Zopa is a P2P money lending service that allows lenders and borrowers to deal directly with one another, cutting out the banks who act as middlemen. The Company works in the following way: the company first categorizes borrower credit grades with an A*, A, B, C or Y rating; then lenders make offers that vary by money amount and time period for persons with a certain credit grade; and borrowers can then agree the aggregate offered rate.
Zopa takes on such responsibilities as distributing money between parties, completing the legal paperwork, performing borrower identity/credit checks, and employing a collections agency that chases missed payments for the lender. The Company also mitigates risk for lenders by enforcing monthly direct debit repayment, making borrowers sign a legal contract, and allowing lenders to lend small chunks of money to individual borrowers. Zopa itself makes money by charging a fixed fee for borrowers and 1% annual fee for lenders.
Zopa was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in London, GB
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Key People/Management at Zopa
Giles Andrews
Co-Founder & Chairman
Jaidev Janardana
Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director
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Zopa Office Locations
Zopa has an office in London
London, GB (HQ)
47-49 Tooley St
London, GB
90 Fetter Ln
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Zopa Financials and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2005 |
Total Funding | $111.3 m |
Latest funding size | $41.18 m |
Time since last funding | a year ago |
Investors | Orange Growth Capital (OGC), Balderton Capital, Spotify, Wadhawan Global Capital, Draper Associates, iZettle, Arrowgrass Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Benchmark, Augmentum Capital, Northzone, Wellington Partners, Forward Partners |
Zopa's latest funding round in June 2017 was reported to be $41.2 m. In total, Zopa has raised $111.3 m
Zopa Financials
Zopa's revenue was reported to be £33.22 m in FY, 2016
| GBP | |
|---|---|
Revenue (FY, 2016) | 33.2 m |
Gross profit (FY, 2016) | 22.3 m |
Gross profit margin (FY, 2016), % | 67.2% |
Net income (FY, 2016) | (5.8 m) |
EBITDA (FY, 2016) | (5.2 m) |
EBIT (FY, 2016) | (5.9 m) |
Cash (31-Dec-2016) | 9.8 m |
| GBP | FY, 2007 | FY, 2008 | FY, 2009 | FY, 2010 | FY, 2011 | FY, 2012 | FY, 2013 | FY, 2014 | FY, 2015 | FY, 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Revenue | 523.6 k | 673 k | 888.5 k | 1.7 m | 2.2 m | 3 m | 5.4 m | 11.5 m | 20.6 m | 33.2 m |
Revenue growth, % | 113% | 80% | ||||||||
Cost of goods sold | 152.3 k | 73.2 k | 157.7 k | 123.1 k | 164.4 k | 211.2 k | 2.3 m | 6.2 m | 9.9 m | 10.9 m |
Gross profit | 371.3 k | 599.8 k | 730.8 k | 1.6 m | 2.1 m | 2.8 m | 3.1 m | 5.3 m | 10.7 m | 22.3 m |
| GBP | FY, 2007 | FY, 2008 | FY, 2009 | FY, 2010 | FY, 2011 | FY, 2012 | FY, 2013 | FY, 2014 | FY, 2015 | FY, 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cash | 773 k | 669.7 k | 902.9 k | 536.3 k | 520.5 k | 4.2 m | 1 m | 13.3 m | 13.6 m | 9.8 m |
Accounts Receivable | 48.7 k | 156.5 k | 9.1 k | 20 k | 429.7 k | 533.6 k | ||||
Current Assets | 1.5 m | 1.2 m | 1 m | 726.3 k | 754.9 k | 4.3 m | 1.2 m | 15.6 m | 14.8 m | 13.3 m |
PP&E | 40.7 k | 57.1 k | 64 k | 59.8 k | 53.8 k | 32.4 k | 298 k | 675.5 k | 671.2 k | 1.4 m |
| GBP | FY, 2007 | FY, 2008 | FY, 2009 | FY, 2010 | FY, 2011 | FY, 2012 | FY, 2013 | FY, 2014 | FY, 2015 | FY, 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Net Income | (5.7 m) | (798.6 k) | (334.4 k) | (392.3 k) | 26.2 k | 32.5 k | (2.6 m) | (6.1 m) | (8.9 m) | (5.8 m) |
Cash From Operating Activities | (3.7 m) | (7.1 m) | (5.2 m) | (3.2 m) | ||||||
Cash From Financing Activities | 3.1 m | 19.9 m | 5.7 m | 2 m | ||||||
Net Change in Cash | 737.2 k | 12.3 m | 228.4 k | (3.8 m) |
| GBP | Y, 2016 |
|---|---|
Revenue/Employee | 218.9 k |
Financial Leverage | 1.4 x |
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Zopa News and Updates
April 12, 2018
Peer-to-peer lender Zopa reportedly in talks for new £50m fundraising
Peer-to-peer lender Zopa is in talks with investors over a fresh round of fundraising, with the fintech firm today announcing a shake-up of its structure in preparation for launching a new banking arm. Zopa is looking to raise around £50m and could value the firm at up to £400m, according to Sky …
February 20, 2018
Rothschild-backed fintech fund Augmentum aims to raise £100m in float
Augmentum Fintech, a Rothschild-backed fund investing in financial technology, today announced it will try to raise £100m in an initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange's main market. If the IPO proceeds successfully Augmentum will buy a seed portfolio it values at £33.3m, inclu…
January 29, 2018
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October 02, 2017
Zopa's searching for new borrowers through this building society
Zopa is partnering with a building society to offer its loans as it seeks to add more borrowers to the platform. The online peer-to-peer lender will provide loans at 11 bricks-and-mortar branches of Saffron Building Society across Hertfordshire, Essex and Suffolk, as well as online. "The partn…
June 21, 2017
Bessemer names Birnbaum, Karp and Shen to partner
Bessemer Venture Partners named Charles Birnbaum, Amit Karp and Kristina Shen to partner, according to a press release.
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