Last year we featured GROUNDFLOOR who was the first p2p lending firm to leverage Regulation A+ in Title IV in...
Andrew Dix is the CEO and Founder of Crowdfund Insider, a website that covers every aspect of fintech; in our...
While the unsecured consumer loan marketplaces continue to grow at impressive rates and post ever higher originations, the niche of real...
Arbor Commercial Mortgage and its affiliates are private lenders for commercial and multi-family real estate as well as a REIT sponsor; they have launched the ArborCrowd real estate crowdfunding platform; their marketing emphasizes 30 years of experience in real estate, careful selection of sponsors, and individuals investing alongside institutional capital providers as well as the project sponsors themselves. Source
UK based digital wealth management firm Nutmeg is launching a crowdfunding campaign as they eye international expansion; funds will be...
In November, 2015 we reported that the most comprehensive study was being conducted on marketplace lending for the Americas by the...
Wangdaizhijia has released two market reports providing insight and projections on P2P lending and crowdfunding in China; report finds 2,235 P2P platforms with total loans of $385 billion, including $181 billion in loans originated in January through August of 2016; predicting originations of $300 billion for online lending in 2016; nonlending crowdfunding market is smaller with 380 platforms as of August and crowdfunded investments of $1.57 billion for January to August of 2016. Source
UK based Digital Bank Monzo is planning a crowdfunding round to give customers a greater share of ownership; the round will look to raise between $13mn and $40mn; while they will use the round for hiring it is meant to provide customers “a genuine sense of ownership”; the crowdfunding round follows the recent $94mn private equity backed fundraising. Source.
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PeerStreet’s Series B round was led by World Innovation Lab with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Thomvest, Colchis Capital, Felicis Ventures, Solon Mack and Navitas Capital; PeerStreet is a marketplace for fix and flip loans; the company said funds will be used to expand to new types of loans and that the company may also be adding more international investors. Source