Crowdfunder Signs Partnership Agreement With AI Global Competition IBM Watson AI XPRIZE: Seeks to Provide Equity Fundraising Support

On Wednesday, Crowdfunder announced it signed a partnership agreement with IBM Watson AI XPRIZE, which is described as a $5 million artificial intelligence (AI) global competition that challenges tea...

Report: DealStruck Shuts Down Operations

SME online lender DealStruck has reportedly shut down operations.  An industry insider has told Crowdfund Insider the online lender closed shop yesterday.  The action was taken just as an 11th hour ...

Innovate Finance Reports: Global VC investment in Fintech Up 27% to $15.2 Billion to 2016 Third Quarter While UK VC Investment Drops 26%

Innovate Finance, an association for the global Fintech industry founded in 2014, announced on Wednesday its latest report through Pitchbook revealed over global investment for fintech has increased b...

Zopa Will Launch Challenger Bank to Compliment P2P Lending

Zopa, the grande dame of peer to peer lending, has revealed its intent to launch a “next generation” challenger bank. Zopa CEO Jaidev Janardana stated they have created a scalable, profit...

Perkbox is Seedrs Biggest Funded Deal to Date at £4.35 Million

Coming off their best month ever, UK based equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs has labeled Perkbox their biggest crowdfunding round to date.  Perkbox set out to raise £1.5 million.  The offer close...

SyndicateRoom Launches New Product “The WatchList” For AIM Investments

SyndicateRoom announced on Wednesday the launch of its new product, The WatchList, which reportedly gives its online investment platform users the opportunity to invest funds in a curated list of AI...

Monetary Authority of Singapore Issues Fintech Sandbox Guidelines

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published its Fintech “regulatory sandbox” guidelines. The intent is to encourage and enable experimentation of solutions that leverages technology in...

Seedrs Funded Company FreeAgent Trades on London Stock Exchange’s AIM

  First Seedrs Crowdfunded Company to IPO Shares on Exchange as Platform Claims Best Month Ever FreeAgent (LSE: FREE), a company that raised capital on equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, has listed...

Former SEC Commissioner Dan Gallagher Joins Board of Blockchain Company Symbiont

Symbiont, a blockchain technology company, has boosted its board with the appointment of former SEC Commissioner Dan Gallagher and President of T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services President Todd ...

“Project Blue” Seeks $1M on Kickstarter to Photograph an Earth-like planet Orbiting Another Sun-like Star

San Francisco-based science initiative Project Blue has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $1 million for its space photograph telescope. The project hopes to discover a habitabl...

SEC Announces Agenda for Small Business Capital Formation Forum Scheduled for this Week

The SEC has had a busy week. First, the Commission held its first Fintech Forum, as suggested by Commissioner Piwowar, indicating its growing interest in financial technology disruption. This morning,...

Kickstarter Opens Crowdfunding Platform For Artists & Creators in Mexico

On Tuesday, Kickstarter CEO and co-founder, Yancey Strickler, announced the crowdfunding platform is now welcoming artists and creators to its website for the first time. In a blog post called Build B...

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