An inside track to the future of asset-based finance (ABF) and fintech lending. Each month, we spotlight emerging players and disruptive business models in the fast-evolving world of alternative credit. Through expert interviews and exclusive insights, we decode the decisions happening behind closed doors, where capital meets technology to drive the future of digital finance. Stay informed. Stay ahead. Welcome to the Digital Dividend – by Fasanara Capital.
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#14 – Forus – Bridging the financing gap for MSMEs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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25:10In this episode we are joined by Nosaibah Alrajhi, the visionary CEO and Founder of Forus. Through the discussion we learn how Nosaibah was inspired to start Forus to simultaneously bridge the financing gap micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Saudi Arabia are faced with while also supporting the Vision 2030 goal of increasing SME’…
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#13 - Flowpay - Award-winning Czech SME lender funding ecom sellers in minutes
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37:15In this episode we are joined by William Jalloul the Founder and CEO of Flowpay, an award-winning Czech SME lender. A life-long entrepreneur, William talks us through his admirable journey, including how he built and exited a successful consulting business before testing his hand in the VC space prior to founding Flowpay. Created with the goal of p…
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#12 – Finspot – Serbian factoring lender providing fully digital working capital to SMEs
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40:02In this episode we are joined by Finspot's trio of founders Miljan Gudelj (CEO), Jovan Milovanovic (CDO), and Ognjen Kurtic (CTO). We have an insightful conversation on how Miljan's experience running a small business that needed a better working capital funding solution sprouted the idea to partner with his tech-savvy friends Jovan and Ognjen to b…
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#11 – Zvilo – Kosovo’s leading digital lender, fuelling trade by providing working capital digitally to SMEs
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31:00Welcome to the first episode of The Digital Dividend. In this episode we are joined by Zvilo's Founder and CEO Admir Imami. Leveraging the experiences gained across multiple successful exits of previously founded businesses, including a direct lender, factoring company, and asset manager, Admir has built Zvilo into the leading non-bank working capi…
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#10 – Plata – Mexican fintech credit card lender soon to be digital bank
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45:47Welcome to the first episode of The Digital Dividend. In this episode we are joined by Plata's CEO and Co-Founder Neri Tollardo. Plata was born when a team from Tinkoff Bank, decided to leverage their experience of having built the first, largest, and most successful digital bank and credit card issuer in Russia to do the same in Mexico. Despite ha…
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#9 – Karmen – French fintech SME lender with a forward-looking approach
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23:57Welcome to The Digital Dividend! In this episode we are joined by Karmen's Co-Founder Gabriel Thierry. After seeing first-hand the astronomical growth and success of revenue-based SME lending models in the US, Gabriel and his co-founder Paul seized the opportunity to be the first player to launch a tech-driven RBF lending business in their home cou…
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#8 – Tilta – German B2B BNPL embedded payment solution provider
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29:24Welcome to The Digital Dividend! In this episode we are joined by Tilta's Founder Christoph Nicola. With the goal of enabling B2B marketplaces to provide their sellers the ability to offer extended repayment terms to their buyers via the seamless integration of Tilta in a single line of code, Tilta is a digital payment service provider and lender s…
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#7 – Multifi – UK SME payables finance lender taking a digital first approach
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25:31Welcome to The Digital Dividend! In this episode we are joined by Multifi’s Founder and CEO Rob Keown-Boyd. A repeat founder, Rob discusses how lessons learned from a previous digital lending venture helped him when planning and launching Multifi, the UK’s newest SME working capital lender providing a digital-first payables finance solution. In add…
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#6 - Finiata - Leveraging tech to prudently provide working capital to Polish SMEs at speed
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24:45Welcome to The Digital Dividend! In this episode we are joined by Finiata's CEO Anna Kozlowska, who worked her way up to a leadership position by learning the business inside and out after joining the firm as a sales manager in 2018. Through the course of the discussion, Gennaro Crocamo and Matt Kus from Fasanara's origination desk gain interesting…
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#5 - Flexfin - Greece's first and only licensed non-bank factoring fintech
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54:15Welcome to The Digital Dividend ! In this episode, Flexfin's co-founders and life-long friends, Dimitris Vranopoulos and Alex Kelaiditis, join Matt Kus and Gennaro Crocamo from Fasanara's origination desk. Dimitris and Alex provide insight into their unique founder journeys, starting with a friendship in elementary school which endured as they both…
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#3 - Novicap - Pioneering Spanish digital SME lender
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41:10Welcome to Digital Dividend ! In this episode, Novicap's Founder and CEO, Federico Travella joins Francesco Filia (Founder & CEO) and Matt Kus (Head of Originations for Developed Markets) from Fasanara Capital. Federico discussed his journey from training in marine biology to founding and scaling up one of the largest non-bank SME working capital l…
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#2 - StashFin - Leading FinTech Consumer Lender in India
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21:55Welcome to the second episode of The Digital Dividend. For this episode we have Naman Rastogi from our Fasanara VC team speaking with Shruti Aggarwal, Co-founder StashFin. We spoke at length about the consumer lending landscape in India and learnt how StashFin became a successful FinTech lending company in India. Shruti highlights some of the key m…
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#1 - SME Finance - Largest non-bank lender in the Baltics
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55:57Welcome to the first episode of The Digital Dividend. For our inaugural episode we welcomed Mindaugas Mikalajūnas, CEO of SME Finance. We learned how SME Finance started as an idea by three ex-coworkers with 100K of their own capital to the largest non-bank lender in the Baltics with >150 million outstanding portfolio. Mindaugas highlights some of …
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A bi-weekly intake of the most prominent news, trends and features surrounding fintech, digital finance and the platform economy. We’ll cover controversies, debates, and interviews on the biggest topics you haven’t heard about. Our efforts will uncover the decisions made behind closed doors that affect the digital future of marketplaces, economies,…
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