ESF Capital

Accelerator

Overview

ESF Capital is an institutional P2P accelerator, providing clients with operating resources along with investment and lending capital

Country: United Kingdom

Founded: 2015

Headquarters: London

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • Europe

Sector Focus

  • Marketplace Lending
  • Infrastructure and Enterprise Software

Investment Stage

  • Early Stage Venture

Summary

ESF Capital provides capital and expertise to the SME alternative finance industry. The company focuses on providing secured loans to SMEs through select alternative finance platforms. The combination of smart technology, proprietary credit analytics, and diverse lender sources attract very strong potential returns. ESF Capital looks to create a steady flow of loans, well distrusted by industry sector, geography, and duration. The company ensures these loans are backed up by a strong quantitative loan grading process, alongside a traditional credit and underwriting team.

 

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

June 2016

Satago

£1.6M

Venture

  BDMI

Infrastructure & Enterprise Software

United Kingdom

June 2016

Satago

£3M

Debt Financing

  BDMI

Infrastructure & Enterprise Software

United Kingdom

April 2016

ThinCats Australia

$10M

Debt Financing

Marketplace Lending

Australia

Key Employees

John Mould
Chief Executive Officer

Steve Thomson
Chief Technology Officer

Alex Schmid
Co-Chairman

Quentin Baer
Co-Chairman