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Assetz Capital adds dedicated private fund for institutional investors

Assetz Capital has added a new private fund for institutional investors, in collaboration with a specialist marketplace lending fund manager. The fund gives institutional investors and family offices an additional and dedicated channel to invest in loans on the Assetz Capital marketplace. Established in Luxembourg, the private fund is eligible

Seedrs launches full customisation for AutoInvest

Online investment platform Seedrs has launched full customisation in its AutoInvest product allowing users to select their personal investment criteria with the product then building them a portfolio of early-stage private companies automatically. First launched in July 2018, there have been over 4000 individual investments using AutoInvest in Beta mode,

P2P lending platform Validus Capital raises over SGD20m to boost SME growth in Southeast Asia

Validus Capital (Validus), Singapore’s leading SME financing platform, has successfully raised USD15.2 million (SGD20.5 million) in an oversubscribed Series B funding round. Investment in Validus’ Series B round was led by FMO, Netherlands’ public-private development bank. FMO has over 300 investments in banking and financial services institutions (BFSIs). Its investment

Quest Hunter opens fundraising round on Funderbeam

Quest Hunter, an escape room marketplace, has opened a public fundraising round on Funderbeam, a cross-border fundraising and trading platform for private companies. Quest Hunter is focused on becoming the single reference point for real life escape room entertainment, enabling anyone to discover, experience and love these immersive games all

QDOOZ launches GBP500,000 Crowdcube crowdfunding campaign

QDOOZ, a life skills improvement platform, has launched a month-long crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise a minimum of GBP500,000. QDOOZ will cap the Crowdcube raise to a maximum of GBP1,550,000. This campaign comes after a successful earlier round of funding which raised GBP3 million from 50 private investors.  

FundedByMe launches operation in the Netherlands

Crowdfunding platform FundedByMe is to open a new office in the Netherlands headed by new partner Mikael Royson. “The Netherlands is just right for us, perfectly in line with our growth strategy,” says Kristin Svärd, Head of International Growth at FundedByMe. “The market has a high potential and we’re confident

Vesta to raise GBP750k through Seedrs

Vesta, a new online marketplace for buying and selling rental property, has opened its latest equity crowdfunding round to new investors through leading European platform Seedrs. Vesta is led by an impressive team including Chairman Bob Wigley, also Chairman of UK Finance, and CEO Russell Gould, who previously held senior

Hogan Lovells advises Monzo on GB20m Series E crowdfunding round

Hogan Lovells has advised Monzo, a UK digital, mobile-only bank, on its biggest ever crowdfunding round. Monzo has just published a prospectus in connection with a GBP20 million raise from its existing customers. This follows the close of GBP85 million of funding in October this year from General Catalyst, Accel

ArchOver expands into West Midlands

ArchOver, a P2P business lending platform connecting businesses requiring finance with individual and institutional investors, is expanding into the West Midlands and opening up new flows of capital for SMEs operating in the region. As traditional banks divest from hubs outside London and further centralise their operations in the capital,

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