Growth Capitalist (https://growthcapitalist.com/author/moriarty/page/11/)
Aspire Bariatrics, a medical device company developing and commercializing a reversible minimally-invasive weight loss device for obesity, closed on up to $12 million in venture debt financing with Hercules Technology Growth Capital.
Chicago rev-share crowdfunding startup Bolstr has raised $1.7 million in a seed round for its online marketplace that helps early-stage businesses gain access to growth capital from accredited investors.
The Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29 charged a Chicago-area company its two co-founders, and its former chief operating officer with selling more than nine billion shares of penny stocks without registering with the SEC as a broker-dealer as required under the federal securities laws.
AssetAvenue, an online lending platform for commercial real estate, announced that it funded approximately $24.2 million in loans in the second half of 2014.
