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LendInvest is an online marketplace for property lending and investing.
LendInvest operates as a British non-bank mortgage lender, offering a platform for property lending and investment. The company provides specialized financing, including bridging, buy-to-let, residential, and development mortgages. It leverages technology to streamline property finance transactions for its diverse clientele, enabling faster and more efficient processes across its product offerings.
Co-founded in 2013 by Christian Faes, Executive Chairman, and Ian Thomas, Chief Information Officer, LendInvest spun out of Montello, a specialist short-term property finance lender. This inception was driven by a vision to introduce alternative, technology-enabled solutions to the traditional UK property lending market, addressing its inherent inefficiencies and limited accessibility.
LendInvest serves property professionals, small and medium-sized businesses, intermediaries, landlords, and property investors. It also enables individuals and institutions to invest in secured property loans originated through its platform. The company's mission is to enhance the mortgage market by making property finance more accessible and transparent for all participants.
LendInvest has raised $744.7M across 6 funding rounds.
LendInvest has raised $744.7M in total across 6 funding rounds.
LendInvest has raised $744.7M in total across 6 funding rounds.
LendInvest's investors include Castlelake, NAB Ventures, UK, Mattias Ljungman, GP Bullhound, Tiger Management, Kleiner Perkins, Moonfire Ventures, Tribe Capital, Macquarie.
LendInvest is a UK-based fintech company operating as a non-bank mortgage lender and online marketplace for property finance and investing. It provides loans to property professionals, SMEs, developers, landlords, and homeowners while enabling investors—from individuals to institutions—to fund these secured property-backed loans, having facilitated over £2 billion in investments since 2008 across more than 7,000 properties.[1][3] Its proprietary technology platform, including the Genesys loan origination system and Loan Engine, streamlines applications, automates loan matching, and delivers data transparency, targeting underserved segments like bridging finance, development loans, buy-to-let mortgages, and specialist homeowner products for self-employed borrowers.[1][2][4][6] With strong growth—such as £320 million lent in its early years, 20% revenue increase to £40 million by 2017, and public listing on the London Stock Exchange's AIM in 2021—LendInvest positions itself as a disruptor in the £300 billion UK mortgage market dominated by slow banks.[1][2][3][4]
LendInvest was founded in 2013 by Christian Faes and Ian Thomas, who identified a market gap during the 2008 financial crisis when traditional banks retreated from specialist property lending. They initially launched Montello, a short-term property finance lender, before spinning out LendInvest in 2012-2013 to modernize the sector using technology.[1][3][4] Faes, the CEO, has emphasized disrupting the regulatorily burdened, legacy-system UK mortgage market, starting with bridging loans and expanding into development loans (2015), buy-to-let (2017), and specialist mortgages (2022).[2][3][4][5] Early traction included £17 million from Atomico in 2016, the launch of a Luxembourg-domiciled Real Estate Opportunity Fund in 2014, and its first fintech-led £259 million securitization in 2019, culminating in its 2021 public listing.[1][4]
LendInvest rides the fintech disruption wave in property finance, capitalizing on post-2008 bank retrenchment, regulatory pressures on incumbents, and rising demand for agile non-bank lending in a £300 billion market. Its timing aligns with digital transformation trends, enabling faster funding for UK homebuilders and investors amid housing shortages and volatile rates, while diversifying into mainstream products like buy-to-let and homeowner mortgages.[1][2][3][4] By democratizing access—pairing retail/institutional capital with loans via tech—it influences the ecosystem by challenging bank dominance, fostering property development (7,000+ projects), and setting precedents like fintech securitizations and bonds, accelerating sector innovation.[1][3][5]
LendInvest is poised to expand as the UK's largest non-bank mortgage lender, scaling its marketplace model across niches to mainstream home loans via tech efficiencies and diversified funding. Trends like regulatory shifts favoring agile lenders, persistent housing demand, and institutional appetite for stable real estate yields will propel growth, potentially through more securitizations, bond issuances, and product launches. Its public status and VC backing position it to deepen ecosystem influence, blending fintech speed with property market resilience for sustained dominance.[1][3][5] This evolution from crisis-born disruptor to scale-up leader underscores its mission to reinvent mortgages for all stakeholders.[2]
LendInvest has raised $744.7M across 6 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $341.1M Debt in January 2026.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2026 | $341.1M Debt | Castlelake | |
| Aug 12, 2019 | $241.6M Debt | NAB Ventures | UK |
| Sep 17, 2018 | $39.5M Debt / Series C | Mattias Ljungman, GP Bullhound, Tiger Management | |
| Sep 1, 2018 | $40.0M Series C | Kleiner Perkins, Moonfire Ventures, Tribe Capital | |
| Apr 29, 2016 | $58.5M Debt | Macquarie | |
| Mar 1, 2016 | $24.0M Series B | Mattias Ljungman | Kleiner Perkins, Moonfire Ventures, Tribe Capital |