7 Elements to Look for in a Real Estate Crowdfunding Portal
Putting your money into real estate crowdfunding? Before you settle on a company, be sure to vet them correctly to know your hard-earned funds will be safe. Read more: www.biggerpockets.com
Private equity firm hands $105m to Indian lender Hero FinCorp
Indian lending firm Hero FinCorp has raised Rs702 crore ($105m) from private equity firm ChrysCapital and Credit Suisse. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com
SmartFunding nabs $490,000 for invoice financing
Singapore-based invoice financing firm SmartFunding has raised $490,000 in a seed funding round. The capital comes from FinTech Asia Group and Investorlend. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com
DueCource pockets £6.25m for loans against invoices
UK-based invoice financing company DueCourse has raised £6.25m ($8.1m) in new funding. The financing comes from German e-commerce-giant Rocket Internet’s venture arm Global Founders Capital. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com
German investment crowdfunding grew 39% in 2016
Investment crowdfunding grew by 39% during 2016 reaching €63.8m. Still quite small in comparison to some other countries but solid growth none-the-less. Read more: www.crowdfundinsider.com
iFunded scores pre-Series A for real estate crowdinvesting
Real estate crowdinvesting platform iFunded has raised a seven-figure pre-Series A round. Creathor Venture is the only named investor. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com
Crowdcube raises $10.4m on own equity crowfunding platform
Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has raised £8m ($10.4m) through a campaign on its own platform.
Is Kabbage buying out rival OnDeck?
Small business lender Kabbage announced earlier this month that it would begin selling over $525 million worth of loans to investors. Read more: www.crowdfundinsider.com
Equity crowdfunding reinventing biotech
Building any company is hard, but building a biotech company is particularly hard. Read more: venturebeat.com
HitFox-backed FinTech builder FinLeap scores €21m financing round
German fintech company-builder FinLeap has picked up a €21m financing round from backers including HitFox, which launched the company back in December 2014.