Description

In the early days of the online lending space, when it came to institutional capital, one name seemed to be in more deals than any other: Victory Park Capital. And while the industry has matured a great deal since then, in no small part thanks to the capital invested by Victory Park, their thesis remains the same: lend money where banks won't.

My next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Brendan Carroll, Co-Founder and Senior Partner of Victory Park. I am so pleased to finally get Brendan on the show after first inviting him many years ago. They have a great story to tell and they continue to fuel the growth of private credit, providing capital to a wide variety of different lenders.

In this podcast you will learn:

• The founding story of Victory Park Capital.
• Their fortunate timing of the closing of their first institutional fund.
• What they saw as the opportunity in the early days of the online lending space.
• Why they pulled out of the peer-to-peer lending platforms fairly quickly.
• How they are able to get comfortable investing with new lending platforms.
• What types of lenders they are working with today and the regions they operate.
• Why businesses are staying with Victory Park a bit longer today.
• Why their check sizes are higher today than five years ago.
• The niche of consumer finance they are most bullish on today.
• How the equity funding pullback has impacted their business.
• How lenders can set themselves for success and get a deal with Victory Park done.
• Brendan's views on the future of asset-back private credit.

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