Real estate platform Estateguru funded more than 80 million euros in total in 2024. As a result, it surpassed 860 million euros in total funding volume. The platform also reached profitability by the end of the year.
According to investment platform Revolut, women made better investment decisions than men on the platform. Overall, women generated 4 percent higher returns on their investments. Additionally, more and more women are starting to invest.
In 2024, crowdfunding in France collected a total of 1.7 billion euros. Compared to a year earlier, the market decreased 17.1 percent. Since 2015, crowdfunding in France has financed more than 10 billion euros.
In the Netherlands, more than 1.137 billion euros was raised in total with corporate crowdfunding campaigns in 2024. This was a record, with a volume increase of almost 20 percent compared to the previous year.
Peer-to-peer lending platform Debitum Investments has grown significantly in the past year. According to the platform, its growth has doubled within a year since it was acquired. It already has plans to expand that growth next year.
Latvian investment platform Mintos is expanding its real estate offerings on the platform this week. Users can now invest in apartments for short-term rental. These are properties listed on Airbnb and Booking.com, for example.
Investment platform Freedom24 has reached a new milestone. After starting its operations in Europe in 2020, it has now reached 300,000 European customers. Worldwide, the customer base increased with 25,000 users between 2023 and this year.
Online trading platform Trade Republic has reached a new milestone. It started offering interest on cash balances in January 2023 and since then, more than 1 billion euros has been paid out in interest to customers.
Fagura, a crowdfunding platform from Moldova, has received the European Crowdfunding Service Provider license. It is the first crowdfunding platform from this country with the license. The National Financial Market Commission (CNPF) will regulate Fagura’s services.
Lithuanian agricultural investment platform HeavyFinance has entered into a partnership with the European Investment Fund (EIF). With this partnership, the platform has secured a portfolio guarantee of 10.5 million euros. This will help make funding more readily available to SME farms.