Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

July 2, 2020 @ 1:33 am By JD Alois  |  

A new report tracking investment crowdfunding campaigns in the UK says this sector of Fintech declined by 15% during Q2 2020. A decline should come as no surprise as the data would be coming from the period when COVID-19 was impacting all markets. The same… Read More

July 1, 2020 @ 10:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset investing company B21 has launched its B21 Invest app in India. According to a release, B21 Invest simplifies the purchase and management of cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and EOS. B21 Invest supports investment for as little as INR 2,000 ($25) per transaction. Users… Read More

July 1, 2020 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Folk2Folk, a unique peer to peer lending firm that focuses on rural businesses, has been approved by the British Business Bank as a lender under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and will soon be open for CBILS applications, according to a company release…. Read More

July 1, 2020 @ 8:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small business funding platform Biz2Credit announced on Tuesday it will be hosting a forum with Maine senator, Susan Collins, to discuss the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which includes the program’s successes and the lessons learned from the program.  The PPP was created through the Keeping… Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 5:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

SeedInvest is introducing a new investment vehicle – the Black Capital Fund. The new fund is on a mission to increase access and build wealth for the African American community. SeedInvest states: “Early-stage venture capital represents a potentially attractive asset class, having returned 14.1% compared… Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 4:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Usually, the coasts tend to provide unique tech services to the middle of the country. Today, Crowdfund Insider received a note that Pittsburgh-based Honeycomb Credit, a Reg CF funding portal, has completed its first securities offering for a business operating in San Francisco. Honeycomb Credit… Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 10:24 am By Olivia Halsall  |  

Kuflink funds projects secured against UK property and boasts that investors can earn up to 7.2% interest per annum plus 4% cashback on their first investment. Having undertaken just over 300,000 investments, in mid-June the P2P Investment Platform announced it had funded over £50 million… Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub Corporation (NYSE: LC), the largest marketplace lender in the US, is expanding its LCX platform to provide biding and pricing on loans prior to issuance. This marketplace is said to operate down to the individual loan level thus providing exceptional granularity, according to a… Read More

June 29, 2020 @ 1:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

  London Chelsea Limited says it has partnered with SolidBlock to offer a digital asset fund that invests in real estate. According to a release, London Chelsea Limited will sell a “London Digital Bond” described as a digital security backed by property. London Chelsea is… Read More

June 29, 2020 @ 7:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange that’s now averaging more than $11 billion in global crypto trading volume, claims that it has recently completed its largest system-wide upgrade ever. According to Binance, the major update was finalized on June 28, 2020. Changpeng Zhao (“CZ”),… Read More

June 28, 2020 @ 5:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine, a leading investment crowdfunding platform operating in the US, says it is on pace for a record year. To date, the platform reports over $50 million having been raised by issuers leveraging the Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) securities exemption as well as Reg A+/Reg… Read More

June 28, 2020 @ 3:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paxful, a leading and fast-growing peer to peer (P2P) Bitcoin marketplace, recently overtook  LocalBitcoins in weekly global BTC trading volume. Paxful users reportedly traded almost $39.8 million worth of Bitcoin (globally) during the week that ended June 6, 2020. Meanwhile, LocalBitcoins reported around $39.5 million… Read More

June 28, 2020 @ 2:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based CapitalStackers, a peer to peer (P2P) lending platform focused on real estate finance, has reportedly repaid £1.4 million (appr. $1.7 million) to investors, despite the socio-economic challenges created due to the global COVID-19 outbreak. CapitalStackers confirmed that it’s planning to introduce an Innovative Finance… Read More

June 27, 2020 @ 10:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinList, a platform for conducting digital asset token sales, is planning to distribute Filecoin (FIL) tokens after the initiative’s mainnet goes live at some point in August 2020 or later this year. At the time of the mainnet launch, FIL tokens will be sent directly… Read More

June 26, 2020 @ 7:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, Crowdfund Insider wrote about Jason Williams, General Partner at Morgan Creek Digital and founder of FastMed Urgent Care, and his experience earning over $200,000 in interest on BlockFi while parking his money ($2.5M). This week, BlockFi is announcing a new mobile app so users can… Read More

June 26, 2020 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Lex – an Oneline Marketplace for Real Estate Securities Real estate investment has historically been a challenging sector of opportunity for smaller investors. If you want to go it alone it takes a lot of time and knowledge to flip houses or rent flats. Of… Read More

June 24, 2020 @ 11:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset trading platform BlockQuake has formed a partnership with Secure Digital Markets (SDM) to provide users 24/7 liquidity in the digital asset marketplace. SDM is a digital asset focused brokerage and trading firm based in Toronto. The company reports relationships with clients in 60+… Read More

June 24, 2020 @ 3:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, a leading investment crowdfunding platform, has announced the offering of Republic Note – scheduled to go on sale July 16, 2020. Republic Note is a profit-sharing token with a funding cap of $8 million. According to the company, Republic Note is in line with… Read More

June 24, 2020 @ 12:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is pushing further into blockchain by incorporating digital assets into its SEDOL Masterfile service, a global security identifier covering 100 million financial instruments. According to the LSEG, as of this week, SEDOL security identifiers have been assigned to 169… Read More

June 24, 2020 @ 7:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Online lending platform Lendio announced on Tuesday it has formed a new partnership with Lendistry, an online lender that focuses on providing economic opportunities and progressive growth for minority small business owners and those in underserved communities. Lendio reported that through this partnership, it… Read More