Ah! Ventures: Growth & Disruption in Indian Fintech, Importance of Upcoming Alternative Investments Summit India

“India has seen a spectacular growth in the alternative investment market. Numerous HNI Investors have been putting money into Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) for the past 3 years,” assessed ...

Iowa Aims to Be the Most Connected State via $2M Private-Public Crowdsourced Project

Iowa is aiming to become the Most Connected State in the Midwest as Governor Terry Branstad and Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds announced a crowdsourced project to provide broader access to broadband...

Indiegogo Announces Schedule For Consumer Electronics Show 2017

Indiegogo recently announced its schedule for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017. The event will be held in Las Vegas on January 5th-8th. The global crowdfunding platform revealed in its “Ind...

Update: Allas Sea Pool Spa Secures Over €800,000 During the Final Week on Invesdor

With its equity crowdfunding campaign set to close on Invesdor later this week, Allas Sea Pool Spa has officially secured more than €800,000 from over 525 investors. The Helsinki-based resort ope...

HomeUnion Ranks Highest Growth Single Famil Rental Markets. Seattle Tops the List

Online real estate management firm, HomeUnion, has published a list of single-family rental (SFR) rental markets in the US that pinpoints the highest growth markets. According to their data, Seattle ...

Kickstarter’s Engineering Team Begins to Open Source Crowdfunding Platform’s Android & iOS Apps

Last week, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter announced its engineering team has begun to open source its Android and iOS apps. The platform revealed that it is currently focused on writing well-tested c...

Crowdcube Receives Two Awards at AltFi’s Third Annual Awards

On Monday, UK-based equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced it received two awards during the 2016 AltFi Annual Awards. The event celebrated achievements within the alternative finance indust...

Crowdfunding Beat Media Plans Multiple Events for 2017

Crowdfunding Beat Media has announced its intent to host multiple crowdfunding focused events during 2017.  Crowdfunding Beat will kick off with an event in New York City this coming January 24th wi...

FIS Announces Partnership With PayPal

FIS (NYSE: FIS), a financial services technology, announced last week it has teamed up with PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) to help increase customer engagement and drive incremental digital spend with FIS’ ...

Nigeria Fintech Startup Paystack Secures $1.3M During Seed Funding Round

On Monday, Nigeria-based fintech startup, Paystack, announced it raised $1.3 million during its seed funding round. Those who participated in the round included Tencent, Comcast Ventures, and Singular...

Yirendai Appoints Chaomei Chen as New Independent Director

Yirendai (NYSE: YRD) announced on Monday it appointed Chaomei Chen as an independent director. Chen has reportedly been part of the Chinese marketplace lender’s Advisory Committee since Januar...

Assetz Capital Lends £105 Million to UK Businesses During 2016

Assetz Capital is reporting that it has lent approximately £105 million in 2016.   The peer to peer lender is not claiming the title of the UK’s 3rd largest P2P lender for SMEs. Founded in 201...

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