Key Stats
Name: SocietyOne
Sector: P2P Lending
Founders: Matt Symons, Greg Symons
CEO: Mark Jones
Year of investment: 2014, 2016
Rounds: Series A, Series B, Series C
Co-investors: Seven West Media, Consolidated Press Holdings, News Ltd
What they do
SocietyOne is Australia’s first fully compliant peer-to-peer (P2P) online lending platform connecting borrowers and investors in a secure, safe, professional online environment.
For borrowers SocietyOne offers the most competitive rates on personal loans in market and a streamlined application process.
For investors, SocietyOne is innovating in fixed interest products by identifying and targeting niche segments of mispriced risk, such as unsecured personal lending, livestock lending and medical practices, and offering investors the ability to invest in fractional loan interests, allowing them to diversify both within and across asset classes.
Why we like them
The SocietyOne founders have great track records as entrepreneurs and the technology they have brought to the table gives them a great advantage in the P2P space. It is also a business with potential synergies with Westpac.