Offerings

November 27, 2019 @ 1:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robo.cash, a short term consumer lender operating in multiple markets, says that consumers are becoming more confident about peer to peer lending. According to an in-house survey, 64.9% of the European P2P investors have “full confidence in P2P lending.” Additionally, 52.3% of respondents mentioned that… Read More

November 27, 2019 @ 11:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just weeks after launching its latest mini bond on equity crowdfunding portal Crowdcube, BrewDog has attracted more than £2 million in funding from over 950 of the investment platform’s investors. As previously reported, BrewDog has raised more than £69 million through its “Equity for Punks”… Read More

November 26, 2019 @ 9:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

In advance of a forthcoming referendum on Cannabis, over $6 million has been raised for medicinal marijuana startups in the past 18 months via investment platform PledgeMe. The New Zealand government is poised to determine whether marijuana should be legalized and regulated for recreational use…. Read More

November 26, 2019 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd portfolio company Alpha Tau Medical is an Israeli medical device company that focuses on research, development and commercialization of the Alpha DaRT for the treatment of solid tumors. The technology was initially developed by Prof. Itzhak Kelson and Prof. Yona Keisari from Tel Aviv… Read More

November 25, 2019 @ 10:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

NextSeed launched its first preferred equity deal this week with Blue Top Brand, a company seeking $3 million on the investment platform. The preferred equity is being issued at a pre-money valuation of $9,985,000 in a side-by-side Reg CF/Reg D offering. NextSeed was previously only… Read More

November 25, 2019 @ 10:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

VNX Exchange, a Luxembourg based Fintech, has officially launched. The token issuance and trading platform kicked things off with the issuance of its first asset-backed digital asset during the Global Venture Summit in Luxembourg. The launch ceremony was followed by a panel discussion on “Digital… Read More

November 25, 2019 @ 9:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two years after securing £626,310 through its Crowdcube funding round, European automated saving and crowd investing marketplace Oval Money launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs and has quickly secured its initial £1 million funding target. As previously reported, Oval Money provides easy… Read More

November 24, 2019 @ 11:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) futures daily trading volumes on crypto-asset platform Bakkt recorded another all-time high, according to data obtained from the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the trading desk’s parent company, which also owns the New York Stock Exchange. Over $20.3 million in Bitcoin futures contracts, or 2728… Read More

November 22, 2019 @ 9:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mrs Wordsmith, a UK-based educational publishing and gaming company, quickly secured its initial £1 million equity crowdfunding target through its Crowdcube campaign. The funding round, which already raised £750,000 in September (prior to public launch) has attracted more than 500 investors. The company is offering… Read More

November 22, 2019 @ 10:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, Canaan Inc. (Nasdaq: CAN) a Chines crypto mining company,  completed an initial public offering (IPO) of 10,000,000 American Depositary Shares (ADSs), each representing 15 Class A ordinary shares. Shares were issued at US $9.0 per share for a total offering of US $90 million. … Read More

November 21, 2019 @ 6:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, an investment marketplace offering both traditional securities or more esoteric digital offerings, is powering the “first-ever legally compliant free private equity incentive program or “Sharedrop,” as it is being called. Obviously, the name takes a cue from the widely utilized airdrop feature during the… Read More

November 21, 2019 @ 12:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (OTC:GBTC) became the first-ever publicly traded Bitcoin investment vehicle in the US in 2013. It has grown to become the largest Bitcoin investment product in the world. In October, GBTC announced its largest quarterly inflow of capital. The Trust started as a… Read More

November 21, 2019 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Prominent blockchain group Algorand has announced an upgrade to its protocol that is said to significantly expand the range of decentralized applications and processes that can be built on the platform. The update expects to unlock the ability to develop scalable blockchain-native solutions for real-world… Read More

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

Boom, SME-focused telecom, is raising growth capital on Growthdeck. Boom, an IP phone system claims to be able to save a small business up to £12,000 a year with their services. According to the offering page, Boom is seeking a minimum amount of £1.5 million… Read More

November 20, 2019 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Recently approved funding portal, Fundopolis has announced its intent to “make it simple for individuals and communities to invest in and support the small businesses they love.” Four issuers have now posted offerings on the Fundopolis site. The FINRA regulated funding portal issued a statement… Read More

November 20, 2019 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Wethaq Capital has announced that it has issued the first pilot Sukuk on its securities market platform for the Islamic capital markets under the supervision of the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). Wethaq is operating under an innovation testing license issued by the DFSA. Mohammed… Read More

November 19, 2019 @ 8:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Crowd2Fund is raising capital in a self-crowdfunding round seeking up to £1.2 million in an EIS approved offering. Shares in the company are being offered at a pre-money valuation of £35.8 million. Crowd2Fund says this round is in advance of a future… Read More

November 19, 2019 @ 1:24 am By Therese Torris  |  

Smart Lenders AM announces the upcoming launch of a new fund dedicated to financing loans to European SMEs issued through marketplace lending platforms (crowdlending). Smart Lenders AM is an asset management firm that specializes exclusively in financing loans issued by online marketplace lenders. Established in… Read More

November 18, 2019 @ 10:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hussle, a UK-based fitness marketplace, has successfully secured more than £1.3 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The platform, which originally sought to raise £1 million, is offering 2.60% in equity at a £50 million pre-money valuation. Founded in 2009, Hussle describes itself… Read More

November 18, 2019 @ 7:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Besides having a very witty name, plant-based fast-food chain, Lord of the Fries, is planning an expansion in New Zealand by raising growth capital on PledgeMe. The company is seeking up to NZ $2 million with a minimal hurdle of $1 million. If the company… Read More