Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

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

December 3, 2023 @ 5:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry investors have reportedly funded a record-high amount of over €80.4 million of loans in November and earned €862 844 in interest. PeerBerry’s portfolio has “amounted to €109.88 million at the end of the last months.” PeerBerry reveals that it currently “has over 76 625… Read More

December 3, 2023 @ 2:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhod (NASDAQ: HOOD) Chief Executive Officer Vlad Tenev recently said that he does not think that the payment for order flow (PFOF) model of market-maker routing that the firm incorporates in the United States is under any type of threat. This would be despite suggestions… Read More

December 3, 2023 @ 2:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robo.cash said it has closed out November with new milestones. Robo.cash noted that November 2023 brought them several new positive developments. They reached the mark of 35,000 investors and total investor earnings “crossed the €20M milestone.” According to insights shared by Robocash, the APAC region… Read More

December 2, 2023 @ 4:00 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Yieldstreet, a private market investment platform, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Cadre, an online, real-estate-focused investment platform that serves institutional and high-net-worth investors. With a collective investment value of more than $9.7 billion, investors have allocated $5.3 billion on the platforms and received $3.1 billion in returns to… Read More

December 1, 2023 @ 5:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

DealMaker, a broker-dealer specializing in online capital formation – mainly for exempt securities offerings, has shared some information on performance during the months of September and October. While venture capital markets have been somewhat subdued, there has been anecdotal information that issuers raising money online… Read More

December 1, 2023 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trulioo, a global identity verification platform, announced its partnership with Public, a U.S. investing platform for stocks, ETFs, crypto, Treasury bills and alternative assets that is allowing U.K. investors access to U.S. stocks. Public chose Trulioo Person Match identity verification “to achieve the highest onboarding… Read More

December 1, 2023 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bondora reports that the month of October 2023 saw a rebound for originations and investments. Bondora notes in a blog post that after decreasing slightly in September, investments and originations rebounded in October. Both these statistics “totaled just over €15M, with a growth rate of… Read More

November 30, 2023 @ 4:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Dalmore Group, one of the fastest growing platforms providing online capital formation in the US, is reporting over $250 million raised in the past five months. The quarter billion dollar plus amount actually totaled $263,954,784, according to a blog post. October was the strongest month,… Read More

November 30, 2023 @ 11:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

eToro, the trading and investing platform, is today announcing its next step in the ongoing diversification of its offerings with the launch of an interest on cash feature. Accessible via eToro Options, interest on cash offers account holders 4.9% APR on cash balances within eligible… Read More

November 30, 2023 @ 9:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Republic Note, the profit-sharing digital asset issued by the global investment crowdfunding platform Republic, is scheduled to commence trading next week on December 6, 2023. Republic Note has been a slow-moving digital security project that advances Republic’s mission of providing access to private markets for… Read More

November 30, 2023 @ 6:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EstateGuru has shared the latest information on the German portfolio, and their recovery efforts in the market. Navigating the complexities of local legal requirements in Germany has “made resolving the defaults both a time consuming and frustrating process,” according to a blog post by EstateGuru…. Read More

November 29, 2023 @ 8:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Cairnspring Mills has raised over $1 million on Steward in just one hour, receiving the backing of 196 investors, according to a note from the platform. Cairnspring Mills went on to raise $2.8 million. Cairnspring Mills is a “craft flour mill” located in Washington’s Skagit… Read More

November 28, 2023 @ 11:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wahed Invest Limited, the UAE robo-advisory subsidiary of Wahed Inc., a global Shariah-compliant fintech that aims to advance financial inclusion through accessible, affordable and value-based investing, has launched after “having been granted a Financial Services Permission (FSP) from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of… Read More

November 28, 2023 @ 3:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Honeycomb, a FINRA-regulated funding portal, has topped the list of platforms with the most Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) filings for the first time (as far as we know). In recent times, Wefunder and StartEngine have typically been in the running for the most offerings filed… Read More

November 28, 2023 @ 3:15 pm By Nick Morgan  |  

In the most recent episode of Capital Ideas, David Duccini, CEO and founder of Silicon Prairie Online, shed light on how Silicon Prairie’s portal is leveraging blockchain-based solutions and an Alternative Trading System (ATS) to revolutionize the world of secondary sales in investment crowdfunding. David… Read More