Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

November 16, 2023 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With Bitpanda Technology Solutions, the development team helps clients with unlocking financial potential in an ever-evolving digital world. Bitpanda is pleased to announce their latest collaboration: an integration with stock3 that enables them “to meet their users growing demand for safe and secure access to… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In 21 months of the war (since February 24, 2022), PeerBerry business partners Aventus Group and Gofingo Group have, in total, repaid PeerBerry investors €46.2 million or 92% of the total outstanding war-affected obligations. Today, Gofingo Group repaid PeerBerry investors €200 000 in war-affected loans…. Read More

November 15, 2023 @ 5:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX, a cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 technology company, has collaborated with regulated digital asset custody service provider Komainu and CoinShares (Nasdaq Stockholm: CS), a European alternative asset manager specializing in digital assets, to empower CoinShares “to conduct 24/7 trading through the OKX platform while assets… Read More

November 15, 2023 @ 11:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Martin Kassing, the CEO and founder at Upvest, a Berlin-based Fintech that aims to make investing more accessible by enabling neobanks, asset managers, and incumbent banks to provide their customers with any type of investment product. With Upvest’s Investment API,… Read More

November 15, 2023 @ 11:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Tokeny has announced a partnership with Artsgain, thus enabling a new entry into the fine arts sector that leverages blockchain technology. Artsgain is based in Barcelona and is a manager of funds and collective investment companies that co-invest in groupings of works of art, antiques,… Read More

November 15, 2023 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset trading and lending firm VersiFi has announced a $10 million Series A funding round led by Hunting Hill Global Capital. Versify provides a “plug-and-trade platform” for trading, borrowing, lending, and custody services from third-party partners. The company said the money will help them… Read More

November 15, 2023 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Lightyear announces the launch of Spanish stocks. Lightyear has connected with Madrid and Barcelona stock exchanges in order “to offer Spanish investors the chance to buy into the IBEX 35, where 35 of Spain’s biggest companies are listed.” Recent data shows that investment… Read More

November 14, 2023 @ 10:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kraken has launched VASP services in Belgium, utilising its EU subsidiary, which has registered under the VASP regimes in Ireland, Spain and Italy. This launch reinforces Kraken’s ongoing commitment “to upholding Europe’s robust anti-money laundering and compliance standards. And further underscores Kraken’s dedication to advancing… Read More

November 14, 2023 @ 7:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

At Gemini, they claim to be dedicated to delivering the “best possible” crypto trading experience for their users. Gemini says it is pleased to unveil “an important update to our derivatives trading ecosystem: mobile app trading.” In August, Gemini had unveiled the ability “to view… Read More

November 14, 2023 @ 12:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Recently, Seedrs announced that as it expands services further into Europe, it has established a European HQ in Dublin, Ireland. Seedrs, when combined with parent company Republic, is the largest investment crowdfunding marketplace in the world. Seedrs states on its website that it has enabled… Read More

November 14, 2023 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, part of Republic, has distributed an update that shares information on the recently announced exit opportunity for a company that raised money on the investment crowdfunding platform. Over time, Seedrs will be judged not just on its ability to enable online capital formation for… Read More

November 14, 2023 @ 7:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DelfinGroup released its unaudited Q3 2023 financial results, which “showed stable growth in all business segments in the third quarter of 2023.” DelfinGroup’s revenue reached €36.9 million “in the first 9 months of 2023.” The company’s earnings “before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) increased… Read More

November 14, 2023 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In October, investors invested a total of €2.20M in agricultural projects through HeavyFinance. €1.75M was paid out to the farmers “with the capital spread across 48 different loans.” In total, €44.72M was “issued to the farmers until the end of October 2023.” The repayment volume… Read More

November 12, 2023 @ 9:33 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Several European crowdfunding platforms are joining forces to create what they call an alternative finance “super-platform” in response to the latest European crowdfunding regulations. Kapitaal op Maat (KoM), Max Crowdfund (MCF), and Capital Circle (CaCi) have announced plans to merge, creating a larger platform with… Read More

November 10, 2023 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mogul, a new real estate investment platform, has raised $3.6 million in seed funding, according to a company statement. The company said the round was over-subscribed and led by Anitha Vadavatha (AY Ventures), with participation from Tim Draper & Associates, Draper B1, InterVest, Draper Dragon,… Read More

November 9, 2023 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Figure Technologies, along with former NYSE Executive Tom Farley and VC Proof Group, are planning to acquire what’s left of FTX, according to a report by WSJ.com. FTX was once valued at over $30 billion. Figure, founded by top Fintech entrepreneur Mike Cagney, operates one… Read More

November 8, 2023 @ 3:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

DealMaker, a tech-enhanced broker-dealer providing online capital formation services, has been recognized by Deloitte as a top company to watch. DealMaker has already made a notable list published by the Globe and Mail as one of the fastest-growing companies in Canada – its home country…. Read More

November 7, 2023 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner – real estate developer SIB Group – has reportedly repaid investors a €200 000 loan (real estate project “Lini namai”) and paid €41,076 in interest to our investors. PeerBerry enters its seventh year of operations “with a record amount of funded loans… Read More

November 7, 2023 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

In probably the biggest move since new leadership took over at Crowdcube, the investment crowdfunding platform has acquired Semper to further its ability to enable secondary trading of crowdfunded securities. The terms of the acquisition were not revealed. This is Crowdcube’s first acquisition. The two… Read More

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

The month of October has shown “promising” growth on Mintos. Total investments saw “a significant increase to €97 million, and interest earned by investors climbed to €4.2 million.” Mintos also mentioned that this upward trend “was primarily driven by stable investments,” as explained Peteris Mikelsons,… Read More