Posts by Pleuni

Pleuni Jacobs has been working as an editor for Eurolutions, the owner of this website, since 2019. She mostly writes news and background articles. For Investment Platforms, these articles are focused on trading platforms and investing. She also is the person responsible for adding advertisements to the website. If you have questions about advertising, chances are that she will be the one answering them.

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Background

Before writing for Investment Platforms, Pleuni studied Psychology and obtained a Master’s degree in Gender Studies. After that, she started out as a freelance writer but soon noticed that she wanted to work with colleagues. Then she found Eurolutions, where she has been working ever since. Nowadays, she mostly writes news and background articles. She also manages advertisements and edits texts by other editors.

– Pleuni Jacobs on LinkedIn

ESNA and BAE announce partnership

By Pleuni - 11 December 2025.

The Europe Startup Nations Alliance (ESNA) has announced a strategic partnership with Business Angels Europe (BAE). Together, they are forming the European Confederation of Angel Investing, based in Brussels. They want to strengthen the European startup ecosystem.

Enerfip acquires competitor Lumo

By Pleuni - 20 November 2025.

French crowdfunding platform Enerfip has announced that it has acquired competitor Lumo. Both are crowdfunding platforms for renewable energy. The amount of money that was involved in the acquisition was not disclosed.

SeedBlink launches AI fundraising assistant

By Pleuni - 16 September 2025.

European equity crowdfunding platform SeedBlink is launching CORE. This is an AI fundraising assistant, which helps founders to prepare a better pitch. At the same time, it helps startups become visible earlier, and helps convert interest into investments.

Estateguru to launch Auction feature

By Pleuni - 18 August 2025.

Real estate platform Estateguru has announced that it will launch a new Auction Page. It will offer users a curated selection of properties and claims linked to loans in default. According to the platform, this will give users more unique opportunities to invest in.

Crowdfunding in Italy declines 14%

By Pleuni - 23 July 2025.

The Italian crowdfunding market is shrinking. In the last twelve months, the market declined 14 percent. A total of 260.65 million euros was raised through investments in crowdfunding campaigns.

Debitum: ‘Dutch investors invest more’

By Pleuni - 12 June 2025.

In a comparison between German and Dutch users of peer-to-peer lending platform Debitum, it is very clearly visible that Dutch investors go bigger. The average investment per head for Dutch investors is a lot higher than in Germany.

eToro launches recurring investment feature

By Pleuni - 22 May 2025.

Trading and investing platform eToro has recently announced that it is launching a recurring investment feature. The feature makes automated, recurring purchases of assets possible at set times. According to the platform, this helps users to contribute to their investment goals in a consistent manner.