Capital markets insights

Financial institutions today face a battle on two fronts. The first front is rising competition – especially from the fast-growing fintech industry which continually strives to encroach on incumbents’ territory. Nimble and digital, these upstarts are unencumbered by legacy systems and processes, giving them a powerful advantage in their quest for market share. 

Crowdfunding has proven to be a great way to fund businesses looking to get off the ground, and assist established investment firms to diversify their sources of capital. Not only does crowdfunding bring in new investors, but it also helps to spread brand awareness and stimulate discussions.

Capital raising has been a painstaking exercise associated with lots of regulatory hurdles and barriers. It has, therefore, become apparent that the traditional financing methods are simply not suitable for fast growing modern businesses.

Fortunately, starting a crowdfunding platform can help to overcome some of the many problems associated with traditional capital raises and investor management.

If you are still unsure of what crowdfunding type is right for your business, you can check our article discussing different types of crowdfunding.

Here we will discuss some of the benefits of starting your own crowdfunding platform and why this solution may be right for your business.

Crowdfunding has been a topic of interest for quite some time now as it has allowed thousands of small businesses and individuals to gather the capital they need to fund their growth, idea or product/service development. That being said, the landscape of crowdfunding is quickly changing. New crowdfunding platforms are entering the market to fulfil the demands of various niche and industry-specific groups.

With ample opportunity to create the next great crowdfunding software, there remains one question: how do you get in the game now before it’s too late? And what are the steps to build, scale and start your own crowdfunding platform?

We are pleased to announce we’ve achieved a major milestone (while adhering to our previously announced timeline of 2Q18) to introduce a blockchain-based secondary market product, which includes capabilities such as issuer buybacks, bulletin boards and auction-based price discovery.  Katipult customers will be able to offer tradable securities, introduce smart contracts, and automate clearing and settlement for transactions at a much faster rate, while ensuring both the security of payments and regulatory requirements.

Katipult took part in the inaugural Tokenomx crypto conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand at the Le Meridien Hotel on April 18-19, 2018. Katipult also co-hosted a Speaker Dinner event with its Thailand-based customer iLab, at the highly acclaimed David’s Kitchen for all VIP ticket holders, speakers, and sponsors from Tokenomx. Over 100 people showed up for the event.

Katipult was proud to be a speaker and exhibitor at the Cantech Investment Conference 2018, Canada’s largest technology investment conference. During the event we were fortunate to conduct an interview with SmallCapPower, a leading industry source for small-cap stock coverage, research, and analysis. Investors and industry stakeholders have demonstrated a particular interest in Katipult’s blockchain plans so our CEO Brock Murray outlined some of the application uses within the investment industry.

We’re excited to be a part of Canada’s largest technology investment conference, Cantech, in just a few days!

It all happens at the Metro Toronto Convention Center in Toronto on January 31st—when this incredible conference brings together over 3500 of Canada’s top investors and more than 100 leading technology companies.

We’ll be opening the Toronto Stock Exchange on January 17th!

With more than 30,000 attendees from over 100 different countries, the highly anticipated Singapore Fintech Festival was once again a great success! Financial leaders and Fintech firms from across the globe have come together to discuss cutting-edge topics including blockchain and ICOs. Among other topics, one of the burning discussions was how fintech was becoming more mainstream in the financial sector.