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Plynk Offers Refreshingly Easy Investing with an Emphasis on Education and Affordability

Plynk Offers Refreshingly Easy Investing with an Emphasis on Education and Affordability

Investing in stocks, funds, and crypto through apps has never been more available, which makes one wonder why so many potential investors shy away from the obvious opportunity. It could be because of the investment world's traditional reliance on jargon, which often makes investing hard to understand for the average consumer and creates uncertainty and fear of possibly making mistakes. Plynk stands out in the fintech investment app space for its simplicity and emphasis... read more »

InvestinGoal Connects Forex Traders With Expert Insights and Tools to Evaluate Brokers

InvestinGoal Connects Forex Traders With Expert Insights and Tools to Evaluate Brokers

Traders in the market for a forex broker may be overwhelmed by the plethora of online brokers offering their services. InvestinGoal understands how difficult it can be for a trader to find their best-fit broker among many options. InvestinGoal provides research and insights designed to help traders locate brokers that can help them reach their goals. Its comparison tools enable traders to view side-by-side comparisons of brokers’ services and platforms. InvestinGoal... read more »

SingleKey Offers Practical Tools to Landlords and Tenants That Mitigate the Risks of Renting

SingleKey Offers Practical Tools to Landlords and Tenants That Mitigate the Risks of Renting

Owning and renting out a residential property can help diversify an investment portfolio, but it isn’t without its risks. SingleKey helps landlords navigate the risks associated with property management. Its tools help landlords vet prospective tenants and ensure rent checks are received each month. SingleKey also helps landlords build compliant and efficient application processes. It works with tenants to help them grow their credit and secure their rental... read more »

Astons Residency and Citizenship Solutions Help Sophisticated Investors Diversify and Gain Flexibility

Astons Residency and Citizenship Solutions Help Sophisticated Investors Diversify and Gain Flexibility

The border closings of the COVID-19 pandemic quickly transformed the circumstances of personal autonomy. Investors are increasingly responding by diversifying not just in assets but in freedom. End-to-end investment immigration and relocation services by Astons help businesses and private clients add strategic flexibility, asset diversification, and measurable ROI to their wealth management strategies. Options for residency and citizenship by investment through Astons... read more »

UNest Uses Partner Rewards and Family Gifting to Accelerate Savings for Children’s Financial Futures

UNest Uses Partner Rewards and Family Gifting to Accelerate Savings for Children’s Financial Futures

Parents seeking to invest in their children’s future have traditionally been steered toward 529 plans. But the rigidity of 529 plans isn’t suitable for many families. UNest offers investment accounts that provide parents and their children with financial flexibility. Parents, family, and friends can fund the accounts. Partner rewards can also be used to fund accounts. Debt can be difficult to pay off, and it can last a lifetime. UNest helps parents take steps today... read more »

Nia Impact Capital Offers Purposeful Investing to Advance Sustainability and Social Justice Goals

Nia Impact Capital Offers Purposeful Investing to Advance Sustainability and Social Justice Goals

Americans who invest as part of their wealth-building and retirement planning strategies increasingly want to do so in ways that align with their values. Nia Impact Capital is a women-led firm offering purposeful investing that prioritizes sustainability and social justice. Nia invests in well-positioned growth companies offering a primary product or service that benefits people and the environment. With a commitment to shareholder activism, it holds its portfolio... read more »

Azibo Streamlines Portfolio, Property, and Tenant Management for Independent Real Estate Investors

Azibo Streamlines Portfolio, Property, and Tenant Management for Independent Real Estate Investors

Owning rental real estate can provide an investment hedge against inflation and steady returns. But spreadsheets and generic software aren't efficient enough to maximize the potential of a growing portfolio, and the alternative to doing it yourself is handing 8-12% of your income over to a full-service property manager. Azibo melds essential financial and property management features for folks who'd prefer to keep those dollars. The platform helps landlords with as few... read more »

Arrived Empowers Investors to Diversify Their Portfolios with Rental Homes and Vacation Rentals

Arrived Empowers Investors to Diversify Their Portfolios with Rental Homes and Vacation Rentals

Financial advisors say real estate should be one component of a diversified investment portfolio, but until now, that asset class wasn’t easily accessible to average investors who lack the capital, time and expertise to purchase and manage their own rental properties. But the Seattle-based startup Arrived is changing that by enabling investors to buy shares of rental properties for as little as $100. If you’ve never believed that a modest investment portfolio... read more »

EQIBank Offers Global Banking, Custody, and Trading Services on a Digital Platform

EQIBank Offers Global Banking, Custody, and Trading Services on a Digital Platform

