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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. Do you want to read more of Pleuni’s work? Check out our other websites: Ecommerce News Europe, Ecommerce News Nederland, Crowdfundmarkt, Investeerders and Ondernemen en Internet.

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.

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eToro partners with Twitter

eToro partners with Twitter

Online broker eToro has partnered with Twitter in an effort to further financial education. Twitter users can now see real-time prices for stocks, crypto and other assets. Users can also click through to eToro and start investing.

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Crowdcube and Octopus Investments start partnership

Crowdcube and Octopus Investments start partnership

Equity crowfunding platform Crowdcube and Octopus Investments are partnering up. Together, they have created a solution that lowers the minimum level of an investment into Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) to 500 euros. This means that more retail investors will have access to investing in these companies.

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HeavyFinance raises €3 million

HeavyFinance raises €3 million

European investment platform HeavyFinance has raised 3 million euros in a seed funding round. The company will use the capital injection to drive an expansion within Europe. It will also add new sustainable finance options to the platform.

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Trade volumes on Secondary Markets are down dramatically

Trade volumes on Secondary Markets are down dramatically

While tech companies have historically received high valuations, company shares have been traded below asking price on secondary markets lately. According to secondary markets platform Forge Global, the gap between asking price and bids is currently 22 percent. This has resulted in a dramatic decrease in trade volume.

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