LendInvest
Asset management platform for property finance
- 201-500 employees
- B2C
- Property
- B2B
- Marketplace
- Mortgages
- Lending
- Investing
- Financial Services
- Fitzrovia, London, UK
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Company mission
To harness technology and the ambition of their team to build the property finance platform of choice for their customers.
Our take
Peer-to-peer lending has become a huge market. Starting with loans for consumers and businesses, LendInvest was one of the first companies to bring peer-to-peer lending to the property market.
Returns from traditional saving accounts have been cut significantly in the last decade due to record-low interest rates, so retail investors are chasing higher returns from alternative investments. LendInvest matches the supply of retail investors with the demand for loans for buy-to-let properties.
The past few years has seen the demand for remortgaging properties soar in the buy-to-let market as investors are looking for ways to secure their profitability and find stability, as reflected in the over $2B worth of funding LendInvest has received. Most recent funding will be invested into its new home owner mortgage product.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Educational external speakers and sessions
- Monthly socials (remotely)
- Mental health initiatives
- 25 days holiday
- Matched pension contribution up to 4%
- Private healthcare
- Life Assurance (4X salary)
- Discounted gym membership via Vitality or PerkBox
- Season ticket loans
- Cycle to work scheme
- Your choice of computer equipment
- Discounts/benefits via PerkBox
- Events supporting a charity of the year
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2019
$15m
LATE VC
Sep 2018
$39.5m
SERIES C
$104.9m
Total funding
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Leadership
Christian Faes
(Co-founder & Chairman)Trained lawyer with over 10 years experience, including at Clifford Chance and Deutsche Bank.
Ian Thomas
(Co-founder)Started his career as a development surveyor and property investor. Studied Investment in Real Estate at Reading University. They were the former Director of Montello Capital Management before coming onboard for LendInvest.
Rod Lockhart
(CE0, not founder)Rod joined LendInvest in 2015 to lead the business’ Capital Markets and Fund Management division. Within that time Rod has overseen LendInvest’s AUM grow from £100m to £1.8bn. Rod became CEO in 2020.