Tagged: secondary market

May 31, 2023 @ 4:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

EquityZen, a secondary marketplace for private securities, has distributed a post t0utuing the secondary market for private securities during a slow period of primary issuance and funding rounds. Of course, this is to the benefit of EquityZen as it is what the company provides, but… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The first quarter of 2023 started and ended with “a bang,” according to Bondora. After February had some of the highest origination and investment figures Bondora has seen post-pandemic, March statistics reportedly surpassed “all previous records to set new all-time highs. Investments and originations topped… Read More

April 22, 2023 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru’s secondary market provides their investors with an “exit strategy,” should they need access to their funds “before the loan matures, but it’s also a way to diversify your portfolio, and build your wealth.” As a peer-to-peer lending platform based in Europe, Estateguru claims it… Read More

March 9, 2023 @ 9:02 am By JD Alois  |  

SeedBlink, a European securities crowdfunding platform that is based in Bulgaria but is expanding across Europe, has announced the launch of a secondary trading marketplace, thus providing liquidity for private securities. SeedBlink received its ECSPR approval last fall, enabling it to solicit investors across all… Read More

May 20, 2022 @ 12:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, a top European securities crowdfunding platform that operates an emerging secondary trading platform for securities issued on the platform, has posted an interesting write-up as to why investors trade on its secondary marketplace (and others). Recently, CI hosted a webinar on secondary transactions in… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 2:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European lender Bondora notes that the secondary market ended 2021 with a relatively slow December. Bondora writes in an update, dated January 4, 2021, that after picking up slightly again in November, Secondary Market transactions “fell to €250,404” in December 2021. According to Bondora, this… Read More

December 19, 2021 @ 11:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After two months of declining, Secondary Market activity on Bondora has reportedly picked up again, albeit “with a very slight 2%.” As mentioned in an update from Bondora, a total of €257,149’s worth of transactions “took place in November, compared to €252,126 in October.” Bondora… Read More

November 15, 2021 @ 10:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European P2P lending platform Bondora notes that for the second straight month, the Secondary Market transactions via the platform have decreased. Bondora wrote in a blog post dated November 15, 2021 that while a total of €311,848 was transacted on the Secondary Market in September… Read More

October 6, 2021 @ 4:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, a leading European investment crowdfunding platform, has posted an update for its Secondary Market for private securities. Although volume remains relatively low, Seedrs has created an effective marketplace for investors to sell their securities beyond an IPO or M&A. Seedrs states that during the… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 10:36 am By JD Alois  |  

MicroVentures is a broker-dealer that raises capital under the various crowdfunding exemptions including Reg CF+, Reg D, and Reg A+. An early entrant into the sector, MicroVentures got its start catering to accredited investors but expanded its portfolio of services following the enactment of the… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 9:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bondora secondary market experienced a “complete trend reversal” in August 2021. The European P2P lender reveals that there was a substantial 107.9% growth when compared to the month of July 2021. This growth equates to “a total of €338,235 being transacted on the Secondary… Read More

September 12, 2021 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European P2P lending service Bondora reveals that during the month of August 2021, there were 2,155 new investors that joined their platform, bringing the total number of investors to 172,809 individuals. More than €472M has now been invested via Bondora, and investors have earned over… Read More

September 5, 2021 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Croatian peer-to-peer lender Robo.cash notes that 62% of European P2P investors “support the opportunity” of purchasing loans via the secondary market. The increasing demand for this option is mainly driven by experienced clients with adequate funding, the Robo.cash team writes in a blog post. During… Read More

August 15, 2021 @ 11:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In June 2021, the team at Bondora, a leading P2P lending platform, had celebrated Go & Grow’s success with more than €10 million invested. And this month in August, they’re celebrating another key milestone: Bondora now has more than 170,000 investors active on its platform…. Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 1:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European peer-to-peer lender Bondora reports that its secondary market transactions fell during the month of July 2021. Last month, Bondora continued to see the “downward trend” of fewer transactions taking place on the Secondary Market, the company confirmed while noting that a total of €162,695… Read More

June 24, 2021 @ 9:06 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

HUP.LIFE and ETHO.Black are joining forces to HUP.LIFE to host NFTs on HUP.MARKET, which is scheduled to debut this December. ETHO.Black’s Etho Protocol is a file system enabling content to be pinned around the world on a blockchain. HUP.LIFE created a marketplace for trading copyright-enabled… Read More

June 21, 2021 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK-based peer-to-peer lender Blend Network notes that many investors on their platform will know or are aware that they have a secondary market feature that lets lenders sell their loan parts “prior to the loan maturity.” The Blend Network team recently answered… Read More

June 18, 2021 @ 11:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday it was reported that Nutmeg, a digital investment manager operating in the UK, had been acquired by JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM). The Fintech had already partnered with the bank and JPM apparently decided to utilize Nutmeg’s tech as a step to launch a digital-only bank,… Read More

April 1, 2021 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Funderbeam is a global funding and trading platform for private companies that reports over €30 million in funding raised and more than 60,000 trades on their secondary marketplace.  The Fintech notes that it holds multiple financial licenses including authorised and regulated by the Estonian Financial… Read More

March 9, 2021 @ 11:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs Secondary Market opened this week and following the trades, Seedrs has posted on its blog that it claims the title as the UK’s biggest marketplace for private companies. Of note, is the fact that private companies who haven’t raised on Seedrs before can list… Read More