The introduction of the secondary market will allow investors involved in the fintech scaleup’s projects to sell their stake to other investors, who will be able to invest from as little as £100.

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After an opportunity in a Shojin product has closed, investors can list their investment on the secondary market, setting the number of units they are looking to sell with prices. 

The platform’s secondary market will function in a P2P format — like Ebay — where a buyer and seller negotiate directly through offers and counter offers to agree on a price. 

While Shojin’s current primary market investment threshold is £5,000, the secondary market’s minimum investment ticket size of £100 will aid more people around the world to create wealth. 

Sellers will be able to exit projects early — releasing capital for upcoming or unexpected expenses —instead of staying in them for the entire duration. 

Meanwhile, buyers will be able to participate in projects they may have missed on the FCA-regulated platform’s primary market and invest at different stages of project risk. 

Both parties can opportunistically strike a mutually beneficial deal based on their risk and return appetites. 

Jatin Ondhia, CEO at Shojin Property Partners (pictured above), said: “The introduction of a secondary market not only brings a larger number of prospective investors into the fold, but it means they can access the market with a lower initial investment, while simultaneously increasing liquidity for existing investors.”

The CEO added that including new investment opportunities to its platform was very exciting, and the company was “at an important inflection point” in the field. 

Jatin added that Shojin — which recently closed its first non-UK real estate investment in Malaysia, and has substantial resources on hand — is ready to forge ahead with its global expansion plans.  

The latest launch follows the company’s Series A first tranche raise of £3m via an international pool of investors at a company valuation of £49m. 

Earlier in the year, Shojin secured a £5m underwriting facility from a London-based family office with a provision to increase it to £10m as the pipeline grows.