LendingRobot
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Comment: LendingRobot may be notable, but we require multiple, reliable, independent, secondary sources providing in-depth coverage to provide evidence of it as described above. The NYT is a passing reference, GeekWire is an interview and may not meet WP's narrow definition of reliable. American Banker appears to meet our critieria, but we need one more like it. You might also take a look at User:Joe Decker/IsThisNotable. I'm still working on refining it, but my hope is to provide a more step-by-stem (if still not simple) approach to explaining what we need in terms of demonstrating notability. Perhaps it will be helpful. jāe deckertalk 18:11, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Personal finance, Software |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington |
Key people | Emmanuel Marot, Gilad Golan |
| Products | Peer-to-peer lending |
| Website | LendingRobot.com |
LendingRobot is an automated investment service for Marketplace Lending and retail investors. It is based in Seattle, Washington, and was the first SEC-registered Investment Advisor in the Marketplace Lending industry.
History
LendingRobot was originally created as a small script by Emmanuel Marot and Gilad Golan to automate their own, personal investments on Lending Club. After discovering that the most popular loans were gone a few seconds only after publication, they decided to offer the service to other individual investors. The first tests with external users were made in September 2013. In the following months, LendingRobot accepted more users while still remaining in private beta.
LendingRobot added support for the Prosper Marketplace in February 2014, and became registered as Investment Advisor with the SEC in April 2014
It closed first a Seed Round of $700,000 dollars during the spring of 2014, and a Series A financing round of approximately $3 million in January 2015, led by investor Runa_Capital.
External links
- Company Website LendingRobot official website
References
- Techcrunch LendingRobot Scores $3M To Automate Investing On P2P Lending
- NY Times Loans that avoid banks? Maybe not
- American Banker Five Companies to Watch
- Geekwire: [1] and [2]
- Top 25 hottest Fintech Start-ups
- Q&A with LendingRobot at Peer & Social Lending]
- Crowdfund Insider
- CrunchBase
- Finovate Spring2014 Sneak Peek
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