Tagged: funding portal

Netcapital Reports Increase in Funding Portal Revenues Despite Decline in Number of Listed Issuers

Netcapital Inc. (Nasdaq: NCPL, NCPLW), a digital private capital markets ecosystem, announced select financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024 ended January 31, 2024. Martin Kay, CEO of Netcapital Inc., said: “Despite the challenges faced by businesses seeking capital in the current… Read More

Honeycomb Credit is a Top Reg CF Issuer that Can Replace Bank Loans for Smaller Firms

  Honeycomb Credit has emerged as a top platform enabling firms to raise money online utilizing the Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) securities exemption. Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the past couple of years, the FINRA-regulated Funding Portal has expanded its services across the country. As… Read More

Honeycomb Credit Reports Topping $25 Million in Funds Raised for Small Businesses

Honeycomb Credit, a FINRA-regulated funding portal that provides online capital formation for small businesses, is reporting that it has surpassed $25 million in money raised for small businesses. Honeycomb can help SMEs sell securities online under the Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) securities exemption. Firms may… Read More

Real Estate Crowdfunding: SmallChange Adds Five Partners, Looks to Expand Offerings

SmallChange, a FINRA-regulated funding portal, is reporting that it has added five partners to the platform as it aims to expand its offerings. SmallChange is a real estate crowdfunding platform that provides access to capital under Reg CF. The company says that the new partners… Read More

Honeycomb Credit Raised Money in Reg D Offering at the End of 2023

Honeycomb Credit, a FINRA-regulated Funding Portal, raised equity capital at the end of 2023. According to the Form D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Honeycomb sold $8.844 million in shares of the firm. Of note, Honeycomb raised new money in the amount of… Read More

HoneyComb Is Reporting $23.2M+ Invested in Local Businesses

HoneyComb, which connects growing small businesses with local investors to build vibrant, financially empowered Main Streets, is reporting $23.2M+ invested in local businesses. There have been a total of around 23,000 different investments to date, 426 loan offerings at the time of writing, along with… Read More

Funding Portal Rise Up Crowdfunding Launches with Three Securities Offerings, Collaborates with Coca-Cola

Rise Up Crowdfunding, a FINRA-regulated Funding Portal, has announced its official launch promoting three individual securities offerings. Rise Up Crowdfunding was founded by CEO Ruth Hedges, well known in the investment crowdfunding world. Longtime industry supporter Attorney Kendall Almerico is another founder of the company…. Read More

Netcapital Reports Financial Results for Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2024

Netcapital Inc. (Nasdaq: NCPL, NCPLW), a private capital markets ecosystem that operates a crowdfunding portal,  announced select financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2024 ending October 31, 2023. Martin Kay, CEO of Netcapital Inc., said: “It was a strong quarter for our… Read More

Funding Portal SMBX Partners with Mercer County on Business Investments

SMBX, a FINRA-regulated funding portal, has partnered with Mercer County’s new Small Business Investment Program to help small businesses raise funding directly through retail investors in their communities as well as nationwide. SMBX is best known for its bank-replacement product or the issuance of small… Read More

Netcapital Sells Shares, Raises $1.7 Million

Netcapital (Nasdaq: NCPL, NCPLW) announced earlier this week that it had entered into agreements with institutional investors for the purchase and sale of 1,100,000 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $1.55 per share. The offering closed yesterday, May 25, 2023, raising… Read More

Issuance Officially Announces Acquisition of Jumpstart Micro – a FINRA Regulated Funding Portal

CI reported last month that Jumpstart Micro, a FINRA-regulated Funding Portal able to list securities under the Reg CF exemption, had been acquired by Issuance. Today, Issuance is officially acknowledging the business expansion, noting it will now be able to raise capital under Reg CF… Read More

MERJ Exchange Partners with Boustead Securities

MERJ Exchange, a Seychelles-based regulated exchange, has signed an Introducing Broker Referral Agreement with Boustead Securities, a FINRA regulated broker-dealer. The deal will allow US-based investors to trade dual-listed securities on Upstream – part of MERJ. Upstream is a retail trading platform powered by Horizon… Read More

Funding Portal Jumpstart Micro Acquired, Darren Marble of Issuance is New CEO

Jumpstart Micro, a FINRA-regulated funding portal, has experienced a change of ownership, according to public filings. Funding portals are regulated platforms that may issue securities under Reg CF or Regulation Crowdfunding.  These intermediaries were created under the JOBS Act of 2012 to facilitate online capital… Read More

DealMaker to Power PicMii Reg CF Securities Offerings

DealMaker, a broker-dealer and online capital formation specialist, has signed an agreement to power PicMii’s crowdfunding platform. PicMii is a FINRA-regulated funding portal offering securities under Reg CF. PicMii is a Pennsylvania-based firm that was approved as a funding portal in 2020. The company focuses… Read More

Untold.io Launches Securities Crowdfunding Platform for the Entertainment Industry

A new FINRA-regulated funding portal has announced its launch, Untold.io (Blue Dot Media Holdings LLC) will pursue investment crowdfunding targeting the entertainment industry. Untold.io states that it will both leverage Reg CF and Reg D exemptions to raise capital online. By utilizing the Reg D… Read More

SEC Receives Final Judgement Against Crowdfunding Issuer 420 Real Estate

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has received final judgments against crowdfunding issuer, 420 Real Estate, LLC, and its CEO, Willard Jackson. The court case, SEC v. Shumake, has previously obtained judgments against Defendants TruCrowd, Vicent Petrescu, and Nicole Birch. According to FINRA, TruCrowd is… Read More

Deal Quality: Investing in Crowdfunded Securities – What You Need to Know

    A couple of weeks back, CI held a webinar with two investment platforms, Rialto Markets and Republic,  which both sell securities online. The topic of discussion was deal quality and the different types of securities issuers pitch when pursuing an investment crowdfunding offering…. Read More

Honeycomb Credit, Upstart Co-Lab to Allow Institutional Money to Participate in Crowd Loans

Honeycomb Credit, a bank replacement regulated Funding Portal, has announced a partnership with Upstart Co-Lab, to offer a “first-of-its kind loan crowdfunding platform.” The new platform will enable institutional investors to participate in crowdfunded loan offerings for small businesses in creative industries across the US…. Read More

New FINRA Regulated Funding Portal Launched: Round Here

Round Here is the newest, FINRA regulated funding portal to launch to offer securities crowdfunding. A funding portal is a new entity created by the JOBS Act of 2021 that lists regulated securities from firms in need of growth capital. Funding portals will mostly raise… Read More

Crowdfunding Platform Silicon Prairie Acquires Funding Portal Miventure

Investment crowdfunding platform Silicon Prairie has acquired Miventure, according to a note from the company. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Silicon Valley lists securities under Reg CF as well as other exemptions. Miventure is a FINRA regulated funding portal seeking to raise… Read More

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