Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

December 12, 2023 @ 5:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wefunder, a top Funding Portal focusing on the Reg CF market, has announced a new service aimed at regular investors VIP membership. According to Wefunder, VIP members may benefit from better terms on securities offerings or perhaps a 10% bonus equity in certain investments. For… Read More

December 12, 2023 @ 10:07 am By JD Alois  |  

In a settlement with the State of New York, crypto exchange KuCoin has admitted that it operates a crypto trading platform that is effectively providing a service where users can buy or sell securities and commodities as defined by the State of New York. KuCoin… Read More

December 12, 2023 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After successfully launching a new loan market in the Netherlands last year, the Bondora Group has now opened another loan market in Latvia. The investment platform’s management says it is pleased to announce that customers in Latvia can now access Bondora’s convenient online credit financial… Read More

December 10, 2023 @ 8:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the bustling financial landscape of Hong Kong, Asia Win Inc Limited, under Owen Huang’s leadership, introduced GUGU in June 2020. GUGU is not just a financial platform; it’s a mission-driven venture committed “to breaking down barriers for Asian investors looking to enter the US… Read More

December 10, 2023 @ 6:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sagard, a global multi-strategy alternative asset management firm with over US$15B in assets under management, signed a definitive agreement to acquire a strategic stake in Performance Equity Management (PEM), a private equity firm “with over $8.9B in assets under management and two decades of demonstrated… Read More

December 10, 2023 @ 4:55 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Lendo, a Saudi Arabia-based Shariah-compliant debt crowdfunding marketplace, has announced raising about $28 million in its Series B funding round anchored by Public Investment Fund (PIF)’s Sanabil Investments. The round also saw participation from Shorooq Partners, AB Ventures, and other investors, according to the announcement…. Read More

December 9, 2023 @ 3:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European investment platform TWINO is sharing the latest performance and product updates. TWINO notes in a blog post that they see that November was an active month for the investors as they reportedly “have several ongoing campaigns and attractive investment opportunities on the platform.” TWINO’s… Read More

December 7, 2023 @ 11:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In November, Mintos reveals that it saw investments in Notes reach €135.2 million, the largest growth in two years. According to Peteris Mikelsons, Head of Partnerships at Mintos, this upward trend can primarily be attributed to “larger than usual repurchases, primarily made by Eleving Group,… Read More

December 7, 2023 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Moment is pleased to announce that Public.com is launching fixed income powered by the Moment platform. For decades, bond trading has been “less accessible to the public than stock trading.” As a firm focused on in retail investing — and one of the first platforms… Read More

December 7, 2023 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CapitalRise reveals that it recently passed the £300m lending milestone, against £830m of prime property assets. To sustainably maintain this growth in their loan book, they claim to “have robust monitoring processes in place.” Their own project managers reportedly work “with independent third-party professionals, such… Read More

December 7, 2023 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Scalable Capital, a digital investment platform in Europe, announced the closing of a €60 million in equity financing. The Series E extension was led “by European venture capital firm Balderton Capital with participation from existing investors, including HV Capital – underscoring their strong support for… Read More

December 7, 2023 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) is launching a Crypto app, which will be offered to all eligible customers in the European Union (EU). According to a blog post by Robinhood, it is “the only custodial crypto platform where customers will get a percentage of their trading volume… Read More

December 6, 2023 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

More than half (62%) of financial advisors currently allocate between 6% and 25% of clients’ portfolios to alternative asset classes, with (85%) of them expecting “to increase allocations to one or more alternative asset classes further within the next year,” according to a recent independent… Read More

December 6, 2023 @ 4:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic Note is now trading on INX, according to an email distributed by Republic. The digital security is designed to enable investors to participate in the gains generated from the issuers who have raising money on Republic and delivered a return for the portfolio. According… Read More

December 6, 2023 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

  While many P2P lenders have fallen to the wayside or moved on to accepting only institutional funding, Folk2Folk perseveres with its original mission. Today, Folk2Folk claims the title of the UK’s largest peer-to-peer lending platform in terms of cumulative lending, having facilitated £653 million… Read More

December 6, 2023 @ 10:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Birchal, the leading securities crowdfunding platform in Australia (Crowd-sourced Funding in Aussie-speak), says it is on track to completing its most active quarter to date. According to the company, Q4 has seen 25 successful funding rounds and the platform is nearing A$ 200 million in… Read More

December 5, 2023 @ 12:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest founder and former CEO Christian Faes, and Faes and Co., have announced a new private credit fund for real estate bridge loans. The goal is to raise up to $100 million. LendInvest is a publicly traded Fintech that enables developers/builders to raise money to… Read More

December 4, 2023 @ 9:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Assetz Capital has appointed Ciaran McGivern as Relationship Director for Northern Ireland following growth of our developer client base. Assetz Capital claim they have “provided £152m of property lending to the region focusing on residential development projects, office to residential refurbishment schemes and commercial mortgages.” As… Read More

December 4, 2023 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Regulation Crowdfunding, or Reg CF, experienced a solid month during November. A total of 135 new issuers sought to raise money under the exemption, generating $55.2 million in investor commitments. Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA) monthly update shares that November offerings increased from the previous month… Read More

December 3, 2023 @ 6:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru reveals that they have now added Google Authenticator, which should help with providing additional security for clients’ accounts. As noted in a blog post by Estateguru, cybercrime is on the rise “in the digital age, and the days when a simple password was enough… Read More