Offerings

April 19, 2018 @ 8:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blocksquare, a blockchain-based online real estate platform, has opened its Series A initial coin offering (ICO). This first crowdsale has been capped at $300,000 and a price of $0.25 USD due to market volatility, according to the company. Along with the launch of the crowdsale, the… Read More

April 19, 2018 @ 12:18 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Nvested, a new St. Louis Economic Development Partnership-developed platform, claims to be St. Louis’ first “hyper-local” regulation crowdfunding platform designed to more easily connect local investors and business owners. “The hypothesis is it’s not because they’re rejecting the asset class, it’s just that they aren’t aware… Read More

April 19, 2018 @ 9:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube set to close this upcoming weekend, UK-based insurtech Midrive has surpassed £2.1 million thanks to nearly 700 investors. As previously reported, Midrive was founded in 2013 and reported it has over 300,000 throughout the UK and reported its instructor… Read More

April 18, 2018 @ 10:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

SaveDroid appears to be the latest in a long line of initial coin offering scams. Adding insult to injury, the website home page posted a mocking image stating “aannnd its gone” while the CEO tweeted photo stating Thanks guys! Over and out … #savedroidICO –… Read More

April 18, 2018 @ 10:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Lendingblock, an interesting spin on cryptocurrency lending, has easily hit its initial coin offering target (ICO) hard cap of $10 million early. The LND coin will be used as the currency for payment and receipt of interest on the platform. As CI covered last month,… Read More

April 18, 2018 @ 8:09 am By Cali Haan  |  

Cambridge Analytica, the firm that claims it used personal data to sway the last US election, planned to issue a cryptocurrency to enhance it’s powers of political persuasion, the New York Times reports. In addition to considering their own ICO (Initial Coin Offering), Cambridge Analytica… Read More

April 17, 2018 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer lender Landbay is set to close its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs later this evening with more than £1.6 million from nearly 285 investors. The funding round was launched last month and quickly secured its initial £1.25 million funding target. This is the seventh equity… Read More

April 17, 2018 @ 11:05 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Chaineum, a crypto-finance engineering consulting company and reportedly the first French boutique specialized in raising funds through ICOs, has completed an ICO operation carried out for Naviaddress, a platform for digital addressing of locations and objects. Through its ICO, Naviaddress sold a total of 338… Read More

April 17, 2018 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

iContract, the online platform connecting contractors with recruiters, completed its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with more than £800,000 secured. As previously reported, iContract, which was launched in August 2017, connects contractors and recruiters for job matching and networking. The company reported that so far it… Read More

April 17, 2018 @ 7:53 am By Cali Haan  |  

Torrent Freak has reported that Russian telecom regulator Rozomnadzor has begun blocking ISP addresses used to transmit private messages using the Telegram app. The actions come after the app was added to a state register of banned services last Friday after an 18-minute trial. Telegram… Read More

April 16, 2018 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Splash Wines, family-run direct-to-consumer wine marketing company, recently announced that first quarter 2018 profits increased by 139% over the same period in 2017. While still small, profits jumped from $19,854 to $47,033 on revenues of $2.1 million. Splash also said it beat its expectations for… Read More

April 14, 2018 @ 1:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based brewing company, Left Handed Giant Brewing, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with more than £1 million from over 1400 investors. The round was launched in February and quickly raised its initial £450,000 funding target. As previously reported, Left Handed Giant Brewing was launched… Read More

April 13, 2018 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

One of the fastest growing social networks and messaging apps in the world, Telegram, has been hit with a ban from Russian authorities. Roskomnadzor, the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, posted on their site; “The procedure for restricting… Read More

April 13, 2018 @ 8:40 am By JD Alois  |  

  Fintech Oval Money, a Robo-advisor founded by Benedetta Arese Lucini former CEO of Uber Italy, reports it has raised a total of £1.3 million in funding. Earlier this year, Oval listed on Crowdcube where it raised £632,000, according to the campaign page. Oval reports… Read More

April 12, 2018 @ 9:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

INIU, a Portugal-based natural juice brand, is now seeking £500,000 through equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. Founded in 2016, INIU states it was “born” to reinforce a healthy lifestyle by giving each person the “power” to pick an alternative to the unhealthy beverages on the shelves…. Read More

April 12, 2018 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer lender Landbay announced on Thursday it is set to close its latest equity crowdfunding round on Seedrs next Tuesday (April 17th). The campaign quickly secured its initial £1.25 million and has successfully raised more than £1.4 million thanks to over 250 investors. As previously reported, Landbay was… Read More

April 12, 2018 @ 10:02 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Investment manager Downing LLP has launched of a new bond on its crowdfunding platform, Downing Crowd, paying 7.6% p.a. interest to investors by lending £10M to projects across the UK’s reserve power market. [clickToTweet tweet=”.@Downingcrowd Reserve Power Bond will enable investment of up to £10M in… Read More

April 11, 2018 @ 12:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Frank Fu, Managing Director at Chinese tech firm Meitu, has invested $2 million in MyDFS. The blockchain based company wants to change how fans play online daily fantasy sports with smart contracts. MyDFS has also brought Fu on board as an advisor to the company. “The… Read More

April 11, 2018 @ 11:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two weeks until its equity crowdfunding round comes to an end on Crowdcube, UK-based insurtech Midrive has successfully secured more than £2 million from over 575 investors. The company quickly secured its initial £1.8 million funding target. Founded in 2013, Midrive is an insurance company… Read More

April 10, 2018 @ 3:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celo, an app-based insurance provider, is now seeking £100,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The insurtech company reported that it is planning to offer insurance cover for motor vehicles, travel, health, and gadgets. It noted that like how challenger banks Monzo and Starling Bank took… Read More