Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

November 14, 2021 @ 1:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at European online lender October recently revealed that Lot61 had borrowed €465,000 in order to finance an acquisition of part of their business. As mentioned in a blog post, October spoke to the company’s Australian founder Adam Craig about entrepreneurship, growth and “the… Read More

November 14, 2021 @ 10:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EstateGuru, an online investment marketplace that matches borrowers to investors with secured debt securities, notes that in October 2021, their investors financed a total of 104 loans, “valued at €16.9M.” Germany, which is EstateGuru’s largest market, “contributed €4.1M, while the largest volume was in Estonia (€6.1M),”… Read More

November 12, 2021 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Global investment platform OurCrowd has inked another Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) – this time with an entity from Colombia. According to an email distributed by OurCrowd, they have signed an MOU with iNNpulsa to establish a fund to invest in OurCrowd portfolio companies, as well… Read More

November 10, 2021 @ 10:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

ADDX and Tokai Tokyo will provde access to digital securities in Japan following the receipt of a security token license by the Japanese Financial Services Agency. ADDX, formerly known as iSTOX, is an online marketplace for digital securities including fractional shares. ADDX  has been approved… Read More

November 10, 2021 @ 9:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), the leading digital asset marketplace in the US, missed earnings expectations yesterday disappointing investors. In response, shares are tanking and as of now are down % in pre-market trading. While analysts anticipated revenue of $1.6 billion, Coinbase missed that amount generating only $1.3… Read More

November 10, 2021 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Assetz Capital has announced four new executives that have been hired to help drive the online lending platform to originate £1 per year of loans. The online lender specialises in commercial mortgages, bridging, and development finance, Assetz Capital also announced the full restarting of Retail… Read More

November 10, 2021 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crowdcube aims to become the very first platform to operate under new European Union regulations (European Crowdfunding Service Providers or ECSP). Crowdcube, a leading online investment marketplace, will now be “uniquely positioned” to assist even more Europe-based businesses with securing capital while promoting engagement, loyalty,… Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 10:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Circle Internet Financial has launched Circle Ventures, a fund that aims to invest in promising early-stage blockchain firms. While best known for its dollar-based stablecoin (USDC), Circle is already engaged with the early-stage funding sector via its acquisition of SeedInvest, a top investment crowdfunding platform…. Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 2:41 pm By Ahmad Glover  |  

When it comes to small businesses and startups, funding is crucial. It’s also one of the most difficult steps in the entrepreneurial journey. Why? Because nine out of 10 startups fail within a decade of forming, and financial problems are one of the main culprits…. Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Roofstock, a real estate investment platform, has launched the ability for investors to participate in fractional shares of managed rental properties thus enabling a higher degree of diversification for property investors. Roofstock One is a turnkey vehicle where accredited investors can purchase shares in rental… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Security Token Market (STM), which focuses on supporting the blockchain-enabled security token ecosystem, has released the latest security tokens market report outlining the exchange/marketplace performance during the month of October 2021. According to data from stomarket.com, the key highlights from the security tokens… Read More

November 7, 2021 @ 1:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Croatian P2P lender Robo.cash has shared the performance of its loan originators for Q3 2021. The Robo.cash team writes in a blog post, dated November 2, 2021, that today, they’re updating clients on the results of the Robo.cash loan originators in Q3. UnaPay, the Philippines… Read More

November 6, 2021 @ 12:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FTX US, a US-regulated crypto exchange, announced it has implemented a comprehensive suite of anti-financial crime compliance and risk management tools created by TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence provider. FTX US, the US division of FTX, has reportedly integrated TRM’s Transaction Monitoring and Forensics tools… Read More

November 5, 2021 @ 3:31 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain-based derivatives trading platform CloseCross has switched from Ethereum to Polygon, the company announced this week By switching to Polygon, a protocol and framework for building and connecting Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks, the MIFID-licensed platform said it is able to reduce costs for users by up… Read More

November 5, 2021 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, an online investment marketplace that matches borrowers to investors with secured debt securities, has topped 100,000 investors, according to a post by its Chief Operating Officer. Mihkel Stamm, who is a member of the Board as well as COO of EstateGuru, posted: “Today, we… Read More

November 4, 2021 @ 10:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank (BKK: SCB) revealed that it has acquired a 51% controlling interest in crypto exchange Bitkub for $537 million. As mentioned in the announcement, the acquisition has been finalized with assistance from SCBX. The details were confirmed in October 2021 and Bitkub… Read More

November 4, 2021 @ 5:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Republic is on a roll. After launching in 2016 as a funding portal providing access to capital to early-stage firms under Reg CF, Republic is now catering to both accredited and non-accredited investors while managing a growing number of investment verticals and… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 5:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

ADDX (formerly operating as iStox), a digital securities exchange backed by the Singapore Exchange (SGX), has launched its very first product, according to a note from the company. ADDX has listed a crypto fund managed by Trovio Capital Management (TCM). The fund aims to a… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 1:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Neobank Ziglu has topped £6 million on Seedrs after easily surpassing its £1 million initial target. As was previously reported, Ziglu is raising growth capital at a pre-money valuation of £85 million. The EIS qualified offering is selling equity at a per share price of… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

SMBX, a FINRA regulated crowdfunding platform, has raised $11.5 million in seed funding, according to a note from the company. The seed funding round was led by Dovi Frances’s Group 11, with participation from existing investors Better Ventures, Impact America Fund (IAF), Unpopular Ventures, Berkeley SkyDeck,… Read More