Tagged: sands capital ventures

Back in the Game: Renaud Laplanche Launches Upgrade, a Consumer Credit Platform [u]

April 6, 2017 @ 10:31 am By JD Alois |

Renaud Laplanche, the founding CEO of Lending Club, has announced the launch of a new consumer credit platform aptly entitled Upgrade. The online lender was described as a new iteration of online lending that combines the best of marketplace lending and consumer services such as… Read More

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Funding Circle Gets $150 Million in Funding. P2P Lender is Now Over $1 Billion in Originations.

April 22, 2015 @ 9:25 pm By JD Alois |

Funding Circle has just received another capital boost in the amount of $150 million. The equity funding round was lead by DST Global with participation from Baillie Gifford, a fund managed by Blackrock, Sands Capital Ventures and Temasek. Goldman Sachs acted as exclusive placement agent… Read More

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