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Zopa

Leading UK online lending marketplace, which has lent more than £4 billion to almost 0.5M+ borrowers since 2005.

The company provides car loans, debt consolidation loans, home improvement loans, wedding loans, peer to peer investments and innovative finance ISA

Milestones

2004
Founded by Giles, Tim, and Dave
2014
£15M funding round led by Arrowgrass Capital Partners
2017
£32M funding round l ed by Wadhawan Global Capital and Northzone
2018
£60M funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, Forward Partners, Northzone, Augmentum Fintech
2018
Secured «banking license with restrictions»
2019
£140M funding round to obtain a full banking license led by IAG Capital
2021
£300M funding round led by Softbank Vision Fund 2 with participation from Chimera Capital and existing investors IAG Silverstripe, Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, NorthZone and Augmentum
2023
£75M funding round led by IAG Silverstripe with Augmentum and Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP

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Founders

Key locations

  • London, UK

Runa invested

  • Jan 2013

Runa team

Co-investors

Themes

Recent News

25 June 2020
Zopa lands UK bank licence, set to launch credit card and saving account
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