Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

December 17, 2019 @ 10:20 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The OTC division of San Francisco’s Kraken cryptocurrency exchange has announced it is acquiring prominent crypto start up Circle’s “Circle Trade” OTC division. “Today, we’re excited to announce that Kraken is acquiring one of the most recognized OTC desks in crypto, Circle Trade,” Kraken states… Read More

December 17, 2019 @ 2:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S.-based online lending platform Lendio announced on Monday its second regional report revealed a spike in business loan demands in the South Atlantic states. The report notably revealed that in the third quarter the region saw the highest percentage of growth in small business loan… Read More

December 17, 2019 @ 1:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendInvest, a UK-based online marketplace for mortgages, reported on Tuesday strong inflows to its flagship real estate debt fund during November. LendInvest reported that over the month, it secured £23 million of new investment for its Real Estate Opportunity Fund. This notably brought the fund’s… Read More

December 17, 2019 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Roofstock, an online marketplace where you can invest in single-family rental homes, has topped $2 billion in transactions. The three-year-old platform topped $1 billion in January 2018. In July, Roofstock said it had surpassed $1.6 billion thus investing velocity is increasing. In a release, Roofstock… Read More

December 17, 2019 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, the largest investment crowdfunding platform in the world, has published a release indicating it expects over 20,000 registrations for its forthcoming global summit taking place in Israel in early 2020. In years past, the OurCrowd Global Summit has emerged as the biggest event of… Read More

December 16, 2019 @ 7:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Leading UK based investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube is out with a note claiming a record-breaking year for international securities offerings. According to Crowdcube, during 2019 overseas offerings raised €26.6 million – a 100% increase versus year prior. This took place even while the sword of… Read More

December 16, 2019 @ 12:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Honeycomb Credit, a FINRA regulated funding portal using the Reg CF securities exemption, has topped $ 1 million raised for smaller firms. According to a note from the company, Honeycomb Credit has held 31 successful campaigns receiving backing from over 1000 individual investors. Issuers have… Read More

December 16, 2019 @ 11:46 am By Cali Haan  |  

Representatives from Grant Thornton have published their Liquidator’s Second Report regarding collapsed New Zealand cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia. Just prior to its dissolution in May, Cryptopia had over 2.2 million registered users worldwide and 37 employees, Grant Thornton (GT) claims. Hackers are believed to have stolen… Read More

December 16, 2019 @ 10:57 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, as part of an international consortium, has won a tender to operate a startup incubator in New Zealand. The consortium of companies that participated in the bid includes Finistere Ventures, New Zealand’s food giant Fonterra and animal management leader Gallagher. The consortium was selected… Read More

December 14, 2019 @ 2:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

ViaInvest, a peer to peer lender based in Latvia, has added small business loans to its platform. In an email, ViaInvest states: “We are thrilled to inform you, that ViaInvest has expanded its product portfolio by listing business loans on the platform. The first loan… Read More

December 13, 2019 @ 1:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

This is a first. StartEngine has filed a Form C with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise capital under Reg CF on TrueCrowd – a different crowdfunding platform. Both StartEngine and TrueCrowd are FINRA regulated funding portals. Typically, platforms self-crowdfund instead of listing… Read More

December 13, 2019 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Robo.cash, a European peer to peer lending platform operating within the European Union and Switzerland, is now providing a path for European investors to invest in Singapore, according to a company release. The Robocash Group reports that it has integrated its in-house P2P lending platform… Read More

December 12, 2019 @ 4:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond, a Berlin-based online lender and trailblazer in the digital asset sector, is leveraging its experience in issuing blockchain-based bonds to move into real estate. According to a note from Bitbond, the investment platform has formed a partnership with KlickOwn, a property investment platform. Bitbond… Read More

December 12, 2019 @ 9:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Camino Financial, a U.S.-based online small business lender, announced on Wednesday it raised $8 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Crédito Real. Founded in 2014, Camino Financial offers business loans and solutions to help small businesses grow. The platform further… Read More

December 11, 2019 @ 11:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Trade Ledger, a UK-based specialist mid-market Lending-as-a-Service platform for banks and alternative finance providers, announced on Wednesday it has formed a new partnership with Mambu in order to accelerate mid-market commercial lending. Trade Ledger reported it will overlay its platform on the Mambu cloud banking… Read More

December 10, 2019 @ 2:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

FrontFundr, Canada’s largest equity crowdfunding platform and exempt market dealer, has partnered with DealSquare, a centralized platform for private securities offerings. Crowdfund Insider previously revealed the news when it was posted on an affiliated website. Silver Maple Ventures, the holding company of FrontFunder, said in… Read More

December 10, 2019 @ 12:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

KingsCrowd, a ratings and analytics provider for the online private markets sector, as well as the “Morningstar of equity crowdfunding,” announced on Tuesday it has purchased Newchip’s aggregator app and platform technology. As previously reported, KingsCrowd wants to provide the first viable research and analytics… Read More

December 10, 2019 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Biz2Credit announced on Tuesday the release of its latest Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index, which revealed that the approval percentage fo small business loan applications at big banks (which are $10 billion+ in assets) inched up one-tenth of a percent to reach 28.1% in November… Read More

December 10, 2019 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

While some well-known digital asset marketplaces are exiting the crypto-exchange sector in the US (too many rules, too little time), cryptoasset-to-USD lender and wealth manager BlockFi is bucking the trend. BlockFi currently provides services to customers worldwide, including 47 U.S. states, with interest-earning accounts and… Read More

December 10, 2019 @ 8:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs announced on Monday it has formed a new partnership with GS1 UK to help support small business growth in the UK. GS1 UK describes itself as a community of more than 38,000 members working in the retail, healthcare, SME and Marketplaces…. Read More