Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

July 13, 2021 @ 3:03 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Digital asset marketplace Binance.US is adding mobile phone-based technology to its user verification and onboarding processes. The multi-year agreement is with Prove a company offering technology that proves identity with a phone number. Through its trademarked process Phone-Centric Identity Prove analyzes mobile, telecom, and other… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 1:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Recently, Seedrs shared some insight into securities crowdfunding performance for the first half of 2021. While 2020 started out quite rough due to the arrival of a global pandemic, in the latter half of the year Seedrs, like many online investment platforms, showed solid resilience… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a global online investment platform catering to both individual and institutional investors, streamed a session today that discussed the Top 10 Post-Pandemic Tech Trends that believes are impacting markets. The session was modeled after a popular segment of OurCrowd’s annual Investor Summit held in… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at EstateGuru, an online lending platform that offers retail investors the ability to back loans secured by property, notes that as is customary, and as part of their commitment to transparency, they’ve published an “externally audited” annual report for 2020. EstateGuru‘s management writes in… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 8:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, a top European investment crowdfunding platform, has hired a new Chief Technology Officer as the launch of its new Community IPO nears According to a post on BusinessCloud, former CIO of Moneysupermarket David Halsey will help develop the tech stack at Crowdcube as the… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Shojin, an investment firm that aims to unlock institutional-grade investment opportunities in the UK property market for “enlightened investors across the world,” has taken a detailed look at how real estate crowdfunding originated and why they think the future is bright for… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 3:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Kraken will be supporting four new crypto-assets: Axie Infinity (AXS), Chiliz (CHZ), Origin Protocol (OGN) and Perpetual Protocol (PERP). The Kraken team notes in an update that deposits for all four digital assets are available now. Trading will start on July 13,… Read More

July 12, 2021 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Three European digital investment platforms Kapilendo, Finnest, and Invesdor will now consolidate under the Invesdor brand. Finland-based Invesdor was originally launched as a securities crowdfunding platform. In 2019, Invesdor and Finnest completed a merger. When the two companies merged, Finnest was operating as an online… Read More

July 11, 2021 @ 10:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fenchurch Legal, a litigation finance provider, has reportedly joined European P2P lending platform Mintos and will be offering new investment opportunities. As mentioned in an update from Mintos, dated July 8, 2021, the platform continues to add new cooperation partners. It also remains focused on… Read More

July 9, 2021 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

JustUs, a UK-based peer-to-peer lender, says it has updated its investment platform is ready to expand its services into both Europe and the US. According to a post by JustUS founder and CEO Lee Birkett, crowdfunding will be available in the US later in July:… Read More

July 9, 2021 @ 8:33 am By JD Alois  |  

SeedBlink,  an investing platform specialized in sourcing, vetting, financing, and scaling European tech start-ups, has received a €1.2 million investment from Catalyst Romania Fund II as the lead in a Series A €3 million funding round, according to a note from the company. SeedBlink reports… Read More

July 8, 2021 @ 5:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Circle, a digital asset firm that has gone big into stablecoins and services, will become a publicly traded firm in a SPAC deal. Circle is the principal operator of the dollar based stablecoin USD Coin (USDC). Of interest is the fact that Circle also owns… Read More

July 8, 2021 @ 3:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Liti Capital SA,  a Swiss litigation finance firm, says it has raised an additional $5 million to purchase assets worth up to $50 million. Litigation finance is when a firm purchases a percentage of a lawsuit to help fund a lawsuit in the hopes of… Read More

July 8, 2021 @ 11:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK-based Blend Network, a peer-to-peer lending platform, notes that Q2 2021 was a “fantastic quarter” for the service provider. Blend Network reveals that it listed and funded some of their biggest loans, “helping build much-needed homes across the UK.” In June 2021,… Read More

July 8, 2021 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European P2P lending platform Bondora reports that it has been making a “strong comeback” after the “universally challenging” 2020 (due to the COVID outbreak and resulting socioeconomic challenges). The Bondora team writes in a blog post dated July 8, 2021 that this ongoing recovery is… Read More

July 7, 2021 @ 2:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

CrowdToLive, a Fintech platform that wants to make home-ownership easier with an equity financing platform, is looking to raise £250,000 on Seedrs. According to the offering page, CrowdToLive is offering equity at a pre-money valuation of £11.9 million. The security is EIS eligible and has… Read More

July 6, 2021 @ 7:29 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Israel’s thriving high-tech ecosystem needs a recalibration if it is to continue as a global hotspot, OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved said in an article published on LinkedIn today. At first glance, things look good given the record $10.5 billion in investment the sector attracted in… Read More

July 6, 2021 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

CrowdProperty is reporting a £300 million institutional funding line agreement with a “new major investment manager.” The funding line is said to be a five-year agreement that complements CrowdProperty’s existing sources of capital. CrowdProperty is a property lending platform that provides access to capital for… Read More

July 6, 2021 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

At the end of last month, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that Binance Markets Limited was no longer permitted to undertake any regulated activity in the UK. Binance Markets is part of the broader Binance Group – a company that powers the largest… Read More

July 6, 2021 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Croatia’s Robo.cash, a peer-to-peer lending marketplace, reveals that the month of June 2021 was quite stable and the company ended the first half of 2021 with confidence. As noted by Robo.cash in an update dated July 5th, 2021: “In June our investors funded loans worth… Read More