| Date | Title | Description |
| 15.11.2025 | Carguru plans to raise €5 million through a bond issue | In cooperation with the investment platform Mintos, Latvia’s car-sharing and mobility platform Carguru plans to raise up to €5 million through a bond issue. The resultant funds will be used to expand Carguru’s vehicle fleet, improve its inf... |
| 26.05.2025 | Investment of the Year: merger of Printful and Printify | The Latvian Business Angel Network (LatBAN) and Latvian Private and Venture Capital Association’s annual Investor of the Year Award in the Investment of the Year category was presented for the merger of Printful and Printify.
The Investor o... |
| 13.05.2025 | Fueling Innovation: Latvia's Investment Landscape in 2024 | Latvia is on the rise. The country is a fertile ground for innovation and investment. The recent announcements from the Latvian Business Angel Network (LatBAN) and the Latvian Private and Venture Capital Association (LVCA) highlight this mo... |
| 12.05.2025 | Nominees announced for the Investor of the Year 2024 Award | The Latvian Business Angel Network LatBAN and the Latvian Private and Venture Capital Association (LVCA) have announced the nominees for the Investor of the Year 2024 award.
Nominees for the Business Angel of the Year award: Ģirts Līcis Uld... |
| 20.03.2025 | Latvia: A startup-friendly tech ecosystem | Latvia’s tech ecosystem is expanding rapidly, with fintech, AI, and health tech among its key sectors. In 2024, Latvian tech companies raised approximately €34.9 million. While total funding has declined since 2021, strong collaborations wi... |
| 30.01.2025 | European Investment Platform Mintos Announces Expansion of Bond Offering | Mintos, the investment platform that helps generate passive income via diversified investments, announced an expansion of its bond offering.
This update reportedly provides investors with access to a selection of corporate and government bo... |
| 28.01.2025 | Latvian startup scene highlights: 2024 edition | Just about when plenty of new-year-new-me’s have already ended, and the “another year has passed” nostalgia has decreased, we’re here with the 2024 edition of the Latvian startup scene highlights.
Fundraising is a good marker for success. H... |
| 09.01.2025 | TechChill 2025 adds fuel to the founder fire, top50 startups announced | TechChill will return to its original time slot in February – as everyone knows that the hottest tech deals happen in the coldest and most miserable month of the year in Riga, Latvia, where the event is held annually.
This year, TechChill
,... |
| 13.09.2024 | Investment Platform Mintos Announces Completion of European Rollout | Listen to this article
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Mintos has officially completed its European rollout.
Mintos recently noted that they are pleased to announce that they have now officially launched across the entire European continent.
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| 29.08.2024 | Mintos Expands Products, Touts Robust Financial Performance | Describing 2023 as a “transformative year for Mintos,” the online investment platform says it is expanding its products for its customers.
According to a note from the firm, the multi-asset investment platform, is now offering fractional bo... |
| 06.08.2024 | Mintos Closes Securities Offering on Crowdcube at €3.1 Million | Online investment platform Mintos has closed its funding round on Crowdcube at €3.1 million. Mintos notes that this is the second-largest crowdfunding round in Europe for 2024. In two weeks, Mintos said it secured the backing of 3,300 inves... |
| 20.07.2024 | European Investment Platform Mintos Expands Operations to Czech Republic | Listen to this article
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Following its entrance in other European Union countries, Mintos, the investment platform providing a range of alternative and traditional investment options, is now focused on continuing it... |
| 13.05.2024 | BeTriton launches crowdfunding campaign | BeTriton, a homegrown company operating in the field of electro-mobility solutions and developing amphibious bicycle campers, is launching its first crowdfunding campaign on the Crowdcube platform. The minimum goal is €100,000, which will b... |
| 26.03.2024 | Mintos Returns to Crowdcube to Raise Growth Capital | Mintos, a European marketplace for debt capital, is launching a securities offering on Crowdcube. Mintos, based in Latvia, previously pursued an online funding round back in 2020 when it topped a goal of €1 million in around 15 minutes, eve... |
| 05.02.2024 | Mintos Reports Solid Platform Performance with Investments in Notes Reaching €113.7M in Dec 2023 | In December, Mintos reports that it continued its strong performance, with investments in Notes reaching €113.7 million.
According to Peteris Mikelsons, Head of Partnerships at Mintos, “this marks the second-best month in 2023, following th... |
| 21.01.2024 | European Investment Platform Mintos Announces Operations in Germany | Mintos recently revealed that it has officially launched operations in the German market, and they’re pleased to share more updates.
