Lend Academy Podcast

SunTrust is an interesting bank. They invested in Prosper as part of a huge funding round last year. They have also provided funding lines for the likes of OnDeck, CAN Capital and Credibly. At the same time they own Lightstream one of the leading online consumer lenders. Todd Nelson has been around consumer lending for more than 25 […] The post Podcast 73: Todd Nelson of Lightstream appeared first on Lend Academy.

  Marlette Funding has only been around since 2014 but they are already building a stellar track record. They were the fastest platform to reach $1 billion although given the challenges other fast growing platforms have had that is not something to brag about these days. Having said that Marlette is firing on all cylinders […] The post Podcast 72: Josh Tonderys and Karan Mehta of Marlette Funding appeared first on Lend Academy.

StreetShares is a unique small business lender. They have only been around for a couple of years but they are quietly building a business model that has never really been attempted before in this industry. They have created an affinity model that helps build a community between borrowers and lenders that leads to real benefits for […] The post Podcast 71: The Founders of StreetShares appeared first on Lend Academy.

Since online lending is a new industry there are very few, if any, true veterans of the space – those people who have spent more than a decade honing their craft. Glenn Goldman certainly qualifies here with 12 years at the helm of the original online small business lender, CAN Capital and now CEO of […] The post Podcast 70: Glenn Goldman of Credibly appeared first on Lend Academy.

Some people saw the opportunity early. Jon Barlow not only saw the opportunity of marketplace lending but he seized upon it, creating one of the first institutional investment managers, Eaglewood Capital (now MW Eaglewood), in the space. He also broke new ground by executing the very first securitization ever of marketplace lending assets. Jon has […] The post Podcast 69: Jon Barlow, Founder of Eaglewood Capital appeared first on Lend Academy.

The ecosystem that is being built today around marketplace lending is becoming more important as the industry matures. Today, more than ever before, investors are demanding independent analysis of the risks they are taking. Our next guest on the Lend Academy Podcast is James Wu, the CEO and co-founder of MonJa. MonJa is a relatively […] The post Podcast 68: James Wu of MonJa appeared first on Lend Academy.

Brian Korn, a partner with at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, has become one of the leading legal voices in the marketplace lending industry. He has worked with both lending platforms and investors over the past several years and knows the intricacies of the law on both sides. I wanted to get Brian on the […] The post Podcast 67: Brian Korn of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips appeared first on Lend Academy.

Nav Athwal has pretty much a perfect background to be successful as the CEO of a prominent real estate crowdfunding platform. He started off as a real estate broker, became a real estate lawyer, worked with then startups Airbnb and Pinterest, helped institutional investors buy real estate and also started buying real estate himself. So, he has […] The post Podcast 66: Nav Athwal of RealtyShares appeared first on Lend Academy.

Brian Weinstein has a unique perspective on this industry. He used to manage a $300 billion fixed income portfolio at BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, and so he has a deep understanding of fixed income – what is most important and how it performs in different economic cycles. With this lens on the space Brian […] The post Podcast 65: Brian Weinstein of Blue Elephant appeared first on Lend Academy.

It has been an extraordinarily busy past couple of weeks as far as industry news goes. So, I wanted to get the perspective of someone who is well connected with both investors and lending platforms on to the show to talk about the recent events. Matt Burton is the CEO and co-founder of Orchard Platform, […] The post Podcast 64: Matt Burton of Orchard appeared first on Lend Academy.

As the marketplace lending industry has matured the supportive ecosystem is being built as we go. One of the key players in this developing ecosystem is PeerIQ. They are bringing institutional quality analytics to an asset class that previously didn’t have it. In this episode of the Lend Academy podcast I talk with Ram Ahluwalia, […] The post Podcast 63: Ram Ahluwalia of PeerIQ appeared first on Lend Academy.

The online lending world will converge on San Francisco on April 11-12 for LendIt USA 2016. The fourth annual conference will be the biggest ever with over 3,500 people expected. As many of you know I am one of the co-founders of this event. In the latest edition of the Lend Academy Podcast I talk […] The post Podcast 62: Jason Jones on LendIt USA 2016 appeared first on Lend Academy.

There is a reason that companies like Microsoft and Oracle are some of the most successful companies of the last 25 years. The world runs on software and our industry is no different. In the latest episode of the Lend Academy Podcast I interview Snehal Fulzele, the CEO and Co-founder of Cloud Lending Solutions. Snehal […] The post Podcast 61: Snehal Fulzele of Cloud Lending Solutions appeared first on Lend Academy.

There are very few companies in this industry that can say they have been through multiple credit cycles. CAN Capital is one of those companies having started in 1998 and they have been profitable every year since 2007. That is quite a track record. While Dan DeMeo has not been there since the beginning he […] The post Podcast 60: Dan DeMeo of CAN Capital appeared first on Lend Academy.

One of the more interesting companies in the online small business lending space is Biz2Credit. They are far more than just an online lender as you will find out in the latest edition of the Lend Academy podcast. Rohit Arora is the co-founder and CEO of Biz2Credit and he has his finger on the pulse of […] The post Podcast 59: Rohit Arora of Biz2Credit appeared first on Lend Academy.

Real estate is probably the hottest asset class in the online lending space with dozens of platforms having launched in the past couple of years. One of the more interesting platforms is PeerStreet which was started by a former real estate attorney and a tech entrepreneur. In the latest episode of the Lend Academy podcast […] The post Podcast 58: Brew Johnson of PeerStreet appeared first on Lend Academy.

In just the last six years loanDepot has gone from nothing to the second largest non-bank retail lender in the country by disrupting real estate lending. Last year they launched an online personal loan product and that business is growing steadily as well. Our guest in the latest edition of the Lend Academy Podcast is Anthony […] The post Podcast 57: Anthony Hsieh of loanDepot appeared first on Lend Academy.

Partnering with banks is one of the current hot topics in marketplace lending. But there is one company that has made this their core business for almost seven years now. In this episode of the Lend Academy Podcast we interview Vince Passione, the CEO of LendKey. LendKey is a fascinating company that has been partnering […] The post Podcast 56: Vince Passione of LendKey appeared first on Lend Academy.

OnDeck is the largest online small business lender in the U.S. today and they are also the first to go public, conducting their IPO less than one week after Lending Club. So, in the second podcast episode of 2016 I thought I would go back to back with the two public companies in our space. […] The post Podcast 55: Noah Breslow of OnDeck appeared first on Lend Academy.

Since we last had Renaud Laplanche, the CEO and founder of Lending Club, on the Lend Academy Podcast in the summer of 2014 a lot has happened. Lending Club has gone public and they have grown to a scale where they are now issuing billions of dollars in new loans every quarter. In our first podcast […] The post Podcast 54: Renaud Laplanche of Lending Club appeared first on Lend Academy.