2019 Associate Sponsors
Funding Circle
Profile
Funding Circle is the leading online lending platform for small business debt in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands. Globally, investors have lent over £6.3 billion to more than 62,000 businesses. In 2017, Funding Circle loans helped to create and sustain more than 75,000 jobs globally, and contributed £4 billion to the global economy.
Investors include the UK government-owned British Business Bank, sixteen UK local councils, the European Investment Bank, financial institutions such as pension funds, asset managers and banks, and over 80,000 individual investors.
Through Funding Circle, investors lend to creditworthy small businesses in term loans of up to five years and for amounts typically under £100,000. Institutional investors can access this diverse and granular asset class through a variety of structures and at low cost.