May 24, 2019 @ 12:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

At one time, Loot had all the appearances of a promising young Fintech. Launched in 2014, in January of this year, it was reported that the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) had taken a 25% stake in the startup as it prepared to launch a new… Read More

May 24, 2019 @ 9:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Gozney, a British manufacturer of professional wood and gas stone ovens, announced it is planning to launch an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube next month. The company reported it is seeking to raise £500,000 through the funding round in order to accelerate its expansion into… Read More

May 23, 2019 @ 3:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two years after securing more than £1.3 million through its previous Crowdcube round, Money Dashboard was returned to the equity crowdfunding platform and has surpassed more than £2.1 million in funding. The funding round was launched, originally seeking £1.5 million, and has so… Read More

May 23, 2019 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Aspiring Fintech Loot has shuttered its doors and gone into administration. According to a statement posted on their website, Loot has hired Henry Anthony Shinners and Adam Henry Stephens of Smith & Williamson LLP to handle the dissolution. The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) was… Read More

May 23, 2019 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

REITBZ, a security token offering (STO) backed by real estate in South America, is scheduled to close tomorrow (May 24). The STO is the creation of BTG Pactual, the largest private investment bank in South America with This is the first security token backed by… Read More

May 23, 2019 @ 8:26 am By Cali Haan  |  

Bitfinex, a cryptocurrency trading platform dogged for years by controversy, is launching a platform for the issuing of IEOs (initial exchange offerings). IEOs are essentially a revamped version of the ICO (initial coin offering) except that rather than being sold directly to investors by issuers… Read More

May 22, 2019 @ 1:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Portugal-based agriculture tech company, Agroop, has successfully secured its initial €500,000 funding target through its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round was launched in March, less than two years after Agroop obtained €514,000 on the funding platform.  As previously reported, Agroop was… Read More

May 21, 2019 @ 11:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Popular crypto exchange Kraken is crowdfunding. Kraken has partnered with Bnk to the Future to “create a rare, but limited opportunity for both large and small investors to own shares of Kraken stock.” Kraken claimed over $85 billion in crypto trading during 2018. Beginning yesterday… Read More

May 21, 2019 @ 9:54 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has receved another emergency court order halting an alleged initial coin offering (ICO) fraud. According to the SEC, a $30 million Ponzi scheme, led by South Florida-based Argyle Coin, and its principal Jose Angel Aman, targeted over 300 US… Read More

May 21, 2019 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Evarvest, a startup that is striving to “unite the worlds stock exchanges, making it simple to invest” is crowdfunding on Seedrs. Evarvest is looking to raise a minimum amount of £75,000 at a pre-money valuation of £1.175 million. As of today, Evarvest has raised over… Read More

May 21, 2019 @ 7:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Community benefit society Broadband for the Rural North (or B4RN) has raised £2 million in a bond following its first close on the Triodos crowdfunding platform. Founded in 1980, Triodos Bank focuses on sustainable banking globally. Triodos Bank is active in the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK,… Read More

May 19, 2019 @ 9:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital wealth management platform MarketsFlow is set to close its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with nearly £775,000 in funding from 450 investors. The funding round was launched last month, originally seeking a minimum of £700,000. As previously reported, MarketsFlow is described as a… Read More

May 19, 2019 @ 9:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just days after launching its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs,  The Cheeky Panda, a 100% ultra sustainable, low carbon, bamboo tissue product brand, closed the funding round after securing a grand total of £1,420,744. The campaign originally sought to raise a minimum of £750,000…. Read More

May 16, 2019 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Blockstack has filed an updated Form 1-A to utilize Reg A+ to raise up to $50 million in a tokenized security offering. Blockstack will be issuing “Deferred Delivery Agreement for Stacks Tokens.” According to the Blockstack Offering Circular: Blockstack, is offering up to 295 million… Read More

May 16, 2019 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

MultiVu, a tech company creating 3D imaging solutions, has closed on a $7 million seed round led by OurCrowd – Israel’s most active venture investor. OurCrowd was joined by Cardumen Capital and Hong Kong-based investment firm Junson Capital. MultiVu said it intends to use the… Read More

May 16, 2019 @ 7:32 am By Cali Haan  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted itself more time to consider a request for a rule change that would allow Bitwise Asset Management to list a Bitcoin ETF product. Bitwise is a subsidiary of ICE, owners of the New York Stock exchange… Read More

May 14, 2019 @ 8:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

It’s not only the price of Bitcoin that is seeing a rejuvenation in investor interest, but BTC Futures are also seeing some investor love too. In a tweet by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) the exchange said that CME Bitcoin futures reached an all-time record… Read More

May 13, 2019 @ 10:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer lending platform Assetz Capital is now seeking £1 million through its new equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Founded in 2012, Assetz Capital describes itself as a provider of alternative funding sources to SMEs and Property Developers and is one of the fastest-growing peer-to-peer… Read More

May 13, 2019 @ 10:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

NextSeed, a debt-focused crowdfunding platform, has listed its first side-by-side Reg CF – Reg D offering. The news of the first parallel offering comes on the heels of the announcement that NextSeed has been approved as a FINRA regulated broker-dealer. Under Reg CF, issuers may… Read More

May 13, 2019 @ 5:46 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), operator of several major financial and commodity exchanges including the NYSE, has once again announced that it plans to offer physically-backed Bitcoin futures in the near term through Bakkt: “As detailed in the ICE Futures U.S. filing with the CFTC today, bitcoin… Read More