Indiegogo Touts Equity Crowdfunding Success as Issuers Quickly Raise $1.4M in Growth Capital

Indiegogo’s push into investment crowdfunding is working out pretty well so far. In the first two months of operation, Indiegogo has helped five different companies raise growth capital under Re...

Tout Perdu: First Big Loss Hits French Real Estate Crowdfunding Sector

While real estate crowdfunding holds much promise, risk remains. France, home of multiple real estate crowdfunding platforms, has just experienced its first big loss. According to a report in Capital,...

NextGen Crowdfunding Announces the Crowdfunding Video Awards Season Kickoff

On Thursday, NextGen Crowdfunding announced the season one premiere of the Crowdfunding Video Awards (CVAs). The season kickoff comes a couple of months after the company unveiled details about the ...

Lendit Announces Finalists For First Annual Industry Awards

LendIt, the global lending and fintech conference series, announced on Thursday the finalists for its first annual LendIt Industry Awards. The organization revealed that out of hundreds of applicants ...

Assiteca Crowd Launches Sister Donation Platform

Assiteca Crowd, a Consob regulated investment crowdfunding platform in Italy, is launching a sister crowdfunding platform to enable donations. Assiteca Crowdonor will launch on January 26th with the ...

Assetz Capital Hurdles £200 Million in Lending to SMEs

Record Year for Assetz Capital as £108 Million lent to Small Business in 2016. Assetz Capital, a peer-to-peer lending platforms, has announced having originated £200 million in loans since launching...

Seeking Unicorns: Indian Billionaire Kapoor Introduces Yes Fintech Accelerator

Yes Fintech, a business accelerator program in collaboration with Yes Bank, T-Hub, Anthill and LetsTalkPayments, announced that it is accepting global applications until 3 February.  The top 12 sel...

Live from Davos! WISeKey & Stratumn Partner to Provide Blockchain-Based Security Software

WISeKey International Holding Ltd (WIHN.SW), a provider in Root of Trust and certificate authority, and Stratumn SAS, inventor of Proof of Process Technology, partner to provide enterprise grade proce...

Exclusive! Companisto Reflections on 2016 as German Market Leader, Notes 19 Successful Rounds

2016 marked a strong year for Berlin-based crowdfunding platform Companisto.  Founded in 2012 by Tamo Zwinge and David Rhotert. In an earlier interview, Zwinge envisioned Companisto as a crowdinves...

Banks, Startups and Trolls to Duke Over Blockchain?

Reports came out during the holiday season last year of banks quietly stocking up on blockchain patents.  Banks will compete with startups making the same moves.  They will also compete for patents ...

Credible Raises $10 Million in Series B Funding

Credible, a multi-lender marketplace for student and personal loans, has closed on a $10 million Series B funding round.  The newest round brings total funding to $23 million to date for the young Fi...

Lending Club Releases Investor Update on Loss Forecasts

lending clubLending Club (NYSE:LC) has filed an 8-K regarding an investor update from the company’s Chief Investment Officer Siddhartha Jajodia. The letter includes an update on expected delinqu...

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