Tagged: crowdlending

Fasanara Capital Raises €250 Million Fintech Fund, Backed by the European Investment Fund

Fasanara Capital has closed on a €250 Million Fintech Fund that was supported by the European Investment Fund (EIF) that made a “cornerstone” investment in the fund. Fasanara Capital is a boutique alternative asset manager and an investor in Fintech lending in Europe. The fund… Read More

Loan Marketplace Mintos Tops £6 Million on Crowdcube: CEO Martins Sulte Shares Insight into Platform Operations

Mintos, a European marketplace for loans, launched a securities crowdfunding offer on Crowdcube earlier this week. The equity sale quickly surpassed its £1 million hurdle and as of today, the offering has raised over £6 million backed by more than. In the process, Mintos set… Read More

Peer to Peer Lending Report: Majority of Investors Remain Optimistic During COVID-19 Crisis

  Mintos, a top marketplace for debt investors in Europe, has recently conducted research amongst their audience seeking to gain insight into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Mintos, the majority of crowdlending investors (65%) remain optimistic even in light of the ongoing… Read More

A Bank Loan Alternative: Honeycomb Credit CEO Provides Insight into Crowdfunding Platform Performance During Coronavirus Crisis

George Cook, the CEO of Honeycomb Credit, is a sixth-generation community banker who started a loan crowdfunding portal to support main street small businesses. A FINRA regulated funding portal, Honeycomb is a debt only seeing an opportunity to supplant bank lending or competing Fintechs that… Read More

Black Eye: Estonia Hit by Shuttered P2P Investment Platforms, Impacted Investors Look for Answers

Last month, Crowdfund Insider reported on two debt-based investment platforms based in Estonia closing their doors leaving investors with many questions and apparently no money. Envestio tweeted that the problem had to do with a “well-planned set of actions aimed to cause significant financial and… Read More

Online Lending Platform October Celebrates One-Year Anniversary in the Netherlands

October Nederland, a financing platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe, celebrated its one-year anniversary on October 31, 2019. The firm’s application to operate as a Netherlands-based lending platform was approved last year by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets. October (formerly… Read More

PledgeMe Launches Lending Month of May: Seeks to Help Kiwis Learn More About Crowdlending

On Monday, New Zealand’s crowdfunding platform PledgeMe announced it was dedicating the month of May to lending related goodness. While sharing details about the initiative, the PledgeMe team stated that throughout the month they will be connecting with Kiwis who are interested and curious about crowdlending…. Read More

Crowdlender Zank Overfunding on Crowdcube Spain, One Day Remaining on Campaign

Zank you very much for banking online.  With one day remaining on its Crowdcube Spain crowdfunding campaign, Spanish crowdlender Zank has surpassed its 300K€ goal by 118%, raising over 356,199€ from over 153 investors for 7.62% equity offered.  The largest investment was to date has been 30,000€. Zank offers… Read More

Denheath Desserts Closes PledgeMe Crowdlending Campaign With Nearly $370,000 in Funds

Denheath Desserts, a custard square brand from South Canterbury, has officially closed its crowdlending campaign, which raised nearly $369,001 from 161 investors, on PledgeMe. Denheath Desserts currently produces 10,000 custard squares per day from its Timaru factor.  The company’s previously revealed “From a small sleepy family-owned cafe to an iconic… Read More

¡Aprobado! MytripleA CEO Anton Discusses Additional CNMV Authorization

This month the Spanish financial regulator Securities Exchange Commission (CNMV)  authorized MytripleA as a Platform for Participatory Financing, the formal name for a crowdlending platform. This is one of the first actions to implement Law 5/2015 Promotion of Corporate Financing. “Alternative financing is growing rapidly in… Read More

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