Forge Global Review 2026: What Pre-IPO Secondaries Actually Cost You
TL;DR: Forge Global is the largest independent marketplace for trading shares in companies that have not gone public yet. Think pre-IPO stakes in the SpaceXs and Stripes of the world, bought and sold
Cadre in 2026: Institutional Real Estate Access Now Runs Through Willow Wealth
Cadre built its reputation on $25,000-$50,000 minimums that got individual accredited investors into institutional-grade multifamily, industrial, and office deals once reserved for pensions and...
Arrived Review 2026: Is Bezos-Backed Fractional Rental Investing Worth the Fee Stack?
Arrived (formerly Arrived Homes) lets you buy fractional shares of single-family rental homes for as little as $100, backed by Jeff Bezos and Marc Benioff, but its single-family rental portfolio...
Groundfloor Review 2026: The Real Estate Debt Platform Open to Non-Accredited Investors
Groundfloor is one of the only platforms where a non-accredited investor can lend directly against a fix-and-flip renovation loan for $10, and its Signature Notes currently pay a fixed 8.25% APY with...
Vinovest Review 2026: What Fine Wine and Whiskey Cask Investing Actually Costs You
A wine bottle you can't taste, stored in a warehouse you'll never visit, priced by an index most investors have never heard of. That's the pitch behind Vinovest, and it's either a clever way to...
Republic Crowdfunding Platform Review 2026: What Accredited Investors Actually Get (and What They Don't)
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CrowdStreet 2026: What Happened After the $63M Fraud and Is It Safe Now?
8 million of investor capital in the 2023 Nightingale fraud. CEO Elchonon Schwartz was sentenced to 87 months in prison in May 2025 with $45.8 million in restitution ordered. Only 13% of stolen funds
StartEngine Review 2026: What the 1.2% Exit Rate Means for Investors
TL;DR Only 77 of 6,375 funded companies (a 1.2% exit rate) have produced any liquidity event for investors since launch. Round-trip fees on StartEngine's secondary market total 8.5%, trades take 30-pl
Wefunder Review 2026: What the 41% IRR Actually Means for Accredited Investors
TL;DR Only 18 of 3,500+ Wefunder-funded companies have produced exits — a 0.5% exit rate. Most of your capital will sit indefinitely in companies that are neither dead nor successful. The headline 41%
Fundrise Review 2026: Real Returns, Actual Fees, and the Liquidity Problem Nobody Warns You About
Fundrise Review 2026: Returns, Fees, Liquidity Fundrise Review 2026: Real Returns, Actual Fees, and the Liquidity Problem Nobody Warns You About TL;DR: Fundrise delivered 5.7% annualized net returns f
EquityMultiple Review 2026: What Accredited Investors Get (and Give Up) on This CRE Platform
EquityMultiple Review 2026: Returns, Fees Risks TL;DR Platform: EquityMultiple NYC-based, founded 2015, accredited investors only What it offers: Senior debt, preferred equity, common equity CRE deals
Wellfound Review 2026: What Founders and Angel Investors Need to Know About AngelList's Spinout
Wellfound , the startup hiring platform spun out of AngelList in November 2022, now hosts 10M+ candidates and 150K+ active tech jobs, giving capital-constrained seed-stage founders a free, self-serve
Percent Review 2026: 10-14% Yields on Private Credit Notes — What You're Actually Buying
TL;DR Percent.com targets 10-15% annualized yields on private credit notes. The weighted average across funded deals has come in around 14.43%, with gross returns after losses reported at
Wefunder Review 2026: The Equity Crowdfunding Numbers They Don't Advertise
Wefunder is the largest equity crowdfunding platform in the United States. It has raised $983 million across 2,200-plus startups and claims roughly 33 percent of all Regulation Crowdfunding capital. A
StartEngine Review 2026: Is This Equity Crowdfunding Platform Worth It?
According to Crowdfund Insider's January 2025 report , StartEngine raised $143 million across 243 offerings in 2024, securing 24% of the U.S. Reg CF market — second only to Wefunder. The platform cros
Yieldstreet Review 2026: $208 Million in Documented Losses, an SEC Fine, and a New Name
On October 22, 2025, Yieldstreet changed its name to Willow Wealth. A new logo, a new domain, and a fresh brand narrative appeared. What also disappeared, simultaneously, was the company's historical
Real Estate Crowdfunding Platforms in 2026: Fundrise, CrowdStreet, Arrived, and the Ones That Burned Investors
In May 2025, Elie Schwartz was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for defrauding ~800 investors of $62.8 million through CrowdStreet deals, according to The Real Deal. in May 2025, a federal jud
Wefunder 2026 Review: $983 Million Raised, a $1.4 Million FINRA Fine, and What Returns Actually Look Like
TL;DR: Wefunder has raised $983 million for more than 2,200 startups and holds the #1 spot in U.S. Regulation Crowdfunding by dollar volume. The platform commands roughly 33% of all Reg CF capital
Yieldstreet Is Now Willow Wealth. Here's What Happened to $208 Million in Investor Capital.
Yieldstreet Is Now Willow Wealth. Here's What Happened to $208 Million in Investor Capital. CNBC's three-part investigation, completed December 5, 2025 , confirmed that Yieldstreet investors lost a...
CrowdStreet Review 2026: $4.5B Platform After the $63M Fraud
TL;DR On May 19, 2025, U.S. District Judge Steven Grimberg sentenced Nightingale Properties CEO Elie Schwartz to 87 months in federal prison for stealing $62.8 million from roughly 800 CrowdStreet inv