Do You Speak Crowdlending?

The Crowdlending landscape in India by Dipesh Karki, CTO and co-founder at LenDenClub

“With farmers who use wheat and oats for baking bread, we take this as collateral. Wheat is actually great collateral as it doesn’t require any know-how to evaluate it - you simply use the market price to do it.”Nikita Goncars is the CEO and co-founder of LendSecured. With a degree in finance and over 10 years of experience in the real estate and the lending business, he and his co-founder, Edgars Tālums, first established a lending company funded by local banks and capitals from high-net-worth individuals. With this being a success, their next step was a business idea that would allow them to enter a new market and make it possible for an even wider range of investors to invest in loans. Thus, with great enthusiasm, hard work and dedication, LendSecured was born – a platform created by industry experts providing collateral-backed investment opportunities.But their achievements do not stop there! After noticing that many European farmers are seeking liquidity boosts but do not have access to affordable loans, LendSecured decided to fill this market gap and recently launched a new financing service for the agricultural sector. We congratulate them for providing an economic lifeline to farmers while creating a great impact on society!Tune in to this episode to explore the crowdlending landscape in Latvia, how secured digital loans work in practice for the agricultural industry and the perks of this asset class from the investors perspective. Along with many other valuable insights!

The impact of crowdlending on agriculture with Nikita Goncars

Adrian A. Gunadi, co-founder and CEO of Investree, saw a challenge and turned it into an opportunity that impressively paid off. Adrian and his co-founders left their almost 20 years careers in the banking industry to start a crowdlending platform in Indonesia. They saw that SMEs were not getting access to the financing they deserved and knew they needed to fix this. Fast forward to 5 years later, Investree has provided nearly 550 million dollars worth of loans. The company also saw a growth of 30% last year despite the Covid-19 crisis. They&apos;ve also kickstarted the year by becoming the first crowdlending platform in the Philippines and soon expanding to Thailand. Talk about being unstoppable!Check out this episode to explore Adrian&apos;s perspective on Indonesia&apos;s crowdlending landscape and its evolution in the past years. Listen to his thoughts on why there&apos;s a high demand for alternative financing and how he foresees the future of crowdlending in south-east Asia. This, along with many other exciting insights – it&apos;s an episode that cannot be missed! 

The Crowdlending landscape in Indonesia by Adrian A. Gunadi, co-founder and CEO of Investree

“We have had new record months every month since the pandemic began, in terms of new investors signing up on our platform. I think it’s because people think that the stock market is too volatile.” Would you sell your apartment to start a business? Sebastian did! Sebastian Martens Harung has had multifaceted past careers - from goalkeeper for Norway’s 1st division to an investment banker and ultimately, the co-founder and CEO of Kameo, a digital marketplace for crowdfunded loans to small businesses and property developers. Kameo started with a humble beginning in 2014 with Sebastian selling his apartment and renting a smaller place to use the extra money to invest in his business. Now, Kameo has over 30 employees and operates in Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm! In this episode, he shares valuable insights into the Crowdlending landscape in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden and how Sweden’s relaxed approach to Covid19 has been more beneficial than harmful to the Crowdlending industry!

The Crowdlending landscape in Scandinavia with Sebastian

Luca Andre Frignani decided to combine his two passions and took a leap of faith that immensely paid off. Having worked for UBS and a former quantitative researcher – it was at his last stop (a hedge fund in Zurich) where he met his future co-founders. From there, they began experimenting with digital lending. In this episode, Luca shares with the Crowdlending podcast listeners his views on the immense potential of digital lending. How it can enhance investment performance and the criteria to keep in mind when choosing a lending platform. 

Enhancing investment performance with digital loans by Luca Andre Frignani, CEO & Co-Founder at Exaloan

How are funds participating in the crowdlending landscape? What are their experiences in the Swiss market? And what are the benefits of crowdlending from an institutional investor’s perspective?Jorrit van Rijswijk is the head investment analyst at Dynamic Credit headquarters in Amsterdam. In this episode, he shares with us a new strategy to tap into the possibilities that come with the rise of online lenders, and more. Tune in to discover Jorrit’s experiences as an analyst in the crowdlending world!

A new strategy to tap into the potential of the rise of crowdlending with Jorrit van Rijswijk, Head investment analyst at Dynamic Credit Diversified Fund

From childhood pals to co-founders of i2 invest – Gregor and his friends from Wettingen saw a need for access automation to marketplace lending. And they decided to launch their company!In this episode of the crowdlending podcast, Gregor shares with us the current i2 invest projects, including their recent fundraising. He also discusses his experience in investing in different crowdlending verticals (Consumers, SMEs and real estates) and why loan originators should have a niche rather than having different verticals at the same time. In his experience, crowdlending has nearly no correlation to other asset classes. He talks about how it will have a better ROI after this crisis.

Crowdlending as a viable alternative to fixed-income investments by Gregor Stadelmann, CEO of i2 invest

Elena Ionenko is the co-founder of TurnKey Lender, a global leader in Unified Lending Management. She is also remarkably named one of the top 100 women in the fintech world in 2019. Her other achievements include co-founding two other start-ups, also relating to the financial industry. In this episode, Elena shares with us her experience and knowledge in marketplace lending and takes us on a journey to explore the world of alternative lending.

Automation and alternative scoring in Crowdlending

A podcast covering the Crowdlending industry. Our goal is to provide you with all the insights from this market and help you make informed decisions. Every episode will be presenting a guest who has an in-depth knowledge of the crowdlending industry.

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