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Last activity: 20.01.2023
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October (formerly Lendix) is an SME lending platform open to retail and professional lenders.
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Overview

Location
Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam
Employees
51-200
Total raised
$727.95M
Founded date
2014

Investors 6

Funding Rounds 4

DateSeriesAmountInvestors
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Dec 13, 2021Funding round$33.81M
Jan 17, 2021Funding round$355.96M
Sep 30, 2020Funding round$300M

Mentions in press and media 36

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Jan 19, 2023October SME V fund secures €35 million backing from EIF and Invest-NLEuropean SME lending platform October secures €35 million commitment from the European Investment Fund (EIF) and Dutch impact investor Invest-NL. Key to this new fund is our data-driven ESG X-Ray module, to integrate ESG criteria in our inv...
Jul 31, 2022Jorn van Duijnhoven Joins October as Head of Customer SuccessRecently, Jorn van Duijnhoven was asked to take on the role of Head of Customer Success at European online lender at October. Jorn van Duijnhoven has been appointed “due to changes” within October’s organization. He stated:
Jun 3, 2022Parisian October buys Credit.fr to boost SME lendingParisian per-to-peer lender October has bought its competitor Credit.fr. Through this acquisition, October will be able to complete its know-how and enrich its processes to meet the financing needs of SMEs. The deal brings together two sign...
Feb 1, 2022Real Estate And Crowdfunding: A Duo With Staying PowerFounder of a buy-to-let crowdfunding platform InRento.
Jan 10, 2022Business banking startup Qonto raises $552 million at $5 billion valuationFrench startup Qonto has raised a $552 million Series D funding round (€486 million). Following this investment, the startup has reached a valuation of $5 billion (€4.4 billion). This is one of the largest rounds in the French tech ecosyste...
Dec 13, 2021European Lender October Receives €30M Investment from Invest-NL and EIFEuropean marketplace lender October has reportedly acquired a €30 million commitment from the European Investment Fund (EIF) and the Dutch impact investor Invest-NL in the context of the European Guarantee Fund (EGF) and the Dutch Alternati...
Nov 29, 2021October CEO Olivier Goy Says that as A Fintech Platform, they Welcome State Guaranteed Loans in Certain JurisdictionsOnline marketplace lender October is currently active in five European nations. October CEO and Founder Olivier Goy recently noted that he launched October 7 years ago in France. While commenting on the financing landscape 7 years back and ...
Aug 25, 2021Taktile makes it easier to leverage machine learning in the financial industryMeet Taktile, a new startup that is working on a machine learning platform for financial services companies. This isn’t the first company that wants to leverage machine learning for financial products. But Taktile wants to differentiate its...
Jul 17, 2021Tejas Sherkar from October Explains How Credit Models Quantify Risk when Extending Credit to BorrowersThe team at European online lender October has published a blog post on credit risk analysis models including their construction and application. October notes in an update that the Covid-19 health crisis has led to two situations: a rise i...
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FAQ about October

When was October founded?

October was founded in 2014.

How much funding has October raised?

October has raised $727.95M in total across 4 funding rounds.

What funding rounds has October raised?

Parsers VC lists 4 funding rounds of October, among them a funding round of $33.81M on Dec 13, 2021, a funding round of $355.96M on Jan 17, 2021 and a funding round of $300M on Sep 30, 2020.

Who has invested in October?

Parsers VC lists 6 investors of October, among them Partech Partners, Idinvest Partners and Vasgos.

What has the press written about October?

Parsers VC has collected 36 articles mentioning October, among them “October SME V fund secures €35 million backing from EIF and Invest-NL” (Jan 19, 2023) and “Jorn van Duijnhoven Joins October as Head of Customer Success” (Jul 31, 2022).

Is October still active?

Yes, October is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jan 20, 2023.