Peer to Business Lending
Alternative Finance Sector Report - October 2014 3
PEER TO BUSINESS LENDING
ALTERNATIVE FINANCE SECTOR REPORT
PUBLISHED
November 14
AUTHOR
Luke Jackson
Samantha Goins
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ALTERNATIVE FINANCE
MARKET
During 2013, £310m was raised through
donation-based crowdfunding, making
this the largest sector of the UK
alternative finance market (33%). £287m
was raised through peer-to-peer lending
PLATFORM
SECTOR
MARKET SHARE
(PAST 3 MONTHS)
Ratesetter
P2P Consumer Lending
16.81%
LendInvest
P2P Property Lending
16.07%
Zopa
P2P Consumer Lending
14.22%
Funding Circle
P2P Business Lending
13.99%
Market Invoice
Invoice Financing
13.62%
Wellesley & Co.
P2P Property Lending
10.25%
Platform Black
Invoice Financing
2.96%
Assetz Capital
P2P Business / Property Lending
2.96%
ThinCats
P2P Business Lending
2.66%
Crowdcube
Equity Crowdfunding
2.01%
Folk 2 Folk
P2P Property Lending
1.15%
Syndicate Room
Equity Crowdfunding
0.70%
Saving Stream
P2P Property / Marine Lending
0.63%
FundingKnight
P2P Business Lending
0.49%
Money&Co
P2P Business Lending
0.48%
Crowdbank
Equity Crowdfunding
0.48%
Rebuildingsociety
P2P Business Lending
0.25%
Abundance Generation
P2P Business Lending
0.19%
UK Bond Network
P2P Business Lending
0.08%
Liberum AltFi Volume index (Includes pure P2P and partial P2P companies) (13/08/2014)
(30.5% of the market) and £193m raised
through peer-to-business lending (20.5%
of the market). Back in 2011, donation
based crowdfunding accounted for
nearly 70% of the market - it is clear
that other sectors within the alternative
finance market are growing in popularity
with investors. The charts on page 2 and
below, evidence how the market as a
whole has grown over the last three years
and how sectors such as
peer-to-business lending and invoice
trading have witnessed dramatic growth
and increased their market share.
SOURCE:
AltFi.com
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