Tagged: real estate

October 12, 2015 @ 7:35 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a UK-based peer to peer lending platform that targets the mortgage market, has reported a profit of £3.1 million on revenue of £15 million for the year ending March 2015.  LendInvest reported a profit in 2014 of £1.2 million on revenue of £5 million…. Read More

October 10, 2015 @ 9:52 am By JD Alois  |  

EarlyShares, an early participant in the investment crowdfunding space, has received a nice recognition for the efforts of Heather Schwarz, co-founder and COO.  Schwarz received the 2015 Impact Award for Entrepreneurial Spirit awarded by the CREW Network – an entity dedicated to advancing the achievements… Read More

October 9, 2015 @ 8:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Online estate agency firm eMoov closed its equity crowdfunding campaign at £2,615,530, trouncing their initial goal of £1 million for a 5% stake in the firm. eMoov ended up selling 12.1& of the firm. eMoov stated the offer was the highest amount ever raised on… Read More

October 7, 2015 @ 4:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform WiSeed has surpassed € 30 million in funding.  Launched in 2008, WiSeed has been a leader in the nascent crowdfunding scene in France. In January 2015, Crowdfund Insider wrote that WiSeed had signed up 37,700 members, funded 51 startups, and raised  € 14… Read More

October 7, 2015 @ 10:18 am By Bret Conkin and Alixe Cormick  |  

Real estate investment is a consistently hot news topic.  Open any newspaper or news website in Canada and coverage of the real estate market is easy to find, particularly in Vancouver and Toronto.  Fortunes are made investing in residential and commercial properties. Speculation, offshore investors,… Read More

October 5, 2015 @ 10:00 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  RealMassive, commercial real estate’s open data marketplace, today announced its participation in this year’s Urban Land Institute Fall Conference, October 5-8, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. During this year’s event, RealMassive will unveil Project Atlas, the next generation mapping platform for CRE… Read More

October 4, 2015 @ 9:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Synapse Development Group, along with  Kuwait  Real Estate Company is raising capital for the Yotel Hotel in San Francisco, and they are raising funds using RealCrowd. Real estate crowdfunding has probably been the hottest sector in the investment crowdfunding sector.  Tieing stable returns to a… Read More

October 3, 2015 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Propnology, having recently received  authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has launched a new property investing crowdfunding platform in the UK. According to information provided byPropnology, the new site will “change the future of property investment by removing the barriers to entry, traditionally associated with… Read More

October 2, 2015 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Jilliene Helman CEO and co-founder of RealtyMogul was recently interviewed as part of the “Sharing Economy” series on CNBC. Hellman was recently listed as one of Forbes “30 under 30” roster under the enterprise technology category. Hellman was asked how she came to launch a… Read More

October 1, 2015 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

eMoov, crowdfunding on Crowdcube, has jumped to over £2.282 million as two venture capital groups increased their investment in the online estate agent firm.  Both Episode 1 Ventures and Maxfield Capital Partners have added to their original commitments.  Swiss VC firm Startive Ventures has also… Read More

September 28, 2015 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

AssetAvenue has announced the hiring of Douglas Sellers as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).  Sellers will be responsible for leading all of AssetAvenue’s technology initiatives and developing the product roadmap to launch new products and features for users of the company’s edge online real estate lending… Read More

September 28, 2015 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

One of the leading real estate crowdfunding platforms Patch of Land has announced it has returned $10 million in both principal and interest to investors in less than two years.  This milestone was paired with the revelation that investors have not experienced any loss of… Read More

September 27, 2015 @ 6:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

EMOOV raised more than £2 million in early 2015.  The online estate agency caught the eye, and support, of Simon Murdoch’s VC firm Episode 1.  In late 2013 former Dragon James Caan signed on as an investor. Now as the offer on Crowdcube comes to… Read More

September 25, 2015 @ 6:33 pm By Ian Ippolito  |  

Revolutionary technology is rarely useful or successful right away. Gutenberg’s printing press was a commercial failure until he decided to print the Bible. PC’s were obscure curiosities until the invention of the spreadsheet. Even the Internet was just an academic toy until the invention of… Read More

September 25, 2015 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Veridu, a user verification service, has signed on Durise as its newest customer.  Durise is a new real estate crowdfunding platform based in Dubai, that targets opportunities across the Middle East. Durise, enables many individuals to purchase a small percentage of a property thus making… Read More

September 24, 2015 @ 9:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding investment platform, EarlyShares, announced it was recognized on Friday by the organizers of the first annual Miami Real Estate Symposium & Expo with an ICON Real Estate Award. The honor was granted to celebrate EarlyShares’ accomplishments and impact on the disruption of… Read More

September 23, 2015 @ 9:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

DomaCom, based in Australia, is a “fractional property investing platform” using a strategy that is likened to a diversified equities portfolio. Arthur Naoumidis, CEO of the platform, spoke to CNBC this week to discuss how his platform operates. Asked how DomaCom is different, Naoumidis stated… Read More

September 23, 2015 @ 2:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

DC based Interactive Shares is the newest equity crowdfunding platform to dive into the real estate market.  The investment funding portal joins Fundrise as having its base of operations in the US capitol city. Founded by Yulia Yaani and Burak Bunes, the company wants to… Read More

September 19, 2015 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

EquityMultiple, a new real estate crowdfunding platform, has launched its first public offering for $750,000 in equity for a redevelopment project in Brooklyn, New York.  The sponsor for the project, Bushwack Capital, is developing the $7 million mixed-use project in the North Bushwick neighborhood of… Read More

September 18, 2015 @ 1:31 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  VENTURA, California — iRent Inc., a top real estate marketplace for home and apartment rentals, announced today the appointment of Michael W. Walsh to its Advisory Board. iRent is a rental property marketplace where managers, owners and renters can connect in a secure, trusted environment. On iRent, anyone can sign up and list or search rental properties for… Read More