Real Estate

November 12, 2019 @ 3:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise, a digital marketplace for real estate investments, is distributing an email touting platform returns. Fundrise started as a single property investment crowdfunding platform that has since migrated over to an unlisted REIT platform offering a diverse group of “eREITs” or funds targeting different sectors… Read More

November 11, 2019 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

CapitalRise has received the backing of Revolt Ventures, the VC portion of the multi-billion dollar real estate investment company Meyer Bergman. According to a note from CapitalRise, Revolut Ventures has provided £1 million in equity funding for the early stage Fintech. The investment from Revolut Ventures… Read More

November 10, 2019 @ 2:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IMMO Investment Technologies recently announced that it had completed a €72 million (appr. $79.3 million) funding round, with €11.5 million (appr. $12.6 million) in equity from Talis Capital, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, Tom Stafford & Rahul Mehta of DST Global, and Mato Peric. IMMO Investment is… Read More

November 6, 2019 @ 10:25 am By JD Alois  |  

CrowdStreet, a real estate crowdfunding platform, has raised $12 million in a Series C funding round from its “community of individual  investors and commercial real estate sponsors.” CrowdStreet leveraged its own platform to raise the growth capital. CrowdStreet also reported that it is on track… Read More

November 4, 2019 @ 9:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Fundament Securities, the issuer of the first regulated Real Estate Security Token offer in Germany, will provide institutional-grade custody solution for its digital assets in a new partnership with DACS “Digital Asset Custody Solution” a digital asset lifecycle management business. Fundament Group is a Berlin-based end-to-end… Read More

November 1, 2019 @ 12:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fast-growing Fintech Landbay says October was a great month for the real estate peer to peer lending platform. Without providing any details, Landbay tweeted out the news. Earlier this year, Landbay reported that a “leading financial institution” had committed to funding £1 billion in buy… Read More

November 1, 2019 @ 8:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Ethis has received regulatory approval to operate in Indonesia marking the third market this year where the platform may now provide online capital formation. Ethis received approval to provide peer to peer crowdfunding as authorized by the Financial Services Authority of Indonesia. Prior to this… Read More

October 31, 2019 @ 10:56 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a UK based Fintech platform for property finance, has hired a new Director of Mortgage Underwriting, and a second Business Development Manager for the North West. According to a note from LendInvest, Gene Clohessy joins the team as Director of Mortgage Underwriting and will… Read More

October 30, 2019 @ 8:55 am By JD Alois  |  

tZERO, a subsidiary of Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) and a prominent digital securities platform, will tokenize a 180-unit luxury residential development that is located in Manchester, UK. The tokenization is being completed in partnership with Alliance Investments, a UK-based direct-to-developer real estate investment company. River Plaza claims… Read More

October 30, 2019 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

This past June, France saw its first security token offering based on a real estate transaction. The process was managed by Equisafe, a platform that describes itself as a “neo investment bank.” The digital securities raised €6.5 million. In a blog post from August, the… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 1:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer property lender, CrowdProperty, is reporting that it has now lent more than £50 million after closing on the 121st loan today during a “record month” of lending £5 million. CrowdProperty says it has supported the development of over £120 million of property… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 11:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Groundfloor, an innovative real estate crowdfunding platform that leverages Reg A+ to offer investments to everyone, has announced the launch of its self-directed IRA program. Now, anyone may diversify their retirement savings by creating a custom real estate portfolio by using the Groundfloor platform. According… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

PeerStreet, a leading platform for investing in real estate backed loans, has closed on a $60 million Series C funding round led by Colchis Capital as the Fintech continues to execute on its unique approach to online lending. Existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, World Innovation Lab… Read More

October 26, 2019 @ 3:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Automation Finance (AF), a distressed debt platform in the real estate sector, is seeking $50 million in a Reg A+ offering. Founded in 2015, AF claims that it has returned a weighted average of 21.5% to investors in its 3 earlier funds. This newest offering… Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 1:58 am By Cali Haan  |  

Tokyo-based firm Lead Real Estate has announced plans to, “develop condominiums and hotels in Tokyo’s popular areas such as Ginza, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Ebisu, Shinagawa, and Meguro by using funds raised through issuing security tokens (STOs).” The firm believes a combination of factors, including local RE investing… Read More

October 23, 2019 @ 9:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Santander InnoVentures recently led an expansion investment round for San Francisco-headquartered Roostify, an online mortgage lending platform. The size of the investment made has not been shared publicly. Established in 2012, Roostify provides an integrated platform that connects customers and lenders in order to… Read More

October 22, 2019 @ 3:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

IIRR Management Services (IRM) claims to be one of the largest crowdfunded real estate investment firms in the world. IRM is owned by RREAF Holdings and iintoo Investments. The company recently took over management of Realtyshares’​ portfolio – once a prominent entrant in the real… Read More

October 19, 2019 @ 11:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Proportunity, a Fintech firm for first-time property buyers, has raised £2 million (appr. $2.6 million) through a seed investment round in order to fund the development of its home equity lending platform. Proportunity’s management claims they’re the only help-to-buy challenger in the market that… Read More

October 18, 2019 @ 11:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based real estate firm Emaar Properties has launched a new blockchain token-based referral and loyalty platform. Emaar, the developer of Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, and the Dubai Mall, intends to use the EMR token to reward its customers, according to… Read More

October 14, 2019 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Commercial real estate crowdfunding platform ArborCrowd announced last week a new offering today that allows investors to acquire equity interests in Biscayne 112, a Class-A, ground-up development located at 11200 Biscayne Boulevard in North Miami. According to ArborCrowd, the offering presents an opportunity for investors… Read More