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Lovey (formerly Love Finance)

Birmingham, UKwww.lovey.com1expert edge

UK-based fintech SME lending platform founded 2016, providing fast business loans and alternative financing to 10,000+ businesses with £400M+ funded; bootstrapped, profitable, and scaled to 110+ employees by 2025.

Why interesting to a deal team

Jack Smith's bootstrapped fintech platform demonstrates profitable alternative lending at scale. Paragon Bank partnership (£35M credit facility) and API integrations with iwoca/Funding Circle show strategic partnership expansion potential.

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Jack Smith

Founder & CEO

Lovey

FounderBirmingham

Bootstrapped founder who scaled a UK SME lender to £400m funded and 900% revenue growth without VC money, now adding institutional debt capital and lender-API partnerships.

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