The wealth management discovery platform raised $5mm in Series B funding led by Highland Capital Management.
Harvest Exchange (HVST.com), the fast-growing investment management marketplace platform today announced a $5 million Series B funding round led by Highland Capital Management, a global multi-strategy asset management firm, and a Harvest Exchange user. The round also features participation from existing investors Third Point LLC and Golden Tree Asset Management and new investor Marketplace Fund I. Harvest Exchange offers a direct, scalable and SEC/FINRA compliant way for investment firms and research providers to enhance their branding through content marketing to a highly targeted community of sophisticated, accredited, and qualified investment product buyers. Content shared on Harvest by Verified Professionals outperforms the financial services industry average on other platforms by 10x+. Indeed the FinTech sector is white hot, with global investment set to double from $10 billion in 2014 to $19.7 billion in 2015, according to a recent report by MarketResearch.com.