This week, German crowdfunding platforms Zinsbaustein.de and Wiwin announced a full merger. Earlier this year, they already collaborated, but now the merge is official. They want to combine their expertise in real estate and sustainable investing.

European lending platform Bondora has released its financial results for 2024. The company reached a major milestone during the year. Since its launch in 2008, it has invested more than one billion euros.

Trading and investing platform eToro has announced that it has filed a registration for an IPO in the United States. Once the filing becomes effective, shares of the company will be offered on the Nasdaq exchange.

Collin Crowdfund, a Dutch crowdfunding platform for SMEs, has reached the 1 billion euros mark in SME funding. This milestone is still almost entirely due to Dutch business loans. Meanwhile, it has also launched in Germany, and with that it expects a new growth acceleration. We spoke to the platform about these developments.

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.