Tagged: investment

September 15, 2015 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this summer, Patch of Land announced the release of its long-anticipated secured debt investment structure, effective for all its offerings in the past and into the future. Although the new structure took Patch of Land over a year of extensive research and consultation to… Read More

September 9, 2015 @ 10:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, new property crowdfunding firm A Piece of London announced that it has officially launched its platform. A Piece of London will now allow clients to choose a property from its portfolio and invest through their online platform. Operating under FCA guidelines, the platform will manage… Read More

September 2, 2015 @ 1:04 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

    A recent national survey in the UK found that 7 per cent of over-65s, about 728,000 people, will consider peer-to-peer lending, according to Yorkshire Building Society, which conducted the survey, and FT Adviser. Yorkshire Building Society is among the largest building societies in the UK, with… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 11:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Investment crowdfunding platform Symbid announced it has received 28% revenue growth in the second quarter of 2015. Korstiaan Zandvliet, co-founder and CEO of Symbid, stated: “We are delighted to report strong revenue growth as our core business continues to expand while we add new revenue streams from our… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 2:09 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Syndex, welcome to the world of peer-to-peer lending. The New Zealand-based company today launched one of the country’s first online exchanges for buyers and sellers of proportionally-owned assets, according to a press release from farm investment company MyFarm. Shares in MyFarm’s $550 million of rural assets under… 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

July 9, 2015 @ 11:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

While making the final preparations for its launch, upcoming UK real estate investment platform, BrickVest, announced it has received backing from Rocket Internet’s Global Founders Capital (GFC). According to TechCrunch, GFC has invested in a startup before the platform open its investment doors. Although BrickVest nor GFC are disclosing… Read More

May 6, 2015 @ 3:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seed Equity Capital Partners, LLC, announced today that it is launching Seed Equity Venture Fund I, L.P. (the “fund”), a venture seed fund targeting $10 million to invest in early growth stage technology companies. The fund has made a filing with the SEC under Rule 506(c),… Read More

April 24, 2015 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the recent prediction that it’ll have a “record breaking” year, Crowdcube unveiled a new infographic to reflect the key statistics and facts about its investment crowdfunding platform’s growth. Last week, Crowdcube announced that it is expecting to have an exciting 2015 following the success of Q1 funding.  The first quarter saw… Read More

April 16, 2015 @ 8:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerRealty, a real estate crowdfunding platform, is proud to announce the introduction of a secondary market for crowdfunded assets and other private investment offerings.  PeerRealty COO Juan Hernandez remarked: “PeerRealty is all about providing access, transparency and flexibility, and our secondary market will provide investors… Read More

April 14, 2015 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

MobCraft Beer, an award winning Madison craft brewery, announced that it has closed one of the first intrastate equity crowdfunding campaigns in the U.S. The campaign received an initial commitment of $75,000 from 57 investors, topping the Kickstarter brewery record of $71,000. The round ultimately… Read More

February 25, 2015 @ 9:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

North Capital Investment Technology (NCIT) announced today the launch of the 99Funding marketplace, the first online crowdfunding platform for broker-vetted, syndicated private offerings. All deals posted on the platform are vetted by an experienced team of investment professionals and offered through North Capital Private Securities (NCPS), a registered broker-dealer focused on the… Read More

February 23, 2015 @ 2:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, founder of Linked Finance, Peter O’Mahony announced that the peer-to-peer lender has received a €2.5m investment from Ireland-based Frontline Ventures. According to The Independent, the lending platform is looking to expand its operations and is seeking to double the maximum amount businesses may… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 8:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Victory Park Capital (VPC), an asset management firm focused on middle market debt and equity investments, announced today that it will invest up to £150 million in loans originated by Assetz Capital under a new five year contract. Assetz Capital is a peer-to-peer lending platform that combines traditional… Read More

December 23, 2014 @ 1:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Data released today by the world’s first crowd funded property investment vehicle has revealed that appetite for its investment projects has significantly increased year-on-year. The House Crowd, based in Hale, has experienced an 800% increase in the speed at which each investment project is funded,… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

iCapRate Investment Corporation, a pioneer in Net Leased commercial real estate crowdfund investing, emerged from stealth mode today announcing plans to unveil an innovative online platform allowing accredited investors to participate side-by-side with iCapRate in the direct ownership of vetted Investment-Grade Single Tenant Net Leased… Read More

November 20, 2014 @ 4:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Onevest, an equity crowdfunding provider, announced the launch of Learn.Onevest.com, a free peer-to-peer learning platform where startup founders and early stage investors may discover curated videos and articles to become more successful in the startup industry. “The mission of Learn.Onevest is to create an online learning community for… Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 4:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday (October 30th), Betaworks’ equity crowdfunding platform, Alphaworks, announced that Erin Glenn is set to take the role as its brand new CEO, while co-founder and former CEO, Nick Chirls, pursues another project. According to TechCrunch, Glenn comes from four years in a CFO… Read More

October 24, 2014 @ 10:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tipalti, a provider of the cloud pay-outs management automation platform, announced on Friday (October 24th) a $13 million Series B funding round led by Wicklow Capital. Tipalti plans to use the new round of funding to aggressively grow sales and marketing, to invest in product… Read More

October 23, 2014 @ 10:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

By bundling up the best of the world’s crowdfunding opportunities with an equally comprehensive amalgamation of more conventional businesses for sale. BusinessAgent aims to become to investment and crowdfunding as what Rightmove is to houses and estate agents. While sharing details about the newest equity crowdfunding… Read More