Tagged: platform

November 1, 2017 @ 2:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

California-based fintech broker firm Robinhood announced on Wednesday the launch of its new platform, Robinhood for Web, which features research and discovery tools. The platform’s debut comes less than a year after the company secured $110 million during its recent Series C funding round, which was led… Read More

April 10, 2017 @ 1:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based Starling Bank announced on Monday the launch of its new Developer Portal, which now enables third-parties to securely access customer data and builds on top of the Starling Platform using the mobile-only bank’s Application Programming Interface (APIs). According to Starling Bank, the APIs allow external… Read More

January 11, 2017 @ 11:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based ticket resale platform, Twickets, closed its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with more than £1.2 million in funding. The website launched the initiative in November originally seeking £700,000. Twickets has achieved more than  £2.7 million in ticket sales and 240,000 mobile app downloads since its launch in 2011…. Read More

July 20, 2016 @ 3:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, creators of the social platform, Spontly, took to equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs to raise £200,000. Within a matter of days, the initiative successfully secured over £170,000 from nearly 80 investors. Spontly is described as a platform for building social apps for existing community…. Read More

November 10, 2015 @ 9:00 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

EnergyFunders, an online marketplace connecting investors to oil and gas projects, today announced its official launch as the first platform to facilitate global and national participation in deals operated by small and mid-sized operators in the U.S., according to the press release Featuring investment minimums as… Read More

September 9, 2015 @ 11:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Swedish native Rachel Brathen, who is an author, motivational speaker and international yoga teacher, launched a crowdfunding initiative on Kickstarter to raise $108,000 for oneOeight, her new online platform that is dedicated to “healing with a foundation in yoga.” The new platform will feature high quality video… Read More

September 8, 2015 @ 9:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Property ownership accounts for almost 40% of household wealth in the UK, but buying into property requires a lot of time, local knowledge, and ever larger amounts of capital as the market rises in value. Accessing that locked-in capital easily and cheaply is also a… Read More

March 3, 2015 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (March 3rd), Florida-based MsGenuity launched a reward-based crowdfunding portal developed solely for the mom and family consumer. The site enables both funding and consumer input into the development of innovative product designs, creative projects and worthy community events. By serving an untapped market,… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 10:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in 2012, a Portland, Oregon resident and game developer, known then as Devi-Ever, launched a Kickstarter campaign to help raise funds for her new project, CONSOLE: FX Platform. The open source platform allows guitar pedals to interact with a cartridge standard to create nearly limitless… Read More