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LendingCrowd
General
Founded: 2014
Type: Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Business Lending
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Business Lending - geography: United Kingdom
CO. no.: Na.
Regulation
Regulated as of: -0001
Regulator: Financial Conduct Authority
Regulation: Interim Permissions Reference Number: 664753
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Description
LendingCrowd is an award-winning crowdlending platform which began trading in autumn 2014. The business has initially focused on facilitating loans to SME clients (peer-to-business lending) and will launch into other product areas during 2015.
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Founders LendingCrowd
Chairman and co-founder, Bill Dobbie
Type: Entrepreneur
Description: Chairman and co-founder of LendingCrowd, responsible for the positioning and long-term development of the business, governance and funding. Non-executive director of Cupid, Maxymiser, OCCA-Home and Tag Games.
CEO & Founder, Stuart Lunn
Type: Entrepreneur
Description: Stuart has been working with high growth technology companies for over 10 years, providing investment banking advisory services and supporting their capital funding.
Associations LendingCrowd member
UK Crowdfunding Association
Description: The UK Crowdfunding Association: Promoting crowdfunding as a valuable way for people, businesses & ventures to raise funds.
Tweets by Founders, Employees & LendingCrowd
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Only 2 weeks to go until the Insider Deals & Dealmakers Awards 2019! There's still time to purchase tickets >… https://t.co/19UQKBjWav
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Our Head of Origination, Adrian Innes, highlights the wide variety of businesses and sectors that… https://t.co/7tByykFdqp
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Great read as always @IngledewStephen @FinTechScotland! https://t.co/85zuUkdmwQ
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It can often be a daunting prospect as an SME looking to raise money or have clients who need funding? Join… https://t.co/Pb1vzyarkF
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Delighted to be named a finalist in the Fintech of the Year category at the @digitfyi Scottish Financial Technology… https://t.co/Enuq8Kz4Fi
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SME growth boosted by Scotland's only fintech lender @_lendingcrowd #ad https://t.co/FeFari5ENX https://t.co/bmsFTsWnoH
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Congrats to @InnesAdrian on 2 years here at @_lendingcrowd - exciting times ahead! https://t.co/ge7rMUjzAt
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Tracey Ginn says it's important for tech firms to recognise the threat of international competition, and Leah Hutch… https://t.co/lGTOVa8qD9
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Andrew Sloane says the Scottish tech scene is great at collaboration, while Leah Hutcheon believes businesses here… https://t.co/MaSpjSQHTP
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Great panel for tonight's @TechNation talk - Steve Ewing @steveewing412 of @BayesCentre, Tracey Ginn of… https://t.co/C2s4tS7Ws4
Relevant News for LendingCrowd2
Just in time for Giving Tuesday, crowdfunding site LendingCrowd has launched a new app for people to access the platform and invest on the go.
The app gives users the ability to access all their investments, inject funds, and also receive notifications when they are outbid or when bids are accepted on the loan market.
Diet food home delivery specialist Diet Chef has secured £1.5m in debt finance from Edinburgh-based crowdlending platform LendingCrowd.
The firm, which was launched by entrepreneurs Kevin Dorren and Andrew Veitch from a garage in 2008, is now the largest of its kind in the UK with 150,000 customers and a £15m turnover.
Dorren said it was ?important for the company to have the right funding package in place to drive future growth and to work with a like-minded entrepreneurial organisation?.
He added: ?LendingCrowd thinks like we do, so it was a real bonus for us to be able to partner with another expanding online business that shares our vision.?
Address LendingCrowd
Lending Crowd23 Manor Place
EH3 7DX Edinburgh
United Kingdom