Prosper is an online community marketplace for peer-to-peer lending without a middleman. Prosper offers fixed rate, unsecured loans from $2,000 to $35,000 with terms of 3 or 5 years.
Funding Circle is an online marketplace where people lend to businesses.
Kickstarter, Kiva, and Indiegogo are all online funding platforms for creative projects where you pitch your idea to a wide audience. You set the terms, but these platforms do take a cut.