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November 19, 2015 @ 5:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Helsinki based Invesdor has formed a new partnership with Silicon Valley based DreamFunded. As part of the agreement, DreamFunded founder Manny Fernandez invested an undisclosed amount in the debt and equity crowdfunding platform. The investment was announced during the startup conference Slush. “We are thrilled… Read More

September 27, 2015 @ 4:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Iron Sky, the cult film, is back on Invesdor once again to raise more capital. We last heard from Iron Sky in 2014.  The camp classic film about Nazi’s who are hiding out on the moon, hit Invesdor to raise €150,000 to help finance the movie… Read More

August 11, 2015 @ 7:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Debt and equity based crowdfunding platform Invesdor has closed its self crowdfunding round that was launched earlier this year.  The funding ended with 143 investors, from 16 different countries, owning 11.79% of the firm. Valuation was placed at just under € 6 million.  According to the… Read More

June 3, 2015 @ 9:48 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In April, Invesdor, an investment crowdfunding platform based in Helsinki, claimed the first EU license MiFID licence by financial authorities, to expand debt and equity crowdfunding services across all 31 EU and EEA countries. This level of operational license is part of the European Commission’s drive to harmonize financial regulations… Read More

April 21, 2015 @ 7:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Invesdor intends to become the largest cross-border investment crowdfunding platform in Europe. Invesdor, an investment crowdfunding platform based in Helsinki, has claimed the first EU license MiFID licence by financial authorities, to expand debt and equity crowdfunding services across all 31 EU and EEA countries. This level of operational… Read More

July 8, 2014 @ 8:17 am By JD Alois  |  

In a self-crowdfunding round, Finland based Invesdor raised €290,871 for the two year old equity crowdfunding platform.  The raised was just shy of the high end target.  The offer garnered 135 investors from 13 different countries and added 121 new shareholders  to their roster.  Pre-money valuation… Read More

May 12, 2014 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Iron Sky, the quirky sci-fi film about Nazi’s hiding out on the moon, has launched an equity crowdfunding offering on Invesdor seeking to raise up to €150,000 to help finance the film production.  Listed on May 9th, the offer quickly garnered over 120 investors raising over €78,000… Read More

April 10, 2014 @ 12:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Finland based investment crowdfunding platform Invesdor has been recognized by Red Herring as one of Europe’s Top 100 startups.  The recognition event was held in Amsterdam this past week. Since 1996, technology industry executives, investors, and strategists have seen the Red Herring 100 lists as… Read More

January 30, 2014 @ 1:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Privanet and equity based crowdfunding platform Invesdor have partnered to offer a secondary market for crowdfunded offerings.  Both are based in Helsinki, Finland. Privanet is a specialist in the trading of unlisted shares. The company, which was founded in 2000, is supervised by the Finnish Financial… Read More

November 11, 2013 @ 11:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Invesdor, along with FiBAN, EnterpriseHelsinki (City of Helsinki) and the Aalto University Start-Up Center, is hosting a pitch event called “PitchHelsinki on November 20th.  The gathering will take place at the Helsinki City Hall but if you don’t happen to be from Finland or your travel… Read More

October 30, 2013 @ 7:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Invesdor is a successful crowdfunding platform founded by the necessity of budding entrepreneurs and their search for startup capital.  The story is unfortunately a rather common one.  Great idea hits the wall of no funds.  At the time in 2011 six friends, Lasse, Miikka, Petteri,… Read More