Revolut is offering ETFs to its European users. For the new investment product, the online bank is partnering with German financial startup Upvest. In the next few months, Revolut wants to add European listed stocks and other trading products as well.

The French government wants to triple the amount of business angels in the country. Officials want to adopt two UK programs, the EIS and SEIS, which provide early-stage tax incentives. As a result, the government hopes that business angels will invest 3 billion euros annually into startups, creating 200,000 jobs by 2027.

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.

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.

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.

European crowdfunding platform SeedBlink has launched its own secondary market today. Users can buy and sell startup investments there. The launch thus provides early-stage liquidity.

In 2022, French crowdfunding platforms collected 2.35 billion euros. This is a growth of 25 percent compared to 2021. The increase was mostly caused by the increase in real estate crowdfunding, which accounted for two thirds of the total funding amount.

Equity crowdfunding platform Wefunder has opened an office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The company has already received the ECSP license. The platform is now able to offer its services in Europe.

Saving and investment app Plum has announced an expansion into 5 European countries: Italy, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus and the Netherlands. The company is now present in 10 markets.

Financing platform Invesdor has received the European Crowdfunding Service Provider license. It is the first platform in the DACH region to do so. The company wants to become a leading provider of crowdfunding services in Europe with this new license.