Tagged: software

March 22, 2017 @ 12:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pepper, a software platform that creates merchant branded apps to drive loyalty and increase customer spending, has successfully secured its initial £500,000 funding target from more than 150 investors on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. The company, which was launched in 2015, is currently live in… Read More

March 21, 2017 @ 7:47 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based Madiston has shared that FinBee, the first licensed peer to peer lender for SMEs in Lithuania, has launched using Madiston tech. FinBee has already been in operation providing consumer loans using the Madiston platform. The company is extending the arrangement to move into… Read More

March 13, 2017 @ 11:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Misys, a financial service software provider, and D+H (TSX: DH), another financial technology provider, are poised to merge and thus create a “diversified Fintech market leader” with a global footprint providing financial services software with an estimated revenue of $2.2 billion.  The announcement came today… Read More

February 10, 2017 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Therese Torris, Senior Contributing Editor for Crowdfund Insider, recently visited the offices of Misys to discuss alternative finance. Misys is a large UK based financial services software provider offering solutions for retail and corporate banking along with capital markets applications.  Misys claims more than 2000… Read More

February 7, 2017 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

“Platform as a Service” company Katipult, is reporting a “substantial capital investment in a round of funding” to help fuel global growth. A standout in the Canadian Fintech scene, Katipult is a white label software platform that powers investment marketplaces for crowdfunding or online lending… Read More

January 17, 2017 @ 1:48 pm By Therese Torris  |  

Today on the Parisian leg of a world tour called Misys Connect Forum, banking software publisher Misys announced the launch of a new addition to its offering of financial software solutions: Misys FusionBanking CrowdLending. The software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution aims at enabling retail and corporate banks… Read More

December 6, 2016 @ 6:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Veeqo, a UK based software company, has announced a £1 million Series A crowdfunding round. Veeqo is a company that helps online retailers increase their profit by selling on multiple channels and by managing their inventory, orders and shipping across a single, cloud-based platform. Veeqo has… Read More

November 30, 2016 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Mambu, a software as a service (SaaS) banking platform, has received the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Financial Services Competency certification. Mambu states it will be one of the first companies to benefit from the new program that launched at re:Invent in Las Vegas. According to… Read More

November 25, 2016 @ 9:27 am By Paul Swaddle  |  

  As a mobile app development professional at the largest independent app developers in the UK, I’m asked on countless occasions by enterprise organisations “should we develop a native or hybrid app for our business?” The poser of the questions then sits, perched forward on… Read More

November 11, 2016 @ 10:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Builderstorm, a UK based cloud-based software brand, recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. Originally seeking £100,000, the company has already secured the initial funding target from more than 80 investors. Builderstorm currently offers software for managing construction companies. The software has over 30… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 9:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Thought-Wired announced on Wednesday the launch of its PledgeMe campaign. The New Zealand social enterprise is currently seeking $200,000 through the initiative as it looks to fund the next stage of commercializing its thought sensing software. Launched in 2011, Thought-Wired’s product nous is described as a piece… Read More

August 12, 2016 @ 8:34 am By Bret Conkin  |  

So you want to start a Crowdfunding Portal…. Crowdfunding and Fintech in general are demonstrating dramatic growth due to many factors including the growth of the sharing economy, technology innovations and the liberalization of securities regulations in the US and Canada. A sure indicator of… Read More

July 5, 2016 @ 1:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, UK’s tech startup, MindGenius, launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £1 million as it prepares to debut its new online solution, Barvas. The company, which has been actively operating for 7 years, has sold its desktop product to over 90,000 users… Read More

April 15, 2016 @ 12:01 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Venture capitalists invested $12.1 billion in 969 deals in the first quarter of 2016, according to the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. Total venture dollars deployed to startup companies for… Read More

April 12, 2016 @ 12:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerLend, an India-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, announced on Monday the launch of its new software service PeerZoom. According to the company, PeerZoom allows users to customize and configure its lending portal in the shortest time possible.  Features include: Change catalysis and architecting: PeerLend’s engagement… Read More

April 5, 2016 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Pocket App, a company that creates custom mobile apps, has quickly topped its £750,000 equity crowdfunding objective on Seedrs having garnered the backing of 321 investors with an average investment amount of about £2300.  Pre-money valuation was placed at £3.6 million. The investment offer is… Read More

March 8, 2016 @ 1:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding software provider, Katipult, announced this week it is looking to establish its compliance solution in various countries outside the U.S. including UK, Singapore, Australia & Canada.  The announcement came at a private investor event facilitated by the Global Fintech Group, where the company… Read More

February 16, 2016 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Aprenita is a recent entry into the online lending sector. While the largest platforms focus on consumer or SME lending, Aprenita has established a laser-focused niche. Founded by Mark Loranger and Sergei Kovalenko, the entrepreneurial pair has “identified a critical funding gap where old systems… Read More

December 17, 2015 @ 4:09 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

After successfully raising €150,000 in 7 days Drupal Social is now overfunding on Symbid to reach the €200.000 for 10% of its equity goal. To date, the platform has raised over €182,000 toward its new goal. Drupal Social’s parent company GoalGorilla is a digital agency that designs, develops and markets… Read More

September 20, 2015 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Ne’er do wells are constantly trying to hack your home computer.  If you do not believe me, load up some software and see how frequently your home network is scanned.  The fact is that just about anyone can be a casual hacker these days.  Just… Read More