Tagged: alliedcrowds

September 14, 2017 @ 2:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, AlliedCrowds released the second edition of its Developing World Alternative Finance report. In the latest report, AlliedCrowds examine impact investing in Africa and looked closer at Somalia’s impact landscape. “Development finance is moving from grants and donations to loans and investments, and impact investing is… Read More

January 9, 2017 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AlliedCrowds announced on Monday its 2016 recap and its priorities for the 2017 fiscal year. This information comes less than a month after the company unveiled plans to launch its very own peer-to-peer lending platform, AlliedExchange. The company shared: “With 2016 behind us, we wanted… Read More

December 15, 2016 @ 3:10 am By Jessica Pham  |  

London-based AlliedCrowds is preparing to launch its P2P service AlliedExchange soon as it has begun the search for a new Managing Director.  AlliedCrowds/AlliedExchange is backed and funded by FSD Africa, which in turn is backed by the British government. This proposed platform will use P2P lending technology to present… Read More

August 10, 2016 @ 2:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, AlliedCrowds released its latest report on the top developing countries for alternative finance. The data analyst company revealed it used its new emerging market alternative finance tool, Capital Finder, to identify the financing options for entrepreneurs in their countries and sections along with breaking down the type of… Read More

January 14, 2016 @ 4:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, AlliedCrowds released its January 2016 crowdfunding report. This new document covers 2015 statistics, 2016 forecast, recapping the year, crowdfunding regulations, and crowdfunding and the SDGs. The data analysis company shared: “We are excited to share with you the January edition of our bimonthly report on… Read More

November 24, 2015 @ 11:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AlliedCrowds, has published a new Crowdfunding for Entrepreneurship report as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week.  The data analysis company stated: “Crowdfunding is no longer just a niche form of financing for creative projects. In 2015, transactions across donations, lending, reward, and equity crowdfunding is expected to cross $34… Read More

November 12, 2015 @ 4:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

AlliedCrowds has published a new report about how developing countries have raised a total of $37.4 million through the crowdfunding method during the month of October. The data analysis company stated: “While equity crowdfunding currently makes up a relatively small portion of crowdfunding activity in… Read More

October 16, 2015 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

AlliedCrowds has published two new reports quantifying the growth of crowdfunding in the developing world. In Q3, AlliedCrowds saw $110 million raised on crowdfunding platforms across multiple countries. One of the challenges for crowdfunding platforms are payments. In countries with better established mobile payment services… Read More

September 13, 2015 @ 3:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Data analysis company AlliedCrowds has published an updated report on the growing sector of crowdfunding and developing nations. The most current data indicates that developing countries raised over $30 million during the month of August. Some of the “key” findings include: Brazil led the developing… Read More

June 3, 2015 @ 3:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

The most recent report from AlliedCrowds states that crowdfunding in the developing world is poised for an “explosive growth period”. AlliedCrowds focuses only on markets that are lower or middle income, as defined by the World Bank. AlliedCrowds researches all variants including debt, equity, rewards… Read More