Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

March 5, 2024 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru is sharing its loan portfolio for the month of January 2024. Estateguru says that it saw €6.1M in loan repayments in January, “with an additional €0.5M from recovered loans.” Estateguru says it also saw total returns amounting to €1.2M euros, with “an average return… Read More

March 5, 2024 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a global online investment platform providing smaller investors access to private securities offerings, is partnering with NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) as part of its sector fund, the OurCrowd AI Fund. NVIDIA is the hottest artificial intelligence firm around today, as just about everyone needs their technology… Read More

March 5, 2024 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eric Demuth, CEO at Bitpanda, reveals that they’re launching LeadBlock Bitpanda Ventures (focused on Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals). When the team first created Bitpanda, there wasn’t much help available to them. There also wasn’t enough funding and there wasn’t expertise they could draw… Read More

March 5, 2024 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO is sharing that the McNeill Investment Group is raising money on its Securities platform. tZero has inched into online capital formation, having listed several securities offerings. The platform is listing the offering under Reg D 506c and is thus only available to accredited investors…. Read More

March 5, 2024 @ 7:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES), a global alternative investment manager, announced that funds managed by its Alternative Credit strategy have launched Ansley Park Capital, a newly-formed lending and specialty finance company “that delivers full spectrum, customized financing solutions for essential-use, large-ticket equipment.” Ansley Park’s management… Read More

March 4, 2024 @ 12:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Online investing platform Webull is reportedly planning to go public through a potential $7.3 billion merger with a blank-cheque company. Webull intends to list on the Nasdaq during the second half of 2024. This, after reportedly agreeing to a definitive deal with special purpose acquisition… Read More

March 3, 2024 @ 6:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpaca now supports limit orders and extended hours trading for fractional shares. As noted in a blog post from Alpaca, trading in fractional shares is considered to be “a crucial tool for investors.” Alpaca says that it opens the door “for individuals to invest in stocks… Read More

March 3, 2024 @ 5:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) recently announced during the ETHDenver conference that its digital wallet users may now transact via Arbitrum. The latest integration is set to enable seamless access to decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms for new crypto clients by significantly reducing the complexity of L2 transfers…. Read More

February 29, 2024 @ 1:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) says that customers may at some point mistakenly send unsupported tokens to their Coinbase address on an unsupported chain. One example of this is BNB Smart Chain (formerly known as Binance Smart Chain) – which is currently “not supported by Coinbase and as… Read More

February 29, 2024 @ 12:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Honeycomb Credit, a FINRA-regulated Funding Portal, raised equity capital at the end of 2023. According to the Form D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Honeycomb sold $8.844 million in shares of the firm. Of note, Honeycomb raised new money in the amount of… Read More

February 29, 2024 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is back on its feet today after suffering a situation that displayed zero balances in some account holders. Comments on X indicated that server capacity was stretched, probably due to the Bitcoin bull run, which has driven interest for investors. In a statement… Read More

February 28, 2024 @ 12:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HoneyComb, which connects growing small businesses with local investors to build vibrant, financially empowered Main Streets, is reporting $23.2M+ invested in local businesses. There have been a total of around 23,000 different investments to date, 426 loan offerings at the time of writing, along with… Read More

February 26, 2024 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Property finance provider CrowdProperty has appointed a new Head of Intermediaries as it sets its sights on doubling its broker network. The online investment platform allows smaller investors to participate in the property finance marketplace. Steve Smith joined the company earlier this month (February), “bringing… Read More

February 24, 2024 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gofingo Group recently repaid PeerBerry investors EUR 200 000 in war-affected loans. These repayments are being processed on the PeerBerry platform “every month in the middle of the month.” Aventus Group’s war-affected long-term loans are repaid monthly “under the initial loan schedules.” In 24 months… Read More

February 23, 2024 @ 2:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

WiseAlpha, an online investment platform providing access to corporate bonds based in the UK, is raising money on Crowdcube. Offered to both EU and UK investors, WiseAlpha has already topped its initial funding hurdle of £500,000. As of today, £1.05 million has been raised from… Read More

February 23, 2024 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In 2023, PeerBerry investors funded €809.57 million of loans – 50% more than in 2022. Last year, PeerBerry investors were reportedly “paid €10.43 million in interest, which is 46% higher than the previous year.” 14,143 new investors joined the platform in 2023 – “on average,… Read More

February 22, 2024 @ 5:38 pm By Nick Morgan  |  

Fundrise, a leading real estate investment Fintech platform, has been making waves in the investment landscape by democratizing access to alternative assets. In a recent interview on “Capital Ideas,” Chris Nanda, the Director of Growth Tech at Fundrise, shed light on the company’s founding story,… Read More

February 22, 2024 @ 8:40 am By JD Alois  |  

While SyndicateRoom is not posting all portfolio returns for individual firms for their various vintages, the online investment platform is selecting some of the most successful offerings as per current valuations. First, SyndicateRoom reports that their 2020 vintage is up by 47%, their  2021 cohort… Read More

February 22, 2024 @ 8:23 am By JD Alois  |  

SeedBlink, a securities crowdfunding platform operating across Europe, says it has inked a partnership with Accumeo, a crowdfunding platform based in Sweden. Accumeo is registered with the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority having obtained a license to conduct crowdfunding, operating under ECSPR,. Under the EU rules,… Read More

February 21, 2024 @ 10:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the “bustling” landscape of Pakistan, Elphinstone claims that it stands as a beacon of financial empowerment, offering “a gateway for the country’s burgeoning middle class to unlock their financial potential.” Co-founded by Farooq Tirmizi and Uzair Mahmud in 2020, Elphinstone addresses a critical pain… Read More