One of the outcomes of the 2008 global financial crisis was the “funding gap”. Banks were less willing to provide loans and investors moved capital into more stable platforms. In general, the market tolerated less risk.


Crowdfunding has opened up new funding models for everything from hardware gadgets to philanthropy. So why not real estate? Oregon-based company CrowdStreet thinks so. And it announced today that it has raised $800,000 in seed funding as it works to grow its portal.

Portland-based CrowdStreet announced today that it has raised an $800,000 seed round to fuel development of the company’s commercial crowdfunding real estate marketplace....

Portland-based CrowdStreet, a commercial real estate crowdfunding platform, has landed a chunk of seed funding, as well as a pair venture capitalists for its board of directors...

Maybe you'd like a better iPhone dock. Or a web-connected beach cooler. Or perhaps you're after an office building in Piscataway, New Jersey. Crowdfunding, which has enabled all sorts of wacky and inspired inventions...

Real estate crowdfunding marketplace CrowdStreet said Tuesday that it has secured $800,000 in seed funding. Green Visor Capital and Seven Peaks Ventures led the round with participation from Portland Seed Fund.

CrowdStreet, a crowdfunding marketplace connecting accredited investors with institutional-grade real estate investments, today announced it has listed a mezzanine financing for 30 Knightsbridge Road...

Senior living providers are finding creative ways to fund their upcoming development projects, with a select few taking advantage of recent federal regulations and programs to produce cost savings...

More than 6,100 people from around the world recently gave a man named Zack “Danger” Brown about $51,000 … to make potato salad. The campaign, done through the website Kickstarter, put the concept of “crowdfunding”...

CrowdStreet announced Thursday (August 7th) it has listed a mezzanine financing for 30 Knightsbridge Road, a four-building class B+ office complex in Piscataway, N.J.,