headquarters boston massachusetts u.s. key people rikki tahta founder perry blacher founder simon veingard founder asheesh advani chief executive officer revenue n a number of employees 25 30 website http covestor.com covestor is an online investment management platform that allows you to mirror the real trades of successful individual or professional investors . 1 launched in june 2007 2 it provides everyday investors access to a managed account service previously only available to those with millions of dollars invested with a wealth management firm . 3 over 500 million us dollars in securities are shared through the service and the site has replicated 100 million us dollars worth in trades . 4 its members are located in more than 100 countries and hold positions in over 10 000 different securities . 5 all securities in mirroring accounts are purchased in the client s name and held in custody at an independent broker dealer . contents 1 funding 2 press 3 references 4 external links funding edit covestor raised 6.5 m in april 2008 in a round led by union square ventures spark capital and amadeus capital partners . 6 other investors include private investors from the financial markets in new york and london and independent news & media 7 whose ceo sir anthony o reilly was formerly a board member of the nyse . 8 in june 2013 covestor raised an additional 12.75 million in a series b financing round bringing the total capital covestor has raised to 28 million . press edit covestor has been widely covered in the press including the wall street journal 9 barron s 10 reuters 11 and business week . 12 references edit wall street & technology 10 11 07 new online investing site covestor presents a threat to fund managers . http www.wallstreetandtech.com blog archives 2007 10 new online inve.html retrieved 02 28 08 . malik om . 06 04 07 with covestor everyone is a money manager . gigaom . http gigaom.com 2007 06 04 covestor . retrieved 02 28 08 . janowski davis d. 09 10 07 advisers find value in new investor focused websites . investmentnews . http www.investmentnews.com apps pbcs.dll article aid 20070910 free 70905005 1035 technology retrieved 02 28 08 . cutler kim mai 06 15 10 social investing site covestor moves 100 million worth in trades . venturebeat . http social.venturebeat.com 2010 06 15 covestor . retrieved 06 15 10 2007 covestor review . http www.appappeal.com app covestor retrieved 06 15 10 . schonfeld erik 04 07 08 social investing site covestor raises 6.5 million . techcrunch . http www.techcrunch.com 2008 04 07 social investing site covester raises 65 million in series a retrieved 04 11 08 . covestor website http site.covestor.com about us retrieved 02 28 08 . independent news & media plc website . http www.inmplc.com main.php menu menu2 & mb mgt retrieved 03 03 08 . kim jane j. 06 14 07 a slew of new web sites are trying to attract young people by combining social networking with personal finance . wall street journal . http online.wsj.com article sb118177906703834565.html . retrieved 02 28 08 . carey theresa w. 06 26 07 pick your own online stock sherpa . barron s. http online.barrons.com article sb118197317426437759.html retrieved 02 28 08 . reuters 07 02 07 covestor creates stage for virtual money managers . http www.reuters.com article 2007 07 02 us covestor idusn0238016820070702 retrieved 04 29 12 . bogoslaw david 11 13 07 investing the net wisdom of peers . business week . http www.businessweek.com investor content nov2007 pi20071112 053010.htm retrieved 02 28 08 . external links edit covestor homepage covestor blog retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title covestor & oldid 718541094 categories investment management companies of the united stateshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 may 2016 at 03 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view