Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

August 17, 2022 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SmartCrowd Holdings, a firm focused on fractional real estate investments, has been issued a Fintech experimental license by the Saudi Capital Markets Authority (CMA). SmartCrowd is now focused on following through with business requirements for the launch of its Real Estate Funds Distribution Platform, making… Read More

August 17, 2022 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Genesis, a digital asset prime brokerage providing services for qualified individuals and global institutional investors, has announced a number of executive changes to “position the company for its next phase of growth.” Genesis is controlled by the Digital Currency Group. Effective immediately, Michael Moro, Genesis… Read More

August 17, 2022 @ 10:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robo.cash notes that since the beginning of 2022, P2P investments have increased their share in investor portfolios (considerably more than other assets). At the same time, when planning their future expenses, investors still “trust stocks more,” the team at Robocash wrote in a blog post…. Read More

August 17, 2022 @ 9:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Assetz Capital is pleased to enter a partnership with LexisNexis Risk Solutions in order to adopt the LexisNexis® RiskNarrativeTM platform across its business. The platform uses automation, AI and machine learning to offer an enhanced, configurable and accessible financial crime lifecycle management service. This should… Read More

August 16, 2022 @ 4:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

XTAGE, a digital asset trading platform created by Brazilian brokerage XP (Nasdaq: XP), has launched trading of Bitcoin and Ethereum, according to multiple reports. The creation of XTAGE was announced this past May as a collaboration with Nasdaq. At that time, Lucas Rabechini, Director of… Read More

August 16, 2022 @ 12:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Prosper has shared their performance data from the Prosper Portfolio for July 2022. Highlights from the Prosper Performance Update – July 2022 are as follows: In July, approximately 59% of loan originations “were rated AA-B, increasing by approximately 1.6% month-over-month.” Average loan… Read More

August 16, 2022 @ 10:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Symbid, one of the earliest European investment crowdfunding platforms, has been acquired by a relatively new provider SeedBlink, according to a company statement. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. SeedBlink did share that they approached around 30 different firms before deciding on acquiring… Read More

August 16, 2022 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Syfe, which claims to be a leading digital investment platform headquartered in Singapore officially launched in Australia. This is Syfe’s third market “after its launch in Hong Kong last quarter.” In July, Syfe celebrated its third anniversary and “revealed that it had reached a significant… Read More

August 15, 2022 @ 5:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Galaxy Digital  (TSX: GLXY) has terminated its acquisition of Bitgo, an institutional digital asset trading and custody provider. Galaxy currently has a market cap of around CDN $2.9 billion. The proposed merger, put in place in 2021, valued Bitgo at around  $1.2 billion. In a… Read More

August 15, 2022 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AutoLend is one of Blend Network’s most “popular” features. As explained by UK’s Blend Network, a specialist development finance lender, Autolend is used by many of their investors “to ensure they don’t miss the chance to lend on [their] loans.” Melissa Turnbull from Blend Network’s… Read More

August 15, 2022 @ 3:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Dealmaker, a tech firm that aims to help companies raise more money faster, says it has been involved with 8 out of the 10 top online investment offerings to date. This is inclusive of all exemptions (Reg CF, Reg A+, and Reg D 5o6c)…. Read More

August 15, 2022 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Andrejus Trofimovas, the CEO of Aventus Group, became a shareholder of PeerBerry. Andrejus Trofimovas acquired “a 50% stake in PeerBerry from former shareholder Igoris Trofimovas, who has been a shareholder of PeerBerry since May 2021.” Andrejus Trofimovas, CEO of Aventus Group, said: “My decision to… Read More

August 14, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bondora reports that loan origination and investments showed a “solid increase” to €15,333,326 in July. This rebound in statistics was “expected after the slow summer decreases in June.” Bondora also noted that the collection and recovery statistics grew, “exceeding €1 million.” In July, Bonodra welcomed… Read More

August 14, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DelfinGroup, a non-bank consumer lender in Lativa, reports revenue of €8.6 million in the second quarter, “an increase of 46% compared to the same period last year.” The firm has provided the latest operational and financial information: Pre-tax profit “increased by 30% to €1.96 million,… Read More

August 14, 2022 @ 3:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

When compared with early April 2022, the ETH price dropped from around $3579 to a low of approximately $880. But now, Ethereum has surged from the bottom to nearly $2,000 at the time of writing. If calculated in USDT, the price of the majority of… Read More

August 14, 2022 @ 3:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken is pleased to announce that Basilisk (BSX) has begun trading on their platform. Clients can add BSX to their Kraken accounts “by navigating to Funding, selecting Basilisk, and then Deposit.” Trading with this token started on August 11, 2022. According to… Read More

August 14, 2022 @ 11:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CapitalRise has reportedly acquired another funding line, which the firm states should allow it to take on a larger number of projects based in London as well as Home Counties. The UK-based prime property lender noted that the agreement has been made with a prominent… Read More

August 13, 2022 @ 1:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment management firm abrdn (LON: ABDN) has reportedly become the largest external shareholder in the United Kingdom’s “first” regulated digital securities exchange, Archax. Terms of the transaction have not been shared publicly. Archax was established around 4 years ago in order to offer access to… Read More

August 12, 2022 @ 7:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, has made “a strategic investment in Web3 infrastructure provider Ankr.” The funds will go toward “ramping up the work on Ankr’s remote procedure call (RPC) service and building out its Web3 developer suite.” Ankr has… Read More

August 12, 2022 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a leading global investment crowdfunding platform, has launched a new Foodtech fund – joining its portfolio of other funds available for smaller investors. According to the offering page, the OurCrowd FoodTech Fund (OC FoodTech) is seeking a raise of $30 million that will enable… Read More