Update: BiiSafe Nears €325,000 During the Final Week on Invesdor

Posted 5th October 2016

BiiSafe, the Finland-based startup behind the wearable tracker Buddy, has successfully secured nearly €325,000 as its equity crowdfunding campaign nears its final week on Invesdor. The company ori...

“Wasteland 3’s” Fig Campaign Launches & Secures Over $1.6M in Just Hours

Posted 5th October 2016

On Wednesday, video game studio inXile Entertainment launched its Fig crowdfunding campaign to raise $2,750,000 for its new video game, Wasteland 3. Within just hours of its debut, the initiative s...

Payoneer Secures $180M During Financing Round Led By TCV

Posted 5th October 2016

On Wednesday, digital payments company Payoneer announced it raised $180 million during a financing round led by TCV with participation from existing investor, Susquehanna Growth Equity. According to ...

Cloud Lending Solutions Appoints New Chief Revenue Officer & Chief Financial Officer

Posted 5th October 2016

Online lending SaaS solution, Cloud Lending Solutions, announced on Wednesday it extended its expanded its leadership by appointing Bob Murphy as its chief revenue officer and Steven Lance as its ch...

Marketplace Lender DirectMoney Appoints New CEO

Posted 5th October 2016

Australian marketplace lending platform DirectMoney has appointed Anthony Nantes as CEO. Former CEO Peter Beaumont will move into the Chief Operating Officer role. DirectMoney released a statement tha...

California Startup JetPack Aviation Seeks £300,000 on Seedrs For JB-10 JetPack & VTOL Aircraft Development

Posted 5th October 2016

California’s JetPack Aviation launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £300,000 for the research and development of its JB-10 JetPack and vertical take offer and landing (VTOL) p...

Millennium Trust’s MAIN Technology Receives Recognition at the 2016 WealthManagement.com Industry Awards

Posted 5th October 2016

On Wednesday, Millennium Trust announced its Millennium Alternative Investment Network (MAIN) received recognition at the 2016 WealtManagement.com Industry Awards. As previously reported, Millennium ...

Russia’s Largest Bank, Sberbank, Adds Apple Pay for Russian Market

Posted 5th October 2016

Sberbank is Russia’s largest bank with over 135 million customers. Sberbank holds almost one-third of aggregate Russian banking sector assets, it is the key lender to the national economy and the b...

iFunding Secures $600,000 for Sacramento Multi-Family Development

Posted 5th October 2016

On Wednesday, real estate crowdfunding platform iFunding announced it raised $600,000 of preferred equity financing for the completion of a multi-family apartment complex, EVIVA Midtown, which is loca...

CrowdBnk Re-Launches & Rebrands as Code Investing

Posted 5th October 2016

CrowdBnk, founded by CEO Ayan Mitra, has relaunched and rebranded as Code Investing. In a blog post, Mitra explained his new approach; Code Investing better reflects who we are and what we do Our focu...

Oleg Seydak on Blackmoon & Marketplace Lending as a Service

Posted 4th October 2016

Blackmoon Financial Group is a newer entry into the marketplace lending sector. Launched in 2014, Blackmoon is marketed as “marketplace lending as a service” or MLaaS. Focusing on balan...

Yancey Strickler Backs Otown’s Fourth Album Kickstarter Initiative

Posted 4th October 2016

Over the weekend, 90’s all boy-band Otown launched a Kickstarter for their fourth album.The group revealed that this is the first time that they are creating an album free of any label. They not...