DISQUS

VentureBeat: GlobeFunder, social lending and microfinance here and abroad

  • Pablo H. · 2 years ago
    I think the'rey really bennefiting from the popularity of Kiva - a microloan portal started out of Stanford. Kiva has received a huge amount of attention and press over the last 18 months - including op-eds praising them in the NYT and WSJ.

    It wouldn't surprise me if Omidyar or Skoll where to inject some money thier way. Many eBay alumni really relate with the peer-to-peer microloan approach.
  • Pablo H. · 2 years ago
    Sorry, forgot to include a link to Kiva:

    http://www.kiva.org/about/press/
  • Pablo · 2 years ago
    Sorry, i forgot to include a link to Kiva;

    http://www.kiva.org/about/press/
  • Ben Decio · 2 years ago
    GlobeFunder offers a different approach than Kiva - market driven interest rates for investors - the idea is not to become Kiva or Prosper....both have done well to show the possibility of person-to-person lending...When the GlobeFunder launch occurs both in the US and our first international country (both slated for October launch)...the value propostion to both GlobeFunder's investors and borrowers, will be immediately apparent, scalable, and unique. Check back in a few weeks as we begin to discuss the latest happenings with GlobeFunder as we move closer to our October launch date. Thanks.

    Ben Decio
    President and Co-Founder
    GlobeFunder
  • Amish Shah · 2 years ago
    Think about it....1 billion + people with little to no access to capital.
    A way to get cash to these people through an efficient market and capital.
    Prosper has validated the use of social (peer to peer) lending through a web based portal domestically and there is plenty of room for more in this space, especially internationally.
    Globe Funder is on track. Eventaully large banks will pay a premium to get this distribution and these companies will be worth a fortune.
  • Social Lending Watch · 2 years ago
    We recently published an exclusive interview with Brian Mullally prior to this news about their investment. You can read it at Social Lending Watch: http://www.sociallendingwatch.com/2007/07/10/sl...
  • P2P-Banking.com · 2 years ago
    See the earlier interview P2P-Banking.com conducted with Globefunder CEO Brian Mullally:
    http://www.wiseclerk.com/group-news/countries/u...
  • Tim · 2 years ago
    Check out the GlobeFunder plan on YouTube:

    Part 1
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YWoNgpr09U
    Part 2
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhrN55rAV6I

    Also, please see our latest interim site at www.globefunder.com
    Click 'sign up' to stay updated on the latest at GlobeFunder

    Tim
    GlobeFunder Team
  • Kamolindu Karmokar · 2 years ago
    We are an NGO involved in microcredit and other educational activities.We have partnership agreement with Kiva and we gained a lot from. It is really wonderful that Globefunder is going launch a great program including asia countries- Like Bangladesh. Thank you for your assistance.