The real estate crowdfunding industry is young, rife with opportunistic tech entrepreneurs and flush with venture capital. Combined with a strong U.S. economy and a growing desire among individuals for greater exposure to alternative investments, it’s easy to see why real estate crowdfunding has rapidly grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry since the passage of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012.

Interestingly, the co-founder of ArborCrowd thinks that there will be more of this to come. At the moment there are a dizzying array of companies that will take your money to buy property. The market will eventually weed out the weak ones and give the victors the spoils of the deceased.

The crumbling of commercial real estate crowdfunding platform RealtyShares undoubtedly rattled some of its investors. But executives with RealtyShares competitors say this setback doesn’t represent an industry earthquake and shouldn’t shake investors’ confidence in the sector.

ArborCrowd, the only online platform that enables individuals to make equity investments in institutional-quality commercial real estate, announced today that its Co-Founder and Managing Director, Adam Kaufman, was named a HIVE 50 Innovator by Hanley Wood, the premier company serving the information, media, and marketing needs of the residential and commercial design and construction industries.

Crowdfunding platform ArborCrowd connects individual investors with commercial real estate opportunities, opening up an investment channel that has traditionally been accessible only to institutions and elite investors with connections. The platform also makes the process of developing and investing in housing more efficient and cost-effective.

Born in the upswing of a market cycle, real estate crowdfunding has benefitted from largely positive early results. However, we are nearing the top of the market cycle and much of the current inventory of commercial real estate is overpriced.

As a nascent crowdfunding platform, ArborCrowd is angling to pioneer new sources of capital for real estate deals. But its 27-year-old founder, Adam Kaufman, is a consummate insider.

Investors will appreciate the free, no-obligation accounts available on ArborCrowd. Access shows vital details on current and past crowdfunding deals for total transparency.

NKF Capital Markets has arranged a $19.5 million loan plus a $3.55 million equity investment for CS Acquisition Group’s purchase of Cove West Hartford, a 200-unit apartment community in West Hartford, Conn., Commercial Observer has learned. Arbor Commercial Mortgage and ArborCrowd provided the debt and equity, respectively.

ArborCrowd, the online platform that enables individuals to make equity investments in institutional-quality commercial real estate, announced its Southern States Multifamily Portfolio (SSMP) investment has been realized ahead of schedule, outpacing targeted return estimates.