- Financing increased by Fr 3.8 million in a Pre-Series A financing round
- Board of Directors strengthened with Philipp Schnyder (formerly MD Partners Group)
- i2's software is now used by four asset managers
Zug, 19. October 2022.
i2 group, the Zug-based fintech, has increased its funding by a total of CHF 3.8 million in an oversubscribed financing round. The investors include Swiss business angels and an English hedge fund manager. In addition, two family offices participated in the round. Financial expert Philipp Schnyder, former Managing Director at Partners Group, joins the Board of Directors.
The private debt sector (loans that are not granted by banks) is booming. In 2021, the volume will have reached USD 1187 billion, a fourfold increase in ten years. The reason for this is the growing interest of institutional and private investors in attractive alternatives to the usual fixed-interest investments.
From left to right: Markus Benz (Head of Technology), Marco Müller (Head of Strategy & Business Development), Gregor Stadelmann (CEO), Dominik Hertig (Head of Legal & Operations)
However, managing a large number of such loans is a task that is difficult to do with Excel and prone to errors. This presents a challenging task for asset managers who have already launched investment products or would like to do so. i2 group solves this with its software, which is already being used by four asset managers. Since its launch, i2 group has already invested in over 500,000 different loans. If desired, the fintech takes over the structuring of various investment vehicles (notes, bonds or alternative investment funds) with its own structure or with partners.
"We are delighted that Philipp Schnyder is making his broad experience available to our young company and that our offering is increasingly finding favour with asset managers who want to tap into these booming asset classes for their clients," says Gregor Stadelmann, CEO and co-founder of i2 group.
About i2 group
The Zug-based fintech was founded in 2017 by Gregor Stadelmann, Marco Müller, Markus Benz and Dominik Hertig and employs 15 people. i2 group's software digitalizes all the crucial steps of investing in loans. From investment monitoring and risk management to accounting, cash flow management and loan evaluation, all relevant data is processed on a daily basis and made available to the parties involved (manager, custodian and auditor) granularly down to the individual loan level.
