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Shared Funding: Making both investing and fundraising easier
Shared Funding: Making both investing and fundraising easier
Samir Desai
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Co-founder and Director, Funding Circle
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Funding Circle is an online platform that connects businesses with investors. With £31mn lent so far, the business is growing quickly. Here one of the firm’s founders explains why it is so popular.
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How To Get A Business Loan With ThinCats
Kevin Caley , Co-Founder, ThinCats
- ThinCats provides SMEs with secured business loans through a peer-to-peer auction.
Kevin Caley , Co-Founder, ThinCats
- ThinCats provides SMEs with secured business loans through a peer-to-peer auction.

Filling the Role of a Bank Manager-ThinCats Sponsors
Kevin Caley, Co-Founder, ThinCats
- As high street banks prioritize large loans over those of small businesses, ThinCats is filling the space. In addition to providing favorable small business loans to UK companies, ThinCats Sponsors are able to work alongside a business in the way that bank managers traditionally catered to SMEs. By facilitating loans and providing support for the business after a loan has been issued, ThinCats goes beyond the bank.
Kevin Caley, Co-Founder, ThinCats
- As high street banks prioritize large loans over those of small businesses, ThinCats is filling the space. In addition to providing favorable small business loans to UK companies, ThinCats Sponsors are able to work alongside a business in the way that bank managers traditionally catered to SMEs. By facilitating loans and providing support for the business after a loan has been issued, ThinCats goes beyond the bank.

Oriel Receivables analyses its funding through ThinCats
Brian Pursey, CEO, Oriel Receivables
- Oriel Receivables, a purchase consumer debt company, talks on their funding through the Investment Crowdfunding platform ThinCats, analysing their motives, the sponsor's involvement and the loans they received.
Brian Pursey, CEO, Oriel Receivables
- Oriel Receivables, a purchase consumer debt company, talks on their funding through the Investment Crowdfunding platform ThinCats, analysing their motives, the sponsor's involvement and the loans they received.

Effectively Matching Lenders to UK SMEs Through FundingKnight
Graeme Marshall , CEO, FundingKnight
- FundingKnight is a crowd investment platform that facilitates business loans by matching good borrowers with individual investors seeking a higher-rate of return. By effectively catering to both investors and SMEs, Funding Knight makes it easy and quick for SMEs to access working capital.
Graeme Marshall , CEO, FundingKnight
- FundingKnight is a crowd investment platform that facilitates business loans by matching good borrowers with individual investors seeking a higher-rate of return. By effectively catering to both investors and SMEs, Funding Knight makes it easy and quick for SMEs to access working capital.

Information on the terms and process of a loan through FundingKnight
Graeme Marshall, CEO, FundingKnight
- FundingKnight, the debt-based Investment Crowdfunding platform, analyses its loans' terms and processes, the rates and repayment options offered and the fees charged.
Graeme Marshall, CEO, FundingKnight
- FundingKnight, the debt-based Investment Crowdfunding platform, analyses its loans' terms and processes, the rates and repayment options offered and the fees charged.

Lending against Commercial Real Estate
Michael Lynn, CEO Relendex
- Relendex provides loans against commercial real estate. Michael Lynn explains how this property-based lending provides individuals with enhanced security and their approach to due-diligence.
Michael Lynn, CEO Relendex
- Relendex provides loans against commercial real estate. Michael Lynn explains how this property-based lending provides individuals with enhanced security and their approach to due-diligence.


Shared Funding: Making both investing and fundraising easier
Samir Desai , Co-founder and Director, Funding Circle
- Funding Circle is an online platform that connects businesses with investors. With £31mn lent so far, the business is growing quickly. Here one of the firm’s founders explains why it is so popular.
Samir Desai , Co-founder and Director, Funding Circle
- Funding Circle is an online platform that connects businesses with investors. With £31mn lent so far, the business is growing quickly. Here one of the firm’s founders explains why it is so popular.
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