Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

September 18, 2021 @ 12:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Morgan McCandless, Relationship Director at Assetz Capital, a marketplace lending platform originating secured loans, reveals that he re-joined Assetz in June of this year, having previously worked on the Northern Ireland portfolio as a consultant, before the COVID outbreak. As a Relationship Director covering Northern… Read More

September 16, 2021 @ 9:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bondster a Czech based peer to peer lending platform, says it will allow loans for investors to be secured with Bitcoin. Bondster states that just last week the first batch of loans secured by bitcoin were originated on its platform. Bondster claims there was an… Read More

September 16, 2021 @ 2:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Change, a European crypto investment platform, says it has opened an office in Singapore in the first step towards global expansion. Singapore is a noted Fintech hub that is supported by a regulatory regime that seeks to enable Fintech innovation. This past summer, Change reported… Read More

September 16, 2021 @ 2:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Prosper, a marketplace lending company that connects borrowers and investors with over $17B in loans issued via its platform, has shared its Performance Update Report for the month of August 2021. As noted in the report prepared by Haiyan Huang from Prosper, dated September 15,… Read More

September 16, 2021 @ 9:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Gemini reveals that it now supports trading with Moss Carbon and Terra, in addition to new metaverse, infrastructure, and stablecoin tokens. As mentioned in an update shared with CI: “Today, [the Gemini team is] delighted to announce support for a new set… Read More

September 15, 2021 @ 10:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Specialist lender Assetz Capital has appointed Mehwish Mirza to the new position of senior relationship manager to its bridging team. Mirza moves over from Glenhawk, where she spent almost two years operating as a business development manager following spells with Together and Gatehouse Bank. She… Read More

September 15, 2021 @ 10:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paxful, an established and globally accessible P2P Fintech platform, reveals that it has performed an integration on the Lightning Network. More than 7 million Paxful users will now be able to “leverage the power of the Lightning Network, a system built on top of the… Read More

September 14, 2021 @ 11:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Property investment platform CrowdProperty has announced the launch of its Planning Gain Finance product, a service line that affirms the business’s commitment to partnering with SME developers. According to CrowdProperty, Planning Gain Finance will assist developers in securing developments that have not yet received the… Read More

September 14, 2021 @ 4:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

tZERO, a regulated ATS platform trading enabling the trading of digital securities, has commenced trading of Exodus Movement, Inc. Class A common stock. Earlier this year, Exodus issued securities under Reg A+, a securities exemption that allows the issuer to immediately trade shares on an… Read More

September 14, 2021 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

creditshelf, a marketplace lender for German SMEs, is reporting that it generated more than €100 million of new loan business between January and September 2021, already exceeding the total loan volume of €98.9 million arranged in the fiscal year 2020. creditshelf stated that its loans… Read More

September 14, 2021 @ 7:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Invesdor, a European debt and equity investment platform, has listed its first tokenized securities offering dining business Beets & Roots. According to a note from the company, investors may now purchase token-based participation rights. Jens Siebert, COO and co-founder of Invesdor, explained that token-based participation… Read More

September 13, 2021 @ 9:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine, one of the largest investment crowdfunding platforms in the US, has increased its crowdfunding bounty for issuers that raise capital on its site. Previously, StartEngine paid out $1000 for offering referrals but today the StartEngine Scout Program will pay you a whopping $5000 if… Read More

September 13, 2021 @ 3:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hoard Exchange, which aims to facilitate “true ownership” of virtual game assets on Ethereum,  is a fast-growing non-fungible token (NFTs) marketplace that was introduced back in 2018. The platform was initially developed as a reliable blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) network. The community members… Read More

September 12, 2021 @ 11:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s MarketFinance, one of the largest P2P invoice financing platforms, notes that if you’re a regular “around these parts,” then you’ll have most likely seen their “flex loans” cropping up quite often. As explained by MarketFinance, flex loans give small businesses fast and “flexible access”… Read More

September 12, 2021 @ 9:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Kuflink, a platform that connects borrowers with lenders, by providing a steady flow of accessible finance and competitive interest rates, reveals that new features have been added for September 2021. The Kuflink technology team continued to work to bring updated features for September 2021… Read More

September 12, 2021 @ 8:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Lithuania’s Debitum, a borderless financing platform, has shared important information for their investors, the company’s Financial report Q2, 2021. As noted in a blog post by Debitum, the document presents the financial and business performance of the SIA DN Operator (the platform… Read More

September 12, 2021 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European P2P lending service Bondora reveals that during the month of August 2021, there were 2,155 new investors that joined their platform, bringing the total number of investors to 172,809 individuals. More than €472M has now been invested via Bondora, and investors have earned over… Read More

September 10, 2021 @ 12:55 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Seismic Capital this week launched its Regulation A+ equity funding campaign following the qualification of its Form 1-A offering circular by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The offering is open to both accredited and non-accredited investors. The company’s portfolio management approach focuses on identifying startups whose business… Read More

September 10, 2021 @ 9:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NFTs have become quite popular with a diverse group of consumers including professional NBA athletes like Stephen Curry and even former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is talking about these digital collectibles. NFTs have quickly become the most-widely discussed topic in the crypto space. Even… Read More

September 10, 2021 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru has raised €5.8 million in a Series A round of venture capital funding following a successful equity crowdfunding round on Seedrs this past spring. The funding round was led by TMT Investments Plc and an unnamed public company that was said to be an… Read More