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Tag: Peer-to-peer Lending

£200m UK SME funding programme launched by ThinCats

October 2, 2017

By Zen Terrelonge

Lending platform ThinCats and parent company ESF Capital have introduced a £200m SME funding programme for British growth businesses.

Entrepreneurs plug funding gap with ?7.2bn from friends and family

December 5, 2016

By Zen Terrelonge

With many entrepreneurs facing a UK funding gap to cross before they can launch their business, friends and family have been responsible for lending ?7.2bn worth of investment to their loved ones.

LendInvest: Future Unicorn reveals the plan to become a $1bn company with P2P

March 21, 2016

By Zen Terrelonge

Winner of the Future Unicorn Award at our Everline Future 50 2016, peer-to-peer lending platform LendInvest has been given a mammoth challenge, but CEO Christian Faes has told Real Business he’s confident the firm can become a $1bn company – by trotting, not galloping.

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