Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

February 11, 2021 @ 9:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Assetz Capital, a peer to peer lender that originates secured loans, announced on Wednesday it is set to accept approaching £100 million of new IFISA investment immediately and is looking forward to a bumper ISA season as the only lender of significant scale left in… Read More

February 10, 2021 @ 10:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Real estate has always held a certain allure for sophisticated investors as typically, over the long run, it appreciates in value and can also generate a  good amount of immediate cash flow – so both yield and capital gains. Until recently, unless you had… Read More

February 10, 2021 @ 2:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

PeerStreet, a real estate crowdfunding platform, has announced a new program designed to aid underserved real estate entrepreneurs. Named the Evolving Neighborhood Uplift Fund or the E.N.U.F. project, the program seeks to create a sustainable way to invest in real estate entrepreneurs from underserved communities… Read More

February 10, 2021 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Nexo, a crypto lending platform and exchange, says that assets under management have “surged” to more than $4 billion. The comments may come as no surprise as Bitcoin has rocketed to new highs as Tesla announced it had purchased $1.5 billion in BTC and expectations… Read More

February 9, 2021 @ 2:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Harvest Returns, a farm crowdfunding platform, has partnered with Agritecture, LLC, an urban farming consulting and digital services firm, to accelerate the urban farming and controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry across the country. The partnership will provide ag focused entrepreneurs a more accessible way to… Read More

February 9, 2021 @ 11:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Yann Murciano, CEO at online peer to peer lender Blend Network, who had previously explained in an interview with CI last year that we’re witnessing the “democratization of property investing” in the 21st century. As covered in December 2020, the Blend… Read More

February 9, 2021 @ 7:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Folk2Folk says it has increased the size of its brokerage partners. According to the company, this has resulted in several adjustments within the firm, including an expansion of its South West focus to become a national lender, accepting deals from across… Read More

February 8, 2021 @ 10:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based Funding Societies has announced the expansion of operations into Thailand. The online capital formation platform will operate under a crowdfunding license authorized by the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission. According to a note from Funding Societies, the company worked for more than a… Read More

February 8, 2021 @ 9:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aave (AAVE), an open-source and non-custodial protocol to earn interest on deposits and borrow assets, handled $2 billion in flash loans in 2020. Aave is basically a borrowing and lending platform that supports flash loans, which are “rapidly executed loans borrowed that are paid back… Read More

February 8, 2021 @ 7:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Neufund, a European Fintech startup with “a mission to open the world of finance: create new markets and bring together assets, investors, and entrepreneurs,” recently shared its product update for January 2021. Neufund noted that their professional team has just returned from “a well-deserved” break,… Read More

February 7, 2021 @ 10:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  InvestX, a U.S.-based private equity marketplace, recently announced the launch of its new trading platform, GEM. According to InvestX, GEM delivers access to “Pre-IPO Giants” by allowing broker-dealers to easily transact in private equity through an intuitive, reliable, and transparent technology solution. The GEM… Read More

February 7, 2021 @ 10:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European online lender October recently alerted consumers about the money muling fraud. The company explained what usually takes place when bad actors carry out these fraudulent activities and shares tips to avoid getting scammed. October notes that if you’re being offered “opportunities” to make easy… Read More

February 5, 2021 @ 1:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Uhive, a UK-based cryptocurrency-powered social network, has raised more than £662,0000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round, which launched month, sought to secure a minimum of £500,000, has attracted nearly 400 Seedrs investors. As previously reported,  Uhive describes itself as a… Read More

February 5, 2021 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Bondora, a European peer to peer lending platform, states that the first month of 2021 is “setting the tone” for the year to come. Bondora notes that the Fintech sector is still growing steadily. including Portugal’s financial technology industry as the country… Read More

February 4, 2021 @ 4:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Vested Finance, an online investment platform that enables Indian investors to invest in the U.S. stock market, announced on Thursday it raised $3.6 million through its latest seed funding round, which saw participation from Moving Capital, Ovo Fund, TenOneTen Ventures, Inflection Point Ventures, and Venture… Read More

February 4, 2021 @ 3:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marlette Funding, LLC, an online consumer lending platform, service provider, announced on Thursday it is expanding its Best Egg suite of lending products, including the addition of a new credit card program in 2021. According to Marlette Funding, the new Visa credit card will offer… Read More

February 4, 2021 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finland’s peer to peer (P2P) Bitcoin exchange, LocalBitcoins says that 2020 was an “extraordinary” year and during the past quarter (Q4 2020), the BTC price reached its all-time high and has continued to surge this year. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at just over $38,000 at… Read More

February 3, 2021 @ 4:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube and Seedrs are in the midst of a review by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regarding the proposed merger between the two early-stage funding platforms. The proposed merger was revealed in October of 2020. At that time, Seedrs CEO Jeff Kelinsky stated: “We… Read More

February 3, 2021 @ 2:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

tZERO has announced a partnership with Vertalo, a transfer agent that facilitates digital securities, to integrate Vertalo’s tech stack. tZERO is a registered alternative trading system (ATS), similar to an exchange, and a regulated broker-dealer. tZERO CEO Saum Noursalehi said they are excited to integrate… Read More

February 3, 2021 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Linked Finance has appointed Niall O’Grady as the new CEO, according to a note from the company. O’Grady is expected to lead the business through its next stage of growth as the peer to peer lender reports €3 million in lending funded in the first… Read More