Fintech Venture Capital Firm Motive Partners Launches & Invests in LMRKTS

Motive Partners, an investment firm focused exclusively on fintech companies, has officially launched and is seeking to invest, operate and innovate across the financial technology ecosystem. The firm...

Sharestates Tops $275 Million in Real Estate Investment

Sharestates, a real estate crowdfunding platform, has hit $275 million in loans since platform launch in 2015.  The milestone makes Sharestates one of the largest online real estate investment platfo...

BorrowersFirst Secures Additional $100 Million in Debt Financing to Accelerate Loan Originations

Online consumer lending platform, BorrowersFirst, announced on Wednesday it secured an additional $100 million in debt financing to accelerate loan originations, and fund the continuous growth of its ...

Credit China FinTech Named a Founding Member of the Global Blockchain Business Council

Credit China FinTech Holdings Limited, an integrated fintech service provider in China, was announced as a founding member of the newly developed organization, Global Blockchain Business Council (GBB...

If I Raise Money Using Crowdfunding, Will I Be Able To Raise More Money Later?

By Mark Roderick CrowdFunding Beat  Sr. contributing editor and crowdfunding attorney with Flaster/Greenberg PC. I have rarely attended a Crowdfunding conference where this question wasn’t asked...

Onfido News: Now Offers 2 Billion Unbanked Individuals Worldwide with Machine Learning-Based Solution

Onfido, a global identity verification company, announced this week it is helping to bring financial services to the 2 billion unbanked individuals worldwide with its Machine Learning-based solution....

Insurtech Platform Lemonade Updates on First Quarter of Operations

Lemonade, the Insurtech company that wants to be your preferred insurance provider, has just published a report on their first quarter of operations. Note that Lemonade is only operating in the state ...

Amplifier Foundation Raises Over $1.3 Million on Kickstarter to Present “We the People” Artwork on Inauguration Day

Last week, the Amplifier Foundation, teamed up with 2008 President Obama HOPE artwork creator Shepard Fairey, Colombian American muralist Jessica Sabogal, and Los Angeles artist Ernesto Yerena, to lau...

School Notices Secures Nearly £825,000 During the Final Hours on Crowdcube

With less than 24 hours until its Crowdcube campaign comes to an end, fundraising platform School Notices has successfully secured nearly £825,000 in funding thanks to 186 investors. The portal launc...

Seed&Spark Announces Entertainment Initiative #100DaysOfDiversity

Seed&Spark, the independent film crowdfunding platform, announced on Wednesday the launch of its latest entertainment initiative, #100DaysofDiversity, which is described as a movement that’...

Illinois Crowdfunding Starting Strong in 2017

While it took longer than expected to get here, Crowdfunding for Illinois businesses is now officially up and running and its full steam ahead. To mark the occasion, a joint press conference was held ...

Lending Club Schedules Q4 Earnings Release for February 14th

Lending Club (NYSE: LC), the leading US marketplace lending platform,  will issue its Q4 earnings report on Tuesday, February 14, 2017, after market close. Lending Club will host a conference call ...

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