Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

February 17, 2023 @ 10:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Cushon, a Seedrs portfolio company, was acquired by Natwest Group – announced this past week. NatWest is acquiring an 85% majority shareholding in Cushon with the company’s existing management retaining the remaining 15%. Cushon’s main products are a workplace ISA and a master trust pension…. Read More

February 16, 2023 @ 2:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wefunder, the top US platform for firms raising capital using Reg CF, has kicked off its European expansion with 12 securities offerings. As was reported last month, Wefunder was approved Wefunder was approved in the Netherlands to issue Securites under the new EU rules. ECSPRECSPR or European… Read More

February 15, 2023 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

The OurCrowd Global Investor Summit opened with Israeli President Isaac Herzog addressing the crowd at an event that claimed around 9000 registrations – the largest ever for OurCrowd. Attendees included over 1700 individual investors, 1000+ multi-national corporations, 630+ venture capitalists, and hundreds of members of… Read More

February 14, 2023 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In this month’s Mintos Insight, the team at Mintos takes a look at how major asset classes performed in 2022 and how this has “impacted growth in January 2023.” For multiple asset classes, it was a year of “record lows.” Sanctions against Russia (due to… Read More

February 14, 2023 @ 9:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In January, PeerBerry investors funded EUR 52.44 million of loans and received EUR 734 689 in interest. 1495 new investors joined the platform last month, the team at PeerBerry reveals. The average annual ROI (without loyalty interest) on PeerBerry in January “was 11.11%.” At the… Read More

February 14, 2023 @ 3:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

  This week, top global investment marketplace OurCrowd is holding its Global Investor Summit in Israel. The event is the largest of its kind as investors and entrepreneurs from around the world to convene to discuss opportunities in innovative private firms. For the first time,… Read More

February 14, 2023 @ 3:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BKKT) announced that it is “furthering its focus on providing scalable business-to-business technology solutions and will be sunsetting its consumer-facing app.” Bakkt will “continue its core focus of providing businesses with crypto and loyalty experiences for their customers through SaaS and… Read More

February 14, 2023 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

tZERO, perhaps best known for pursuing a digital asset marketplace for regulated securities as well as certain cryptocurrencies, is going all in on digital securities. First, as was recently reported, tZERO is no longer pursuing crypto trading. This is probably a savvy move in the… Read More

February 11, 2023 @ 3:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

2023 starts where 2022 ended, with a “strong wave” of loan originations and investments. Investors added a total of €17,087,257 to their accounts, according to an update from Bondora. And loan originations also launched into the new year “with an impressive €17,137,703.” In January, 2,179… Read More

February 11, 2023 @ 12:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

October has been providing financing to Qonto, Europe’s financial management company, for almost two years now. Integrated directly via API with the Qonto platform, October “analyzes customer requests in a few clicks to provide them with an instant loan offer.” With over 40,000 active retail… Read More

February 11, 2023 @ 10:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Robocash has announced that new rates “will apply to loans from 91 days to 3 years.” As most businesses of Robocash Group have currently achieved self-sustaining state, they are reportedly “reducing interest rates on several loan terms and do not plan to increase… Read More

February 11, 2023 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

February has started with “great news” from Debitum‘s UK Loan originator, the company Triple Dragon. Two new A+ ABS programs are added to Debitum. Both programs are “on increased interest rate – by 1% p.a. compared to the regular rate.” 1st ABS program details: Total… Read More

February 10, 2023 @ 12:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, a US-based online capital formation platform, now operating in Europe, has launched the website for Republic Asia. Last year, Republic closed on its acquisition of Seedrs – a large UK-based platform that has also been operating on the European continent. In March of 2022,… Read More

February 9, 2023 @ 4:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Shares in Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), the only publicly traded crypto exchange in the US, tanked today – perhaps reacting to the SEC’s enforcement action taken against rival crypto exchange Kraken. In a complaint revealed today, the SEC claimed that crypto staking, or staking as a service,… Read More

February 9, 2023 @ 4:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Following industry rumblings anticipating the move, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken action against crypto exchange Kraken in regard to their staking service. Kraken has settled the charges by the SEC without admitting or denying the allegations and paying a $30 million penalty…. Read More

February 9, 2023 @ 3:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Moonfare, the global digital private equity investment platform, has capped the extension of its Series C financing round “at c.a. $15 million, achieving a record valuation.” This brings the total capital raised in the Series C investment round “to over $130 million.” Following Insight Partners’… Read More

February 8, 2023 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Follow, the “first” community-centric investment platform joining selected finance-focused influencers called ‘Leaders’ and individual investors launches with $9M in funding. As the “first” platform to automate copying of trades of US equities to US clients using a feature called SuperFollow at its RIA affiliate, Follow’s… Read More

February 8, 2023 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

LCX says it will become the first company in the crypto industry to issue a tokenized bond that generates a fixed yield for investors. The blockchain-powered “EURt7 tokenized bond” has been approved by the securities regulator in Liechtenstein and is thus available across all EU… Read More

February 8, 2023 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

SyndicateRoom, an online investment platform, reports that portfolio company 10to8 has been acquired by Sign In Solutions. Deal terms were not revealed, but SyndicateRoom said that the exit was at a “positive multiple.” 10to8 is a time management, communication and meeting platform that aims to… Read More

February 7, 2023 @ 8:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Do you remember Republic Note? Back in 202o, Republic sought to raise capital for a security that provides purchasers with a portion of the income generated by the investment crowdfunding platform. At that time, Republic raised about $16 million in a sold-out Reg D 506c… Read More