Castlelake backs Funding Circle with £500m for UK SMEs
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 · first reported by Alternative Credit Investor
Castlelake committed £500M (~$638M) to Funding Circle, a UK SME lender, expanding credit facility over two years to support small business lending.
- Firm
- Castlelake
- Also named
- Funding Circle
- People
- Dipesh Mehta
- Asset class
- Credit
- Geography
- Europe
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