In September, we surveyed our investors both in Estonia and in Europe generally to find out what are the most important aspects they consider before investing on the Investly platform and what are the elements that most influence their decisions. We surveyed 21 Estonian speaking and 17 investors English speaking[...]
Thanks for all the contributors on blogs, forums as well as LinkedIn and Facebook groups. We put together a summary of all the questions and concerns raised.
Investly's risk management process consists of three pillars:
Market analysis, historical default rates
As we don't have a long history of giving out loans[...]
We are proud to announce two new partnerships: Estonian small-business association (EVEA) and cloud accounting platform ERPLY Books.
Estonia's small-business development is often limited due to the availability of working capital and insufficient funds for growth. However, if small businesses want to survive they[...]
In the last few months we have received a number of funding requests from customers all with the same problem - the banks were turning them down when they applied for a business loan. Most of these companies are reliable businesses with their finances in good shape. Typically, however, they lack personal wealth or[...]
I knew Estonia was leading the world in terms of their attitude to and adoption of technology. They will be the first country enable electronic-citizens (video) and have huge tech start-up success stories such as Skype (sold to e-bay in 2005 for $2.6b) and more recently TransferWise (raising $25m in June and adding[...]
Sixteen people invested on our platform to enable our first business to purchase essential machinery that they needed to grow.
At the beginning of summer we, the Investly team, joined the Startup Wise Guys accelerator program in Tallinn, Estonia. This experience has had a crucial impact in helping us set the foundations of our business, so we want to share with you 3 of the most important reasons to say yes if you are considering joining an[...]
Investly helps companies finance their growth and development by enabling both private and institutional investors to provide business loans on an online platform. All investment opportunities offered have undergone a thorough pre-screening process including business plan validation, financial analysis as well as[...]
Happy New Year from us all at Investly!