General News

January 23, 2015 @ 9:45 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Fintech BlueVine Capital secured $18.5 Million from investors reported Lizette Chapman reported for Dow Jones VentureWire.  Based in Palo Alto, Calif., BlueVine was founded in 2013 by Chief Executive Eyal Lifshitz while he was a principal at venture firm Greylock IL, and currently employs 18 people. “Other companies, such as Kabbage Inc…. Read More

January 23, 2015 @ 8:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

As many Crowdfund Insiders know, when The University of Cambridge teamed up with EY and launched the European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey, the largest study to date on crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and other forms of alternative finance in Europe was initiated. This benchmarking survey, which closed on 6 January 2015,  seeks to capture the size,… Read More

January 22, 2015 @ 2:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Faces of Main Street, a photography and story competition that features submittals of inspiring stories of over 28 million small business owners and entrepreneurs from across America, announced its first three winners. The competition is powered by Lendio, a free online service that helps business… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 11:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Following a highly lauded crowdfunding event in Singapore in August of last year, Crowdfunding Asia is preparing for a summit in Thailand scheduled to take place on February 10th and 11th in the capital city of Bangkok. The theme of the conference is “The Ardent… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 1:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Jibo, Inc., the creator of what’s considered the first family robot, announced on Wednesday (January 21st) it has raised $25.3M in Series A financing, led by RRE Ventures. Participating existing investor CRV, also the lead seed investor, and existing investors Fairhaven and Osage University Partners join… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 11:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Acquire Real Estate has launched a crowdfunding platform that is said to open up a new world of commercial real estate investments to accredited investors, allowing them access to institutional-quality deals that didn’t exist until now. The firm has joined the growing momentum behind crowd… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 11:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Amateur winemaker Tom Shula announced today he has secured $1M for an independent winemaking venture. Shula, a trained theoretical physicist, and now real estate broker “by day” plans to produce a 100 percent Merlot from Pickberry Vineyard, a unique 30-acre vineyard located on the northeast slope of Sonoma Mountain near Glen Ellen,… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday (January 21st), BattleFin, a “tournament platform” for hedge fund competition, and EarlyIQ, Inc., a hosted information and analytics company serving early stage capital markets, announced their partnership to provide industry leading transparency and trust within the hedge fund market. Launching at the BattleFin… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 9:39 am By Erin Hobey  |  

As many Crowdfund Insiders know, The University of Cambridge teamed up with EY and launched the European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey, the largest study to date on crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and other forms of alternative finance in Europe. This benchmarking survey, which closed on 6 January 2015,  seeks to capture the size, transactional… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 8:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Victory Park Capital (VPC), an asset management firm focused on middle market debt and equity investments, announced today that it will invest up to £150 million in loans originated by Assetz Capital under a new five year contract. Assetz Capital is a peer-to-peer lending platform that combines traditional… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

In a letter published on the Hackster site, management announced their new relationship with hardware creation helper Dragon Innovation; We recently learned that thousands of people on Hackster are interested in building commercial products. Naturally we decided to do something about it. We are thrilled… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 1:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerRealty, a midwest real estate crowdfunding platform, announced on Tuesday (January 21st) that it has been selected to participate in elmspring 2.0, the nation’s leading real estate startup accelerator program. Participants in the elmspring accelerator program will begin an intensive three-month program to develop and prepare… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 12:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Since its Canadian launch in June 2014, Tilt has been the easiest way for Canadians to collect money from a group. Now, the company sees groups collecting money every three minutes on its platform. Country manager at Tilt, Tim Ryan explained, “Collecting money from groups is hard,… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 10:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (January 20th), New York-based tech startup, Canary, announced former Google and Quantcast executive, Julio Pekarovic, as the new Chief Operating Officer at Canary. Julio brings over twenty years experience in leading finance organizations and business operations in hyper-growth technology companies. At Canary, he’ll… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 9:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

G-Technology, a leader in delivering premium storage solutions, today announced a partnership with Seed&Spark, a community crowdsourcing ecosystem that enables independent filmmakers to fund, promote and distribute their projects. Kicking off at Sundance, the partnership will inspire and educate the Indie filmmaking community through support of… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Lighthouse Bitcoin crowdfunding App is now available for download for Mac, Linux and yes even Windows.  The Alpha version was released by Mike Hearn, based in Zurich, last September and after many bug fixes and a reported 18 updates the public beta version is ready… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 2:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in June 2013, Kickstarter posted a letter to everyone regarding the crowdfunding giant’s campaign for a seduction guide – which was pulled from the platform after it was fully funded. A previously reported, the “Above the Game: A Guide to Getting Awesome with Women”… Read More

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

New Hong Kong and Shanghai-based crowdfunding platform Kliptap is ready to become the ultimate funding tool for social causes in Asia. According to e27, Kliptap recently became a graduate from Chinaccelerator’s batch VI and received $30,000 in funding for 6% in equity. The new platform… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 12:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdStreet, a crowdfunding marketplace connecting accredited investors with institutional-grade real estate investments, today announced it has posted an $18.4 Million equity fund investment opportunity, Olympus Fund IV, consisting of three Class A multifamily assets. The fund will add two to three more multifamily properties in 2015… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 10:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based  peer-to-peer lender,Lending Works, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Mackay to the fast-growing peer-to-peer lending company’s Board as a Non-Executive Director.  Mackay has extensive experience in global financial markets, having most recently worked as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley. For seven years, he… Read More