Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

October 25, 2020 @ 10:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdcube, one of the leading UK investment crowdfunding platforms, recently announced it has celebrated a  new milestone: now having one million members. The funding portal reported its community has made more than 800,000 investments, with £1 billion having been invested in campaigns. Founded in 2010,… Read More

October 24, 2020 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this month, the two leading investment crowdfunding platforms in the UK, Crowdcube and Seedrs, announced a proposed merger that would create the dominant online capital formation platform in the UK. Between the two firms, a merger would create not only the top platform in… Read More

October 23, 2020 @ 12:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last April in a significant strategic move, Republic acquired Fig – a crowdfunding platform for video games that issued securities under Reg A+. Republic is a leading investment crowdfunding platform in the US that continues to add new verticals and products as it builds out… Read More

October 23, 2020 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

NextSeed, formerly a Reg CF funding portal operating as a bank alternative that has since morphed into a full-stack online capital formation and private equity platform, has added a new asset class to its list of available investments with its first film offering. Described as… Read More

October 23, 2020 @ 11:04 am By JD Alois  |  

The Future Fund is part of a portfolio of COVID support programs that targets early-stage firms. Under the scheme, the UK government will match funding in a convertible securities offering thus supporting these smaller firms during a challenging time. It is anticipated that most of… Read More

October 22, 2020 @ 8:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lender OppLoans announced on Thursday it has joined forces with Experian, Steady, and BillShark to pursue its commitment to help customers build a better financial path through more financial resources, education, and support. OppLoans revealed that as part of its newly created social impact strategy,… Read More

October 22, 2020 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage, a company that aims to help institutional investors with adopting digital assets, has teamed up with Tokensoft to bring wrapped layer-one crypto-assets to the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain. Diogo Mónica, Co-Founder and President at Anchorage, explained that his organization will work with Tokensoft to offer… Read More

October 22, 2020 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, a crowdfunding marketplace for property-backed loans, is reporting that it has topped one million investments since platform launch in 2014. EstateGuru added that during August and September loan volumes surpassed €10 million each month. A strong and fast recovery from the COVID-crisis in Spring… Read More

October 22, 2020 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Yieldstreet, an alternative investment platform, has announced that John Siciliano has been appointed by the Board of Directors of the Yieldstreet Prism Fund as the Chairman of the Fund’s Board.  Yieldstreet says that Siciliano will lead the team that has overseen the Fund since its… Read More

October 22, 2020 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

LGO, a crypto exchange that services individual and institutional customers, will merge with Voyager Digital Ltd.,(CSE: VYGR) (OTCQB: VYGVF) (FRA: UCD2) a cryptoasset broker that provides retail and institutional investors with a turnkey solution to trade cryptoassets, according to a release. Voyager and LGO said… Read More

October 21, 2020 @ 11:04 am By JD Alois  |  

 tZERO, a blockchain-focused subsidiary of Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK), has announced the launch of its broker-dealer subsidiary that can service retail investors. tZERO Markets offers an online brokerage service that also facilitates the trading of digital assets via tZERO ATS. The digital securities currently available for trading… Read More

October 21, 2020 @ 8:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, the largest investment crowdfunding platform by volume in the UK, is reporting strong Q3 revenues, according to a blog post. Crowdcube said that as the COVID-19 health crisis lingers is marketplace continues to deliver solid results. In Q3, Crowdcube generated top-line revenue of £2.67… Read More

October 20, 2020 @ 11:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Steve Robson, MD at CapitalStackers, a UK-based peer to peer (P2P) lending platform focused on real estate finance, notes that they’re working with a new borrower, a new location, and also a new bank. The company states in a blog post: “A highly attractive scheme… Read More

October 20, 2020 @ 3:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sō.Capital has announced TheSō.Co, described as a new type of crowdfunding platform that seeks to help founders “broadcast their capital raising stories.” The platform says it brings together over 50,000 capital raising campaigns from over 30 crowdfunding sites worldwide. Simultaneously, Sō.Capital has announced a partnership… Read More

October 20, 2020 @ 8:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S.-based fintech FirstClose announced on Tuesday it has officially launched its digital lending platform (DLP), FirstClose ONE. According to FirstClose, FirstClose One is a home equity and refi tool that offers everything from application to servicing (credit score, valuation, title, tax, flood, closing, and recording)… Read More

October 20, 2020 @ 2:22 am By JD Alois  |  

The Association of German Lending Platforms (VdK), a group representing digital debt financing, has added five new members. According to a release, finpair, NetBid Finance, Exaloan, d-fine and SWK Bank, have all joined the association now making 18 members in total. The new members include… Read More

October 20, 2020 @ 1:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Zinsbaustein.de, a real estate crowdfunding marketplace, is expanding its model by offering a new real estate fund. In partnership with Primus Valor, the platform is offering an alternative investment fund (AIF), “ImmoChance Deutschland 10 Renovation Plus” (ICD 10 R +) that is said to focus… Read More

October 19, 2020 @ 9:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The development of the Bitcoin (BTC) protocol and decentralized finance (DeFi) networks is somewhat similar but also very different, according to a report from OKCoin. The exchange notes that application developers are focused on supporting the growth of Bitcoin and DeFi. They aim to create… Read More

October 18, 2020 @ 4:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Marc Sebag, the Chief Risk Officer at October, a top European online lender, had answered important questions last year (in June 2019) about defaults and the continuous improvements that the platform makes to its scoring model. The October team acknowledges that the COVID-19 outbreak has… Read More

October 18, 2020 @ 3:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

An investor has reportedly been attempting to get her funds out of one of the UK’s largest peer to peer (P2P) lending platforms, RateSetter, since August 2020. According to a report from the Guardian, the investor (Michelle Johnson) was told by RateSetter’s management that her… Read More