Traditional banks make money by loaning and investing deposits and interact with card providers and trading platforms from inconvenient silos, putting assets at risk. EQIBank is a digital financial platform where deposits aren't a profit center that offers OTC and custodial services alongside card and loan products. EQIBank dissolves barriers around fiat and digital currencies and financial categories, offering corporate and high-net-worth customers unprecedented... read more »

Spartan Offers High-Performing Investments in Self-Storage Facilities to Accredited Investors

Spartan Offers High-Performing Investments in Self-Storage Facilities to Accredited Investors

Real estate has many advantages as an investment class, but one segment — self-storage — stands as the best-performing and the most resistant to recession. Spartan Investment Group offers accredited investors a seamless approach to getting into self-storage through a Growth Fund focused on ground-up construction and an Income Fund designed to produce monthly cash flow. Vertically organized Spartan manages every aspect of the investment, from acquisition to... read more »

SparkRental’s Co-Investing Club Broadens Access to the Income-Generating Potential of Real Estate

SparkRental’s Co-Investing Club Broadens Access to the Income-Generating Potential of Real Estate

Real estate has many advantages as an investment class, but high barriers to entry obscure them. SparkRental replaces expensive down payments and syndications with a Co-Investing Club that gathers groups of investors, including nonaccredited individuals, for monthly deals. Diversification is a goal extending from the types of properties selected to the general partners sponsoring the deals, but all require only a $5,000 minimum outlay. The concept of infinite returns... read more »

District Capital Management Offers Comprehensive Financial Planning Tailored to Priorities and Goals

District Capital Management Offers Comprehensive Financial Planning Tailored to Priorities and Goals

A fiduciary financial advisor can help individuals and families find more money and pay fewer taxes than they would on their own. Many professionals in the Washington, D.C., area choose District Capital Management to grow their wealth, reach their goals, and provide for their loved ones. A credentialed team with experience in pension management and family foundations helps clients make the best decisions for their interests. DCM's task-oriented approach ensures planning... read more »

Village Capital Peer-Selects Diverse Impact Startups and Democratizes Venture Investing

Village Capital Peer-Selects Diverse Impact Startups and Democratizes Venture Investing

Impact investors can only support the most socially beneficial companies if they can find them. Village Capital is a nonprofit investment partner, entrepreneur support organization, and ecosystem builder that broadens the vision of impact investors. Village Capital's unique peer-selection accelerator methodology finds startups outside the tech-hub status quo to drive solutions in climate innovation and adaptation, economic mobility, and equitable access to essential... read more »

Lightyear Offers Retail Investors Friction-Free Multicurrency Access to Global Markets

Lightyear Offers Retail Investors Friction-Free Multicurrency Access to Global Markets

Full-featured fintech platforms like Robinhood support a vibrant retail investment culture in the US. But in the EU and UK, traditional banks still facilitate most trading. Costs are higher, access to global products is limited, and platforms lack educational resources for newer investors. Lightyear fixes those problems with a multicurrency platform that offers 3,000+ international stocks and ETFs and deep dives into investment fundamentals. The Lightyear app's explosive... read more »

Quantcha Incorporates Market Analytics to Offer  Investors Robust Tools for Informed Options Trading

Quantcha Incorporates Market Analytics to Offer  Investors Robust Tools for Informed Options Trading

Like many options traders in the early 2010s, Ed Kaim started by tracking trades on a spreadsheet. But as his strategies grew more sophisticated, his spreadsheets couldn't keep up. In 2014, Kaim leveraged his expertise as a tech entrepreneur to create Quantcha, a suite of power tools for successful options investors. Quantcha tracks positions based on real-time market data, incorporates trade analytics, and enables users to refine strategies through InvestOps. With... read more »

Opportunity Finance Network Connects Corporate Investors With CDFIs to Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap

Opportunity Finance Network Connects Corporate Investors With CDFIs to Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap

Opportunity Finance Network provides capital to community development financial institutions (CDFIs) working to close the racial wealth gap. The network works closely with philanthropic and corporate investors that want to make a difference in low-income communities, and connects them with CDFIs near their location. The Finance Justice Fund, run by Opportunity Finance Network, puts investors’ capital into CDFIs that are providing financial products and services to... read more »

Disrupt Equity Helps Investors Diversify and Earn Passive Income Through Multifamily Real Estate Syndication

Disrupt Equity Helps Investors Diversify and Earn Passive Income Through Multifamily Real Estate Syndication

