When was Start Up Loans founded?

Start Up Loans was founded in 2012.

Where is Start Up Loans located?

Start Up Loans is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is registered at Steel City House, West Street, Sheffield, S1 2GQ.

How many employees does Start Up Loans have?

As of Jun 30, 2026, the latest employee count at Start Up Loans is 33.

Is Start Up Loans a funded company?

Start Up Loans is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round.

Where does Start Up Loans rank among its competitors?

Start Up Loans ranks 12th amongst 25 active competitors, of which 8 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was LendingCrowd, which secured $136M in Feb, 2022.

Who are the top competitors of Start Up Loans?

Start Up Loans' top competitors include Growthdeck, StreetShares and LendingCrowd. Among them, LendingCrowd secured the most recent funding round in February, 2022.

Start Up Loans - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Competitors & Financials

Company Details

Startup Loans UK provides business loans, up to £25,000 for a tenure of 1-5 years, to startups. It is a government funded initiative that works with £330M of government funding and various delivery agents to disburse loans to the companies. The borrower firm should be trading for at least 2 years to be eligible for the loan. Some of its corporate partners include PayPal, Regus, eBay, Intuit and Flyerzone.

Website: startuploans.co.uk
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Registered Address: Steel City House, West Street, Sheffield, S1 2GQ

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2012

Location

London, United Kingdom

Stage

Unfunded

Ranked

12^th among 25 active competitors

Employee Count

33 as on Jun 30, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

Defib Machines & 2 more

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Start Up Loans is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
British Business Bank plc. CIN: 8616013 , Germany, Active	Jul 17, 2013	-	546 (As on Mar 31, 2022)

Start Up Loans has not raised any funding rounds yet.

The founders of Start Up Loans is Lord Young.

Here are the details of Start Up Loans' key team members:

Lord Young: Founder of Start Up Loans.

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Start Up Loans' employee count trend

Start Up Loans has 33 employees as of Jun 26. Here is Start Up Loans's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Start Up Loans include Growthdeck, StreetShares and LendingCrowd. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Start Up Loans, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Growthdeck 2015, London (United Kingdom), Series A	Developer of an equity crowdfunding platform for investing in businesses	$6.31M	Pinkster Gin, Tricor Group & 51 others	52/100
2nd	StreetShares 2013, Washington, DC (United States), Acquired	Small business lending marketplace that connects Mainstreet businesses with institutional and retail investors	$42.9M	Accion, Rotunda Capital Partners & 14 others	51/100
3rd	LendingCrowd 2014, Edinburgh (United Kingdom), Series A	Online platform for business lending	$2.8M	Equity Gap, Global Active Growth & 64 others	44/100
4th	Folk2Folk 2013, Launceston (United Kingdom), Funding Raised	P2P lending platform for business loans	-	British Business Investments	43/100
5th	LenderWize 2014, London (United Kingdom), Public	Crowdlending to telecoms	-	Tricor Group, SenergyLLC & 32 others	39/100
6th	SME Capital 2014, London (United Kingdom), Seed	Online marketplace for business term loans	-	Hambleden Capital, Karan Capital & 1 others	39/100
7th	Crowd2Fund 2014, London (United Kingdom), Series A	Equity as well as debt crowdfunding platform	$4.37M	-	37/100
8th	Money&Co. 2013, London (United Kingdom), Seed	P2P Lending platform for businesses	-	IW Capital, Angel Investment Network & 16 others	36/100
9th	Archover 2013, London (United Kingdom), Funding Raised	Crowdlending platform for business loans	-	-	34/100
10th	CODE Investing 2013, London (United Kingdom), Funding Raised	Crowdfunding platform for SMEs	-	CRE Venture Capital, Cenergist	32/100
12th	Start Up Loans 2012, London (United Kingdom), Unfunded	Provides business loans to startups.	-	-	30/100

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Start Up Loans has made 3 investments including Defib Machines, Miproto and Cornerstone. Start Up Loans has not made any acquisitions as of now.

Here is the list of its investments:

Date of Investment/Acquisition	Type	Company Name	Founded Year	Location
-	Investments	Cornerstone	2014	London (United Kingdom)
Feb 26, 2018	Investments	Defib Machines	2011	Leeds (United Kingdom)
Jan 01, 2013	Investments	Miproto	2012	London (United Kingdom)