START ENGINE

• Founding date: March 19, 2014
• Number of deals completed: 275+
• Number of deals completed in 2018: 181
• Total deal volume: $100,000,000+
• Total number of investors: 1,328
• Fee structures/policies: "The company offers a common stock at the price of $7.50 per share and a minimum investment of $502.50 valued at $119,000,000."
• Start Engine charges companies $10,000 and 9-14% of the total capital raised via Regulation CF; 2% for equity and 7-12% in cash for regulation CF; $10,000 and 9% of the total capital raised for Regulation A offerings; 2% for equity and 7% in cash for regulation A.

CROWDCUBE

• Founding date: September 2011
• Number of deals completed: 821
• Number of deals completed in 2018: 198
• Total deal volume: $758,897,100.73
• Total number of investors: 500,000+
• Fee structures/policies: Crowdcube charges Investors an investment fee of 1.5% of the invested price, with a minimum investment fee of £0.50 and a maximum investment fee of £250.

WEFUNDER

• Founding date: 2012 [s6]
• Number of deals completed: 301
• Total deal volume: $103,949,890
• Total number of investors: 277,991 
• Number of deals completed in 2018: 1 
• Fee structures/policies: The minimum investment is $2,200 while the maximum is $107,000.
• The company calculates investors annual investment limit by their net worth and income provided at the account opening. Investment limits are calculated every 12 months.
• The company operates an investment policy based on the SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) investment plan.

EQUITYZEN

• Founding date: 2013
• Number of deals completed: 8,500+
• Number of deals completed in 2018: None
• Total deal volume: $440,000,000,000
• Total number of investors: 16
• Fee structures/policies: Equityzen minimum investment stands at $20,000, with a 5% charge on investment smaller than $500,000, a 4% charge for investment between $500,000 and $1,000,000, and 3% charge for investment above $1,000,000.

LENDING CLUB

• Founding date: 2006
• Number of deals completed: 4,046,402 
• Number of deals completed in 2018: 841,177 
• Total deal volume: $50,373,171,478
• Total number of investors: 23 
• Fee structures/policies: Investors can invest as low as $25 for the individual loan.
• "Investors may avoid the ups and downs associated with the stock market because LendingClub Notes have low correlation to the stock market".

SOME OF THE COMPANIES FROM THE SPREADSHEET

WUNDER CAPITAL

• The company raises money in private equity and use that to finance several commercial and industrial-scale solar energy projects in the U.S.
• The company was founded in February 2014 and is headquartered in Colorado, US.
• It has completed 200 deals to date and 80 in 2018.
• The total deal volume to date is $85 million.
• The company has a total of 10 investors.
• It charges an average fee of 0.25% per year on the total investment amount.
• This platform is only open to accredited investors investing a minimum amount of $1000.

ROOFSTOCK

• Roofstock is an online platform that enables its investor's real estate investments to focus on asset allocation.
• The company was founded in June 2014 and is headquartered in California, US.
• It has completed 36 deals to date and 10 deals in 2018.
• The total deal volume to date is $1 billion.
• The company has a total of 20 investors.
• It charges an average fee of 0.5% of the contract price or $500 whichever is higher.
• This platform is open to every investor with no minimum limit of investment.

FUNDRISE

• Fundrise provides its investors' alternatives to invest in stock and bonds.
• The company was founded in June 2011 and is headquartered in Columbia, US.
• It has completed 100 deals to date and no deal in the last 12 months or in 2018.
• The total deal volume to date is $1.2 billion.
• The company has a total of 13 investors.
• It charges an average fee of 0.85% per year on the total investment amount.
• The platform is open to all investors and has restricted the investment amount to a minimum of $500.

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CROWDSTREET

• CrowdStreet was founded in March 2013 in Portland, Oregon.
• They provide online commercial real estate investment offerings and technology connecting investors with CRE firms.
• The company has completed 17 deals in total and one in the last 12 months.
• Their total deal volume to date is $719 million.
• They charge no fees for assets under management, and the minimum investment is $10,000.
• CrowdStreet deals only in commercial real estate.

EQUITYMULTIPLE

• EquityMultiple was founded in February 2015 in New York.
• The company is an online marketplace for real estate investing.
• They have completed 33 deals in total and one in the last 12 months.
• The company's total deal volume to date is over $1 billion.
• They charge a 0.5% fee for assets under management, and the minimum investment is $5,000.
• They deal exclusively in large commercial real estate. This real estate is sourced by experienced national and regional agents/agencies.

YIELDSTREET

• YieldStreet was founded in January 2015 in New York.
• YieldStreet is an investment platform that connects investors to asset-based alternative investments.
• They have completed 73 deals in total and five in the last 12 months.
• The company's total deal volume to date is over $824 million.
• The platform charges a 2% fee for assets under management, and the minimum investment is $5,000.
• They do not charge an initial account opening fee.

CADENCE

• Cadence was founded in May 2018 in San Francisco, California.
• Cadence provides a digital securitization and investment platform for private credit.
• They have completed 106 deals in total and 13 in the last 12 months.
• The company's total deal volume to date is $12,389,995.
• They charge no fee for assets under management, and minimum investment opportunities for as low as $500 are available.
• The platform offers short-term debt investments with competitive risk-adjusted returns.

HARBOR

• Harbor was founded in September 2017 in New York.
• The company uses blockchain technology to help usher in a new wave of tokenized securities backed by real-world assets, such as real estate, company equity, investment funds, and fine art.
• They have completed three deals to date and one in the last 12 months.
• The company's total deal volume to date is $38 million.
• They provide alternative investment experiences for their investors and unlock liquidity options for traditionally illiquid assets.

ALTERNATIVE INVESTING MARKET IN THE US

• Masterworks is the newest platform, set to be released on September 1, 2019. The oldest platform is Slated, founded in 2010.
• Binance has completed approximately 91,929,600,000,000,000 deals.
• Patch of Land has six major investors whereas Peer Street has 18.
• The minimum investment for Patch of Land is $5,000.
• Slated has completed deals for 1,420 films. 
• Additional information on these platforms has been provided in rows 18-22 of the attached spreadsheet.

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