Lendahand Blog

UpdatesWritten by Koen The on 4 May 2022

Lendahand is pleased to announce the ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Fund (AA SIF) is acquiring a stake in our crowdfunding platform.

ImpactWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 29 April 2022

How much CO2 emissions does a solar home system avoid? Does it depend on the light bulb you use? How can the reporting on this improve? Today, Max Steenbrink shares the findings from his research with us.

UpdatesWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 21 April 2022

Mongolia is back on the Lendahand map, with InvesCore joining our platform. It’s been a while since Lendahand offered investment opportunities to support SME entrepreneurs in the country.

UpdatesWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 18 April 2022

The newest addition to Lendahand is microfinance institution FACES, an NGO set up in 1991 to support small entrepreneurs with microloans. The non-profit MFI mainly serves women, making up 54% of their client base, and operates for 57% of their portfolio in rural areas.

UpdatesWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 30 March 2022

Amazing news! For the third time, Lendahand has been awarded the Crowdfunding Platform of the Year.

UpdatesWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 28 March 2022

Two is better than one, and after recently welcoming our first microfinance institution in Kyrgyzstan on Lendahand, we’re now excited to soon launch projects with a second MFI in the region: Bailyk. With Bailyk, we will double the impact our crowd can make in Kyrgyzstan.

UpdatesWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 25 March 2022

For the fourth time in a row, Lendahand received the Best Choice label and a nomination for Crowdfunding platform of the Year from IEX.nl. Time to evaluate the customer service at Lendahand.

ImpactWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 14 February 2022

Our portfolio is expanding, not only in offerings and volumes, but also geographically. We’ve listed four items about Kyrgyzstan that are of particular interest to impact investors looking to expand their impact investing portfolio.

UpdatesWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 4 February 2022

We’re excited to tap into a new region by adding Kyrgyzstan to our portfolio. Lendahand welcomes our first Kyrgyz portfolio company: Salym, a microfinance institution that supports entrepreneurs and people in rural and peri-urban areas, outside of the cities.

ImpactWritten by Lynn Hamerlinck on 6 January 2022

Our team recently had the opportunity to visit one of portfolio company Redavia's clients in Kenya. We've listed 5 ways the solar farm is impacting an agri-business and local community.