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NSR Invest, which allows Lending Club and Prosper investors to analyze loan data and direct investments, has made Prosper's Q3 data available; users can now backtest the most recent Prosper loan data and view trends of older vintages yet to reach maturity; originations for Q3 2016 totaled $311 million. Source
Merger will result in the largest robo-advisor in marketplace lending; the companies will operate separately for now but the company aims to take the best of both platforms; the funds offered will be streamlined with the LendingRobot Series fund being the focus going forward; Bo Brustkern, co-founder and CEO of NSR Invest, will be leading the new entity with Emmanuel Marot, co-founder and CEO of LendingRobot, acting as a special advisor; the new entity will have $150 million in assets under management with over 8,000 clients. Source