Percent helps accredited investors add private credit investments to their portfolio. These investments typically range from 8% to 18% APY, and often feature durations from a few months to a few years. Investors can see their principal investment returned with interest as the underlying note is repaid. How Percent Investors Accrue Interest: Companies can seek […]
When private companies and startups raise money, they often do so through venture equity investments. This gives a growing company much-needed funds to build their business in exchange for equity ownership given to venture capital firms. Yet venture equity is not the only way for startups to raise money. These fast growing private companies can […]
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Percent recently held the company’s first Quarterly Investor Webinar of 2022 on January 26th. Nelson Chu, Founder & CEO, along with Percent President Prath Reddy, CFA and moderator Jessica Zall (Percent’s Head of Marketing) covered timely updates on our short-term note program and origination partners, including a look back at the previous year. They also […]
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When you invest, you do so with the intended purpose of profiting on your initial investment. When you invest in equities, your aim is to have your shares appreciate in value to sell them at a gain. When you invest in Percent deals, you do so to earn interest on top of your initial investment […]
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Before you can start investing on Percent, we need to verify that you are an accredited investor. As Percent investments are only available to accredited investors, this simple process is one of the last steps you need to take before you invest in your first deal. To help expedite the accreditation process, we partnered with […]
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When you invest in a private credit opportunity on Percent, you are investing in an instrument with a fixed period at a set interest rate and maturity date. These investments often end at their expected maturity date (or earlier if called by the Originator), with the principal and accrued interest returned, allowing you to invest […]
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Percent recently held our Quarterly Investor Update for Q3 on October 28th. Nelson Chu, Founder & CEO, along with Percent President Prath Reddy, CFA, covered timely updates on our short-term note program and origination partners, as well as a look back at the previous quarter and a preview of what’s coming next. They also discussed […]
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When a person or business takes out a loan, they usually do so with the intention to pay it back in full and with interest. Yet when one does not fully repay a loan, lenders have a variety of tools they can use to recoup some or all of the missed payments. One of these […]
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Percent is an alternative investment platform offering investments in private credit opportunities. Unlike the stock market (and broader equities market), our investments do not trade on an exchange or work similarly to more well-known investment types. At the same time, alternative investments — including the investments on Percent — help millions of investors to […]
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