Tagged: marketplace

January 25, 2022 @ 8:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Marketplace lending platform EstateGuru has posted its 2021 financial results. According to the investment platform loan volumes increased by 69%, revenues 58%, new investors by 35% compared to 2020. EstateGuru said that all of the countries where they operate exceeded their targets with total lending… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 8:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Property investment platform CrowdProperty says it has surpassed £100 million paid to investors. According to the investment marketplace, investors have earned, on average, 8.3% IRR. Importantly, CrowdProperty reports that it has maintained 100% principle and interest payback for its marketplace lending service since 2014. In… Read More

November 5, 2021 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, an online investment marketplace that matches borrowers to investors with secured debt securities, has topped 100,000 investors, according to a post by its Chief Operating Officer. Mihkel Stamm, who is a member of the Board as well as COO of EstateGuru, posted: “Today, we… Read More

October 25, 2021 @ 8:55 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

European SME lender October began by building a product for internal use, but the industry needed it too, so they branched out, COO Patrick de Nonneville said. October was founded in 2015 after de Nonneville had been looking at some Fintech investments in Europe. It… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 9:21 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Peer-to-peer marketplace 4K.com, which offers digital collectibles and luxury goods powered by NFTs, this week announced its highly-anticipated marketplace launch for collectors and resellers across the world. Customers send their collectible to 4K, which authenticates, insures, and then stores it. The customer receives an NFT… Read More

September 28, 2021 @ 9:33 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

NFT marketplace Bubblehouse today announced $4 million in pre-seed funding led by Third Kind VC with participation from SV Angel, Watertower Ventures, Soma Capital, and other angels. Bubblehouse describes itself as a social, accessible, and eco-friendly NFT marketplace where creators and collectors don’t need crypto… Read More

September 21, 2021 @ 11:33 am By JD Alois  |  

MarketFinance, a top online lender based in the UK, has announced a £280 million debt and equity funding while simultaneously announcing its accreditation under the Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS). MarketFinance was previously approved as a lender under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) having… Read More

September 14, 2021 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

creditshelf, a marketplace lender for German SMEs, is reporting that it generated more than €100 million of new loan business between January and September 2021, already exceeding the total loan volume of €98.9 million arranged in the fiscal year 2020. creditshelf stated that its loans… Read More

September 9, 2021 @ 9:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lisa Jacobs, Managing Director of Funding Circle UK  (LSE: FCH)  will succeed Samir Desai CBE as Chief Executive Officer beginning January 1st, 2022. The news was revealed today alongside Funding Circle’s financial results. Jacobs joined Funding Circle in September 2012 as Chief Strategy Officer. Prior… Read More

July 16, 2021 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Marketplace lending platform Assetz Capital has added two executives to its bridging team to accelerate the growth of bridge loans. Assetz Capital states that the moves signal a strategic focus on the bridging market for the lender. Since 2013 the Fintech has originated about £1.5… Read More

May 24, 2021 @ 3:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

ProducePay,  a U.S.-based financing, analytics, and marketplace startup for the fresh produce market, announced on Monday it raised $43 million through its Series C investment round, which was co-led by G2VP, IFC, and IDB with participation from Anterra Capital and Coventure, Astanor Ventures, IGNIA, and… Read More

May 24, 2021 @ 7:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Finitive, a fintech platform that connects institutional investors with alternative lending investments, announced on Monday it has appointed Andrew Holgate to lead its European initiatives as the Managing Director – Head of Europe.  According to Finitive, Holgate brings 20 years of operational and lending… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 9:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Finitive, a fintech platform that connects institutional investors with alternative lending investments, announced on Wednesday it received an investment from Sterling Bancorp (NYSE:STL). Founded in 2017, Finitive claims to be the leading data-driven private credit marketplace. The U.S.-based tech-enabled platform stated it provides institutional investors… Read More

May 9, 2021 @ 10:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Alphagreen, a European CBD marketplace, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with more than £1.9 million raised. Originally seeking £1 million, the investment round has already attracted over 560 Seedrs investors.  As previously reported, Alphagreen Group describes itself as a high-growth technology and pharmaceutical… Read More

April 29, 2021 @ 11:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Alphagreen, a European CBD marketplace, has raised nearly £1.7 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs.  Founded in 2019, Alphagreen Group describes itself as a high-growth technology and pharmaceutical trading business. “Alphagreen Group works with top Cannabis brands globally to sell high-quality non-psychoactive products (e.g…. Read More

April 26, 2021 @ 4:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Howsy, a UK-based rental marketplace platform, has successfully secured its initial £800,000 funding target through its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round launched just a little over six months after Howsy’s raised £2,346,770 through its previous Seedrs campaign and has so far attracted… Read More

April 8, 2021 @ 7:53 am By JD Alois  |  

auxmoney, a marketplace lender based in Germany, has received €250 million for loans from Citigroup and Chenavari Investment Managers. Chenavari is a credit-focussed asset manager with core expertise in European markets. auxmoney reports that it is now co-investing for the first time alongside partners as… Read More

March 5, 2021 @ 10:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Just a little over six months after raising £2,346,770 through its previous Seedrs campaign, Howsy, a UK-based rental marketplace platform, has returned to the equity crowdfunding platform to raise £800,000. The funding round has so far raised over half its funding target from nearly… Read More

February 17, 2021 @ 8:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PayDashboard, a UK-based interactive payslip platform, announced on Wednesday the launch of its new financial wellbeing marketplace, Moneysmart. According to PayDashboard, the marketplace smart matches consumers with a range of suitable financial products and services based on their lifestyles, attitudes to money and financial situations…. Read More

February 2, 2021 @ 9:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

SocietyOne, an Australian marketplace lending platform, says it has topped $1 billion in online lending in January. SocietyOne notes that it launched a secured lending product in December and said the month generated a record amount of originations. The secured product first completed a pilot… Read More