Search Results for: crowdfunding marketplace

October 23, 2017 @ 11:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PayPal announced on Monday it has launched a new payment product that was made specifically for marketplaces, platforms, and crowdfunding portals. According to PayPal, the new program allow it to support buyers in more than 200 markets and sellers in over 120 markets. The company will also… Read More

August 4, 2017 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

PLI Corporate Finance Chair: Brian S. Korn – Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Will marketplace lending finally have a principal regulator or will it continue to have its heels nipped by a patchwork of state and federal rule makers and the courts? Join us for this… Read More

July 24, 2017 @ 8:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Data intelligence firm TAB (previously named Crowdsurfer) has launched the an index designed to indicate the health of the global online crowdfunding and marketplace finance industry. The Crowdfunding and Marketplace Finance Index (CAMFI) has been created in partnership with China big data firm BBD, Hangzhou Ling… Read More

September 6, 2016 @ 9:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

USPAAH, a spa marketplace app, recently completed its equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube with over £270,000 from nearly 150 investors. Described as a London high end on demand mobile app, USPAAH brings qualified beauty and wellness professionals to clients within just 1-hour of booking. Services include massages… Read More

August 17, 2016 @ 8:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Why You Should Attend 2015 saw the transformation of marketplace lending from a fintech fad to a bona fide change in the way consumers and small businesses access credit.  As the industry continues to mature and evolve, more changes are on the horizon, including new… Read More

November 30, 2015 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Acquire Real Estate, a real estate crowd investing platform, recently partnered with full-service real estate investment company, Katz Properties, to provide an investment opportunity in Pompano Marketplace, a 238,800 SF fully occupied retail center located in Pompano Beach, Florida. The crowd investing project closed quickly,… Read More

July 14, 2015 @ 11:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SaundersDailey, an online real estate investment marketplace, today announced its launch as the first local platform to offer community-funded properties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul (Twin Cities) area. Featuring opportunities with investments that start as low as $2,500, SaundersDailey gives accredited and institutional investors the ability to… Read More

June 15, 2015 @ 1:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mangopay, part of the Paris based company Leetchi Group founded by entrepreneur Céline Lazorthes, has announced topping €200 million in payments. Mangopay offers a white label payments platform and has targeted the crowdfunding and online marketplace space.  The company set up shop in the UK this past January and… Read More

March 18, 2015 @ 8:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

For donors and consumer givers who want to know that the money they donate to charity is making a tangible impact and serving real needs, Austin-based startup 121Giving today launched a new product marketplace and crowdfunding platform that enables donors to know where their giving… Read More

November 19, 2014 @ 11:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PENSCO has expanded The PENSCO Marketplace with the addition of four new crowdfunding portals – LendZoan, Equity Round, EarlyShares and SilverPortalXchange. The new participants join the original five sites, which are CircleUp, HealthiosXchange, I-Bankers Direct, RockThePost and Zanbato, in the online marketplace, a first-of-its-kind network of crowdfunding providers, products and services, giving individual accredited investors unparalleled access to… Read More

July 16, 2014 @ 2:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Canadian-based crowdfunding platform GreedyGiver has launched a new program called the Perk Marketplace. It is estimated that 70% of all crowdfunding campaigns fail to reach their target goal due to a variety of reasons such as the inability to tell a compelling story or lack or reach…. Read More

July 25, 2013 @ 9:17 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Balanced was created to increase the global economy through payments. As we built Balanced, it troubled me that we had adopted the closed-off culture common to the financial services industry, where everything was locked up for the sake of “competitive advantage.” That wasn’t the kind of… Read More

March 27, 2013 @ 3:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

 InvestedIn, a social fundraising and crowdfunding site, has been named the “Best Marketplace Platform for Funding” by the Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA), Southern California’s premier association for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and angel investors. InvestedIn’s management team hopes the award will help further the company’s… Read More

February 25, 2025 @ 1:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA) has published a report updating readers on the status of securities crowdfunding. The founders of CCA were deeply involved in the creation of the JOBS Act of 2012, the legislation that legalized online capital formation with three different securities exemptions. Since… Read More

November 15, 2024 @ 11:45 am By JD Alois  |  

The past few years at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have been tough for innovators during the tenure of Chairman Gary Gensler. When Gensler was selected to lead the top financial regulator, hopes were high that his extensive experience in markets and understanding of… Read More

June 14, 2024 @ 10:11 am By JD Alois  |  

The securities crowdfunding industry needs to do a better job of highlighting successes for investors as well as embracing the failures. Entrepreneurship generates enormous benefits for society, but investors backing these early-stage firms are taking on a lot of risk. Most startups fail, and some… Read More

June 12, 2024 @ 12:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past week, WSJ.com published an article that criticized investment crowdfunding, specifically Regulation A (Reg A+). Reg A+ is a securities exemption that enables early-stage or smaller firms to raise up to $75 million. The security exemption requires an issuer to submit documents to the… Read More

March 22, 2024 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Bpifrance has decided to shut down its crowdfunding marketplace TousNosProject.fr. Launched in 2015, at one point, it was reported that approximately 1000 projects were listed on the aggregator site. An early supporter of crowdfunding, Bpifrance is a state-managed venture capital firm. The entity also supports… Read More

March 8, 2024 @ 9:56 am By JD Alois  |  

This week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, revealed the UK government’s Spring Budget. While the list of policies and changes is rather long, the UK Crowdfunding Association (UKCFA) has highlighted several changes that will benefit the industry. First, there is an increase in the… Read More

February 15, 2024 @ 12:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Data pertaining to online capital formation, or crowdfunding, can be hard to come by. Several providers provide good numbers when it comes to Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF), but when it comes to Reg A+ and Reg D 506c – it is a bit of a… Read More