Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

January 7, 2024 @ 6:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Heavyfinance CEO Laimonas Noreika has commented on how far the HeavyFinance has come in just a year, and the strides they’ve made in “advancing sustainable agriculture and climate-conscious investments.” The Heavyfinance CEO said that the year commenced with a key achievement — securing €3 million… Read More

January 7, 2024 @ 6:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) claims that it’s on a mission to increase economic freedom for more than 1 billion people. In support of this mission, Coinbase says that it’s focused on “building the most trusted, compliant products and services and expanding their use around the world.” Coinbase‘s… Read More

January 5, 2024 @ 12:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Lightyear announces a “record” year of investment activity on the platform. Seeing nearly 20% month-on-month growth in assets under management (AUM), the appetite for investing – despite another rollercoaster year for the public markets – remains high. In 2023, the company also “increased… Read More

January 4, 2024 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mintos is welcoming BB Finance OÜ, a consumer loans company operating in Estonia, offering new investment opportunities on Mintos “with interest rates of up to 12.5% per annum.” BB Finance was founded by CEO Martin Kolu and management board member Urmo Kokmann in 2006. The… Read More

January 3, 2024 @ 1:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic has posted its 2023 “Annual Report,” and according to the company, it has raised $2.6 billion since inception. This is inclusive of Seedrs, a UK-based investment crowdfunding provider that Republic acquired in 2021. While this is confusing when compared to the £2.7 billion promoted… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 5:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Webull has announced its expansion into Canada. Webull is a broker based in Florida that serves customers from around the world. The digital marketplace offers equities, including fractionals, along with ETFs and options. Webull also offers a sweep account in the US that pays a… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 6:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The European continental P2P lending market is “subject to localized randomness, especially in times of crises,” according to an update shared by Robocash. Robo.cash analysts studied “the exposure of the continental European P2P lending market to the randomization effect.” The analysis included 54 European platforms… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 5:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s Sourced Capital recently noted that 2023 has been a great year for them. Sourced Capital says they have had an “outstanding” year to date as indicated by their latest statistics, “raising £11.8 million for projects and repaying nearly £4 million in interest to our… Read More

December 29, 2023 @ 5:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Exchange-traded funds —more commonly known as ETFs — have transformed the financial landscape, according to an update shared by eToro. And lately, ETFs actually became a beacon “for everyday investors as they navigated rising rates and inflation,” the eToro team noted. Investors have reportedly “poured… Read More

December 29, 2023 @ 11:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This year has been a “true test” for crypto, according to an update from CoinList. Digital asset platform CoinList noted in a blog post that during 2022, the blockchain/DLT industry “faced macroeconomic challenges, scandals, criminal trials, enforcement actions, and a handful of notable collapses and… Read More

December 29, 2023 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Netcapital (NASDAQ: NCPL, NPCLW), a capital formation company that operates a Funding Portal, has raised $4 million in a share sale, according to a company statement. Netcapital has sold 16 million shares of common stock along with A-1 warrants to purchase an additional 16 million… Read More

December 29, 2023 @ 9:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry recently completed the repayments of the last Polish loans. Over €20 million of Polish loans (plus accrued interest) were “repaid to investors in November and December.” Previously, loans issued in Poland accounted “for about 25% of all loans” funded through the PeerBerry platform. PeerBerry… Read More

December 28, 2023 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru says that they saw €9.4 million in loan repayments in November, with an additional €1.3 million coming from recovered loans. As noted in a blog post by Estateguru, the total returns amounted to €1.1 million, “with an average return rate of 8.99%.” Estateguru has… Read More

December 27, 2023 @ 2:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Dalmore Group is a newer entry into the online capital formation world. A broker-dealer that specializes in exempt securities offerings, Dalmore leverages technology to help companies raise the money they need while allowing the company to maintain all of the data affiliated with the investment… Read More

December 27, 2023 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Last November, OurCrowd announced the creation of the Israel Resilience Fund – launched following the terrorist attacks by Hamas. Israel is a top center of innovation and entrepreneurship, and OurCrowd is one of the leading investors in early-stage firms in Israel. The attacks upended the… Read More

December 27, 2023 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

SyndicateRoom, once an investment crowdfunding platform and now an early-stage fund offering, has distributed a note on its Access EIS fund and its activity during 2023. SyndicateRoom’s fund has been labeled as one of the most active early-stage funds in the UK. The fund is… Read More

December 23, 2023 @ 2:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase Derivatives Exchange, a CFTC-licensed futures exchange, is pleased to announce that its crypto futures products are now available through the TT platform from Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global capital markets technology platform provider. Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) further noted that TT customers can now… Read More

December 23, 2023 @ 11:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bondora reveals that November showed signs of slightly less activity for loan originations. Bondora noted that Finland remains “the most robust loan market, with over €10M in loan originations in November alone.” Due to strategic risk policy changes, “the Spanish market is also temporarily closed… Read More

December 23, 2023 @ 3:39 am By Michael Wong  |  

London-listed Bowen Fintech has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Minnadeooyasan-Hanbai Co Ltd (MOH), a Japanese firm specializing in real estate crowdfunding services, according to reports. The acquisition involves Bowen Fintech purchasing 93.5% of MOH’s shares for £34.5 million. This transaction will be entirely… Read More

December 22, 2023 @ 1:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this year, DealMaker announced that it was filing a lawsuit accusing Issuance, Crush Capital, and founder Darren Marble of misrepresenting a strategic collaboration to conduct offerings. After the lawsuit was announced, Marble denied any misdeeds on his part, stating the allegations were without merit…. Read More