Lending platform Scramble, which connects consumer brands and investors, from founder Kamil Kurmakaev, co-owner of WikiMart, raised €500,000 in the seed round. The main investors were the FJ Labs fund, a global expert in investing in the Marketplaces business model, and the former head of eBay strategy, Michael van Svaaij. The K2 syndicates Vladimir Belkovich and Alexander Vasiliev with the participation of the Prosto VC club were also investors.
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“We spent more than three months discussing this agreement with the union to resolve it ourselves and understand why a business model that did not work in Russia turned out to be so in demand and so promising in another market,” said the co-founder. and Simply VC CEO Alexander Belov noted in a press release.
“I am glad that in the end we reached the agreement, since all the theses of the club were fulfilled: rapid growth, a strong founder with relevant experience and strong specialized funds as co-investors.”
Startup Scramble offers an alternative to traditional investment options for beginners: the app introduces investors to new proven European brands every month and investment progress can be evaluated in real time.
K2 Syndicators co-founder Vladimir Belkovich notes that Scramble is interesting because “it works at the intersection of the most sustainable InvestTech trends of the last decade: simplified access for retail investors to new asset classes, the business model of markets , the huge global market appetite of SMEs for growth financing instruments.”
In his opinion, Scramble’s founder and team were able to offer “a unique combination of solutions to market problems, which generated excellent traction in previous periods.”
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Ekaterina Alipova
Source: RB

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