Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

July 2, 2024 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) has revealed the acquisition of Pluto Capital Inc., described as an artificial intelligence (AI) powered investment research platform that delivers “highly-customized” investment strategies based on customer needs and financial goals. With this strategic acquisition, investors may anticipate “a new era of intelligent, data-driven… Read More

June 30, 2024 @ 2:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets platform CoinList recently explained how it fights Sybil Attacks. Since CoinList’s inception, their team has reportedly “removed approximately 2.4 million bots and fraudulent accounts from our platform.” For any business, removing accounts of this nature would “have negative impacts on revenue, as sybils… Read More

June 28, 2024 @ 5:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Retail investors are often seen as overly indexing tech stocks; however, financial services is the most owned sector among this group, according to data from the latest Retail Investor Beat (RIB) from trading and investing platform eToro. In the study of American retail investors, 54%… Read More

June 28, 2024 @ 12:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mt. Gox will soon start distributing around $9 billion in Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash. In a notice posted on the Mt. Gox website, the entity said distributions will start in July: “The Rehabilitation Trustee has been preparing payments in Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash in accordance… Read More

June 27, 2024 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mintos is introducing Mintos Smart Cash to help clients with earning up to 3.75% on their cash. Mintos Smart Cash is described as “a new way for investors to earn attractive returns on cash.” This new offering from Mintos lets investors “earn returns on their… Read More

June 26, 2024 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

MiCA, or Markets in Crypto Assets regulation approved by the EU, will soon come into effect. The new regulations aim to create a compliant ecosystem to enable digital asset innovation while protecting consumers and businesses. Today, Bitstamp, a long-established crypto exchange, has announced that it… Read More

June 26, 2024 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HeavyFinance is pleased to announce their partnership with CEEZER, a platform offering high-quality carbon removal and reduction projects. This partnership is said to mark a significant milestone for HeavyFinance and their investors. The voluntary carbon market “holds immense potential to validate climate mitigation beyond the… Read More

June 25, 2024 @ 4:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

SeedBlink, a European securities crowdfunding platform, has announced “Rolling Facility,” a feature that is said to enable continuous funding for issuers on the platform. While it is becoming commonplace for early-stage firms to pursue multiple offerings on online platforms, somewhat similar to VC/Angel rounds, SeedBlink… Read More

June 25, 2024 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

BitGo and Finery Markets have announced a partnership that will offer an integrated crypto trading market and off-exchange settlement product. BitGo is a digital asset infrastructure provider that offers custody, wallets, staking, trading, and settlement. Founded in 2013, it reports serving over 1,500 institutional clients…. Read More

June 23, 2024 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru, which is currently facing significant operational challenges, has shared their latest loan portfolio overview for May 2024. In May, although Estateguru says it experienced “a temporary dip in repayments, recoveries, and funded amounts, there were several positive developments.” Estateguru reveals that they “secured a… Read More

June 19, 2024 @ 11:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European investment platform Debitum has shared its latest investments updates for the month of May 2024. At the beginning of May, a new Debitum secured Notes Issuer – company Foresto LLC – joined the platform and “issued its first Debitum Notes.” Debitum Investments (DN Operator… Read More

June 19, 2024 @ 12:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gofingo Group has reportedly repaid PeerBerry investors €350,000 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 28 months of… Read More

June 19, 2024 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bondora Group has released their latest platform stats for the month of May 2024. In addition to the usual investment, origination, and new investor stats, Bondora has also shared other key details. As noted in a blog post by Bondora, 2,166 more people reportedly “created… Read More

June 19, 2024 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FOLK2FOLK has recently announced “record” turnover and investor returns. Folk2Folk is reporting continued growth and positive impact “on regional UK economies with £15m paid out in interest to investors.” FOLK2FOLK, the UK’s peer-to-peer lending platform for businesses, says that it “returned a record £15.78m in… Read More

June 18, 2024 @ 8:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

  In the past, CI has tallied the number of FINRA-regulated Funding Portals active in the Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) sector. Funding Portals are intermediaries created by the JOBS Act of 2012 – the legislation that enables online capital formation. These platforms are kind of… Read More

June 18, 2024 @ 5:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Honeycomb Credit, a top FINRA regulated Funding Portal, has raised $6 million in Seed + funding, according to a note from the platform. Honeycomb Credit is a bank replacement platform that provides loans to smaller businesses. The company leverages the Reg CF securities exemption, which… Read More

June 18, 2024 @ 11:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Prime property investment platform CrowdProperty has hired a new Head of Business Development for London & the South East. The established online investment platform has operated for ten years in the UK market. CrowdProperty states that Simon Michael joined the company in early June as part… Read More

June 17, 2024 @ 10:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise has received a $125 million loan from Franklin BSP Realty Trust (NYSE: FBRT), according to an email distributed by the platform. FBRT originates and manages a diversified portfolio of commercial real estate debt investments through a REIT structure. FBRT states that it has committed… Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 11:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD) has partnered with Syracuse University’s D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) in order to bring retirement education workshops to entrepreneurs across the U.S. Robinhood says that they are honored to partner with an organization “helping veterans and veteran… Read More

June 14, 2024 @ 6:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Spiko, co-founded in 2023 by Paul-Adrien Hyppolite and Antoine Michon, has raised €4 million in pre-seed funding. Spiko is a tokenization platform that claims to be the first provider in the world to offer fully tokenized Money Market Funds (MMFs). The digital assets leverage both… Read More