Update: Burrito & Taco Chain Chilango Nears £1M First Week on Crowdcube
Just one week after launching its new Crowdcube campaign, fast growing bespoke burrito and taco chain, Chilango, has successfully raised £992,000 out of its £1 million goal. As previously reported,...
View ArticleTilt Teams Up With The Chainsmokers For New #TILTTOUR
On Tuesday, crowdfunding platform, Tilt, announced that it has joined forces with the music group, The Chainsmokers for the #TiltTour. Tilt shared: “The Chainsmokers wanted to create the first-ever...
View ArticleLendingPoint Announces Additional Funding Capacity with Aeterna Capital Partners
Atlanta-based FinTech direct loan provider, LendingPoint, announced on Wednesday the signing an additional credit facility for $5 million of incremental financing with Aeterna Capital Partners. This...
View ArticleLargest Loan Ever. RealtyMogul Funds $49 Million Real Estate Loan
RealtyMogul has just closed a bridge loan in the amount of $49 million. The fast growing real estate crowdfunding platform states this is the largest loan ever for an online platform. The financing...
View ArticleFundera Releases New Report on the State of Online Small Business Lending
Fundera, an online marketplace for small business loans, announced on Monday the release of its new report on the State of Online Small Business Lending. The platform believes that this new document...
View ArticleP2P-Banking Interviews Disruptive Fintecher Alejandro Cosentino, CEO of Afluenta
P2P-Banking.com’s Claus Lehmann posted a comprehensive interview this morning with Alejandro Cosentino, the CEO of Afluenta. Afluenta, a leading marketplace lending company in Latin America (LatAm)...
View ArticleMaking Lemonade with Aleph, Sequoia Capital and Tech Entrepreneurs Daniel...
Lemonade Inc., experts to serve the world’s first peer-to-peer (P2P) insurance company, just stepped out of “stealth mode” and into the limelight, to launch as the first P2P insurance company in the...
View ArticleNetwrix Launches Charity Program Through NonProfit Crowdfunding Platform...
Netwrix Corporation, a provider of IT auditing software that delivers complete visibility into IT infrastructure changes and data access, announced it has launched Netwrix Donation, a program to...
View ArticleReport: Zopa Raising £70 Million at £500 Million Valuation
Zopa, the largest peer to peer lending platform in the UK, is reportedly working with JP Morgan to raise £70 million giving the company a £500 million valuation. Zopa was the first P2P lender in the UK...
View ArticleKickstarter Hires Journo to Investigate Zano Drone Failed Crowdfunding Campaign
Zano, a drone project on Kickstarter, appeared to embrace it’s own demise. A month after announcing its intent to ship the Zano drones, the Torquing Group (Zano creators), announced it was heading...
View ArticleFed Vice Chair Warns Against “Shadow Banks”
In a speech entitled, “Financial Stability and Shadow Banks: What We Don’t Know Could Hurt Us“, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer cautioned that while much has been done to reduce shadow...
View ArticleBrief: Tilt Establishes New Office in Blacksburg, Virginia called “Tiltsburg”
This week, crowdfunding platform Tilt announced the opening of its new office in Blacksburg, Virginia know as “Tiltsburg.” The company has a history with the state as one of its director or product,...
View ArticleYouCaring Announces “10 Most Compassionate Compassionate Cities And States”&...
On Tuesday, crowdfunding platform YouCaring announced “The 10 Most Compassionate Cities and States,” which highlights the areas of the U.S. that best demonstrate the spirit of helping others and giving...
View ArticleIndiegogo Takes a Look Back at 2015 (Infographic)
With the new year just a little over two weeks away, global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo shared revealed 2015 as the “year of crowdfunding.” The website unveiled an infographic that shows off the...
View ArticleGame Crowdfunding Platform Fig Publishing Launching Reg A+ Offer to Raise $15...
Fig Publishing, born in part from the huge success of Double Fine Ventures and its standout Kickstarter crowdfunding campaigns, is raising capital and it has just filed a Tier 2 Regulation A+ offer...
View ArticleUniversity of Connecticut Employees Launch Crowdfunding Pages as Part of...
Earlier this week, University of Connecticut (UConn) employees launched new crowdfunding pages as part of the university’s “Close to Home” campaign. The project’s description reads: “The Close to Home...
View ArticleUpdate: Edward Norton, Humans of New York, & craigconnects’“Supporting Syrian...
Earlier this month, CrowdRise co-founder Edward Norton teamed up with Humans of New York (HONY) and craigsconnect to launch a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for a Syrian refugee whose story had...
View ArticleSEC Investor Advocate Publishes Annual Report (Document)
The relatively new office of the Investor Advocate has published its annual report. The SEC was mandated to create the Investor Advocate as part of Dodd-Frank. Rick Fleming, previously an attorney...
View ArticleHarmonix Addresses “Amplitude” Code Issues
Earlier this week, Harmonix launched its Kickstarter success Amplitude in both North America and Europe. While most backers were excited about the release of the highly anticipated game, others grew...
View ArticlePOD Point’s Erik Fairbairn Discusses E-Car Industry & Company Growth
Last week, founder and CEO of the Crowdcube/Seedr success POD Point, Erik Fairbairn, sat down with Tech City Insider to discuss the company and the future of e-cars. The media outlet shared that POD...
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