Mintos claims that its focus remains simple, yet straightforward – “offering you accessible new ways to inv... |
| 04.01.2024 | Estonia’s Consumer Loans Firm BB Finance Launches on Mintos Platform | Mintos is welcoming BB Finance OÜ, a consumer loans company operating in Estonia, offering new investment opportunities on Mintos “with interest rates of up to 12.5% per annum.”
BB Finance was founded by CEO Martin Kolu and management board... |
| 02.01.2024 | Latvian startup scene overview: December 2023 | 2023 has left the chat, adding 2024 as the new admin, and we can only guess what the new year will look like for Latvian startups. What we do know is that December delivered many happy startup news headlines.
Funding raised, grants received... |
| 14.12.2023 | Mintos Launches New Fractional Bonds Offer from iCotton | Mintos is pleased to announce that we just launched new Fractional Bonds on their platform.
This is reportedly their first Fractional Bonds offer from iCotton, which is “a manufacturing company with products exported all over Europe, operat... |
| 02.11.2023 | Latvian startup scene overview: October 2023 | Your one and only startup scene overview, compiling everything hot in the local startup ecosystem, is here!
In October, we celebrated BIG funding news, a pilot production plant opening, several startup product and feature launches, and more... |
| 11.10.2023 | European Investment Platform Mintos Implements Changes in Methodology of Risk Scores | The latest Mintos Risk Score updates based on developments and data from the second quarter of 2023 are now live on the Mintos platform.
Mintos has shared the general summary of the most recent quarterly changes. An overview of historical c... |
| 20.08.2023 | Alternative Lending Market in Spain Is Valued at €600M+, Indicating a Shift in Nation’s Financial Activities: Report | Spain is a country where old meets new, tradition dances “with innovation, and the economy basks in the sun of digital transformation and the fintech boom,” the team at Mintos notes.
The report from Mintos points out that Spain, with its mi... |
| 01.02.2023 | Latvian startup scene overview: January 2023 | One down, 11 to go in 2023, which means it’s time for our monthly local startup ecosystem overview. While January wasn’t the most eventful month, it sure brought a lot of news regarding upcoming events and opportunities in 2023. Keep readin... |
| 01.12.2022 | Mintos Takes More Granular Approach to Displaying Risk Scores, Should Increase Transparency | The team at Mintos are pleased to announce an improvement to how the Mintos Risk Score is displayed on the platform.
Previously, they displayed Mintos Risk Scores “as whole numbers, for example, 7. But now, [they] display all Mintos Risk Sc... |
| 07.09.2022 | Average Weekly Investments on Mintos Increased from €9M in July to €11M in August: Report | The team at Mintos has shared key insights, as part of their monthly publication that summarizes what’s been happening on the platform, including broader market activities.
As noted in the update from Mintos, energy prices, inflation, and i... |
| 08.08.2022 | Investors on Mintos Earned Around €2.2M in Interest in July at Average Rate of 11.8%: Report | Listen to this article
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Mintos Insight, a monthly publication that covers what’s been happening on the Mintos platform, including wider market activity, educational topics, and other updates, has been released.
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| 18.04.2022 | Latvian on-demand customised product fulfillment platform Sell.xyz raises €1.5 million | Adding yet another plume in Latvia’s dropshipping hub cap, Riga-based Sell.xyz has raised €1.5 million as it gears up to go full tilt on its one-stop shop for all things customised and on-demand product fulfillment.
The launch of the platfo... |
| 13.04.2022 | Financiera Contigo, a Mexican Lending Firm, Launches on Mintos | Financiera Contigo (CEGE Capital), a lending firm doing business in Mexico, will provide investment opportunities on Mintos with interest rates of “up to 12% per annum.”
Financiera Contigo was founded in 2010 by two brothers Allan and Emi... |
| 26.02.2022 | European Lender Mintos Is Limiting Exposure to Loans from Russia, Ukraine | European lender Mintos notes that they will be monitoring RUB currency dynamics on a daily basis, “closing positions at the end of the working day to prevent the risk of negative exposure.”
The team at Minto wrote in a blog post that based ... |
| 08.02.2022 | Краудлендинг, необрокеры и изменение законодательства: ключевые тренды InvestTech в 2022 | Куда движется InvestTech
InvestTech — это подразделение FinTech. Это направление можно описать как технологические инновационные решения для инвестиционных и венчурных фондов, а также для частных инвесторов.
Например, к этой сфере относятся... |
| 15.11.2021 | Latvia’s ExpressCredit Group Secures New Consumer Loan Funding from a US Investor | ExpressCredit Group (ExpressCredit), a lending firm, has acquired $9 million (appr. €7.74 million) in new funding for specialty finance operations in Botswana.
As mentioned in an update, this allows the firm to diversify its financial resou... |
| 05.10.2021 | European P2P Lender Mintos Shares Updated Risk Scores based on Q2 2021 Data, Developments | European P2P lender Mintos has released Risk Score updates for the month of October 2021.
