In this episode, we’re excited to sit down with Idan Jaan, Co-Founder and former CEO of Fundrr, the fintech platform using smart scoring to provide quick and easy business funding to SMEs around South Africa.

In September 2017 - having experienced the funding struggle firsthand - co-founders and best friends, Idan Jaan and Jarred Noche, had the idea to build a platform to solve this important need for other small-medium businesses.

After bootstrapping the business for 18 months, getting investment rejections from over 70 angels, and facing an existential crisis during the Covid 19 lockdown, the founders' resilience and resourcefulness eventually saw Fundrr get acquired by the country's largest SME lender, Retail Capital (now owned by TymeBank).

We talk about:

• Idan's upbringing, early career and starting a family business.
• Building a startup despite lacking the industry experience.
• Persevering through investor rejection.
• Fighting through an existential business crisis.
• The ins and outs of being acquired in South Africa.

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Connect with Idan on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/idan-jaan/
Connect with Mathew on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathewmarsden/

This episode was brought to you in partnership with our friends at Aions Creative Technology - South Africa's next-generation venture builder. For more info, visit aions.co.za

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