OnDeck Results Disappoint as Shares Move Lower

OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK), a leading online lender targeting small business, published Q1 results today. While the lending platform reported and increase of loans under management to $1.2 billion, a 25% inc...

Online Personal Styling Service The Chapar Launches Crowdcube Initiative to Raise £1 Million

The Chapar, a UK-based online personal styling service, is currently seeking  £1 million on equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube, as it prepares to expand its service. The company describes itse...

LendingTree Announces Top Customer-Rated Lenders by Loan Product for 2017’s First Quarter

Online loan marketplace, LendingTree (NASDAQ: TREE), announced on Friday the top customer-rated lenders by loan product for 2017’s first quarter. According to the platform, the list features top len...

The Fix Crowdfunding Portion of the Financial Choice Act is Not Much of a Fix

The Financial Choice Act is a valiant effort to address the profound shortcomings of the Dodd-Frank law. Dodd-Frank has been lambasted as regulatory overreach driven by politicians that really donR...

Update: Intrepid Studios’ “Ashes of Creation” Nears $1.5 Million First Week on Kickstarter

Just one week after launching a Kickstarter campaign for the upcoming MMORPG game Ashes of Creation, Intrepid Studios has successfully secured nearly $1.5 million from close to 8,300 backers. The init...

Slacker Backers: Last Chance to Join “Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire” Fig Campaign

Crowdfunding platform for video games, Fig announced Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is set to close the initiative for slacker backers. The funding portal launched the slacker backer feature at t...

Ezubao P2P Lending Fraud Update: 26 on Trial

Do you remember the Ezubao Ponzi scheme that ended in the single largest peer to peer lending fraud of all time? Investors, saw approximately 50 billion CNY or about USD $7.2 billion flushed down the ...

Success: Pie Company Eat Square Secure Funding Target on Seedrs

Eat Square, a UK-based pie company specializing in quality pies of individual portion size, has successfully raised its initial  £40,000 through equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. The company lau...

Fintech Platform dv01 Announces Reporting Partnership with SoFi

Reporting and analytics fintech platform dv01 announced on Monday it has formed a reporting partnership with peer-to-peer lending platform SoFi. According to dv01, this new partnership will allow ins...

Why Elio Motors Makes Me Sad

I want to be clear: I am not an investor in Elio Motors (OTCQX: ELIO). I did not participate in any manner with their offering under the new and improved Regulation A (also called Reg A+), and I did n...

Seedrs announces launch of secondary market to help boost investment for start-ups

Seedrs hopes the move will make equity crowdfunding a more attractive option for investors

Crowdcube Spain Investors Pour Funds into Artisanal Brewer Monkey Beer

Monkey Beer’s glass is more than half full, its nearly 80% full. Founded in Toledo in 2014,  artisanal brewer Monkey Beer was recognized by WBCHALLENGER in 2016 as one of the best breweries i...

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