Brief: Toronto Fintech Startup nanoPay Secures $10M During Series A Funding Round

Posted 26th October 2016

nanoPay, an early-stage fintech company based in Toronto that provides a secure, real-time payments platform, announced on Wednesday it has secured $10 million during a Series A funding round. Partici...

Brief: Money360 Provides $2.45 Million Bridge Loan for Kansas City Multifamily Property

Posted 26th October 2016

Commercial real estate marketplace lending platform Money360 announced on Tuesday it has provided a $2,450,000 bridge for a 120-unit low-rise multifamily property in Kansas City, Missouri. This new lo...

LendInvest Announces New Dates For Property Development Academy

Posted 26th October 2016

Online commercial mortgage marketplace lender, LendInvest, announced on Wednesday it is now offering dates for a second London course for its Property Development Academy as a way to accommodate some ...

Sharestates is Raising Series A Funding on SeedInvest

Posted 26th October 2016

Real estate crowdfunding platform Sharestates is poised to raise capital on SeedInvest. The offer is not yet live, but the listing points to indicated interest of $1.6 million for a Series A funding r...

UK Fintech Startup WeSwap Secures £1M Funding Target Prior to Seedrs Public Launch

Posted 26th October 2016

On Wednesday, UK-based fintech startup, WeSwap officially launched its equity crowdfunding campaign publically on Seedrs. The company successfully secured well over its £1 million funding target fro...

When It Comes to Retail Crowdfunding, SAFEty First

Posted 26th October 2016

A Reply on the Use of SAFEs in Crowdfunding On September 22nd, Crowdfund Insider published a post summarizing the arguments presented in our new essay entitled “Crowdfunding and the Not-So-Safe SAFE...

Cricket Batmaker Laver & Wood Set to Launch Equity Crowdfunding Campaign on PledgeMe

Posted 26th October 2016

Laver & Wood, a Hawkes Bay-based cricket batmaker, announced on Wednesday it is planning to launch an equity crowdfunding campaign on PledgeMe next month. The company is seeking to raise between...

Atom Bank has Filed to Raise Equity Capital in the US

Posted 26th October 2016

Atom Bank has filed a Reg D, 506b, notice of an exempt offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to the document, Atom Bank is seeking approximately $124 million in equity cap...

SEC Posts Agenda for Rule 147/504 Meeting Impacting Intrastate Crowdfunding

Posted 26th October 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission is out with their agenda for the open meeting taking place at SEC HQ tomorrow (October 26,2016). At 10AM, the Commission will meet to discuss the Universal Pro...

Cycle.Land Overfunds: Secures £100,000 Through Seedrs Initiatve

Posted 25th October 2016

Social marketplace for bicycle sharing, Cycle.Land, has successfully secured its initial £100,000 funding target on Seedrs. The platform launched its equity crowdfunding campaign earlier this month ...

EnergyFunders Secures More Than $500,000 For Two Texas-Based Projects in Under Two Months

Posted 25th October 2016

EnergyFunders, an online marketplace connecting investors to oil and gas projects, announced on Tuesday it has closed two projects in Texas that have secured more than $500,000 in less than two mont...

Kano Set to Close Second Kickstarter With Nearly $600,000 in Funds

Posted 25th October 2016

Less than 48 hours until its second Kickstarter comes to an end, Kano has secured nearly $600,000 from close to 2,200 backers. The tech startup launched the campaign last month to raise $500,000 for ...