Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

April 14, 2022 @ 11:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Exodus Movement, Inc. (tZERO and Securitize ATS:EXOD), a non-custodial wallet, has announced that it now accepts fiat transfers from bank accounts to purchase cryptocurrency via its mobile app. Exodus is the first-ever issuer to raise the maximum amount allowable under the Reg A+ exemption. In… Read More

April 14, 2022 @ 11:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, tZERO – a digital securities marketplace providing both primary issuance and secondary trading in securities, rang the NYSE opening bell. The Fintech was celebrating both the strategic investment by ICE (NYSE:ICE), the parent company of the NYSE, as well as the start of its… Read More

April 13, 2022 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Financiera Contigo (CEGE Capital), a lending firm doing business in Mexico,  will provide investment opportunities on Mintos with interest rates of “up to 12% per annum.” Financiera Contigo was founded in 2010 ​​by two brothers Allan and Emilio Cherem, who were “nominated by Forbes for… Read More

April 13, 2022 @ 5:12 am By JD Alois  |  

JULO, an online lender serving consumers in Indonesia, has raised $80 million in capital from Japan-based Credit Saison. The new funding is split between $30 million in equity plus a $50 million debt facility. Investors from previous rounds include Skystar Capital, Saratoga Investama, East Ventures,… Read More

April 12, 2022 @ 11:58 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Digital alternative investment platform Yieldstreet is now letting people invest in startups, the company announced today. The first companies include established startups Fetch Rewards and Flutterwave. The arrangement is made in partnership with venture capital investment firm Greycroft, which has more than $2 billion in… Read More

April 11, 2022 @ 7:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wefunder, a top FINRA regulated funding portal, says it had a banner week as it raised more funding under Reg CF than ever before. According to a tweet from Jonny Price, Wefunder Vice President of Fundraising, Wefunder raised just shy of $14 million in seven… Read More

April 11, 2022 @ 6:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, Republic officially announced its long-anticipated expansion into Asia. The company has previously expressed its intent to move into other geographies. Last year, Republic made its first big leap into Europe via the acquisition of Seedrs, a UK-based investment crowdfunding platform that has long-listed… Read More

April 11, 2022 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitstamp, which claims to be the world’s longest running crypto exchange, recently announced its “Bitstamp-as-a-Service,” or BSaaS, a fast, cost-effective, and “hassle-free” way for institutions “to enter the rapidly growing crypto market in the U.S.” The service will provide Fintechs and traditional financial institutions “with… Read More

April 11, 2022 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s Blend Network has reportedly acquired a £120 million funding line from a group of family offices, which the firm said it would use to scale its existing loan book. Yann Murciano, CEO at Blend Network, a specialist development finance lender, explained that obtaining the… Read More

April 8, 2022 @ 5:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, the derivatives marketplace, and CF Benchmarks, the provider of cryptocurrency benchmark indices, announced plans to introduce 11 new virtual currency reference rates and real-time indices, which will be “calculated and published daily by CF Benchmarks, beginning April 25.” These reference rates and indices… Read More

April 8, 2022 @ 4:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) took a blow today during an overall challenging market session, as Goldman Sachs issued a downgrade from Neutral to Sell. Robinhood is a social trading platform allowing users to trade both traditional securities alongside crypto. Last week, Robinhood shared that its goal is… Read More

April 8, 2022 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

This week Jonny Price, Vice President of Fundraising at Wefunder – a top Reg CF funding portal operating in the US (and soon in Europe), pitched a rebranding of “equity crowdfunding” to “community round.” Price directed his opinion at Republic.     Yo @joinrepublic what… Read More

April 7, 2022 @ 3:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Honeycomb Credit, a regulated funding portal providing SMEs access to debt capital, has announced a new partnership with Sustainible IO – a firm aiming to improve the likelihood of business success. According to Honeycomb, the two companies will offer capital readiness assessments to Main St…. Read More

April 7, 2022 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kassio, a “crypto-for-everyone” platform that allows users to buy, sell, borrow, earn and utilize cryptos, has raised funds worth $1.6 million via its pre-seed round. Kassio has acquired the capital from two major European investment funds, and Aalto Capital, which has led the investment round…. Read More

April 6, 2022 @ 11:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-headquartered fractional share trading Fintech Gotrade has secured $15.5 million via a Series A round that was led by Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures. MUFG, BeeNext, Kibo Ventures, Picus Capital, LocalGlobe, Social Leverage, and Raptor also joined GoTrade’s latest investment round. Established back in 2019, the… Read More

April 6, 2022 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Digital Assets Exchange (EDSX) says it will become the first digital securities, or security token exchange, to operate in Switzerland. EDSX will offer both primary issuance as well as a secondary market in digital securities. Founded in 2019, EDSX states that it has… Read More

April 6, 2022 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Binance.US, the USA-facing crypto marketplace owned by Binance Global, has raised a $200 million “seed round” at a valuation of $4.5 billion, according to a company statement. Binance.US said that investors included RRE Ventures, Foundation Capital, Original Capital, VanEck, Gaingels, Gold House, and Circle Ventures,… Read More

April 6, 2022 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lemon.markets, a Berlin-headquartered Fintech firm that helps companies embed trading services through APIs, has secured €15 million via a seed funding round that was co-led by Lakestar and Lightspeed. Creandum and System.one took part in the investment round, along with contributions from angels (like N26… Read More

April 5, 2022 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Qonto, a European business finance solution, announced that it will pursue a securities crowdfunding offering on investment marketplace Crowdcube. Qonto claims to be the first European unicorn to “launch a pan-European community equity raise campaign in partnership with the European platform Crowdcube.” The firm,  which… Read More

April 5, 2022 @ 8:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube is accelerating in France. That is how the new French version of Crowdcube announces itself. Crowdcube is one of the largest securities crowdfunding platforms in the UK as well as Europe. Having long operated in Europe, recent rule changes will make it easier for… Read More