As mentioned in a blog post by Mintos, dated October 4, 2021, the latest Mintos Risk Score updates “based on developments and data from the second qua... |
| 02.10.2021 | DelfinGroup, a Non-Bank Consumer Lender in Latvia, Launches its IPO on Nasdaq Riga Stock Exchange | DelfinGroup launched its initial public offering (IPO) of 8 395 000 new shares on the Nasdaq Riga stock exchange this past Tuesday (September 28, 2021), and the public offer prospectus has been released.
DelfinGroup’s management noted that ... |
| 19.08.2021 | Loan Marketplace Mintos Receives Multiple New Financial Licenses | European loan marketplace Mintos has secured investment firm and electronic money institution licenses from the Latvian regulator Financial and Capital Market Commission (FCMC).
Investors on Mintos have funded close to €7 billion in loans w... |
| 15.08.2021 | Automobile Lender Jet Finance Launches on European P2P Lender Mintos | Automobile lender Jet Finance reveals that it has launched on European peer-to-peer lending platform Mintos.
As mentioned in a blog post by Mintos, the Jet Finance team says it’s pleased to confirm that it has officially gone live on Mintos... |
| 14.07.2021 | AS DelfinGroup Issues Bonds via Private Placement, Proceeds from Issuance will Refinance Liabilities by Repurchasing Loans on Mintos | On July 9 2021, Latvian financial service firm AS DelfinGroup issued bonds through private placement in the “amount of €5 million with an annual coupon rate of 9.75%.”
The nominal value of a bond is €1 000, and the “minimum subscription siz... |
| 11.07.2021 | UK’s Fenchurch Legal, a Litigation Finance Provider, Joins European P2P Lending Platform Mintos | Fenchurch Legal, a litigation finance provider, has reportedly joined European P2P lending platform Mintos and will be offering new investment opportunities.
As mentioned in an update from Mintos, dated July 8, 2021, the platform continues ... |
| 01.07.2021 | European P2P Lending Platform Mintos Releases Updated Risk Scores | European peer-to-peer lending platform Mintos has released its latest Risk Score updates.
As noted by the Mintos team, this most recent update is based on key developments and data analyzed during Q1 2021.
Mintos writes in a blog post that ... |
| 16.06.2021 | European P2P Lending Platform Mintos Reports that Investors with a Long-Term Investment Strategy Earn More Consistently | The team at Mintos, a peer to peer lending marketplace, notes that goals are proven to have an “energizing” role in our lives, and the higher or greater the goal, the more effort we are likely to put into achieving it.
Mintos adds that by h... |
| 28.03.2021 | European Online Lending Marketplace Mintos Releases Updated Risk Scores for Loans | Peer-to-peer lending marketplace Mintos has shared its platform Risk Score update – which is based on monitoring and evaluating data from the last quarter of 2020. On the Mintos Risk Score updates page, you’ll find key information regarding... |
| 16.03.2021 | Mogo Latvia Issues €30M in Bonds, the Largest Issuance in Recent Years by a Private Firm on Nasdaq Riga Stock Exchange | Peer-to-peer lending marketplace Mintos reveals that on 1 March 2021, Mogo Latvia had issued bonds valued at €30 million, thus managing to successfully complete the largest bond issue in recent years by a private firm via the Nasdaq Riga St... |
| 01.02.2021 | European Online Lending Marketplace Mintos Releases First Update of its Risk Scores based on Q3 2020 Data | Peer to peer lending marketplace Mintos has confirmed that the first update of its Mintos Risk Scores is now live and accessible.
The European loan marketplace provider notes that it’s sharing the first quarterly Mintos Risk Score update “s... |
| 30.11.2020 | Mintos Sets Crowdfunding Record for Securities Offering in Continental Europe as it Closes Round at €7.2 million | Mintos, a Fintech that recently closed a securities offering on Crowcube, is reporting that it has set a new record when it comes to an offering for a continental European funding round. The offering has raised €7.2 million in total backed ... |
| 17.11.2020 | Mintos starts crowdfunding with record-breaking EUR 5.3M on first day | “Mintos”, the leading alternative investment platform for investing in loans in Europe, reached its crowdfunding target of €1 million in just 15 minutes after opening to its community, raising a record amount of €5.3 million in the first 24... |
| 01.08.2020 | European P2P Consumer Lender, Mintos, Financed Record €2.8 Billion in Loans in 2019, Generates Nearly €1 Million in Net Loss | Mintos, a global loan marketplace, has reported had a record year for new investors and platform lending. Mintos has operations across Europe as well as Africa, Asia and the Americas.
