Apr 17, 2019

Lendified , a Toronto-based FinTech, announced today that it has closed a $15 million CAD Series A funding round, in order to continue its growth within Canada. The round was co-led by WD Capital Markets and INFOR Financial , and saw funding from CI Financial Corp., Windsor Private Capital, FirePower Capital , and a group of investors including Glenn Murphy, founder of FIS Holdings and former CEO of Gap Inc. and Shoppers Drug Mart. “Digital lending by the SME sector in Canada [is] a segment we believe offers more than $5 billion in lending opportunities.” Launched in 2015 Lendified provides short-term loans to small businesses in Canada. It also offers tools for managing cash flow, as well as advanced credit adjudication software to financial service providers across North America. The company offers business loans up to $150,000 for terms up to two years. It touts itself as a “fast and affordable” way for businesses to get quotes instantly and loans within 48 hours. Since its launch, Lendified has received more than $600,000,000 in loan requests and experienced exceptional growth and portfolio performance, according to the company. The startup’s underwriting process is also powered by its in-house SaaS platform, JUDI. Lendified called JUDI a “state-of-the-art” credit adjudication platform that allows users to quickly and accurately assess, price, and monitor credit risk, as well as help those users “provide the best possible services to customers”. JUDI was created by Lendified’s technology division and is powered by AI. Besides offering loans, Lendified also offers its SaaS platform to credit unions, community banks, and other financial services companies. Lendified stated that it plans to use the funding to help it become “a leading small business lender and SaaS company.” “With this additional capital, we will continue building our lending activity within a marketplace experiencing significant adoption of digital lending by the SME sector in Canada, a segment we believe offers more than $5 billion in lending opportunities”, said Kevin Clark, president and co-founder of Lendified.