Tagged: estonia

October 22, 2020 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, a crowdfunding marketplace for property-backed loans, is reporting that it has topped one million investments since platform launch in 2014. EstateGuru added that during August and September loan volumes surpassed €10 million each month. A strong and fast recovery from the COVID-crisis in Spring… Read More

October 8, 2020 @ 11:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tokenization platform and digital assets exchange Sports D³ reports that it has been granted an operating crypto-license by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Estonia. Sports D³ seeks to offer an alternative path for professional sports teams to raise capital via digital securities sold to… Read More

September 29, 2020 @ 10:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, a European marketplace for property-backed loans, has announced an expansion into Finland beginning in October. EstateGuru is based in Tallinn, Estonia, but currently operates in multiple European countries including Latvia Lithuania, Germany, UK, Spain, and Portugal. Established in 2013, EstateGuru has originated loans for… Read More

September 28, 2020 @ 3:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SPARQ, an Estonia-based fintech startup, has reportedly secured €440,000 in financial backing from the Baltic International Bank. Founded in 2019, Sparq states it combines together the banking sector, fintech market, and retail companies to bring a seamless experience for millennials and generation Z by providing… Read More

September 4, 2020 @ 1:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mercuryo.io, an Estonia-based cryptocurrency payment processing solutions provider, has reportedly secured €2.5 million through its Seed funding round, which was led by Target Global. Founded in 2018, Mercuryo.io describes itself as a crypto wallet and BTC acquiring services for businesses. The company’s mission is to… Read More

August 19, 2020 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tallinn-based EvoEstate has reportedly secured €140,000 in additional capital through a pre-seed extension. The Fintech firm has now closed its €320,000 pre-seed investment round. EvoEstate aims to offer an innovative investment platform that’s supported by Lithuanian startup Wise Guys, which is a Hong Kong-based stealth… Read More

July 25, 2020 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Estonia-based Fintech firm Montonio has secured €500,000 in capital through a new pre-seed funding round. Charlie Songhurst from Katana Capital and (previously) Google, and Triin Hertmann (former COO at TransferWise) and Martin Sokk (first head of product at TransferWise) took part in the round. Other… Read More

July 23, 2020 @ 8:17 am By JD Alois  |  

  Payment Fintech Lemonway has been enlisted by EstateGuru to facilitate its expansion across Europe. EstateGuru is a marketplace matching property-backed loans with individual investors. EstateGuru is working on “developing a digital and borderless ecosystem for real estate financing and investing in Europe and beyond.”… Read More

July 16, 2020 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru is reporting strong results during the first 6 months of 2020. According to a release, the pan-European P2P marketplace for asset-backed loans saw significant year over year growth in revenue of 65% even during the COVID-19 lockdown. Marek Pärtel, co-founder and CEO at EstateGuru,… Read More

June 16, 2020 @ 11:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Planet42, a company based in Estonia but operating in Africa, has reported raising $2.4 million in a seed round led by Change Ventures with support from private investors including Martin Villig (Bolt), Ragnar Sass (Pipedrive), Marko Virkebau (MeetFrank), Kristjan Vilosius (Katana MRP), and others. Planet42… Read More

June 16, 2020 @ 11:21 am By JD Alois  |  

A new report claims that established banks Swedbank and SEB enabled “suspected fraud networks” to operate in the Baltics and mentions bankrupt peer to peer lending platform Envestio by name. Envestio, and similar platform Kuetzal, recently filed for bankruptcy in Estonia. Earlier this year, both… Read More

June 15, 2020 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, a peer to peer lending platform that offers secured loans to SMEs, has appointed Gabriella Kindert to its Supervisory Board as an independent member. The move is described as being in line with the Fintech’s expansion strategy as the company strives to become the… Read More

June 12, 2020 @ 7:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Estonia, one of the world’s most developed nations with an advanced, high-income economy that’s among the fastest-growing in the EU, is reportedly caught up in one of Europe’s largest-ever dirty-money scandals. Estonia has been quite active when it comes to encouraging the adoption of digital… Read More

June 10, 2020 @ 8:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lenders, Envestio and Kuetzal, have both filed for bankruptcy according to publicly available information. Last January, Crowdfund Insider reported that Envestio and Keutzal were both under duress with some observers calling the online lenders scams. Soon both peer to peer lenders had… Read More

June 1, 2020 @ 7:53 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru is reporting that since January 2020 the investment crowdfunding platform has signed-up 12,952 new investors from 111 different countries. These investors are sufficient for the company to surpass 50,000 investors. Estonia based EstateGuru states that many of the new investors are based in Germany…. Read More

May 27, 2020 @ 9:54 am By JD Alois  |  

The GSX Group recently announced the launch of “GRID” –  platform to create and launch digital securities. GSX is the company that operates the Gibraltar Stock Exchange, among other entities. Today, tribeOS is claiming to be the first company to utilize the platform. tribeOS is… Read More

May 23, 2020 @ 1:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New York-based SMC Capital, a VC firm focused on blockchain technology, and Estonia’s bigX, a Fintech firm that provides a crypto-fiat exchange, have co-published an extensive report on initial exchange offerings (IEOs). IEOs came after initial coin offerings (ICOs), which are a type of crowdfunding… Read More

May 20, 2020 @ 10:31 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, a European lending marketplace, has topped €630,377 in a securities offering on Seedrs. Launched at the beginning of this month, EstateGuru set a minimum hurdle of €350,000 but quickly surpassed that goal. EstateGuru is seeking a maximum of €2 million on Seedrs as part… Read More

May 7, 2020 @ 7:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Estonia-headquartered AskRobin, a Fintech firm that manages a financial services marketplace for underbanked Latin American clients, has secured $1.7 million in capital. AskRobin’s seed round received contributions from several venture capital funds, including BENE Asia Capital, Change Ventures, Lemonade Stand, and Vereeni Early Stage Fund…. Read More

May 5, 2020 @ 12:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, an online marketplace for loans secured by property, has quickly topped its minimum crowdfunding hurdle on Seedrs. EstateGuru set a minimum raise of €350,000 but as of today, the Fintech has raised over €483,000 from 548 individual investors. EstateGuru is hoping to raise €2… Read More