Tagged: investments

November 22, 2022 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

At the beginning of November 2022, Debitum Asset-Backed Security offer was 5, TRIPLE DRAGON had 10 underlying assets in 2 ABSs, FLEXIDEA had 1 ABSs with 5 business loans and EVERGREEN CAPITAL had 44 underlying assets in 2 ABSs. At the end of October 2022,… Read More

November 20, 2022 @ 8:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, invested $4 million in Ultimate Champions, a Web3 sports game platform that will be “built on the BNB Chain.” Ultimate Champions will use the funds raised “to further develop its games, secure additional sports partnerships,… Read More

November 20, 2022 @ 6:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Addepar has shared the latest updates as they pertain to the Addepar platform, as well as key insights from their proprietary, “anonymized” and aggregated data set, along with highlights from their client community; and updates about their team at Addepar. In November, they’re taking a… Read More

November 19, 2022 @ 12:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Since March of this year, the share of investments in long-term loans on the Robocash platform has “been increasing,” the company claims. Along with this, the investor earnings are also growing, the team at Robocash reveals in a blog post. Robo.cash added that for the… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 12:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

WeGift, which claims to be one of the industry leaders in digital payouts,  announced the closing of a £26 million Series B, furthering its mission “to allow anyone to transfer any digital currency more freely across the globe.” New investors “included Element Ventures, which led… Read More

November 15, 2022 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KKR, a global investment firm, and Privy, a digital trust provider in Indonesia, announced the signing of definitive agreements under which KKR “will participate as the lead investor in the $48 million Series C funding round of Privy, with participation from existing investors MDI Ventures,… Read More

November 13, 2022 @ 11:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Last month, PeerBerry marked its five years of operations. The PeerBerry platform enters its sixth year of activities “with 61,174 verified investors and an outstanding portfolio of EUR 97 million.” In October, PeerBerry investors “funded EUR 46,5 million of loans. 1140 new investors joined the… Read More

November 13, 2022 @ 4:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European financing platform Debitum notes that its partner company Triple Dragon – an “innovative,” “fast-growing,” specialist lender in the gaming and mobile app industries – in December 2022 will mark their 6th year anniversary. During these years Triple Dragon have reportedly “managed not only to… Read More

November 13, 2022 @ 12:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

It’s been a time of “great change” in the UK, with political events unfolding alongside global economic themes, including high inflation and rising interest rates, the team at PensionBee notes. According to PensionBee, there’s “an interconnected relationship between inflation and interest rates; often when one… Read More

November 11, 2022 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European investment platform Bondora reveals that October made solid gains in the origination and investment front. Especially when considering “the declines from September.” Investment funding via Bondora “increased by 21.3% to over €14M.” And loan originations “exceeded €15M.” Secondary Market activity “increased once again, and… Read More

October 29, 2022 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European investment platform Lightyear has rolled out voting alongside in-app communication, “giving shareholders and publicly traded companies a seamless way to engage with each other.” This feature is “a first for many countries around Europe, where this level of ownership and transparency is lacking for… Read More

October 28, 2022 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Raisin, which claims to be the global leader for the savings and investment market, has announced the migration of its UK platform ClearBank, the “enabler of secure accounts, real-time clearing, and embedded banking for financial institutions.” ClearBank will “underpin the FSCS protected account Raisin UK… Read More

October 21, 2022 @ 7:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uplinq Financial Technologies – which claims to be the first global credit assessment and scoring platform for SMB lenders – announced: “a $1.25 million investment from ATX Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas.” This announcement “comes after Uplinq raised $3.5… Read More

October 18, 2022 @ 1:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment in the regulatory compliance consultancy marks Copper Street Capital’s fifth investment, as the private equity investor “widens its portfolio across lower mid-market European financial services.” Thistle Initiatives Group will use Copper Street investment “to double in size over the next three years through organic… Read More

October 17, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gritti, the web3 social fitness app building healthier habits through engaged communities and applied game design, is pleased to announce “the closing of $1.7M in seed funding.” Lingfeng Innovation Fund led the investment round along with “thesis-driven” web3 natives Youbi Capital, Bixin Ventures, Orderly Network,… Read More

October 16, 2022 @ 10:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Equitybee, the employee-focused stock options funding solution, announced its second quarterly fund, the VC5 Fund, which “leverages Equitybee’s unique deal flow and inherent advantages to offer accredited investors a new and unique investment channel.” The latest fund will “follow VC firms Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, Founders… Read More

October 14, 2022 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

YuLife, the tech-driven financial services brand on a mission to inspire life, recently announced that funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. have joined as investors in the company, “having participated in YuLife’s recent Series C funding round.” The investment, along with… Read More

October 13, 2022 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Betterment, which claims to be the largest independent digital investment advisor in the U.S., announced the launch of its cryptocurrency offering, Crypto Investing by Betterment. Betterment will reportedly “add expert-built, managed, and diversified crypto portfolios alongside its traditional investing portfolios.” The portfolios will be “available… Read More

October 12, 2022 @ 9:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Bondora is pleased to announce that borrowers in the Netherlands can now access their online and convenient financial services. By expanding to more countries, Bondora claims it can “help empower more people to live the lives they want with less financial stress.”… Read More

October 10, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the latest Insight update from Mintos, Martins Sulte, the platform’s CEO and Co-Founder of Mintos, comments on the last quarter on Mintos and provides a “sneak peek” at what you can expect in the following months. As mentioned in a blog post by Mintos,… Read More