GLI Finance

Investor- Venture Capital

Overview

The companies platforms deliver a broad spectrum of finance solutions to the Small & Medium Enterprise segment – giving GLI Finance an unparalleled understanding of the market opportunity.

Country: United Kingdom

Founded: 2005

Headquarters: Guernsey

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • Europe

Sector Focus

  • Marketplace Lending
  • Funding Platforms

Investment Stage

  • Seed
  • Early Stage Venture
  • Series A

Summary

GLI Finance is a London-quoted Finance Business. The company invests in secured financing solutions for businesses, providing finance to small and medium sized companies in the US, UK, and Europe. The company aims to produce a stable and predictable sterling dividend and a double digit ROE, while preserving capital value. GLI Finance has a unique range of plarforms, online and offline, peer to peer and traditionally funded. The companies platform provide finance solutions to Small and Medium size enterprises in three continent: North America, Europe, and Africa, which allows GLI Finance to have market-leading geographic insight.

 

 

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

April 2016

Platform Black

£5M

Venture

Funding Platforms

United Kingdom

July 2015

LiftForward, Inc.

$250M

Debt Financing

  IA Capital Group

Marketplace Lending

United Kingdom

May 2015

Funding Options

£2M

Venture

  Alan Morgan

Marketplace Lending

United Kingdom

March 2015

LiftForward, Inc

$7M

Debt Financing

  IA Capital Group

Marketplace Lending

United Kingdom

November 2014

Finexkap

€6M

Series A

  FinSight Ventures

Funding Platforms

France

September 2014

The Credit Junction

$2M

Seed

Marketplace Lending

United States

August 2014

LiftForward, Inc

$2.3M

Series A

  IA Capital Group

Marketplace Lending

United Kingdom

January 2014

Funding Options

£500K

Undisclosed

  Alan Morgan

Marketplace Lending

United Kingdom

July 2013

Funding Knight

€1.5M

Venture

Funding Platforms

United Kingdom

Key Employees

Andrew Whelan
Chief Executive Officer

Emma Stubbs
Chief Financial Officer