8:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Small business financing leader Guidant Financial has entered a strategic partnership with InvestNextDoor to create what they believe to be the marketplace lending industry’s largest small business loan origination agreement: Guidant Financial has committed to drive at least $100 million in business to InvestNextDoor’s marketplace lending platform. “Our business is solving… Read More

May 14, 2015 @ 8:26 am By JD Alois  |  

OTC Markets, a financial marketplace for over 10,000 US and global securities, has published a first ever OTCQX Best 50 performing companies listed on their marketplace. The criteria used was an equal weighting of one year share price performance in 2014.  Granted we are in the… Read More

May 14, 2015 @ 6:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

investUP (known as UP), a crowdfunding supermarket, has appointed Cary Depel as its Compliance and Legal Director. Depel will bring more than 20 years’ experience with him and will be responsible for compliance and legal, helping to transform the crowdfunding landscape. Drawing on his considerable experience as Board… Read More

May 13, 2015 @ 4:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PENSCO, an alternative asset custodian for self-directed IRA investors, announced its new paperless deal funding technology — PENSCO Alt-Nav. The dubbed “first-of-its-kind” technology has been designed to help retirement investors who would like to invest in non-traded alternative assets using their retirement accounts, as well… Read More

May 13, 2015 @ 3:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, San Mateo, California startup MODE, Inc., announced the official launch of a platform designed to help developers and emerging brands delivering Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. In addition, the company secured $775,000 in seed funding, led by Metamorphic Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and several angel investors… Read More

May 13, 2015 @ 12:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

StreetShares, a peer-to-peer marketplace that is described as “Shark Tank meets eBay,” was named the lead Founding Affiliate of the Coalition for Veteran Business (CVOB), an alliance created by First Data Corporation and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF). The CVOB’s mission is to support the successes… Read More

May 13, 2015 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

The House Subcommittee on Capital Markets & Government Sponsored Enterprises, part of the Financial Services Committee, will meet today (Wednesday, May13th) to discuss multiple proposals designed to improve access to capital for SMEs.  Smaller businesses generate the bulk of economic growth, and correspondingly job creation,… Read More