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Let's delve into the acquisition status of **eToro** and **ZuluTrade**: 1. **eToro**:   - **Recent Development**: eToro, a leading social trading platform, has taken an exciting step towards becoming a publicly traded company. They plan to achieve this through a business combination with **FinTech Acquisition Corp. V (FinTech V)**².   - **Details**:    - eToro focuses on social trading, allowing users to follow and copy other traders. Their proprietary platform features CopyTrader, where over 3 million traders participate.    - The company pioneered CopyPortfolios, designed to diversify investments while minimizing risk.    - eToro's recent move towards going public aims to support expansion, increase market share, and enhance their innovative product offerings¹.   - **Investors**: Notable investors include ION Investment Group, Softbank Vision Fund 2, Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC, and Wellington Management⁴.   - **Exchange Listing**: Upon closing the transaction, eToro will likely trade on the NASDAQ stock exchange⁴. The latest news is that this IPO plan has been shelved. 2. **ZuluTrade**:   - **Acquisition**: ZuluTrade, the world's largest social network for trading and investing, was acquired by **Finvasia Group**. ZuluTrade remains the largest "broker agnostic" social trading platform, connecting traders with investors across more than 100 countries.   - **Additional Details**:    - ZuluTrade has facilitated over a million investors and traded over $2 trillion worth of trades.    - The acquisition also includes AAAFx, which holds a portfolio management license from HCMC.   - **Impact**: This acquisition strengthens Finvasia's position in the fintech and financial services industry globally⁶. In summary, both eToro and ZuluTrade have undergone significant developments, with eToro moving towards public listing and ZuluTrade joining forces with Finvasia Group. These strategic moves reflect their commitment to innovation and growth in the trading and investment space. 🚀📈⁷⁸ #trading #innovation Source: (4) Finvasia Group Acquires ZuluTrade, the World's Largest Social Trading .... https://lnkd.in/eVSU44tX. (5) ZuluTrade - World’s Largest Social Trading Platform Joins the Finvasia .... https://lnkd.in/ec9t5gmW. (6) ZuluTrade Joins the Finvasia Group - ZuluTrade. https://lnkd.in/e3FhnMQc. (7) eToro vs ZuluTrade: Comparison and Analysis | InvestinGoal. https://lnkd.in/enEfNqpg. (8) eToro Confirms Terminating SPAC Merger With FinTech Acquisition: Key .... https://lnkd.in/eVmVcDJy

London-based online trading platform Freetrade told CNBC Tuesday that it’s agreed to buy the U.K. customer book of Stake, an Australian investing app. The move is part of a broader bid from Freetrade to bolster its domestic business and comes as British digital investment platforms face rising competition from new entrants not least U.S. heavyweight Robinhood. The startup told CNBC exclusively that it entered into a transaction with Stake to take on all of the company’s clients and move all assets the firm manages in the U.K. over to its own platform. Freetrade and Stake declined to disclose financial information of the deal, including the value of Stake’s U.K. customer book. Stake, which is based in Sydney, Australia, was founded in 2017 by entrepreneurs Matt Leibowitz, Dan Silver and Jon Abitz with the aim of providing low-cost brokerage services to retail investors in Australia. The company, which also operates in New Zealand, launched its services in the U.K. in 2020. However, after a recent business review, Stake decided to focus primarily on its Australia and New Zealand operations. Source: https://lnkd.in/egc4yx3q Sign up for more news updates like this in our daily newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eskQx7Ym #donedeal #funding #investment #financialservices #financialtechnology #fintech #fintechnews

In February 2023 (https://lnkd.in/gDGhawK3), we highlighted Flutter’s desire to dual list on the NYSE. The company’s logic behind a US dual listing was three-pronged: 1) The US is now the firm’s largest revenue contributor. 2) A US listing improves access to US capital pools and makes it easier to offer share incentives to American employees. 3) US equities have long been valued at a premium compared to other global equity markets. Flutter listed on the NYSE on January 29th this year.

1️⃣ What it's about: MoneyHero Group made an unexpected bid to acquire rival MoneySmart, sparking attention and criticism. 2️⃣ Why it matters: The move highlights aggressive competitive tactics and shifts in leadership at MoneyHero, with implications for the fintech market. 3️⃣ What you can learn: Discover the behind-the-scenes strategies, board dynamics, and challenges MoneyHero faces as it strives for profitability.

The aggregator business often gravitates towards oligopolies. In the end, there’s little to differentiate one from another, which leads to a race to the bottom on fees. Online travel agencies provide a clear example. A handful of companies—Tripadvisor, Expedia, Booking Holdings, and Trip.com—control the majority of the market. Their brands dominate the space, and it’s a pattern we’re seeing across many industries reliant on aggregation. It’s a reminder that in a landscape driven by scale and network effects, differentiation and long-term sustainability can be difficult to achieve. For players in this space, finding a way to stand out before the market consolidates is key. We're seeing personal finance related aggregators in the consolidation phase; I wonder who's next?

