SmartBiz Loans

company

About

SmartBiz Loans is a unique combination of an online SBA loan marketplace and a bank enabling technology platform.

  • 51 - 100

Details

Last Funding Type
Seed
Industries
Financial Services,FinTech,Lending,Marketplace
Founded date
Jan 1, 2009
Number Of Employee
51 - 100
Operating Status
Active

SmartBiz Loans is the #1 online SBA loan marketplace for small business loans. The intelligent technology platform makes applying for an SBA loan fast and easy while increasing the likelihood of approval for small businesses by matching the borrower with the SBA preferred lending bank most likely to fund their particular business. 90% to 95% of the loans SmartBiz refers to its bank partners get funded. Bank partners using the SmartBiz platform to originate and underwriter SBA loans in a compliant manner can also process these loans 70% to 90% more efficiently then before.

Based in the financial district of San Francisco, SmartBiz Loans is privately held. The company was founded in 2009 by a team of experienced financial services entrepreneurs with backing from leading venture capital firms including Investor Growth Capital, Venrock, First Round Capital, Baseline Ventures, and SoftTech VC.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
2
$4.50M
SmartBiz Loans has raised a total of $4.50M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 10, 2010 from a Series A round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Jul 10, 2010 Series A $4.50M 1 Detail
Jan 1, 2009 Seed 1 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
SmartBiz Loans is funded by 1 investors. PayPal are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
PayPal Series A