Tagged: australia

December 17, 2015 @ 1:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Queensland-based Auswide Bank announced it has offered $60 million in funding to peer-to-peer lender, MoneyPlace. MoneyPlace, which was launched in October, provides loans of $5000 to $35,000 through its P2P platform. The new partnership between Auswide and MoneyPlace will have a 5-year deal to fund up… Read More

December 8, 2015 @ 12:35 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

First State Super will invest tens of millions of dollars into fintech start-ups over the coming years, in partnership with H2 Ventures, a specialist fintech VC fund, according to the Sydney Morning Herald‘s James Eyers.  The launch of the First State Super-H2 partnership was attended by Prime… Read More

December 3, 2015 @ 7:21 am By Erin Hobey  |  

After much anticipation from key crowdfunding leaders, including Jon Medved, today marked the landmark occasion for small businesses throughout Australia, according to Crowd Funding Institute of Australia. With support from a burgeoning crowdfunding industry, the first steps have been taken to introduce legislative changes that tackle… Read More

December 3, 2015 @ 1:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Legislation is a Positive Step But Includes Unnecessary Costs. According to real estate crowdfunding platform CrowdfundUp, Australia has “missed an opportunity” as released crowdfunding law falls short of ambitions.  Following many months of discussion, the Australian government published its “Crowd-sourced Funding” bill allowing eligible companies… Read More

December 3, 2015 @ 1:15 am By JD Alois  |  

The Australian Parliament has revealed the expected legislation regarding the regulatory structure of investment crowdfunding.  The bill, along with an explanatory memorandum, is embedded below.  The government had previously stated final rules were a priority for completion before the end of the year. “Crowd-sourced funding”… Read More

December 2, 2015 @ 10:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AltFi, a media outlet for alternative finance, announced this week details about the inaugural AltFi Australasian Summit 2016 in Sydney, which is set to be held next February 29th in Sydney. This event will provide attendees with a deep dive into the inner workings of… Read More

November 29, 2015 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

New Zealand based Brave New Coin and Australia based Smartbit have formed a partnership to create a new cryptocurrency index. The duo have launched the BNC Bitcoin Liquid Index (BNC-BLX) in an attempt to create the “first provable index” for financial markets. According to information provided… Read More

November 27, 2015 @ 8:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Porter Novelli, an Australian based marketing firm, has once again assisted several crowdfunding campaigns raise funding on Pozible. This is the second year the company has partnered with Pozible to aid several projects. Using their “pop-up” public relations creation, jack + bill, the group has… Read More

November 22, 2015 @ 6:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

ThinCats Australia has posted an update on their progress and according to the platform after one year of operations the peer to peer lending platform has arranged approximately $2 million in loans. Interest rates have ranged from 11.5% to 14.5% from a group of “diverse”… Read More

November 19, 2015 @ 1:58 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Jon Medved, the prominent globetrotting entrepreneur and charismatic founder of OurCrowd, caught up with ABC’s Business Correspondent Ticky Fullerton as part of a segment on new reforms on crowdfunding for small businesses and startups in Australia. Complimenting PM Malcom Turnbull’s deep understanding of tech and innovation… Read More

November 15, 2015 @ 10:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

In Australia today, start-ups and small businesses cannot practically access retail investors due to significant upfront and ongoing compliance costs and red tape. This is according to Kelly O’Dwyer, the Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasury. O’Dwyer delivered this statement to the Financial Services… Read More

November 13, 2015 @ 10:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, crowdfunding platform, Tilt, announced it is making the final preparations to launch globally starting in November by hitting five additional international markets by early 2016. Tilt, which was founded in 2012 by James Beshara and Khaled Hussein, recently placed a foothold in the European market… Read More

November 6, 2015 @ 2:26 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Aussie startup MoneyPlace will next year be among the earliest Australian peer-to-peer lenders to open up to “mum and dad investors” (read: small-scale nonprofessional investors) as of Monday, Nov. 2, noted the Sydney Morning Herald. The Melbourne-based MoneyPlace has been in the works for two years, including… Read More

October 29, 2015 @ 9:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equitise, operating in Australia and New Zealand, has partnered with Auckland-based Syndex to create a secondary market to trade crowdfunded securities. The “Trans-Tasman” market is said to deliver “a new degree of maturity and sophistication to the nascent crowdfunded equity market in New Zealand”.  … Read More

October 27, 2015 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

As part of this year’s Newtown Festival COMMUNE and Pozible present an evening of gin and vegan sushi with the Newtowner’s Guide to Crowdfunding. COMMUNE’s November edition of the Pozible workshop will feature Inner West locals and successful crowdfunding campaigners Griffin & Jesse from Poor Toms Gin and Penelope from Super Food Sushi. Come down to hear… Read More

October 21, 2015 @ 12:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bondora, a pan-European marketplace lender, opens to accredited investors from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Australia. The platform now allows global accredited investors to invest directly into personal unsecured loans across three European markets including Spain,… Read More

October 15, 2015 @ 2:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Giving backers a closer look at Indiegogo Alum Flow Hive’s honey progress, creator Cedar Anderson offered up a virtual tour. Flow Hive was created by father-son duo Australian natives, Cedar and Stuart Anderson, and is considered a “revolutionary” beehive invention that allows its users to harvest… Read More

October 14, 2015 @ 8:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Harmoney, the first peer to peer lender to launch in New Zealand, has added some big names to its advisory board.  Accord to a release published by the P2P site, Jon Barlow, founder of Eaglewood Capital and Phin Upham of Thiel Capital have signed up… Read More

October 7, 2015 @ 1:57 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Australia’s Innovation Minister Christopher Pyne recently stated that governments had procrastinated on crowdfunding changes, and it was now a top priority, according to Australia’s Financial Review. Pyne said, To me it’s not that complicated, but that’s one of our highest priorities. There are things you can do quickly, there are… Read More

September 23, 2015 @ 9:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

DomaCom, based in Australia, is a “fractional property investing platform” using a strategy that is likened to a diversified equities portfolio. Arthur Naoumidis, CEO of the platform, spoke to CNBC this week to discuss how his platform operates. Asked how DomaCom is different, Naoumidis stated… Read More