Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

September 5, 2018 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CAN Capital, an online lender in the SME lending space, announced on Wednesday it has agreed to a financing transaction of up to $287 million to enhance its capital capacity with Varadero Capital, L.P., a New York-based alternative asset manager. This news comes just a couple… Read More

September 5, 2018 @ 3:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peer to peer property lender CrowdProperty announced on Wednesday it not only funded the 47th project, it also surpassed £20 million in funding for the property projects on its platform. The online lender revealed has a 100% track record in repaying lenders’ capital and interest. Across 23 projects,… Read More

September 5, 2018 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

TAPPP, a US based pre-paid platform enabling access to premium live sports content, has secured $5 million in Series A funding, led by leAD Sports / OurCrowd’s ADvantage Fund. This is OurCrowd’s Advantage Sportstech Fund’s first investment. OurCrowd partnered with the Dassler Family to launch… Read More

September 5, 2018 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Israeli Medtech start-up, Alpha Tau Medical, has raised $29 million to accelerate its promising cancer treatment Alpha DaRT (Diffusing Alpha-emitters Radiation Therapy). The treatment is being described as a “breakthrough cancer treatment,” that delivers high-precision alpha radiation, that is released when radioactive substances decay inside the… Read More

September 4, 2018 @ 5:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

DESICO, based in Paris and in Vilnius,  wants to join the growing group of platforms seeking to issue and trade security tokens. DESICO is also issuing its own “DESI Token” as part of its platform. Even while the initial coin offering (ICO) market stumbles, security… Read More

September 4, 2018 @ 2:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

SyndicateRoom, a leading investment crowdfunding platform, has announced its intent to open up their early stage investment fund, Fund Twenty8, to new investors on September 11th. The fund enables individual investors to gain access to EIS investment opportunities (Enterprise Investment Scheme) in a diversified portfolio… Read More

September 4, 2018 @ 10:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in operation, has announced the winners of the Binance Dexathon, a competition designed to solve the speed and capacity issues faced by decentralized exchanges (DEX). Binance says it is currently capable of processing over 1.4 million orders per… Read More

September 4, 2018 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a leading online property finance platform, reports it has secured £150 million of “initial funding” in a new joint venture with Nomura, a global investment bank,  and Magnetar, an alternative investment manager. This new capital infusion now places LendInvest’s total capital for lending at… Read More

September 4, 2018 @ 5:46 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Crowdcube investors have made it clear: they want their ice cream, and they want it natural, free from artificial ingredients and low in sugar with innovative flavor combinations.  Northern Bloc is overfunding, just a week after launching their equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. At this writing,… Read More

September 3, 2018 @ 9:55 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Yahoo Finance is now allowing users to trade the cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Dogecoin directly from its platform using a Yahoo Finance iOS app. Yahoo announced the development in a blog post August 30th, and said that Android, desktop an mobile web apps will soon… Read More

September 3, 2018 @ 7:32 am By JD Alois  |  

The long rumored initial public offering (IPO) of UK based Funding Circle appears to be on track and moving forward with a listing on the London Stock Exchange later this year. In a blog post today, Funding Circle stated; “Today we have announced the next… Read More

September 3, 2018 @ 6:58 am By JD Alois  |  

NEGTEC, the creator of the Sakura Bloom project and issuers of the Sakura Bloom Coin (SKB), has announced the launch of a donation site “Dream-Kicker.” The new site will use SKB to help promote “the introduction of cutting-edge regenerative medicine and medical equipment to hospitals,”… Read More

September 3, 2018 @ 6:23 am By Aubrey Hansen  |  

One of the most significant impediments to mass cryptocurrency adoption is the lack of trust and security in the industry. Users have witnessed or experienced themselves a plethora of malicious attacks and illegitimate business practices on trading exchanges which leave them less prone to being… Read More

September 1, 2018 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

A note from Zopa shares the fact that UK investors placed over £290 million into the relatively new Innovative Finance ISA or IFISA. The amount put in IFISAs by investors reached £290 million during the 2017/18 tax year, which is pegged at 8 times more than… Read More

August 31, 2018 @ 3:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

VNX Exchange (ie Venture Exchange) is launching a European digital asset marketplace specifically for tokenized venture capital assets. As part of its push to bring greater liquidity to the digital assets market, the Exchange has announced the addition of Dominique Valschaerts, former CEO of the Brussels Stock… Read More

August 30, 2018 @ 11:02 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Earlier this month UK crowdfunded Crowdcube blogged that £500 million had been pledged on the platform and has resulted in more than 700 successful raises, for startups to sizeable scale-ups including fintech unicorn Revolut, digital, mobile-only bank Monzo and the British multinational brewery BrewDog. Food and beverage… Read More

August 30, 2018 @ 8:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform StartEngine has filed an updated Form 1-A with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that indicates its intent to accept both Bitcoin and Ethereum during a Reg A + security token offering (STO). The document, filed this week with the SEC, is… Read More

August 30, 2018 @ 7:25 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based property crowdfunding platform Property Partner is now offering a new investment vehicle. According to a note from the company, the “online property stock exchange” is adding high yield loans to its offerings. These development finance loans are expected to deliver a net return… Read More

August 30, 2018 @ 6:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Mintos, an online marketplace for loans, has topped € 1 billion in total loans funded after three and a half years of operation. During 2018, Mintos says platform velocity has increased with €500 million invested so far. The platform expects the trajectory to continue with Mintos surpassing €2… Read More

August 29, 2018 @ 11:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

FundedByMe, a European investment crowdfunding platform, has published semi-annual numbers that indicate strong growth. According to the company, during the first 6 months of 2018, FundedByMe saw top line revenue increase by 495%. The company called the report  a “very successful first 6 months, with… Read More