Kapitall offers a visual, social, and educational investing platform for users to learn about markets, research stocks and funds, share investing ideas, and build virtual and real brokerage portfolios. The company reported more than 170,000 community members. Kapitall raised $13M in a new financing round to develop new products and grow the community. The round was led by Linden Venture Fund LLC with participation from Bendigo Partners. The company has now raised nearly $25M in total. Kapitall was founded in 2008 by Gaspard de Dreuzy and Serge Kreiker and is New York–based; Jarrett Lilien, former E*TRADE President and COO, joined as CEO in 2012. KAPITALL develops an investing application that facilitates stock research and trading using a video-game‑inspired interface. It enables both experienced and novice individual investors to learn the market and test new investment strategies. The company’s offerings include analytical tools, live trading and Facebook integration to make online investing more social. KAPITALL is based in New York City and was founded in 2008 by a team of designers, producers and developers from Apple, Bloomberg, Morgan Stanley, Pearson and Electronic Arts. The company recently raised $7.3M in new cash and converted more than $5.5M of previously issued promissory notes. It intends to use the funds to roll out new developments and make product enhancements.

Total raised

$20M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Feb 2014