Tagged: real estate

November 20, 2020 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wemlo, a U.S.-based fintech that’s focused on mortgage loan processing, announced on Friday the launch of its new AI technology called Athena. According to Wemlo, Athena is a virtual assistant AI developed to empower and improve loan processing by identifying discrepancies within a mortgage loan… Read More

November 19, 2020 @ 8:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

NestEgg, a U.S.-based residential rental property management startup, announced on Wednesday not only did it raise $7 million through its Series A investment round, but it also is planning to launch an interest-free payment service.  Founded in 2017, NestEgg describes itself as an all-in-one platform… Read More

November 16, 2020 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Nada, a U.S.-based real estate technology startup,  has successfully secured nearly $455,000 in funding through its funding round on Republic. The round, which comes just after the company’s seed investment, was launched last month originally seeking a minimum of $25,000 with a max of… Read More

November 12, 2020 @ 4:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

AlphaFlow, an online investment platform for real estate assets,  announced on Thursday it secured $10 million through Series A funding round, which was led by Saluda Grade Ventures with participation from Y Combinator, 10X Capital, Resolute Ventures, Upside Partnership, Vishal Garg (CEO of Better Mortgage),… Read More

November 11, 2020 @ 9:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK banking group NatWest announced on Tuesday the launch of its new product Green Mortgages. According to NatWest, the product offers a “preferential interest rate” to new or existing customers who are purchasing energy-efficient properties. The banking group explained: “The Green Mortgage offers a discounted… Read More

November 11, 2020 @ 8:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S.-based homeownership platform Better.com announced on Wednesday it secured $200 million through its Series D funding round, which was led by L Catterton with participation from Activant Capital, Ally Financial, American Express Ventures, Ping An Global Voyager Fund, and 9Yards Capital. The latest funding round… Read More

October 30, 2020 @ 11:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Roxana Mohammadian-Molina, the Chief Strategy Officer at Blend Network, an online peer to peer (P2P) property lending platform. Roxana talked about how the UK real estate market is performing. She also discussed how her company has managed to maintain operations during… Read More

October 29, 2020 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Derek Boirun, CEO and co-founder at Realio, a blockchain-enabled issuer, asset manager and technology provider, says that the idea behind his company (Realio) came to him when he realized that blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) might be a great tool to help with establishing… Read More

October 28, 2020 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kyle Sonlin, the founding partner at the Security Token Group and the CEO at Security Token Market (STM), notes that each month he helps his research team with compiling the security token trading and data analysis report.  Sonlin reveals that this month in the security… Read More

October 27, 2020 @ 10:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lendesk, a Canada-based mortgage fintech, announced on Tuesday it has acquired mortgage origination platform Finmo Financial Technologies. According to Lendesk, Finmo helps mortgage professionals offer their clients a truly digital experience. “Finmo’s proprietary Smart Docs algorithms allow brokers to automatically request necessary documents from their… Read More

October 14, 2020 @ 2:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nada, a U.S.-based real estate technology startup, recently announced its seed capital round to accelerate its growth and product development. The company has raised nearly $400,000 in funding through its funding round on Republic. Nada set a minimum hurdle of $25,000  – a number it… Read More

October 4, 2020 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Propy, the US-Bulgarian blockchain-based platform for conducting real estate transactions, has reportedly received an investment from Tim Draper, the legendary venture capitalist who has launched and supported many successful businesses during his extensive career. Propy, which had conducted an initial coin offering (ICO) to raise… Read More

October 2, 2020 @ 2:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendInvest a UK-based marketplace for property financing, announced earlier this week it has introduced updates to its Buy-to-Let product range; including raising its LTV and maximum loan limits, and broadening its lending criteria to include first-time landlords and student lets. LendInvest reported it is now… Read More

September 23, 2020 @ 10:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

DiversyFund, a real estate crowdfunding marketplace, announced on Tuesday it has undergone a period of significant growth in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding platform reported it saw an increase in customers this year and surpassed the 13,350 milestone. DiverseyFund further noted that it… Read More

September 16, 2020 @ 4:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less then a year and a half after raising £120,568 through its previous equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, real estate source platform, Infabode, has made a return to the funding platform to raise an additional £300,000. As previously reported, Infabode connects its community of users… Read More

September 14, 2020 @ 2:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

AlphaFlow, an online investment platform for real estate assets,  has successfully secured nearly $600,000 through its  Regulation CF (RegCF) campaign on the crowdfunding platform Republic. The funding round, which originally launched last month, sought to raise $25,000. It has so far attracted over 1,750 Republic… Read More

August 22, 2020 @ 2:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stuart Law, CEO at Assetz Capital, a peer to peer lender providing secured loans to businesses, argues that residential property in the UK will be the primary beneficiary from COVID-19’s negative impact on the nation’s retail industry. As reported by Peer2Peer Finance, there’s an improvement… Read More

August 21, 2020 @ 9:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  AlphaFlow, an online investment platform for real estate assets, is now seeking funds through its Regulation CF (RegCF) campaign on crowdfunding platform Republic. Founded in 2015, AlphaFlow described itself as a tech-driven investment manager that provides professionally managed portfolios of real estate loans to… Read More

August 18, 2020 @ 7:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hammock, a neobank that has been introduced specifically for landlords, has acquired £1 million through a seed funding round from Ascension Ventures and Fuel Ventures. The capital raised by Hammock should help the bank with its upcoming launch of its current accounts – which should… Read More

August 4, 2020 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Max Crowdfund, a blockchain-powered real estate crowdfunding platform, has reported secured approval from the Financial Market Authority (FMA) in the Netherlands. Under development since 2017, Max Crowdfund explained that it allows registered investors to access high-quality real estate investment opportunities in a matter of minutes,… Read More