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Crowdfunding: Crowded out?

by Sylvia Varnham O’Regan and Mary Diduch | October 14, 2019 03:00PM

TRD ISSUE

Crowdfunding was once touted as the next big thing — a way for average investors to get into the lucrative world of real estate and a way for platforms to tap a new spigot...

Prodigy Network hit with second lawsuit in
2 months

by Sylvia Varnham O’Regan | July 10, 2019 07:00AM

The former head of operations at Prodigy Network has sued the crowdfunding firm and its CEO for breach of...

Crowdfunding startup RealtyShares to cease investing, faces mass layoffs

by Konrad Putzier | November 07, 2018 01:20PM

TRD NATIONAL

Real estate crowdfunding company RealtyShares is set to lay off the vast majority of its staff and faces an...

What’s old is new: Real estate private equity firms raise funds by emailing investors

April 24, 2018 03:50PM

TRD CHICAGO

A Chicago-based company is providing real estate investors with a somewhat retro way to raise capital — emailing really rich people. Capitalizing on changes...

Fundrise to launch two new “opportunistic” REITs

by Konrad Putzier | October 07, 2016 05:33PM

Crowdfunding company Fundrise is launching two new real estate investment trusts, filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission show.

iFunding says it settled lawsuit from investor who wanted to dissolve company

by Konrad Putzier | August 31, 2016 07:00AM

Real estate crowdfunding company iFunding says it settled a lawsuit brought by an investor who had sought to dissolve...

Fundrise ditches traditional crowdfunding to focus on REITs

by Konrad Putzier | April 20, 2016 01:30PM

Fundrise has abandoned the real estate crowdfunding model it pioneered – at least for now. The company will instead...

LendingHome launches crowdfunding platform

by Konrad Putzier | April 13, 2016 11:48AM

LendingHome, an online mortgage marketplace backed by more than $100 million in venture funding, launched a crowdfunding platform. The move is bound to add to already intense competition in real estate crowdfunding, where dozens...

IFunding, CapStack settle fraud lawsuit

by Konrad Putzier | March 18, 2016 12:05PM

Real estate investment banking firm CapStack Partners settled its lawsuit against crowdfunding startup iFunding, according to sources and public records. In A Stipulation Filed With The New York Supreme Court Tuesday, the two parties...

Former Fundrise exec strikes back against extortion allegations

March 17, 2016 02:00PM

Michael McCord, the recently fired CFO and treasurer of crowdfunding startup Fundrise’s mortgage REIT, has struck back against his...