April 16, 2018 @ 1:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based Triodos Bank announced on Monday five positive social and environmental impact organizations have raised more than £7 million through its crowdfunding platform in the three months since the portal’s debut. According to Triodos, the crowdfunding site opened to investors in January and the latest offer to… Read More

March 15, 2018 @ 8:17 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a UK based online marketplace platform for property finance, has announced a proposed issuance of  5.375% fixed rate bonds due October 2023 by its wholly-owned subsidiary, LendInvest Secured Income plc. Christian Faes, Co-founder and CEO of LendInvest Limited, said they were delighted to return… Read More

December 21, 2017 @ 4:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

dv01, the data management, reporting, and analytics platform that offers institutional investors transparency and insight into lending markets, announced on Thursday it is set to close 2017 with $7.9 billion of consumer unsecured bonds. This news comes just a few months after the company launched its… Read More

November 22, 2017 @ 10:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Overbond Ltd., an end-to-end Capital Markets platform for primary bond origination and fixed income deal execution, recently announced it has expanded real-time access to the Overbond Platform to all U.S. corporate issuers and institutional investors by extending key functionality via desktop and mobile applications for… Read More

July 15, 2016 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Recently launched crowdfunding platform, Downing Crowd, an offshoot of London-based VC firm Downing, is finding success with its new platform. Powered by Edinburgh-based ShareIn, Downing Crowd has closed its second deal in two days raising a total of £3.2 million.  According to information provided by… Read More

April 26, 2016 @ 1:27 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The US’ largest marketplace lender LendingClub Corp. is planning its first sale of bonds backed by its unsecured loans, reported the WSJ, seeking new funding sources in today’s challenging market. Working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Jefferies Group on the offerings, LendingClub’s plans to discuss updates with potential investors as early as this week, reported the WSJ; Goldman… Read More

November 13, 2015 @ 2:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced that research revealed that its bonds are notably “increasing the interesting rate.” The UK-based website shared: “The bonds on Crowdcube enable our crowd of over 220,000 people the opportunity to invest in more established businesses. In return, investors are receiving… Read More

September 27, 2015 @ 4:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Iron Sky, the cult film, is back on Invesdor once again to raise more capital. We last heard from Iron Sky in 2014.  The camp classic film about Nazi’s who are hiding out on the moon, hit Invesdor to raise €150,000 to help finance the movie… Read More

January 27, 2015 @ 2:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform, Fundrise, announced this week that it has opened a new crowdfunding campaign dedicated to raise a minimum of $2 million in tax free bonds for New York City’s 3 World Trade Center. The investment summary reads,”This investment is dependent upon the performance… Read More

October 31, 2012 @ 1:30 pm By Sherwood Niess and Jason Best, Crowdfund Capital Advisors  |  

Here’s a Halloween tale sure to leave you awake at night. It’s the tale of Zombie Capital… the scourge of the American economy, sucking the very life out of the public equity markets. (Okay, we all know zombies normally eat brains, but for the sake… Read More