India Update: Founders Lahoti and Kumar Discuss Ah! Ventures’ Now Live Marketplace

The new India-based ah! Marketplace, a platform which aims to connect startups to find relevant service providers at every step of their entrepreneurial journey, works on a model wherein accredited se...

World First Partners with Rakuten: “Truly Global Marketplace”

World First USA, an international payments industry, and Rakuten.com, one of the world’s largest e-commerce marketplaces, today announced a partnership that brings foreign currency exchange service...

Equidate Settles with SEC for $80,000 for Selling Pre-IPO Shares

Equidate has settled with the SEC for selling unregistered swaps involving pre-IPO companies. The San Francisco-based Fintech firm agreed to settle the charges it had violated federal securities laws...

figo Raises €6.8M, Supports its EU PSD2 Regulation Adherence

European fintech company figo, based in Germany, secured as a part of its Series B fundraising at the end of last month a €6.8 million (approximately $7.2 million) investment from Deutsche Börse Gr...

Overfunding: Pedals London’s Crowdcube Campaign Secures £90,000 Funding Goal

Pedals London, an on-demand bicycle delivery service, has successfully secured its initial £90,000 funding target through on Crowdcube and is now nearing £125,000 thanks to 105 investors. As pre...

Veeqo Secures £1M Funding Target Less Than a Week on Seedrs

Less than a week after launching its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, Veeqo has successfully secured its initial £1 million funding target. The company first listed its seed funding r...

My 2017 Crowdfunding Wish List

2016 brought with it many developments in the crowdfunding industry, most notably the introduction of the long-awaited Title III crowdfunding. While admittedly not all crowdfunding legislation passed ...

YouCaring Initiatives Secures Over $1M For Ghost Ship Fire Victims

Following the devastating Ghost Ship fire in Oakland that killed nearly 40 people, YouCaring announced that campaigns dedicated to the tragic event’s victims had raised more than $1 million on i...

JumpstartFund’s Hyperloop Signs Agreement with Abu Dhabi’s Department of Municipal Affairs & Transport

On Monday, Abu Dhabi’s Department of Municipal Affairs & Transport announced it signed an agreement with Jumpstartfund’s Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Inc. (HTT) to undertake a feasi...

ApplePie Inks Big $180 Million Loan Agreement. Closes $16.5 Million Series B

ApplePie Capital has signed a $180 million loan purchase agreement with TowerBrook Capital while simultaneously announcing the closing of a $16.5 million Series B funding round. The TowerBrook funding...

Crowdcube: First UK Crowdfunding Platform to Raise £200 Million

On Monday, Crowdcube announced it was the first UK crowdfunding platform to raise £200 million for more than 430 businesses. This news comes just after lingerie and nightwear brand, Bluebella, sec...

FCA Launches Study to See if Mortgage Sector Needs More Competition

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a market study to review the mortgage sector. The research hopes to determine whether or not there is sufficient competition in this sector of financ...

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