LendingClub
San Francisco-based financial services company and the first peer-to-peer lender to register offerings as securities with the SEC. Now pivoting to institutional lending and a bank holding company model after acquiring Radius Bank.
Why interesting to a deal team
Adrienne Harris served as board director; Bobby Tzekin is now a funding partner. Both bring institutional lending credibility. The company's regulatory pedigree and institutional relationships offer value for PE investors building specialty lending platforms.
Experts connected to this company
- Adrienne HarrisBoard director for six weeks in 2021, then resigned
- Bobby TzekinFormer Head of Product Management, now a funding partner
Adrienne Harris
Board Director; Professor of Practice at University of Michigan
LendingClub; University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy
Just-departed, longest-serving NY financial regulator now advising from Sullivan & Cromwell — unmatched insight into how DFS treats lender licensing, AI, and cyber rules.
Bobby Tzekin
CEO & Co-founder
Wisetack
Founder-CEO of a fast-scaling embedded BNPL platform (10,010% 3-yr growth) building a multi-bank lending network across home services, dental, and auto repair.
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