Business Insider interviewed Renaud Laplanche last week at LendIt Europe; on his exit from Lending Club, Laplanche stated, “It was very, very frustrating. I'm not commenting on the story, but the best way to actually understand what really happened is to read the filings. I think the press made it sound a lot worse, a lot more sensational, than it really was.”; he is taking what he learned from building Lending Club and applying it to his new company Upgrade; Laplanche stated that he hopes to launch a new product each year with possible expansion into mortgages, auto loans, credit cards, home equity and lines of credit. Source
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Below you will find the presentations of several speakers at LendIt USA 2015. This includes, Renaud Laplanche (Founder & CEO, Lending...
One of the true pioneers of the fintech space joins us for the show today. This is someone who has...
Just last month we hosted our largest event, which brought together nearly 2,500 delegates to New York for LendIt USA...
Today we got a glimpse of what former Lending Club CEO Renaud Laplanche has been working on since he resigned...
It came as a complete shock to everyone. When I woke up on May 9th last year I could not...
SuperMoney reviews the new US consumer lending platform founded by Renaud Laplanche; firm is an online lender focused on personal loans, also offering consumer credit monitoring and education for its customers with benefits for high quality borrowers; SuperMoney outlines the platform's underwriting standards, application process, and pros and cons versus competitors. Source
Renaud Laplanche launched his new online lending firm at the beginning of April; Upgrade raised $60 million for its launch and is reportedly valued at $168 million; the company will compete directly with many unsecured consumer lenders offering loans from $2,000 to $50,000; a key part of the offering will be a mobile app to help borrowers manage their finances which has yet to be released. Source
There are still funding rounds getting done during the pandemic, evenly solidly up rounds; Renaud Laplanche’s Upgrade has just closed...
In his first public appearance in over a year Renaud Laplanche, the CEO of Upgrade, gave a presentation this past...