Disrupt Equity provides opportunities for retail investors to invest in commercial real estate through syndication, which is normally exclusive to larger investment firms. Unlike traditional investments that are typically one unit, syndication investors share the investment of several units with other investors and act as board members on the investment. The company offers accredited and non accredited investments depending on what criteria is met. In many cases, Disrupt... read more »

Zeal’s Inclusive Investing™ Platform Yields Results by Funding Diverse Companies and Founders

Zeal’s Inclusive Investing™ Platform Yields Results by Funding Diverse Companies and Founders

Zeal Capital Partners invests in exceptional, diverse management teams that are rethinking the building blocks of wealth: the education to employment pathway, financial inclusion, and health equity. This inclusive investment firm specifically seeks out tech enabled high-growth businesses that have been neglected by heritage venture capital firms. Zeal exclusively invests in the fintech, workforce, and healthcare categories. Zeal typically looks to underwrite investments... read more »

Beyond Investing Provides Investors With a Green Approach to Growing Wealth With Its Vegan ETF

Beyond Investing Provides Investors With a Green Approach to Growing Wealth With Its Vegan ETF

Beyond Investing allows investors to put their money and retirement funds into green, sustainable companies that don’t fund fossil fuels or exploit animals. The company’s ETF (Ticker: VEGN) evolves as Beyond Investing does more research to find greener investments or to remove companies that no longer align with the fund’s vision. VEGN has similar growth rates to other popular ETFs, such as the S&P 500, but is more carbon neutral and produces less pollution.... read more »

Neighborhood Credit Union Shares Insights on Being Financially Prepared for the Looming Recession

Neighborhood Credit Union Shares Insights on Being Financially Prepared for the Looming Recession

Neighborhood Credit Union is one of the longest standing credit unions in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area. The credit union’s CFO, James Frankeberger, has shared his insights on the impending recession and how to be financially prepared for economic downturns. Neighborhood CU provides its members a number of offerings that can help them protect their investments, like competitive interest rates on deposit and loan products. Frankeberger also addressed the... read more »

Cohesion: A Digital Platform to Streamline and Enhance Commercial Real Estate Operations

Cohesion: A Digital Platform to Streamline and Enhance Commercial Real Estate Operations

Commercial real estate owners and investors need digital systems to enhance the office experience as they rely on more remote workers. Cohesion is a unified platform that provides real-time insights into tenant engagement and operations and reduces costs through automation and space optimization. The platform also makes buildings more sustainable and healthier by promoting worker engagement and collaboration. Through its tools, Cohesion aims to maximize ROI and market... read more »

AudaCity Capital Trains Traders to Become Successful on the Foreign Exchange Market

AudaCity Capital Trains Traders to Become Successful on the Foreign Exchange Market

AudaCity Capital puts forex traders on a pathway to success with its training programs. The company charges an initial fee for the training, and a monthly fee afterwards to trade with AudaCity’s funds. Interested traders should have a basic understanding of economics and trading in the foreign exchange market. AudaCity sets its traders up with $15,000 to trade with as soon as they complete the training program. Traders earn half of the profits they generate, with... read more »

Percent Provides Users With the Tools They Need to Enter the Alternative Investment Space

Percent Provides Users With the Tools They Need to Enter the Alternative Investment Space

Private credit investments give investors opportunities to diversify their portfolios. This non-bank loan financing offers exposure into investments collateralized by loans made to small businesses and individuals, and though riskier, can yield higher APYs and shorter-terms than more traditional investments. If investors are interested in exploring the world of private credit investing, they can turn to Percent, which lets them invest in deals for as little as $500. The... read more »

Aspen Funds Allows Accredited Investors to Diversify Their Portfolios With Alternative Investments

Aspen Funds Allows Accredited Investors to Diversify Their Portfolios With Alternative Investments

Aspen Funds is a private fund for accredited investors who want to diversify their portfolios with alternative investments. The fund specializes in assets such as real estate, self-storage, mortgage notes, and industrial operations, including oil. Experts in their respective fields help Aspen Funds make the right decisions to ensure the highest return on investment. Aspen Funds is tailored to the investor who does not want to be tied to the volatility of the stock... read more »

Vint Allows Investors to Enter the Rare Wine and Spirit Market, Adding Diversity to Their Portfolios

Vint Allows Investors to Enter the Rare Wine and Spirit Market, Adding Diversity to Their Portfolios

Vint is an alternative asset platform that allows investors to purchase shares of rare wines and spirits for as low as $50. Vint considers the assets medium-to-long term investments, with a hold time of between one and seven years. The platform is SEC-qualified, making it the only wine and spirit investment vehicle of its kind. And Vint makes investing more accessible, accepting anyone with no accreditation required. Wine is no longer just something people enjoy at a... read more »