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Fundrise is an American real estate crowdfunding platform. It facilitates transactions from individuals, allowing them to invest in real estate projects with initial investments starting at $100 and up to $10 million. It has been labeled as the first company to successfully crowdfund investment into the real estate market. ==History== Fundrise was founded in 2012 by brothers Ben and Dan Miller. They began working on the project in 2010 and launched before the passing of the JOBS Act which enacted securities regulation to streamline the process of equity crowdfunding in the United States.〔 Their father, Herb Miller of Western Development Corp., developed 20 million square feet of real estate based in Washington, D.C.. The brothers began the company with the idea to allow residents in the D.C. area to invest in real estate development projects they were building.〔 Fundrise's first project, in the H Street NE Corridor in Washington D.C. raised $325,000 from 175 investors, where any resident of D.C. of Virginia could invest for as little as $100, making it the first crowdfunded real estate project in the United States.〔〔 After the initial project, Fundrise was contacted by real estate companies looking to use the Fundrise platform to raise capital.〔 Soon thereafter, the company expanded its platform to allow conventional real estate investments from commercial developers across the United States.〔 By May 2014 the company reported to have facilitated $15 million in investments involving 1,000+ investors〔 and by June of that same year had signed up more than 300 real estate companies looking to raise capital. One of Fundrise's most publicized investments came in January 2015 when it began offering bonds for the construction of 3 World Trade Center, the location of the third tallest tower at the site of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. The initial offering was for $2 million of the $5 million worth of bonds purchased by Fundrise for the financing of the $1 billion project. Bonds were offered for $5,000 each with a 5% tax-free gross annual return for five years.〔 Fundrise also raised more capital in its first-round of Series A investment than any other crowdfunding company, totaling $38 million.〔 Funding was led by Chinese social networking company Renren who invested $31 million of the total $38 million. Additional Series A investors include Guggenheim Partners, Justin Elghanayan of Rockrose, and James Ratner of Forest City Enterprises.〔 By February 2015, Fundrise had commitments from six institutional investors for an additional $100 million in investment into the company's real estate offerings. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fundrise」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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