Tagged: investors

March 11, 2015 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lending Club (NYSE: LC), a marketplace connecting borrowers and investors, today announced the launch of a partnership with HomeAdvisor, an online home improvement marketplace where homeowners can connect with pre-screened local home repair and improvement professionals. Under this multi-year agreement, Lending Club will be the exclusive partner providing access to loans… Read More

March 6, 2015 @ 8:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AgFunder, an equity crowdfunding platform for agriculture technology, today announced the release of its AgTech Investing Report 2014: Year in Review, covering $2.36 billion raised across 264 deals in the AgTech industry for 2014. From precision agriculture to biotech to drones, venture capitalists made investments… Read More

February 23, 2015 @ 9:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

truCrowd Texas, officially announced its application has been approved by the Texas State Securities Board. They are now legally registered as a Texas equity crowdfunding portal (TCP) and open for business. truCrowd enables local startups and businesses from any industry to raise up to $1 million per… Read More

February 19, 2015 @ 9:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PropFunds L.P., doing business in the real estate crowdfunding arena, has funded approximately $2,000,000 of first trust deeds in the past two months. The property types have primarily been multi-family projects in the greater Los Angeles market and the annualized yields to PropFunds investors are projected to… Read More

February 10, 2015 @ 9:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, North Carolina Commerce Secretary, John Skvarla, revealed that crowdfunding could be the answer to small businesses in the state. According to the Triangle Business Journal, legislators filled a bill last month that would allow non-accredited investors to fund up to $2,000 into private ventures. The… Read More

February 9, 2015 @ 4:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to share his thoughts about the new year, CEO of PENSCO, Kelly Rodriquez revealed his top five predictions for 2015. During a recent post on the platform’s blog, Rodriquez stated, “As the CEO of PENSCO, I find myself at a fascinating intersection between IRAs, alternative… Read More

February 9, 2015 @ 3:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform of GCC and Middle East, Durise, is launching its services online to all  investors in the region and also to those outside region who wish to invest in the market through crowdfunding. The platform’s current offering is one of Dubai’s most prestigious properties, Old… Read More

November 4, 2014 @ 4:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

MD Insider, a data healthcare innovator that significantly reduces healthcare costs for employers, announced on Tuesday (November 4th) that it closed a $1.5 million investment, which has been dubbed the “largest online investment round ever” raised on technology startup equity investing platform AngelList. The syndicate was led by… Read More

October 24, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kent and Sussex based property investment brokerage and development company Capitalise Invest is reforming its business, offering all investors the opportunity to develop a high yielding, secure and robust investment portfolio. Following the huge success of its property crowdfunding business, the firm is now opening… Read More

August 16, 2014 @ 9:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Offering up some words of wisdom when it comes to equity crowdfunding, Crowdcube shared strategic insight in a post titled 7 Points Investors Should Consider. The platform provided advice for a wide range of equity topics including how to handle risk and skeptical investors. Investing… Read More

June 25, 2014 @ 9:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Millennium Trust Company, a provider of alternative custody solutions to institutions, advisors and individuals, recently launched three new white papers aimed at financial advisors and asset managers to help them identify and understand new opportunities in the alternative asset space. The first white paper, “New… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 11:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Investor Verification just got a whole lot easier for everyone with free online accreditation. Now with Accredify, the universal verifier of investors, made for investors, now accepts third party letters from attorney’s, CPA’s, and Broker Dealer for free. Investors can now make themselves eligible to invest… Read More

April 26, 2014 @ 4:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Enjoying the success of its first crowdfunding campaign on LetsVenture, the Bangalore-based data analytics startup Frrole announced it received $245,000 from a group of investors that included Google India’s managing director Rajan Anandan, Eka Software Solution founder Manav Garg and tech Evangelist Sharad Sharma. According… Read More