Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

February 21, 2022 @ 7:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Round Here is the newest, FINRA regulated funding portal to launch to offer securities crowdfunding. A funding portal is a new entity created by the JOBS Act of 2021 that lists regulated securities from firms in need of growth capital. Funding portals will mostly raise… Read More

February 21, 2022 @ 11:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm BlockFi has added six new crypto-assets for their non-US clients via BlockFi International. They include Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL), Polkadot (DOT), Avalanche (AVAX), Cosmos (ATOM), and Filecoin (FIL). The new assets will be available to buy, sell, and trade… Read More

February 21, 2022 @ 10:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Groundfloor, a real estate investment marketplace catering to both non-accredited and accredited investors, has announced $118 million in new capital. The cash is divided up between $100 million in debt capital provided by Medipower, $5.8 million in equity from Medipower, along with $7.2 million in… Read More

February 21, 2022 @ 9:32 am By JD Alois  |  

This is an interesting factoid. In a tweet, Funderbeam noted that Estonia claims the title of having the highest number of unicorns, per capita, in the world. 🦄 Estonia might soon have its 10th unicorn and already has the highest number of unicorns per capita… Read More

February 20, 2022 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nana Murugesan, VP, International and Business Development at Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), says that the digital asset firm will be adopting “a go broad and go deep approach” in order to scale operations internationally so that they can further their mission of bringing more “economic freedom”… Read More

February 18, 2022 @ 3:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Much has been made of embedded lending during the past couple years. With the COVID-19 crisis shuttering businesses and forcing a major shift to online and all-digital services, you could say that this was inevitable. Now, large Fintechs like Klarna, Stripe and PayPal have shown… Read More

February 18, 2022 @ 1:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lithuania’s borderless finance platform Debitum is pleased to confirm that Henrijs Jansons has joined the firm as its new Chief Executive Officer. His appointment became effective at the end of January 2022. Henrijs is reportedly replacing former CEO Sergei Demchuk, who will “focus on the… Read More

February 18, 2022 @ 9:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Fintech, or financial technology, is a hot sector of investing and innovation in general. All financial services are going through an extended period of disruption as digital replaces analog and startups and early-stage ventures challenge incumbents. In our opinion, this transition is a multi-decade event… Read More

February 18, 2022 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Prosper has shared their platform’s Performance Update for January 2022. Haiyan Huang from Prosper notes that in January 2022, approximately 57% of loan originations “were rated AA-B.” The company further noted that the average loan size in January “increased by 4% month-over-month.”… Read More

February 18, 2022 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ararat Yuzbashyan, CTO at EstateGuru, has explained how he aims to improve the lives of his colleagues. Ararat also talked about the advice he would give to talented professionals who are thinking of joining EstateGuru. Ararat has been working at EstateGuru for around 10 years…. Read More

February 18, 2022 @ 2:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The peer-to-peer market is expected to grow by around 20% this year, according to a report from Croatian lender Robo.cash. Robocash analysts noted that the optimistic scenario for 2022 is being supported by the general development trend from last year. Industry experts are also betting… Read More

February 17, 2022 @ 11:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly looking into the relationship between the US division of Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange, and two trading companies with alleged ties to Binance founder Changpeng Zhao or “CZ”, according to sources familiar with the… Read More

February 17, 2022 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European lender Bondora reveals that 2022 is off to a solid start, as the annual return rate for 2021 outperforms the target rate by 5.5%. The quarterly performance has also improved from December 2021, with all four quarters of 2021 “performing above their target rates.”… Read More

February 17, 2022 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The year has kicked off on a strong note in the United Kingdom’s housing market and the price of an average home continued to reach all-time highs, according to an update published by Blend Network, a specialist development finance lender. The Nationwide House Price Index… Read More

February 16, 2022 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BKKT), a digital asset platform that enables clients to purchase, sell, send and spend a range of virtual currencies, has announced that Valliance Bank, a provider of various financial solutions, will provide clients access to Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) via… Read More

February 16, 2022 @ 11:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding Societies, an online capital formation platform serving Asia, has announced $294 million in funding led by SoftBank. According to a statement by the company, USD $144 million was raised in an oversubscribed Series C+ equity round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with new… Read More

February 16, 2022 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Invesdor, a top European securities crowdfunding platform based in Finland, merged with Germany-based Kapilendo in 2021. Today, Invesdor has announced the two platforms are combining to create a single website to “make cross-border investing easy and affordable.” In 2019, Invesdor merged operations with debt-based platform… Read More

February 16, 2022 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at European lender Mintos has shared updates about the latest actions taken in the case of GetBucks Botswana, GetBucks Zambia, and their guarantor – Luxembourg-headquartered firm MyBucks SA. GetBucks Botswana (Cashcorp Proprietary Limited, Firstcred Limited, TU Employee Benefits Proprietary Limited) and GetBucks Zambia… Read More

February 15, 2022 @ 11:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

In 2021 the Korean government cracked down on digital asset exchanges requiring the crypto trading platforms to receive regulatory approval to operate. While some were approved before a strict deadline the bulk struggled to meet the requirements. One of these was GOPAX. Today, according to… Read More

February 15, 2022 @ 3:15 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Assetz Capital plans to lend £1 billion to homebuilders in 2022 before ramping it up 50 per cent in 2023 to £1.5 billion, the company said this week. The announcement was made by parent company Assetz. The move is designed to stimulate demand amongst SME… Read More