Paragon Bank

Solihull, UKwww.paragonbank.co.uk1expert edge

UK-based FTSE 250 specialist bank offering mortgages, business loans, and savings products with £15.7B net loan book, strong SME lending division, and established wholesale funding platform.

Why interesting to a deal team

Paragon's £35M revolving credit facility to Lovey demonstrates institutional partnerships with fintech platforms. FTSE 250 scale and specialist lending capability position for PE-backed alternative lending consolidation strategy.

Experts connected to this company

Jack SmithProvided £35m revolving credit facility to Lovey

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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