Thank you Rodney Williams for asking the burning question: Why do investors continue to fall into the trap of not doing their due diligence before writing a check to a founder who conforms to their biased ideal? This is a must read today! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 Fast Company #venturecapital

We're nothing if not क्रांति. Three years ago we began a journey of going against the grain. Punch, the team, was reborn as a stockbroker, with a vision and a deadline. Never ready to settle for second best, we were determined to meaningfully disrupt or die. Punch, the product, began to reimagine mobile trading from the ground up. It gently questioned decades of status-quo trading platforms, and went straight to the drawing board. And boy, did we #punchit. Punch, the narrative, took a fresh, bold look at the humans behind the traders. Unfolding from the most obvious place -- the truth -- we found beauty and depth in #yourmove. Punch, the brand, sparked its own revolution, led by a lean team and a handful of non-negotiables: Make fintech unboring. Be unapologetically real. And enjoy the hell out of it. The Punch films are a nod to this spirit of क्रांति. The problem: Create something clutter-breaking in a saturated marketplace, for a highly niche audience, in a heavily regulated industry, ticking all the boxes of the brief, in impossibly tight timelines and budgets that weren't budging. The other problem: Agencies were a no-go. We'd have to write the films ourselves (read Siddharth Nair and Mahima Bedi Lobo), and find the fastest, leanest way to go from script to screen. The answer: Go against the grain on a dirt-bike, flanked by a small army of fellow krantikaris. Without these incredibly creative, insightful, daredevil, sleep-deprived homo-sapiens of questionable sanity, we would simply not be here. After all, we're nothing if not क्रांति. TAKE A BOW 👏 Directed by the beautifully unhinged Pranjal Vaid Ace production by Qissa Studios: Lakshya Kapoor, Chinmaya Sharma, Arnav Bhan, Saumya Shresth, Anya Ghai, Suraj Bhan Singh, Ashudeep Sharma, Akshita Chattwal, Yash Thakur, Navneet, Uday Oswal, Tanishque Special mention for the banger beats: Pextyle Parag Deshmukh Talented cast for nailing the vibe: Kamal Batra & Bhavya Rampal Big respect for helping us distill our business narrative: Davids Amit Datta, Sandeep Nair, Tanushree Raj at DavidnWho SHOUTOUT 🙌 A-game founders Amit Dhakad Hiral Jain Arshad Fahoum Ajit Dandekar for taking a leap of faith so we could walk, fall, and walk again on this insane path. Creative crazies Lionel Lobo Harini Ashar Dhaval Darji Nishita Sudhir Sagar Modak for your 24-karat magic, 24-7. Growth engines Archit Sunat Prashant Kumar Shalabh Jaiswal Mihir Dave Yugandhar Kakde Abhyudaya Pandey Ameya Jain Manish Sahil for never pressing pause. Ex-OGs Mrudula Dhekne Mendhekar Anuran Maiti Nikhil Belchada Yogesh Naik thinking of you guys! And cheers to our other creative friends who help keep Punch cool, Shubham Agarwal Devansh Mehta Abhinv Dixit Rishi Uday Sarthak Atul Ketki at TanCat Studios. Finally, this is for you, Prabu Selvan (1993-2024). We told you we'd make it.

Are the days long gone when public trading was the ultimate goal for a start-up? We investigate in the piece below ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/dTEAH4FY

🚀 Exciting News from Superhero 🚀 We are thrilled to announce an incredible update that makes investing even more accessible to everyone! Introducing $2 trades across Superhero - making us one of Australia's lowest-cost trading platforms for ASX and Wall St shares and ETFs, we remain Australia’s Best Value Broker (as awarded by Money Magazine Australia for 2022, 2023 and 2024). Investing is now more affordable than ever. Whether you're just starting or looking to increase your portfolio, our $2 trades provide a fantastic opportunity to make your money work harder for you. Here's to investing in our futures together. #Superhero #SuperheroTrading #Investment #Finance #MoneyMagazine #OnlineBroker #StockMarket #FinancialFreedom #Invest #ASX #nasdaq #AustralianFinTech

Carta has managed to create a 250 million USD revenue stream from its service of management of investor base for the start-ups. However Carta's share trading business allegedly used this data to reach out to investors in start-ups for proposing deals in circumvention of consent from start-ups themselves. If true - this is a classic example of conflict of interest (similar to those in commercial and investment banking institutions). #PE #PrivateEquity #Startup #Startupbusiness #angelinvesting