The peer to peer (P2P) lender revealed that it financed ... |
| 29.05.2020 | 7 Fintechs in South East Asia That’s Making Financial Inclusion Its Mission | Over 70% of adults in Southeast Asia currently lack sufficient access to financial services and millions of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the region still face large funding gaps.
The underbanked and unbanked is often overloo... |
| 21.04.2020 | Как одолжить бизнесу под залог недвижимости. Интервью с основателями Lendly | Инвестиционные платформы кредитования в России набирают популярность среди частных инвесторов. К гонке за право лидерства подключились Сбербанк и Ozon. Но все они имеют большой недостаток в виде незащищенности инвесторов в случае дефолта за... |
| 05.02.2020 | 10 Latvian Startup Success Stories You Should Know | As a small nation of fewer than 2 million people, Latvia can take pride in many things. The backhand of Anastasija Sevastova, all 2.21 meters of Kristaps Porzingis, a profound song and dance culture that unites hundreds of thousands, and ev... |
| 16.08.2019 | Mintos passes EUR 3 billion milestone | Mintos
, a financial technology startup that offers a global marketplace for investments in loans, has reached EUR 3 billion in total loans financed. This milestone comes just four months after announcing its EUR 2 billion milestone earlier... |
| 26.04.2019 | Lifestyle, career, and culture - what startups in Latvia have to offer foreigners | As a country with a population of less than 2 million, we need more talent. Desperately. In order to grow and scale our startups, we need more visionary individuals who have the skills to bring startups to the next level. This is often a pr... |
| 15.11.2018 | Term Sheet — Thursday, November 15 | FACEBOOK
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| 15.11.2018 | Mintos Raises €5M in Series A Funding | Mintos, a Riga, Latvia-based global marketplace for loans, raised €5m in Series A funding.
Backers included existing investors Grumpy Investments (previously, Skillion Ventures), a Riga-based venture capital firm that is focused on investin... |
| 14.11.2018 | Latvian peer-to-peer lending platform Mintos raises €5 million to provide users with personal IBAN accounts and debit cards | The Latvian startup Mintos, a peer-to-peer lending marketplace for retail investors, has raised €5 million Series A round from Grumpy Investments. The fintech startup will use the financing to provide its users with personal IBAN accounts a... |
| 14.11.2018 | Latvian-founded loan marketplace Mintos secures €5 million | Riga-based peer-to-peer lending marketplace startup Mintos has raised a €5 million Series A funding round from the existing investor Grumpy Investments (formerly known Skillion Ventures), a local VC firm. The company plans to use the fundin... |
| 14.11.2018 | Daily funding roundup - November 14th, 2018 | Gas Pos raised $1M; Syndio raised $5.2M; Savi raised $7.5M; Heyday raised $8M; iBanFirst raised $17M
Gas Pos: Gas Pos is fintech company solving the nationwide EMV gas pump crisis, as well as providing EMV pos for stores. Gas Pos has raised... |
| 14.11.2018 | Loans marketplace Mintos scores €5M Series A and plans to launch a debit card | Mintos, the Latvian fintech that operates a global loans marketplace to let you invest in loans from various loan originators, has raised €5 million in Series A funding. Backing the startup once again is the Riga-based venture capital firm ... |
| 04.10.2018 | P2P Lending Marketplace Mintos Partners with Payments Company Trustly | Mintos, an online marketplace for peer to peer loans for retail investors, has partnered with European payments Fintech Trustly. Founded in 2008, Trustly Group AB is a Swedish Fintech firm.
Mintos will now allow investors to transfer funds ... |
| 29.12.2017 | Стартап дня: сервис для инвестирования в микрофинансовые организации Mintos | Директор по стратегии и анализу Mail.Ru Group Александр Горный каждый день рассказывает о примечательных проектах.
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| 24.02.2016 | Mintos Raises €2M in Seed Funding | Mintos, a Riga, Latvia-based peer-to-peer lending marketplace, raised €2m in seed funding.
Skillion Ventures, a Riga-based venture capital firm, made the investment.
The company intends to use the funds for product development, team growth,... |
| 23.02.2016 | Latvia’s Mintos Scores €2M Investment For P2P Loans Marketplace | Latvia’s Mintos, a fintech startup that operates a p2p loans marketplace to let investors invest in various loans from a growing number of loan originators, has raised €2 million in seed funding. Backing comes from Riga-based VC Skillion Ve... |
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| - | Latvian on-demand customised product fulfillment platform Sell.xyz raises €1.5 million | Adding yet another plume in Latvia’s dropshipping hub cap, Riga-based Sell.xyz has raised €1.5 million as it gears up to go full tilt on its one-stop shop for all things customised and on-demand product fulfillment.
The launch of the platfo... |
