App for Moms “Mush” Nears £850,000 During the Final Days on Crowdcube

Posted 5th December 2016

New mobile app for moms, Mush, is closing in on £850,000 during the final days on equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube. The app launched its campaign in October and sought to raise £650,000. As ...

Insurtech Company Lemonade Raises $34 Million. California Next on the List to Offer Insurance

Posted 5th December 2016

Insurtech company Lemonade has closed a $34 million Series B funding round. The investment was led by General Catalyst and included the participation of GV (aka Google Ventures), Tusk Ventures and Thr...

Money360 Provides $1.9M Permanent Loan for Ohio Property

Posted 5th December 2016

On Monday, commercial real estate marketplace lending platform Money360 announced it has provided financing of $1.9 million for a single-tenant retail building in Dayton, Ohio. The building, which is...

Update: Loyalzoo’s Third Seedrs Campaign Overfunds

Posted 5th December 2016

Retailer loyalty App Loyalzoo has successfully secured its third Seedrs campaign’s £240,000 funding target. In 2014, Loyalzoo raised £204,000 on Seedrs in less than two weeks, its fundin...

P2P Lender Harmoney Gets Hit with $292,000 Fine

Posted 5th December 2016

Leading New Zealand based peer to peer lender Harmoney has been fined $292,00 for a misleading marketing campaign. The announcement by the Commerce Commission of New Zealand stems from an ongoing i...

Fintech Company MoneyLion Raises $22.5M During Series A Funding Round Led by Edison Partners

Posted 5th December 2016

MoneyLion, the mobile personal finance platform, announced on Monday it secured $22.5 million during its Series A Funding round, which was led by Edison Partners. The company stated the Series A fina...

StartEngine: Our Goal is to Help 5000 Companies Raise Capital in Next 5 Years

Posted 5th December 2016

StartEngine is a FINRA regulated, Reg CF funding portal that also lists Reg A+ issuers and the occasional accredited crowdfunding offer (Reg D 506c). The platform has helped to raise almost $25 milli...

LendingUSA Appoints Manoj Mathew as Chief Technology Officer

Posted 5th December 2016

Marketplace lending platform, LendingUSA, announced on Monday it has appointed Manoj Mathew as its new chief technology officer. Mathew is co-founder and former chief technology officer of LendFoundry...

Crowdcube Announces New Mobile App Features

Posted 5th December 2016

Just a couple of months after releasing version 1.0 of its mobile app, Crowdcube announced on Monday new features have been added, making platform user’s ability to invest or monitor investments any...

Santa Index: St. Nick Get’s Salary Increase This Year

Posted 5th December 2016

Insure.com calculates the “value of Santa” based on analysis of wage data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics each year. This year it shows Santa should be earning $146,309 – a 2% increase...

Update: Denheath Desserts Surpasses $300,000 Funding Target During PledgeMe Crowdlending Campaign

Posted 5th December 2016

Denheath Desserts, a custard square brand from South Canterbury, has successfully secured its initial $300,000 funding target through its crowdlending campaign on PledgeMe. The company launched the ...

Fintech VC Santander InnoVentures Invests in Tradeshift

Posted 5th December 2016

Santander Group’s global VC fund, Santander InnoVentures, has invested in business commerce and supply chain finance platform Tradeshift. The investment will be used to further broaden Tradeshift�...