Montello Bridging Finance

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Montello Bridging Finance
Company type Private company
Industry Financial services
Founded2008;16 years ago (2008)
FounderChristian Faes and Ian Thomas
Defunct2013 (2013)
FateSpun off
Successor LendInvest
Headquarters,
Area served
United Kingdom
Products Mortgages
Website www.montellofinance.com [ dead link ]

Montello Bridging Finance was a British specialist real estate financier based in London, run by parent company Montello Capital Partners, which was also the asset manager for the Montello Income Fund, the Montello Development Finance Fund and the Montello Real Estate Opportunity Fund.

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The Montello Income Fund was a real estate bridging finance fund that is focused on lending against the residential property market in the United Kingdom (specifically in London). [1] [2] [3]

It would transform into fintech lender LendInvest in 2013.

History

The Montello Development Finance Fund was a specialist development finance lending vehicle, which focusses on lending to residential developers in London. [4]

Montello Bridging Finance funded its transactions through its own suite of funds (the Montello Income Fund and the Montello Development Finance Fund) and bank funding lines. [5] The Montello Income Fund is set up as a UK dual exempt unit trust and limited partnership that was open to individual investors, offshore bonds, and Self-invested personal pension (SIPP) investors. [6] The Fund lended directly to end borrowers in the UK, and took first charge security interest for all of its loans in the name of the Fund.

As a bridge financing specialist, Montello provided short-term funding solutions for borrowers. Examples of where Montello provides bridging finance includes auction purchases, for corporate cash-flow issues, to complete under-market value purchases, or other instances where fast settlements are required. [7]

In 2013, it spun off the business to LendInvest which became a fintech lending company. At that time Montello Capital Management had over a quarter of a billion dollars under management. [8]

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References

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