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Reaching More Women-Owned-SMEs: An Update
UpdatesWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 8 August 2022Last year, Lendahand received a grant to help finance more women-owned SMEs. How are we doing so far?
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First Dutch platform to receive new European crowdfunding license
Written by Lynn Hamerlinck on 25 August 2022
The new license has arrived! Lendahand is the first Dutch crowdfunding platform to receive the new European Crowdfunding Service Provider license from the Dutch Authority for Financial Markets (AFM).
UpdatesWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 8 August 2022
Wake up for coffee farmers with Café Perú
UpdatesWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 1 August 2022The newest addition on Lendahand is Café Perú, a corporation that helps rural smallholder coffee farmers in Peru grow and better their working and living conditions.
Validus cracks the funding gap code for SMEs in Southeast Asia
UpdatesWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 12 July 2022Getting a business loan can be a long and complex process for SME entrepreneurs. Validus, the newest company raising funds on Lendahand, changes that narrative with their digital lending platform.
Lendahand has acquired French platform Babyloan
Today we are pleased to announce that we have acquired the French social impact microcredit crowdfunding platform Babyloan.
ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Fund invests in Lendahand
Lendahand is pleased to announce the ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Fund (AA SIF) is acquiring a stake in our crowdfunding platform.
InvesCore brings back impact-investing in Mongolia
UpdatesWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 21 April 2022Mongolia is back on the Lendahand map, with InvesCore joining our platform. It’s been a while since Lendahand offered investment opportunities to support SME entrepreneurs in the country.
FACES Finances Entrepreneurs in Ecuador
UpdatesWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 18 April 2022The newest addition to Lendahand is microfinance institution FACES, an NGO set up in 1991 to support small entrepreneurs with microloans. The non-profit MFI mainly serves women, making up 54% of their client base, and operates for 57% of their portfolio in rural areas.
Third IEX Golden Bull for Crowdfunding Platform of the Year 2021
UpdatesWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 30 March 2022Amazing news! For the third time, Lendahand has been awarded the Crowdfunding Platform of the Year.
Welcome Bailyk: Second MFI in Kyrgyzstan on Lendahand
UpdatesWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 28 March 2022Two is better than one, and after recently welcoming our first microfinance institution in Kyrgyzstan on Lendahand, we’re now excited to soon launch projects with a second MFI in the region: Bailyk. With Bailyk, we will double the impact our crowd can make in Kyrgyzstan.
Investors give Lendahand a score of 9
UpdatesWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 25 March 2022For the fourth time in a row, Lendahand received the Best Choice label and a nomination for Crowdfunding platform of the Year from IEX.nl. Time to evaluate the customer service at Lendahand.
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