Our Story
We are building the Digital Future of financial markets
Fintech Lending
The Opportunity
The retrenchment of traditional banks from the SME markets to focus on their largest clients creating a funding gap in the trillions to underserved SMEs and financially excluded Consumers.
The solution
A new asset class of Fintech Lending, i.e. tech-enabled specialist lenders, is growing exponentially.
Fintech Platform Economies
New Capital Markets
Platform
Marketplaces
Embedded Finance
Upcoming collision & merging of worlds…
Digital Assets
The Opportunity
Legacy systems of transferring value are slow, cumbersome and laden with friction and inefficiencies.
The solution
Just as the internet was transformative for the mobility of information, Digital Assets will be revolutionary for the way in which value is transferred. We are witnessing entirely new financial rails being engineered and for the first time being able to handle users at scale.
Community-Owned Economies
New Currencies & Ecosystems
Blockchain
DeFi
Tokenisation of Real World Assets
Global Decentralised Funding Platform
Fasanara acts as the nexus point in a global decentralised ecosystem of 141 fintech loan originators across 60+ countries, fully integrated into our technology platform.
Over the course of more than a decade, we have mapped 1,250+ platforms and conducted full due diligence on more than 400.
Our Journey
1997
Prior to co-founding Fasanara, Francesco Filia served as a Managing Director and EMEA Head of Mid Caps & Principal Investors Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Prior to BAML, Francesco worked at JPMorgan in Fixed Income and Derivatives.
2011
Fasanara Capital is established in London (HQ), initially developing tail risk strategies.
2014
Fasanara launches first Alternative Credit strategies, focused on European fintech-related receivables/loans.
2017
Fasanara unveils its flagship Receivables fund: Global Diversified Alternative Debt Fund.
2018
European Investment Fund commences mandate with Fasanara after 4 years of due diligence. Other institutional investors follow.
2019
Fasanara initiates flagship Global Consumer Loans Fund and opens inaugural Venture Capital fund. After much due diligence Fasanara launches the Genesis Alpha fund focused on digital assets.
2021
Fasanara classifies certain Alternative Credit sub-funds as EU SFDR Article 8.
2022
Fasanara crosses $4bn AUM.
2023
Fasanara welcomes Anita Bhatia to its Advisory Board, strengthening its ESG offering.
ESG Initiatives
