Lend Academy Article: Funding Circle Kicks Off 2017 with $100mn Equity Round

Funding Circle has announced a new equity investment of $100 million; the funding round was led by Accel and included existing investors Baillie Gifford, DST Global, Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Rocket Internet, Sands Capital Ventures, Temasek and Union Square Ventures; the funding brings the firm’s total capital raised to $373 million and makes it the largest and best capitalized SME lending platform in the world.  Source