Mintos raises more than seven times crowdfunding target
Mintos looks set to finish its crowdfunding round with more than €7m (£6.24m) raised.
The European peer-to-peer lending marketplace launched a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube earlier this month and set a €1m target.
The project had already beaten its initial target in a pre-sale and closes today (25 November) currently on €7.04m.
It has been backed by more than 6,800 investors.
This is Mintos’ first crowdfunding campaign and is part of a larger fundraising round planned with venture capital firms.
The funds will help Mintos as it plans to secure an investment firm licence so it can operate in other countries.
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“Demand for alternative investments has grown, since the interest rates on deposits have been persistently low and equity markets have become crowded—leaving retail investors with very few good options,” said Martins Sulte (pictured) chief executive and co-founder of Mintos.
“In the past, when retail investors did look at alternative investments, they often found that these came with high minimum investments and high fees that kept them out of the mass market.
“Current demand is for modern solutions that are both accessible and not correlated with traditional assets. Mintos’ goal is to offer loans as a new alternative investment type, fitting retail investor needs.”