Alternative Investment
Platform Reviews

Fractional ownership platform for collectibles (cars, art, memorabilia)—$50 minimum, SEC-registered securities, 90-day lockup then secondary trading. Non-accredited welcome but highly illiquid assets with uncertain exit timing.

Solar energy crowdfunding platform offering equity stakes in global solar project portfolios—$100 minimum, ~11-14% target IRR, monthly distributions, 3-year minimum hold with no guaranteed redemption. Non-accredited investors welcome via Reg CF/Reg A+ structures.

Publicly-traded closed-end fund (NYSE: ECC) investing in CLO equity and junior debt - $0.14 monthly distribution (~24% annualized on $7.00 NAV as of Q3 2025). High-income structured credit exposure with significant NAV volatility, leverage amplification, and distribution sustainability risk.

Secondary marketplace connecting accredited investors with pre-IPO shares in late-stage private companies through SEC Reg D offerings—$10K-$50K minimums, 3-5% upfront fees, 2-5 year hold periods, platform reports 74% net aggregate exit returns (per materials as of Jan 2026).

B2B marketplace for oil & gas asset sales via continuous auctions and sealed bids—48K+ registered buyers, ~84% transaction success rate, $1K-$250M+ deal range. Industry participants only; not a retail investment platform.

Managed wine and whiskey investment platform providing portfolio construction, authentication, climate-controlled storage, and insurance for investment-grade bottles and casks, with 2.25-2.85% annual all-inclusive fees and 5-15 year recommended hold periods for illiquid tangible collectibles.

Multi-asset alternative investments platform (formerly Yieldstreet) offering direct deal selection, managed portfolios, and institutional fund access across private credit, real estate, private equity, legal finance, and art. CNBC reporting documented investor losses exceeding $200M through late 2025; platform rebranded and removed historical performance data from public website during same period.

Fractional ownership platform for blue-chip contemporary art enabling investors to buy SEC-qualified shares ($20/share; platform-stated $15,000 minimums with reported flexibility during onboarding) in multi-million dollar works by artists like Banksy, Basquiat, and Warhol, with 3–10 year holds and 23 profitable exits to date (platform disclosed).

Publicly-traded litigation finance firm (NYSE: BUR, LSE: BUR) providing capital to fund commercial lawsuits and arbitrations for corporations and law firms, with $7.5 billion portfolio generating 82-93% historical ROIC (inception through 2023), though fair value accounting creates quarterly volatility.

SEC-qualified fractional music royalty platform enabling investors to purchase SongShares (Regulation A offerings) tied to defined royalty revenue streams, with quarterly distributions dependent on reporting cycles and asset-specific copyright terms.

Vertically-integrated private markets platform providing non-accredited investors access to diversified real estate portfolios, venture capital funds targeting AI/ML growth companies, and private credit strategies through low-cost eREITs and interval funds with quarterly liquidity windows and minimums starting at $10.

Premium fractional farmland platform offering accredited investors access to high-value permanent crops and row crop farms through multiple investment structures including crowdfunding ($15K minimum), sustainable fund ($50K minimum), and bespoke offerings ($3M+), with emphasis on California/Pacific Northwest specialty agriculture.

FINRA-registered broker-dealer connecting accredited investors with short-duration private credit deals (6-36 months, 10-20% yields) through marketplace access ($500 minimums) or managed accounts ($1M+). Platform has facilitated $2B+ across asset-based lending, consumer credit, and specialty deals since 2018.

Swiss tokenized-securities stack issuing blockchain-based tracker certificates (xStocks/bTokens) that mirror stocks and ETFs—built for DeFi composability and protocol integrations, not retail brokerage or direct share ownership.

Purpose-built blockchain for regulated assets where identity, compliance, and governance are first-class protocol primitives—designed to solve the institutional failure modes of public blockchains rather than maximize permissionless composability.

Tokenization + transfer-agent rails + a regulated secondary market stack (broker-dealer + ATS) built for digital securities—where investor outcomes hinge on issuer governance, transfer restrictions, corporate actions, settlement/custody integrations, and whether secondary liquidity is real (eligible counterparties, real order flow) rather than simply “tokenized.”

Onchain access layer for institutional private credit via Goldfinch Prime—where investor outcomes hinge less on “DeFi yield” and more on note-level enforceability, fund look-through risk, KYC/jurisdiction gating, redemption reality (best-effort quarterly), and the operational/legal integrity of the wrapper around offchain private credit funds.

Institutional onchain credit market built around permissioned lending pools, professional underwriters, and enforceable loan terms—where returns are driven less by protocol mechanics and more by borrower quality, collateral discipline, and real-world recovery processes.

Institutional onchain asset-management infrastructure powering tokenized funds and real-world asset issuance with DeFi distribution—best evaluated as rails + admin layer (tokenization, reporting, compliance gating, integrations), not as a unified yield marketplace or a single issuer of investments.

Tokenized securities issuer + onchain distribution stack focused on U.S. Treasuries today (USDY, OUSG) and tokenized public securities via Global Markets—where investor outcomes hinge less on “DeFi yield” and more on legal enforceability, redemption mechanics, custody controls, and claims-defensibility of 1:1 backing.

Legacy U.S. carbon offset retailer selling portfolio-based, registry-verified offsets and RECs with immediate retirement—built for consumer/SMB climate claims and simple procurement, not institutional-grade offtake, tradable carbon exposure, or investment returns.

Onchain carbon market infrastructure: tokenized carbon pools + retirement aggregator + Carbonmark marketplace rails—powerful for settlement and composability, but buyers still bear carbon-quality, liquidity, governance, and smart-contract risk.

Forest carbon marketplace focused on short-duration harvest deferral and data-driven baselining - fast entry for landowners and buyers, but crediting theory, additionality, and claim integrity are the core diligence battlegrounds.

Durable carbon removal supplier using biomass-to-bio-oil conversion and long-term storage—built for enterprise offtake, not a marketplace, with contract/MRV specifics driving real buyer risk.

Durable carbon removal marketplace + MRV infrastructure focused on biochar and other engineered removals—built for corporate procurement with verifiable delivery, not tradable carbon exposure or investor returns.

A carbon-removal crediting standard + issuance/registry layer (CORCs) for engineered removals—optimized for supplier onboarding, verification workflows, and buyer procurement, not for retail investing or tradable exposure.

Carbon credit procurement marketplace and API infrastructure connecting buyers with removal and avoidance projects—optimized for registry-linked purchasing and retirement evidence, not investment exposure or tradable carbon assets.

Enterprise carbon-credit procurement and API retirement workflows—built for climate commerce (embedded offsets + audit trail), not tradable exposure, with meaningful project risk borne by the buyer.

Institutional-grade fractional farmland platform offering accredited investors direct ownership stakes in professionally managed U.S. farms with comprehensive due diligence, operator vetting, and dual return streams from land appreciation and crop income.