Tagged: uma rajah

March 13, 2023 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As Chief Executive of property finance platform, CapitalRise, Uma Rajah says she’s  responsible for all aspects of the business: from creating their strategy, “to execution of that strategy, and all aspects of running the company – including recruitment.” Uma Rajah notes that she approaches all… Read More

January 17, 2023 @ 12:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Property investment and financing platform Capital Rise has announced four new hires following a “period of substantial growth.” The positive report follows Capital Rise surpassing £200 million in loan originations during Q4 of 2022. About half of this amount was financed during the 12 month… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

PropertyRise, a UK-based prime property investment platform, is reporting a record week of lending, having booked £50 million in loans. According to the company, multiple credit records were broken in October as interest in the property offerings rise. Another metric achieved during October is completing… Read More

October 17, 2022 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Prime property finance firm CapitalRise has reached £200 million in prime property loan origination, funding developments across London and the home counties to the value of over £640 million. As noted in a blog post, CapitalRise originated £99 million of these loans in a 12-month… Read More

March 14, 2022 @ 10:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dedicated prime property investment platform CapitalRise has reportedly appointed Simon Brown as the firm’s new Head of Lending, and Saif Khichi and Ed Groves have joined as credit analysts. In their roles at CapitalRise, Simon will be tasked with all aspects of the platform’s lending… Read More

October 20, 2021 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dedicated prime property investment platform CapitalRise announced on October 19, 2021 that it has now returned £66m in capital and returns to investors, “maintaining its unblemished track record of no investment losses or investment defaults since inception.” Of the total £66 million in redemptions, over… Read More

October 8, 2021 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based CapitalRise, a prime property finance platform, has announced that it made several new appointments, after recording significant growth during H1 2021. As part of a strong year, in terms of overall performance, CapitalRise has now funded prime real estate assets valued at more than… Read More

September 19, 2021 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dedicated prime property lender CapitalRise has reportedly provided a mezzanine facility for a £4 million luxury penthouse located in Hyde Park. The facility — “agreed at 73% LTV on a 12-month term” — has been paired up with a development exit loan offered by a… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dedicated Prime property lender CapitalRise announced the advancement of a £9.2 million senior loan for the refinancing and development of two freehold Georgian townhouses based in Bloomsbury, London “with a GDV of £14 million.” As mentioned in a release shared with CI, the loan will… Read More

May 13, 2021 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CapitalRise, the dedicated prime property investment platform, revealed on Thursday (May 13, 2021) that it has managed to return over £50 million to investors since launching its operations. According to a release shared with Crowdfund Insider, CapitalRise provided “an average return of 9.2 percent per… Read More

April 15, 2021 @ 11:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s prime property finance platform CapitalRise has advanced a £2.5 million loan to fund a new development based in southwest London, according to a recent blog post by CapitalRise. The company – which has revealed that it had lent over £100 million to luxury property… Read More

February 12, 2021 @ 10:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CapitalRise, a UK-based prime property lending platform, has reportedly advanced a £6.7 million loan to local property developer Elleric. The loan was provided for the acquisition and development of an office building into eight luxury residential apartments located at Breams Buildings in Holborn (in central… Read More

January 15, 2021 @ 11:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Uma Rajah, CEO and Co-founder at CapitalRise, a UK-based prime property lending platform. CapitalRise is an investment platform that seeks quality over quantity with just 2% of deals being approved by the platform. Sophisticated or high net worth investors may… Read More

December 26, 2020 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CapitalRise, an online platform for prime property lending and investing, confirmed that it has issued £92 million in loans and is now on track to hit its £100 million lending milestone at some point early next year. This, after seeing a significant increase in demand… Read More

August 23, 2020 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CapitalRise, an online platform for prime property lending and investing, recently appointed five new staff members – which notably includes an associate director and finance director to manage the company’s lending business. Stuart Peel will be serving as CapitalRise’s finance director. He previously worked, for… Read More

June 8, 2020 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CapitalRise, an online platform for prime property lending and investing, has reportedly facilitated 37.5% more loan volumes during the first five months of 2020, when compared to its overall lending during its initial 18 months of operation. CapitalRise is a Fintech that previously raised growth… Read More

November 11, 2019 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

CapitalRise has received the backing of Revolt Ventures, the VC portion of the multi-billion dollar real estate investment company Meyer Bergman. According to a note from CapitalRise, Revolut Ventures has provided £1 million in equity funding for the early stage Fintech. The investment from Revolut Ventures… Read More

May 14, 2019 @ 3:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

CapitalRise, a lender for prime residential developers, has secured a £30 million institutional funding line from an unnamed “major financial institution.” The additional capital will help fuel the loan book growth funding prime residential developers. CapitalRise reports that, to date, it has lent £300 million…. Read More

March 20, 2019 @ 8:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the launch of its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, online property crowdfunding platform CapitalRise announced on Wednesday its latest two redeemed loans that have concluded within schedule and on target, delivering a total return of  20.6% on average for investors against prime properties located… Read More

July 10, 2018 @ 7:32 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Launched in the UK 19 months ago, online property finance marketplace CapitalRise seeks to enable individual and corporate investors to provide finance for Prime Central London property developers with a minimum investment of just £1,000, earning returns of 8-12% per annum through its Innovative Finance ISA…. Read More