About Us - www.wiserfunding.com

The brainchild of Prof Ed Altman and
Dr Gabriele Sabato, Wiserfunding was
set up to help lenders capitalise on the untapped potential of the SME market.

Marrying unparalleled academic expertise with decades of market experience, our platform combines these into a tech solution that evolves as the market changes.

We pride ourselves on pushing the boundaries of what is possible, embracing the very latest technology and weaving AI and machine learning into our platform to constantly update and improve our offering.

Find out how

The brainchild of Prof Ed Altman and
Dr Gabriele Sabato, Wiserfunding was
set up to help lenders capitalise on
the untapped potential of the SME market.

Find out how

Marrying unparalleled academic expertise
with decades of market experience, our platform combines these into a tech solution that evolves
as the market changes.

We pride ourselves on pushing the boundaries
of what is possible, embracing the very latest technology and weaving AI and machine learning into our platform to constantly update and improve our offering.

OUR STORY SO FAR…

1968

Professor Altman develops the Altman Z-Score to predict bankruptcy while at NYU Stern, which becomes an industry standard risk metric.

2003

Our co-founders, Professor Altman and Dr Gabriele Sabato, meet at NYU Stern conducting PhD research on SME credit risk.

2016-2017

Wiserfunding incorporated in the UK and Italy to bring the SME academic research to market, completing our first 32 SME risk models.

2018-2019

We launch our first platform and enter India, a market with 40mn SMEs. We’re operating in 3 continents with a team of 5.

2020

We consolidate our position in the market reaching 30 clients and the team grows to 12.

2021

We raise £3mn from BGF to fund international expansion and product development. Our team grows to 20 people.

2022

Our biggest year yet. We launch our new platform in July, and we partner with Codat, nCino, FullCircl, and Nimbla to expand our reach. We’re serving 60 clients on 5 continents, with 76 SME risk models in use.

2023