Tagged: south africa

October 21, 2015 @ 12:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bondora, a pan-European marketplace lender, opens to accredited investors from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Australia. The platform now allows global accredited investors to invest directly into personal unsecured loans across three European markets including Spain,… Read More

August 4, 2015 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Scott Picken is based in South Africa but he clearly thinks big when considering the addressable market for his real estate crowdfunding platform Wealth Migrate. It is his opinion that banking, insurance, real estate – basically all aspects of finance –  will be revolutionized by… Read More

November 14, 2014 @ 9:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

An entrepreneur who was inspired to develop a foolproof swimming pool alarm for children after a neighbor’s toddler drowned is about to put his vision into production, thanks to the crowdfunding platform Funding Tree. John Barstead was running an electrical engineering business in Johannesburg, South Africa,… Read More

August 29, 2014 @ 2:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to a recent report RainFin, a Peer to Peer lender owned in part by Barclays, is broadening its reach to include small business loans.  The P2P lender is following a similar path to Lending Club, the large US based P2P lender that just announced… Read More

July 17, 2014 @ 12:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

GoldKey Resources, Inc., a natural resources development company, announced today the launch of a crowdfunding campaign with EquityNet, designed to raise US$1.5 million. Niles Helmboldt, CEO of GoldKey, stated, “Our crowdfunding initiative is part of an overall campaign to capitalize on opportunities to assist and… Read More

June 12, 2014 @ 6:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ever wondered what it would be like to go backpacking through Europe or see the well-known waterfalls of Africa or even the Great Wall of China? Unfortunately, the cost has always stopped aspiring travelers in their tracks when booking their own adventures. According to South… Read More

March 7, 2013 @ 4:23 am By TechCentral  |  

FundFind wants to be South Africa’s answer to Kickstarter, the US crowdfunding platform that’s helped musicians like Amanda Palmer and companies like Pebble, the company behind a smart watch project, by raising small amounts of money from large numbers of people. FundFind arose from founder Steve… Read More

March 4, 2013 @ 12:40 pm By Ben, StartMe  |  

Its an interesting one, crowdfunding. And over the last few years it has both made a big impact on how entrepreneurs, bands, artists and others are funded. It has also certainly divided opinion on just how viable the model of crowdfunding is. One thing that few… Read More

December 5, 2012 @ 3:13 am By Eprop  |  

Why hasn’t South Africa got a Real Estate Crowdfunding platform? Shouldn’t someone be considering it? It may seem unlikely that anyone will waver in favour of Crowdfunding whilst pondering investing in REITs/PLSs  right now, especially in South Africa since no such option exists, but already… Read More