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Yieldstreet

300 Park Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, 10022, United States

Overview

Yieldstreet operates a technology-driven private markets investment platform offering access to alternative assets across ten asset classes, including real estate, private credit, private equity, and art. The company reports having over 500,000 members using its platform. Yieldstreet closed an initial $45 million equity investment as part of a planned $60 million Series D to fund growth and continue delivering private market alternatives. Management says the new capital will be used to accelerate growth plans and enhance the company’s technological infrastructure. Investors and partners highlighted Yieldstreet’s distribution and platform capabilities as core strengths. The financing is described as strengthening Yieldstreet’s financial footing as it expands private markets opportunities for investors. Yieldstreet operates an online marketplace that lets eligible retail investors access private-market alternatives such as real estate, private credit, private equity, art and other asset classes. The company creates funds and products with lower minimums to widen access to investment strategies that were previously mostly available to institutions and ultra-wealthy individuals. Yieldstreet emphasizes partnerships with asset managers, sponsors, and originators to source diversified opportunities across litigation finance, small business, consumer, private funds and real estate. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York City, Yieldstreet has attracted more than 400,000 users and over $3 billion in funding on its platform to date. The company positions itself to scale its product suite and increase the number and scope of offerings for its investor base. Management says additional capital and financing capacity will accelerate deal flow and platform growth. Yieldstreet is a multi-asset alternative investment platform that gives retail investors access to alternative investments previously reserved for institutions and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. Its technology platform offers products across asset classes including Real Estate, Commercial, Consumer, Art, Marine, Legal Finance and Aviation. Since its foundation in 2015, Yieldstreet has funded over $2.5 billion of investments and has over 325,000 members on its platform. The company is headquartered in New York City and has offices in Brazil, Greece and Malta. Yieldstreet plans to use new capital to advance its technology roadmap, expand sales and marketing capabilities, and grow its international distribution. Its stated mission is to help millions generate $3 billion of income outside the traditional public markets by 2025, and it is backed by venture capital firms, large family offices and private equity investors. Yieldstreet operates an online marketplace that fractionalizes institutional-style, asset-backed investments (real estate, art, marine/shipping, legal finance, commercial loans) for retail investors. The company has funded nearly $1.9 billion on its platform and reports about 300,000 consumers signed up, up from roughly 100,000 in February 2019. Since inception it says it has provided nearly more than $950 million in principal and interest payments to investors. Yieldstreet expects over 50% revenue growth in the current year versus 2020. The firm plans to use new capital to expand its user base, develop new investment products, pursue strategic acquisitions and explore international expansion into Europe and Asia. Yieldstreet was co‑founded by Milind Mehere and Michael Weisz and maintains headquarters in New York City with offices in Brazil, Greece and Malta. YieldStreet operates an online platform that offers access to alternative investments across asset classes including real estate, marine/shipping, legal finance and commercial loans. The company has attracted more than $600 million invested on its platform from over 100,000 members, with an expected 12% IRR and more than $300 million in principal and interest paid to investors. Until now the platform has required users to be accredited investors; YieldStreet also offers YieldStreet Wallet, a savings product paying 2.2% interest that is open to everyone. The new capital will be used to expand the platform and create investment vehicles that do not require accredited status, and the company is working through the legal and regulatory aspects of those products. Management is also exploring ways to enable retirement and IRA account access for users. YieldStreet operates in the U.S. and positions itself as a democratising force to broaden access to products previously reserved for institutions.

Total raised
$774M
Funding rounds
8
Latest round
Series D
Latest activity
Jun 2025

Industries

  • Finance
  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Wealth Management
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Recent funding

  1. Series D

    Jun 2025

    $45M

  2. Debt Financing

    Aug 2022

    $400M

  3. Equity

    Nov 2021

    $50M

  4. Series C

    Jun 2021

    $100M

  5. Series B

    Feb 2019

    $62M

Team

  • Mitch Caplan

    Interim Chief Executive Officer

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  • Dennis Shields

    Co-Founder & Chairman

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  • Lea Stendahl

    Chief Marketing Officer

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  • Joel Greengrass

    Chief People Officer