Tagged: fundrise

September 10, 2015 @ 9:09 am By Ben Miller  |  

The investment crowdfunding space is on fire – growing by more than 1000% a year. Within real estate alone, total investment is projected to hit $2.5 billion by the end of December. Meanwhile, FinTech has become glorified as a revolution in finance ready to take… Read More

September 3, 2015 @ 3:14 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  The first real estate project in New York to be financed notably through crowdfunding, AKA United Nations, will open to guests starting Sept. 10, notes a recent story on BloombergBusiness. The extended-stay hotel-condominium on East 46th Street near Second Avenue cost $95 million to purchase and fix up… Read More

September 1, 2015 @ 11:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise has helped to finance a “Class A” apartment building in Salt Lake City, Utah.  The 158 unit building, called the Bonneville, is located in the Central City neighborhood of Salt Lake City.  According to Fundrise, investors participating in the offer… Read More

August 5, 2015 @ 3:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise expects the Seattle market will be one of their strongest markets over the next year as they’ve seen growing demand from investors from around the country. Fundrise states they are very bullish on the Seattle market as it continues to be on the top five strongest markets in… Read More

July 22, 2015 @ 12:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fundrise recently revealed to Crowdfund Insider that their real estate pipeline is ready to pop higher.  This is even with the fact that less than 1% of the 300 plus deals submitted each week are accepted to raise capital on the Fundrise platform. Co-founder and… Read More

July 11, 2015 @ 4:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding may be the hottest sector within the crowdfunding industry – at least in the US. Real estate and crowdfunding, be it debt or equity, is a perfect marriage of pairing technology to an out of date process of matching investors to projects. In the past,… Read More

June 22, 2015 @ 10:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise, a trailblazer in the real estate crowdfunding space, is looking to expand and China is high on the list.  It is a natural step for the platform as the largest investor in Fundrise is Renren, a publicly traded social media platform based in Beijing…. Read More

June 19, 2015 @ 5:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Title IV of the JOBS Act finally become an actionable exemption today.  Rules 251 through 263 of Regulation A, under the Securities Act of 1933, were amended in an effort to fix a previously untenable securities rule.  Reg A+, as it is commonly known, has… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise has partnered with Buchanan Partners to raise $1.5 million for the acquisition and recapitalization of the Innovation Business Center in Manassas, Virginia.  According to Fundrise, the flex-office space property is fully occupied today. Investors in the project may expect an… Read More

April 13, 2015 @ 6:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise has shared a bit of history.  The first ever crowdfunded real estate project has opened up as a “communal food” and retail market in the H Street corridor in our nation’s Capitol. Maketto, located at 1351 H Street NE, was… Read More

March 27, 2015 @ 4:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise, one of the first crowdfunding platforms in the United States, was an early innovator when it comes to real estate crowdfunding.  Founded by brothers Ben & Dan Miller, the pair started using old Regulation A to offer shares in small real estate deals. This… Read More

February 19, 2015 @ 10:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Leading Crowdfunding Platform Plans to Deploy Estimated $30 Million of Capital in Mile-High City Fundrise, the leading real estate crowdfunding platform, today announced that it has made its debut in the Denver real estate market after providing $1 million to finance a ground-up mixed-use apartment complex with… Read More

February 6, 2015 @ 1:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise has received commitments from six institutional funds for more than $100 million to invest on their platform. The specific fund names were not disclosed. The significant amount of backing was qualified as due to Fundrise’s “success in tapping into the… Read More

January 31, 2015 @ 6:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise co-founder Dan Miller recently chatted up one of their most interesting real estate crowdfunding deals yet:  3 World Trade Center. The project is a 2.5 million square foot class A office development put together by big name developer Silverstein Properties in downtown New York City. Silverstein… 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

January 13, 2015 @ 4:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

MIPIM announced on Tuesday (January 13th) the winners of the MIPIM Open Stage, which is a crowdsourcing operation calling on companies to suggest a conference panel subject related to the impact of big and open data on the property industry. The winners are CompStak and… Read More

January 11, 2015 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Fast growing real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise has been expanding its message and platform reach across a growing number of states. Site co-founder Dan Miller recently stated they are aggressively growing their company and are intending on setting up shop in Europe – specifically London as they… Read More

January 7, 2015 @ 2:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise received some exposure in the Gray Lady recently also known as the New York Times. Fundrise co-founder and President Dan Miller participated in a “30 minute interview” about his budding platform. A few interesting notes distilled from the brief include… Read More

January 7, 2015 @ 8:04 am By Erin Hobey  |  

2014 proved to be a strong year for fledgling Sliced Investing, an investment platform connecting accredited investors to hedge fund investments: in November the platform closed seed financing of $2 million to develop new funds for investors and accelerate the platform’s growth. Venture capital firms… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 11:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

First Crowdfunded Real Estate Project in Detroit  Fundrise, a leading real estate crowdfunding platform, today announced it is partnering with Larson Realty Group to develop the former Tiger Stadium in Corktown, Detroit’s oldest neighborhood.  It will be Fundrise’s first project in Detroit. The Economic Development Corporation… Read More