Tagged: investing

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 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 13, 2023 @ 10:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mendoza Ventures, a Fintech, AI, and Cybersecurity Venture Capital firm, announced that Truist Ventures is investing in its Early Growth Fintech Fund as a limited partner. The fund is targeting $100M and will “invest in early growth-stage startups with a focus on diverse teams.” Mendoza… Read More

November 13, 2023 @ 3:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Acton Capital, one of Europe’s longest-standing venture capital investors, has announced the closing of its Fund ACTON VI to invest throughout Europe and Canada. The team remains committed to “backing companies in their early growth phase, with a focus on startups developing sustainable scaling strategies… 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 @ 8:06 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

November 6, 2023 @ 11:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Yieldstreet, a private market investing platform, today announced the voting results for the Election of Directors and appointment of Prytania Asset Management as sub-adviser at its special meeting of Yieldstreet Prism Fund Inc. The meeting was held virtually “with the Fund’s stockholders on October 19,… Read More

November 1, 2023 @ 11:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Lightyear announces its expansion into exchange traded commodities (ETCs) with the launch of gold. Adding ETCs to its existing suite of 3,500+ stocks, ETFs and MMFs, is another way for Lightyear’s retail and business customers “across Europe to diversify portfolios.” iShares Physical Gold… Read More

October 31, 2023 @ 5:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the realm of financial technology, Spaceship claims that it is set to transform the investment experience for young Australians. The company has reportedly “established itself as a visionary in the field but has strategically chosen Alpaca as a service provider to further enhance its… Read More

October 30, 2023 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

eToro, the trading and investing platform, is announcing the launch of free ETF courses on the eToro Academy, made possible through a new partnership with iShares by BlackRock, the largest ETF provider in the world. With a global line-up of 1300+ ETFs and $3.12 trillion… Read More

October 30, 2023 @ 1:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DriveWealth was created to allow every investor in the world to benefit from access to investment opportunities—whether they have $10 or $10 million. Following the announcement of DriveWealth‘s Options launch, they are pleased to reveal that they’ve added more offerings: Fixed Income and Global Mutual… Read More

October 25, 2023 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Osprey Total Return Pool is the “first” actively managed investment grade credit portfolio available on-chain. The strategy of the pool is powerful: deliver “a total return from a short-duration Investment Grade credit portfolio of ‘real-world-assets’ including; Treasury Bills, Asset-Backed Securities, and Loans.” The pool… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Bundeep Singh Rangar, the CEO of Fineqia, a digital asset business that builds and targets investments in early and growth-stage technology companies that will be a part of the next generation of the Internet. Publicly listed in Canada (CSE: FNQ)… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 10:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the financial super app with more than 35 million customers worldwide, added stocks of 70+ European-listed companies to its investment offering across the European Economic Area (EEA). Investment services in the EEA are “provided by Revolut Securities Europe UAB.” With Revolut, investments in European-listed… Read More

October 20, 2023 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Netwealth, one of Australia’s specialist investment platforms, and iCapital, the global fintech platform driving access to alternative investments for the wealth management industry, announced a partnership “to distribute global private market and hedge fund investments to financial advice firms and their wholesale clients across Australia.”… Read More

October 18, 2023 @ 11:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mintos is pleased to announce the launch of high-yield Fractional Bonds via their platform. This offering from Mintos opens up the world of corporate bonds to their investors, “making it accessible and easy for anyone to diversify their portfolio with bonds.” Historically, bonds, especially high-yield… Read More

October 17, 2023 @ 10:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US startup ecosystem witnessed a considerable decline in venture capital (VC) funding activity “during the first three quarters (Q1-Q3) of 2023.” A total of 5,448 VC funding deals “with disclosed value worth of $89.3 billion were announced in the US during the period.” This… Read More

October 17, 2023 @ 2:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX Ventures, the investment arm of crypto exchange and Web3 technology company OKX,  announced the participation in last year’s Series B for Celestia Labs. Celestia is described as “the first modular blockchain network, meaning developers can use Celestia as a base layer for consensus and… Read More

October 16, 2023 @ 12:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The month of September has shown “promising” growth on Mintos. Total investments via Mintos saw “a significant increase to €94.9 million, and interest earned by investors climbed to €4.1 million.” This upward trend was primarily “driven by the same trend we observed in August,” explained… Read More

October 16, 2023 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinList, the crypto launchpad and exchange that provides access to  established crypto assets, has launched a family of staking funds that “allow U.S. accredited investors to earn rewards through investment in a fund whose strategy is to stake digital assets.” At launch, the funds will… Read More