LendingClub

also referred to as: lending club

8 statements across 6 episodes · 7 bullish · 0 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Feb 26, 2015 by Lisa Wu · said 26 times in 14 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (11), Ryan Caldbeck (3), Alex Rampell (3), Jason Brown (2), James Currier (2), Spencer Lazar (1), Rebecca Lynn (1), Niccolo De Masi (1)

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Everything said about LendingClub, oldest first

Feb 26, 2015 bullish
Disclosure
Norwest Venture Partners was the Series A investor in Lending Club
“At Northwest, we've made several bets on marketplaces. We were The Series A investor in this company called Lending Club, which is a marketplace for peer-to-peer lending.”
Lisa Wu Feb 26, 2015 ▶ 4:55 20 VC 015: Marketplaces, IPOs and the NY Startup Scene with Lisa Wu
Sep 16, 2015 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Fabrice Grinda has over $300M in exits and 200 angel investments
“He has over three hundred million dollars in exits and has made over 200 angel investments, including in the likes of Alibaba, Lending Club, and Brightroll.”
Harry Stebbings Sep 16, 2015 ▶ 0:15 20 VC 072: Super Angel, Fabrice Grinda: The Future of Startup Investing
Dec 19, 2016 bullish
Disclosure
Lynn: Canvas invested in Lending Club in Q1 2009 post-Lehman crash
“So lending club, we came in and key one of 2009 after Lehman crashed. And the, I actually sent Renaud my investing memo when I stepped off that board, and it was amazingly on in terms of why this company could be big, and it was because the banks would be asle…”
Rebecca Lynn Dec 19, 2016 ▶ 21:49 20VC: Learnings From Mary Meeker & Larry Summers, Missing Out On Uber & The Changing World of VC with Canvas Partner, Rebecca Lynn
Dec 19, 2016
Insight
Lynn: Effective board members focus on solving a startup's single biggest problem
“Being able to figure out what that one thing is that if you help fix it will make a difference is really that I would think what being a board member is all about.”
Rebecca Lynn Dec 19, 2016 ▶ 13:44 20VC: Learnings From Mary Meeker & Larry Summers, Missing Out On Uber & The Changing World of VC with Canvas Partner, Rebecca Lynn
Dec 19, 2016 positive
Assertion Supported
Lynn: Laplanche Scaled to Public CEO via Executive Coaching and Board Feedback
“He joined YPA, YPO. He got a coach. He was Always, always coming to the board and asking, how am I doing? What's going on? And that I think was what enabled him to scale from a, you know, we're a raw startup to a public company CEO.”
Rebecca Lynn Dec 19, 2016 ▶ 18:13 20VC: Learnings From Mary Meeker & Larry Summers, Missing Out On Uber & The Changing World of VC with Canvas Partner, Rebecca Lynn
Apr 28, 2017 positive
Assertion Supported
Lending Club overtook Prosper by voluntarily shutting down for regulatory compliance
“Whereas a younger company lending club, they really leaned into the regulation. They actually shut down their platform for about six months So that they could comply, and then they started back up, and that was the point at which Lending Club really surpassed …”
Jason Brown Apr 28, 2017 ▶ 9:15 20VC: Why Move Fast and Break Things Is Not Right, How To Instil Radical Candor In Your Organisation & What Founders Must Ask For From Their Investors with Jason Brown, Founder & CEO @ Tally
Sep 8, 2020 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Strange: Fintech startups are acquiring incumbent financial institutions
“Hippo acquiring Spinnaker, Lending Club acquiring Radius Bank.”
Angela Strange Sep 8, 2020 ▶ 26:35 20VC: a16z's Angela Strange on Why Every Company Will Be A Fintech Company, How Founders Should Think About Niches and Optimal Insertion Points, How To Transition To Become The System of Record & Are We Entering A Period of Bundling Or Unbundling for Fint
Jan 12, 2026 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Rampell: Upgrade Is Worth ~10x More Than Lending Club
“Upgrade has a multiple of the market cap. It's probably like worth 10 times more than Lending Club now.”
Alex Rampell Jan 12, 2026 ▶ 20:29 Alex Rampell: The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers & Labour | The Future of Venture · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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