Tagged: singapore

December 2, 2015 @ 8:06 am By Umar Munshi  |  

Islamic Crowdfunding has the potential to help us change our world for the better. When an online community unites and pools resources, this community has the financial and social clout and capability to create and re-create multiple aspects of the world and directly impact society…. Read More

November 29, 2015 @ 7:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Trendlines, an Israeli based tech company that targets the medical and agricultural industry, recently completed its IPO on the Catalist of the SingaporeExhcange trading under the on ticker symbol SGX:42T.  The company reports that S$38.7 million was raised with IPO proceeds of S$25 million adding to pre-IPO investment…. Read More

November 23, 2015 @ 8:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Kapital Boost has won the Social Enterprise Startup of the Year award during the inaugural ASEAN Rice Bowl Startup event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Singapore-based Kapital Boost is the first Islamic peer-to-business (P2B) crowdfunding platform in Asia. Launched in July 2015, Kapital Boost has… Read More

November 20, 2015 @ 8:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdsourcing Week (CSW) has launched its initiative to raise additional capital on Crowdcube. The event organizer and consulting group is seeking to raise £80,000 to expand the company’s events and launch new products including integrated e-learning and consulting that will be accessible to a wider global… Read More

November 17, 2015 @ 10:32 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  A co-founder of Funding Societies in his 20s, Reynold Wijaya is now the peer-to-peer lending company’s chief operations (Singapore) leader, and has helped bring the company’s funding to near $1.25 million. Funding Societies was among the first homegrown P2P lending companies to bring in a trustee registered with the… Read More

November 3, 2015 @ 10:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

CoAssets, a real estate crowdfunding platform serving Southeast Asia, has just completed its first Expo for Property, Investing and Crowdfunding (EPIC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  According to company representatives, the event was a big success as S$ 15 million worth of deals consummated during the… Read More

November 3, 2015 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore-based Call Levels, a real-time financial monitoring and alert service that seeks to help traders monitor financial assets price movements easily on mobile, has announced that it has closed a pre-series A led by 500 Startups. The startup also raised capital from a consortium of… Read More

October 21, 2015 @ 12:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bondora, a pan-European marketplace lender, opens to accredited investors from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Australia. The platform now allows global accredited investors to invest directly into personal unsecured loans across three European markets including Spain,… Read More

October 2, 2015 @ 6:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

List71, based in Singapore, has put a new spin on the crowdfunding space.  According to the site description, List71 is “beyond debt and equity”.  Investors sign up to receive a portion the company’s revenue for a period of time instead of purchasing direct ownership.  Company… Read More

September 30, 2015 @ 10:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

From the 10th to 13th  of November, first in Asia with LIVE Crowdfunding BOLD2015 “Spirit of LIVE CrowdFunding” excites, promotes and advances startup in many ways to step forth to inspire those who are still at thinking mode. BOLD2015 is about taking risk, being fearless,… Read More

September 23, 2015 @ 9:54 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“My advice to female innovators and disruptors is to have balance in your relationships with mentors, advisors, close associates and friends that will ultimately broaden both your networks and channels to access capital. This is going to be critical as you scale, grow, and ultimately… Read More

September 5, 2015 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Event organizer Crowdsourcing Week has decided to launch an equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube in the coming weeks. In a note to followers, founder and CEO Epi Ludvik Nekaj announced the funding round: As you may know, as a bootstrapped company since 2013, our small… Read More

September 1, 2015 @ 3:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kicking Bird Pte Ltd, a Singapore based film distribution and production house, announced plans to  launch a crowdfunding campaign on FundedByMe to raise funds for the production of the upcoming film Untot, a fictional horror film set in World War II starring Hayden Christensen of Star… Read More

September 1, 2015 @ 12:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

It’s meal time, a time when Zomato’s site is likely swarmed with hits.  If you are not yet familiar with Zomato, click here to see if the platform services your city. From Vancouver to Auckland, Zomato is used by millions of hungry people every day to decide… Read More

August 31, 2015 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Quoting Massolution, crowdsourcing.org “Global crowdfunding experienced accelerated growth in 2014, expanding by 167 percent to reach $16.2 billion raised, up from $6.1 billion in 2013. In 2015, the industry is set to more than double once again, on its way to raising $34.4 billion. These… Read More

August 27, 2015 @ 3:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform CoAssets is looking to set up shop in neighboring Malaysia.  Earlier this year Malaysian securities authorities announced the approval of 6 investment crowdfunding platforms but CoAssets, based in Singapore, was not on the list.  Denied at the time,  CoAssets is currently… Read More

August 18, 2015 @ 12:09 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Capital Match Holdings Pte. Ltd. today announced its S$1 million raise in its Series-A round of venture financing. The round was led by Innosight Ventures and included previous investors Crystal Horse Investments and CE-Tech Invest. The funds will be used for product development, marketing and… Read More

August 17, 2015 @ 12:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australian listed crowdfunding platform CoAssets Limited (“CoAssets” or the “Company”) (NSX code: CAX), confirmed on Monday that it has successfully crowdfunded the platform’s first Singapore-based real estate project.  Launched on July 1st, Mountbatten Lights, a boutique cluster bungalow development, managed to raise S$500,000 from more than… Read More

August 16, 2015 @ 6:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Dusan Stojanovic, a low profile early stage investor who founded True Global Ventures (TGV), recently held a competition to select top female entrepreneurs. Stojanovic funded the competition with his own money – including the cash awards. Stojanovic, originally from Sweden, won the Business Angel of the year award… Read More

August 7, 2015 @ 12:49 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

    Would a “Safe Room,” a storage facility filled with 80 tonnes of silver and a tonne of gold, worth about S$120 million total, increase your confidence about participating in a peer-to-peer loan platform? Silver Bullion, a Singapore-based bullion retailer, is counting on it. The company just launched… Read More