Tagged: real estate

August 13, 2015 @ 9:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Paula DeLaurentis, a senior marketing, financial services, and real estate professional, has joined real estate crowdfunding platform iFunding as the Chief Revenue Officer. DeLaurentis will be expanding the company’s business development and marketing efforts by implementing a greater strategic focus and a personalized outreach to the real… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdahouse was originally launched in 2012.  The crowdfunding platform sought to drive efficiencies in the buy-to-let market by providing capital via equity at minimum amounts of £5,000. Today Crowdahouse is changing direction by pivoting to debt based lending.  Gary Corben, co-founder and CEO of Crowdahouse,… Read More

August 12, 2015 @ 1:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, real estate investors network and marketplace, Connected Investors, announced the launch of its aggregated real estate crowdfunding marketplace. For the first time, investors will be able to quickly locate and evaluate investments available across the real estate crowdfunding industry in the US and… Read More

August 7, 2015 @ 10:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

EarlyShares, a real estate crowdfunding platform that gives accredited investors direct access to commercial real estate opportunities, has launched an equity investment offering for Grubb Southeast Real Estate Fund V, LLC. The fund will target real estate investments in metropolitan areas located throughout the Southeast U.S. Grubb Properties is seeking… Read More

August 7, 2015 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Young buy-to-let lender Elevate Capital is using Profile Software‘s peer-to-peer lending solution. Profile has created FMS.Next, an online banking solution, that can power P2P lending platforms. Elevate launched in early 2015 and has been slowly ramping operations. According to a statement provided by Profile, “Elevate,… Read More

August 5, 2015 @ 9:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

RealtyMogul has named Steve Ozonian to its board of directors. Ozonian  is described as a real estate, finance and technology executive who has led the growth and development of several major real estate companies including Prudential Real Estate Services and REALTOR.com.  The addition of Ozonian… Read More

August 5, 2015 @ 4:56 pm By Anthony Zeoli  |  

The awareness and popularity of real estate based equity crowdfunding (i.e. “RECfunds”) continues to grow exponentially. As do the number of real estate crowdfunding portals. RECFunds offer substantial benefits to today’s investors including access to multiple types of projects, smaller barriers to investment, and portfolio… 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

August 4, 2015 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Scott Picken is based in South Africa but he clearly thinks big when considering the addressable market for his real estate crowdfunding platform Wealth Migrate. It is his opinion that banking, insurance, real estate – basically all aspects of finance –  will be revolutionized by… Read More

August 4, 2015 @ 11:02 am By Erin Hobey  |  

AssetAvenue, an online lender for real estate investment properties, announced that Peter Coleman has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Coleman brings more than 20 years of financial management and investment banking experience focused on technology companies. At AssetAvenue, Coleman will be responsible for leading the… Read More

August 4, 2015 @ 7:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform RealtyShares, has stated that nearly $22 million was funded via its marketplace in the 2nd quarter of 2015. This represents a  5X jump versus year prior as the platform matched accredited and institutional investors to over 50 properties across the United… Read More

August 3, 2015 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Richmond based Allegiancy, a real estate asset management firm, says it is preparing for outsized growth in the coming months.  The firm expects to double the number of employees over the next two years. To accommodate the growth plans, Allegiancy has just moved into new… Read More

August 1, 2015 @ 5:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Patch of Land, a real estate crowdfunding platform, has added commercial properties to its offerings for investors.  Until now the young company has focused on residential, mainly fix-and-flip type deals. The push into commercial has been expected following the announcement of a successful funding round earlier… Read More

July 22, 2015 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Golden Pacific Capital is offering $10M equity participation in a professionally-managed, leveraged investment fund through real estate crowdfunding platform, Crowdflipr. This project is focused on the acquisition and rental of Kansas City (“KC”) single family residence (“SFR”) real estate. The KC Distressed SFR Fund is based on its… 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 21, 2015 @ 5:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

RealtyMogul continues to hire aggressively with the new appointment of Timothy Li as its Chief Information Officer.  The announcement comes just as the real estate crowdfunding platform raised $35 million in a Series B Funding round led by Sorenson earlier this month. Li previously served… Read More

July 14, 2015 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform RealtyMogul has raised a sturdy $35 million in a Series B funding round. The valuation was not disclosed.  The Funding was led by Sorenson Capital with early investor Canaan Partners joining in as well.  The investment was described as a underscoring “RealtyMogul’s… 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 13, 2015 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real Estate Value Advisors (REVA), based in Richmond, has listed REVA Raleigh Colonnade DST on EarlyShares as it seeks to raise $10,212,500 in equity crowdfunding. The building was originally purchased in January for $27.54 million. According to the offer page, investors are expected to see… 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