The UK's first Social Lending Marketplace, enabling people to choose who they want to lend to at affordable interest rates.
Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $47M
Founded date: 2020
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Tomahawk.V... | tomahawk.v... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 07.11.2022 | Seed | $46.03M | - |
| 13.09.2021 | Pre-Seed | $968.69K | NBS Ventur... |
Mentions in press and media 7
| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.11.2022 | Ethical Lender Plend Raises £40M to End Financial Exclusion | Plend is pleased to announce that they have raised £40 million in seed funding with new investors “including Leon & Soho House backers Active Partners, plus Velocity Juice, Sivo and the founders from Monzo, Starling Bank and Oodle Car F... |
| 06.11.2022 | Plend raised £40 million | Plend Plend Founded: 2020 Headquarters: London, UK Total Funding: $47.1M See full company profile "> has closed a £40 million seed funding round with new investors including Leon & Soho House backers Active Partners, and Velocit... |
| 02.11.2022 | Ethical lender Plend backed by Monzo and Starling founders in £40m seed round | Consumer lending platform Plend has banked £40m in seed funding, with angel investment coming from the co-founders of challenger banks Monzo and Starling. Plend, which bills itself as an “ethical” lender, will use the funds to continue grow... |
| 02.11.2022 | Ethical lender Plend raises £40m | Plend, a UK "ethical lender" that is ditching the traditional credit system and is instead using open banking data for lending decisions, has raised £40 million in seed funding. Active Partners, Velocity Juice, Sivo, and the found... |
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| 07.09.2021 | Plend gets backing for UK’s first social lending platform | Plend, a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending startup, said Monday it has secured £700k in pre-seed funding. While P2P lending is more common in the US, the fintech is the first to introduce the concept of a social lending platform — a marketplace wh... |
| - | Plend | “Plend” |