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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.
Atomico, a London-based venture capital firm, has raised 1.24 billion dollars (1.13 billion euros). It will use that to launch two new funds. By doing that, it wants to support startups in the European tech sector.
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Estonian real estate investment platform Estateguru has financed a total of 815 million euros worth of loans. Last year, it invested 99 million euros in loans. The platform says that it will reach profitability by the end of this year.
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Crowdfunding platform Seedrs has announced that it will start trading as Republic Europe. After tomorrow, the new branding will be used on the website and in emails. The new brand name is launching two years after Republic’s acquisition of Seedrs.
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Retail investors are often expected to focus on tech stocks. However, stocks in financial services are more commonly owned by retail investors, by 61 percent. Technology is the second most owned sector, at 40 percent. Energy was third, at 35 percent.
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Estonian investment platform Income has reached a milestone. It has facilitated 100 million euros in investments into loans. It was able to do this within 4 years, since it was founded in 2020. The platform is currently managing 12 million euros in active outstanding investments.
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Latvian company Mintos is adding a new product to its lending platform. It has launched passive real estate investing. Users can now invest in property and earn an income from rent payments and potential property value appreciation.
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Latvian lending platform Mintos is launching a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube today. By doing so, the platform hopes to raise additional growth capital. It has plans for further international expansion and to launch new investment products.
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Crowdfunding platform Seedrs has announced that an unnamed Championship football club will soon fundraise on the platform. The company wants to target more sport teams and expects that it will add more of these campaigns in 2024.
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CoinMart, a Dutch cryptocurrency broker, has raised 2.8 million euros. The funding comes from IDG Capital, which is also announcing a partnership with the crypto broker. This brings the platform’s total funded amount to 14.3 million euros.
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Lithuanian agricultural investment platform HeavyFinance has raised 50 million euros in funding. This will be used for a private credit fund to advance agricultural decarbonization in Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Portugal.
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