Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

October 24, 2019 @ 2:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Announced during the CFTC Fintech Forward 2019 today, digital asset exchange Bakkt will start offering Bitcoin options beginning this December. Kelly Loeffler,  Chief Executive Officer of Bakkt, revealed the news during a panel discussion on “Re-imagining Markets: What Digitization Means … for Transactions, Custody, and… Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

NEO has announced Dealsquare as Canada’s first securities marketplace for private placements. DealSquare connects companies seeking capital with dealers and their investment advisor networks and individual investors. NEO is addressing shortcomings in current “public” markets by making private securities more accessible to a wider audience…. Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Paris based but regulated in Malta, Monart has launched a blockchain-based marketplace to tokenize art. Monart recently held an opening event in Paris at the offices of Beaux-Arts Magazine. According to a company release, Monart is targeting a market estimated at $67 billion annually. After… Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 7:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender RateSetter has announced the appointment of Martyn Scrivens as Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Board Risk Committee.  Scrivens officially joins the Board on 1 November 2019. Scrivens commented on his selection: “RateSetter stands out with its unique model, strong reputation… Read More

October 23, 2019 @ 10:19 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is partnering with “crypto trading terminal” providers Cryptowatch and “decentralized crypto trading platform agglomerator Totle, “to allow users to execute cryptocurrency trading strategies on both centralized exchanges and decentralized financial applications from a single platform.” The companies say the venture,… Read More

October 23, 2019 @ 12:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global investment crowdfunding platform and Israel’s leading venture investor OurCrowd has partnered with the Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Toyota Tsusho), a member of the Toyota Group, which comprises of 17 companies including Toyota Motor. The new partnership will launch a new business that will act as… Read More

October 22, 2019 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brave New Coin (BNC), a provider of cryptocurrency market data, announced on October 22 that digital asset trading platform INX, will utilize BNC’s crypto indices during the first security token sale registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  BNC’s  Bitcoin Liquid Index (BLX)… Read More

October 22, 2019 @ 11:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Leading Reg CF crowdfunding platform Wefunder has topped 300,000 individual investors, according to a Tweet from the platform’s Director of Fundraising. Wefunder now claims over $111 million raised for 310 different startup funding rounds. Over 300,000 @Wefunder angel investors! And you can become one today… Read More

October 22, 2019 @ 10:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mine Digital, a digital asset exchange, has launched in Australia. According to the company, the exchange is the first to launch with an Australian Financial Services License. The license allows Mine Digital to create markets in derivatives products including options and more. Mine Digital will… Read More

October 22, 2019 @ 3:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

IIRR Management Services (IRM) claims to be one of the largest crowdfunded real estate investment firms in the world. IRM is owned by RREAF Holdings and iintoo Investments. The company recently took over management of Realtyshares’​ portfolio – once a prominent entrant in the real… Read More

October 22, 2019 @ 2:55 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, an online lender for short-term, property-backed loans for SMEs, is reporting having financed 1040 loans for a total amount of €153 million since 2014. Geographically, 68.27% of them were in Estonia, 17.92% in Latvia, 12.24% in Lithuania, 1.37% in Finland, 0.1% in Portugal, and 0.1%… Read More

October 22, 2019 @ 2:34 am By JD Alois  |  

creditshelf Aktiengesellschaft, a peer to peer lender providing financing options to German SMEs, says that more loans have been originated on its platform in the 9 months of 2019 than all of 2018. According to creditshelf, loan volume through the past 9 months stands at… Read More

October 20, 2019 @ 12:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bittrex International, the Malta-based international division of the US-headquartered digital asset exchange Bittrex, will reportedly halt operations in Venezuela and 30 other nations. Bittrex’s management sent an email to its Venezuelan customers, noting that the exchange operator would suspend accounts and trading access to the… Read More

October 18, 2019 @ 9:42 am By Therese Torris  |  

Look & Fin, a European crowdlending pioneer, announced that it has raised €6 million from local investment fund finance & invest.brussels and private investors. Founded in 2012, Look & Fin, is one of the top SME crowdlender in the European area of Belgium, Luxembourg and… Read More

October 18, 2019 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Pan European peer to peer lender EstateGuru has launched a secondary market for their loans, according to a note from the company. Investors may now buy and sell the securities online. EstateGuru is a peer to peer market for short term, property-backed loans for SMEs…. Read More

October 17, 2019 @ 10:56 am By Cali Haan  |  

Seamico Securities, which has been awaiting the green light to fire up an ICO portal called SE Digital inThailand, says it has been informed by the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission that it may, “initiate its business.” As per a letter hosted on the Seamico… Read More

October 16, 2019 @ 4:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peer to peer property lender CrowdProperty has unveiled a new lending product specially for new construction methods.  According to P2PFinanceNews, the lending platform is offering a new product, Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) Finance, which will cover building with alternative materials including modular, structural insulated… Read More

October 16, 2019 @ 4:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S.-based online lending platform Lendio announced on Wednesday it has provided more than 10,000 Kiva micro-loans to entrepreneurs in the developing world through Lendio Gives. Lendio reported that its Lendio Gives is an employee donation and employer matching program focused on facilitating global entrepreneurship. To… Read More

October 16, 2019 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) has taken a minority stake in global crowdfunding platform OurCrowd. Details on the investment were not provided. The Israel based investment marketplace is the largest of its kind in the world having received over $1.28 billion of investment commitments while… Read More

October 15, 2019 @ 8:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Thameside Investment Group has purchased 20% of peer to peer debt trading platform ASMX, according to a note from the company. ASMX was valued at £5 million. Thameside is a UK-based multi-asset investor that currently holds two portfolio companies. ASMX is a secondary market designed… Read More