Leadership

• Nikita Gončars — Founder and Chief Executive Officer (LinkedIn)
• Martins Vītols – Chief Operating Officer (https://www.linkedin.com/in/m%C4%81rti%C5%86%C5%A1-v%C4%ABtols-geidels-569347208/ )
• Alexandru Mina – Director of Operations (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandru-mina/ )
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Short Introduction

LANDE focuses on financing agricultural businesses that may be underserved by traditional lending processes. Through its platform, investors can fund loans for land, machinery, seasonal working capital and other farming needs.

Romanian projects are supported locally by LANDE Platform RUM S.R.L., while the regulated crowdfunding platform is operated by the Latvian company SIA LANDE Platform.

Products & Services

• Crowdfunded business loans for farmers
• Financing for agricultural land
• Machinery and equipment financing
• Seasonal and working-capital loans
• Crop and agricultural-input financing
• Loans secured by land, machinery, crops or guarantees
• Online investment marketplace
• Automated investment functionality
• Investor portfolio-management tools
• Secondary-market bulletin board
• Borrower assessment and credit scoring
• Loan administration and investor reporting

Licences & Regulatory Status

The licensed crowdfunding-service provider is SIA LANDE Platform, authorised by Latvijas Banka under Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 on European crowdfunding service providers.

Its permissions include facilitating loans and related crowdfunding-platform services. The authorisation can be passported across the European Union in accordance with the regulation.

LANDE Platform RUM S.R.L. is the Romanian group entity supporting local operations.. LANDE is not a deposit-taking bank, and investments made through the platform are not bank deposits.

Sources: LANDE, Latvijas Banka authorisation announcement, Platform terms