We've got important news for you! We're honored to have received the Crowdfunding Best Practices label by FinanceEstonia and Law Firm Deloitte Legal. Also, we have updated our business model and decided to start participating in invoice auctions, further aligning our interests with those of investors.
Another month has passed and it's time to have a look at the data. April was a another record-breaking month for Investly, it was the first time we sold more than €100,000 worth of invoices in one month. That brings the total to €186,186. This was achieved with the help of new and existing customers and investors.[...]
The quarter has come to an end and it's time to have a look at the data. The first quarter was quite busy as we started offering invoice discounting not just in Estonia, but in the United Kingdom as well. Invoice discounting is doing great in Estonia, both local and international investors have quickly adapted to this[...]
Although Investly is now available in the United Kingdom as well as Estonia, we started out in the latter. As such, most of our investors, so far, are Estonians. We do have a growing group of foreign investors because we are open to investors from the European Economic Area. Perhaps the most exciting development has[...]
A classic auction involves participants making ever-higher bids. That is the model used by eBay, for example. Investly uses reverse auctions, where participants make ever-lower bids. Investors bid on invoices, bids compete by lowering the discount rate. After one to three days the auction ends and the company is given[...]
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[...]