Tagged: investments

July 17, 2023 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trunk Tools, a construction-focused fintech startup that addresses the skilled labor shortage by helping workers get paid faster, announced its launch out of stealth with $9.9 million in seed funding. The investment round was “led by Innovation Endeavors, with participation from Fifth Wall, Foundation Capital… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 5:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has made an equity investment in Wollemi Capital, as part of the global climate specialist investment firm’s Series A capital raising. Headquartered in Sydney and with staff and investments across Australia and the US, Wollemi invests in the businesses and projects… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 4:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Brain Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), and SMBC Venture Capital Management Co., Ltd. will jointly establish JPY 30 billion “SMBC-GB Growth Fund” in order “to enhance its capabilities to invest in promising startups that will underpin future economic growth in Japan.” While many… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 11:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Magnifi, the AI-powered co-pilot for sensible investors from TIFIN, has launched a new feature that allows its over 20,000 subscribers now get AI help to not only manage investments held within their Magnifi brokerage accounts but now also from assets held in external accounts. This… Read More

July 15, 2023 @ 10:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Public, a US-based multi-asset investing platform, launches in the United Kingdom, entering its first market outside the United States. With the firm’s UK expansion, Public aims “to be the preeminent place to invest in US-listed equities, offering over 5,000 stocks, deep data and insights, and… Read More

July 14, 2023 @ 9:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, which is being sued by US regulators for a wide range of issues, has committed $15 million into Xterio, a Web3 game platform and publisher bridging free-to-play and on-chain gaming with in-house and third-party games… Read More

July 13, 2023 @ 11:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of London announces it has submitted its formal application for a European Union (EU) Banking Licence and “commits to €200M investment and hiring 300 people in Luxembourg over the next five years.” The formal application has been jointly “lodged with the European Central… Read More

July 12, 2023 @ 2:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Solaris SE, Europe’s embedded finance platform, announced the EUR 38 million first close of its Series F round, led by existing investors. As previously stated, Solaris will “use the funds primarily to strengthen governance and compliance and lay the foundation for the company’s next phase… Read More

July 11, 2023 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nordic Capital has agreed to sell Macrobond, a global provider of software and macroeconomic and financial data, to Francisco Partners, a global investment firm that specialises in partnering with technology businesses. Since its initial investment in 2018, Nordic Capital has together “with the management and… Read More

July 10, 2023 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantexa, which claims to be a global leader in Decision Intelligence (DI) solutions for the public and private sectors, announced that it will invest over $155M in the global artificial intelligence (AI) industry over the next three years “to help clients advance the use of… Read More

July 10, 2023 @ 10:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Online trading platform moomoo, an “intuitive” investment and trading platform providing investors with pro-grade, easy-to-use tools, data, and insights, recently released results of its first Personal Finance Survey of US moomoo users. The survey has “discovered three key takeaways.” First, mooers are worried “about their… Read More

July 9, 2023 @ 11:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite small decreases, there was still a large number of investments and loans originated in May 2023, according to an update from European investment platform Bondora. Both were in the €19 million ballpark, which is still “some of the highest monthly amounts they’ve seen recently.”… Read More

July 9, 2023 @ 12:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tallinn-based Swaper, a marketplace platform offering to buy the claim rights for loan receivables and earn passive income, recently shared key platform updates. By the end of last month, Swaper investors earned a cumulative of 6.42M Euros worth of interest. In June 2023, the number… Read More

July 7, 2023 @ 12:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Debitum reports that the month of July 2023 has started with several positive developments for existing and new investors. According to a blog post by Debitum, more investment options are available via the platform, and there is also an updated “Invite a friend” program conditions,… Read More

July 7, 2023 @ 12:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mintos reports that total investments “saw €88 million worth of Notes funded, and interest earned by investors in June was €3.9 million.” The average interest rate for June on the Mintos platform “stood at 12.8%, translating to an annualized average net return of 9.8% (YTD… Read More

July 4, 2023 @ 5:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fidelity Investments 2023 M&A Valuation & Deal Structure Survey “revealed a 237% increase in registered investment advisor (RIA) M&A deals, with 492 reported transactions, up from 146 for the 2017- 2019 study period.” The survey, which examines trends and buyer perceptions “related to RIA M&A… Read More

July 3, 2023 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LendInvest plc (AIM: LINV), which claims to be the UK’s leading platform for mortgages, has announced a £500 million investment “to fund part of its future mortgage originations for its Buy-to-Let and Residential Mortgage products from Chetwood Financial Limited.” This new funding will “further the… Read More

July 3, 2023 @ 7:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry investors funded €65.12 million of loans in June and received €819,213 in interest. The amount of funded loans on the PeerBerry platform “was 3% higher than the previous month.” PeerBerry’s portfolio “amounted to €115.17 million at the end of June.” 1205 new investors “joined… Read More

June 27, 2023 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TreasurySpring – the investment platform helping firms of all sizes unlock and protect the true value of their cash assets – has raised $29 million in Series B funding led by Balderton Capital. Mubadala Capital also participated in the investment round, “alongside previous investors ETFS… Read More

June 26, 2023 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Freetrade, which claims it is building the home screen app for your life savings, has raised 176% (£1,764,417.20) of its £1,000,000 target (from 3194 investors with 3 days left in the sale at the time of writing) through its crowdfunding campaign, carried out via Crowdcube…. Read More