LEND in the press

You wonder what the press is saying about us? Here you can find current reports and articles about crowdlending, FinTech and LEND.

i2group.ch, 08.12.2022

Interview with Florian Kübler, co-founder of Swiss marketplace lending platform Lend.ch

Our co-founder Florian Kübler spoke to the i2 group about the first steps of LEND, continued growth and plans for the future. Read the report

Fintechnews.ch, 16.10.2020

TX Group leads LEND's Funding Round with CHF 5.5 million

Swiss media company TX Group led the Series B financing round for LEND, a crowdlending platform, with an investment of CHF 5.5 million in a move that will strengthen its existing fintech portfolio. Other investors in the round included PostFinance and Alpana Ventures, the Geneva-based venture capital fund. Read the report

Fintechnews.ch, 28.05.2019

P2P Lending: LEND acquires Lendico and gets Postfinance funding

PostFinance and Switzerlend AG − the parent company of the crowdlending platform LEND.ch − have agreed to enter into a close partnership. Read the report

Venturelab.ch, 19.10.2018

Marketplace lending platform LEND successfully closes series A financing round

Zurich-based fintech LEND powers ahead and closes a CHF 6 million series A financing round. The funding round was backed by Alpana Ventures and angel investors. Read the report

Finsmes.com, 17.10.2018

LEND closes CHF 6 M series A financing round

LEND, a Zurich, Switzerland-based fintech startup, closed a CHF6m Series A financing round. Backers included Alpana Ventures and angel investors. Read the report

Fintechnews.ch, 23.08.2018

Venture Leaders interview

Each year venturelab elects the 10 most promising Swiss fintech startups and sends them on a field trip to New York. LEND is happy to represent the team as captain. Read the report

Startupticker.ch, 22.08.2018

Growth boost for LEND

LEND paid out almost CHF 10 million in loans in the first half of 2018. In the months of July and August, the momentum increased yet again. Read the report

Greater Zurich Area, 12.04.2017

LEND secures new, existing investors

The Zurich-based fintech start-up LEND secured CHF 3.5 million in a Series A financing round. The company operates a platform that matches investors with borrowers. Read the report

Finsmes, 11.04.2017

LEND closes CHF 3.5 M series A funding

LEND, a Zürich, Switzerland-based fintech startup, closed a CHF3.5m Series A funding. Read the report

Startupticker.ch, 11.04.2017

LEND closes CHF 3.5 million series A financing round

The crowdlending platform LEND raised CHF 3.5 Million in a strategic Series A round. Both Angel investors and Polytech Ecosystem Ventures, a Swiss-American fund, provide the funding. Existing investors provide nearly half of the funds. Read the report

The Fintech Times, 11.04.2017

LEND successfully closes CHF 3.5 million series A financing round

LEND, the Zurich-based fintech start-up, which is transforming the consumer loan market in Switzerland announced today that it raised CHF 3.5 Million in a strategic Series A round. Both Angel investors and Polytech Ecosystem Ventures, a Swiss-American fund, provide the funding. Existing investors provide nearly half of the funds. The capital will be used to further develop its platform and market its brands, LEND and Splendit. Read the report

Greater Zurich Area, 06.10.2016

Zurich fintech strengthened through new partnership

LEND is entering into a new partnership with Intrum Justitia to further digitalise its services. The fintech start-up LEND will collaborate with Intrum Justitia, a provider of credit management solutions. IDnow for client identification is a first step. According to LEND, Intrum Justitia utilises the latest technology with respect to credit checks, which Lend is now set to benefit from. Read the report

Fintechnews Switzerland, 25.01.2016

New peer-to-peer crowdlending platform for Switzerland

LEND is a Swiss peer-to-peer lending platform that aims to modernize the consumer lending market. It connects investors and borrowers directly which means banks are ditched as intermediaries. Read the report