Dated disclosed rounds · latest 2024-11-07
Other / review
Prodigy Finance
Cross-border postgraduate student lending / alternative credit for international students
VerifiedDebt facilityLondon
- Companies House
- 05912562
- GLEIF LEI
- 984500FBA1LDB1FEE519
- Latest evidence
- 2024-11-07
- Evidence snapshot
- 2026-08-25
Exact award notices · latest No exact award match
2026-08-25T03:22:07.044Z
Jun 2026
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Evidence timeline
13 dated observations
Funding, procurement, registry and identifier records are placed on one chronology. Each row says whether it is a source fact, a record observation or reference metadata; no inferred event is inserted.
RegistryRecord observation Status observed: Active
Snapshot evidence only; this row does not claim the status changed on this date.
IdentifierReference metadata LEI record updated
984500FBA1LDB1FEE519 · registration LAPSED
FundingSource fact Debt facility
$310 million · 2 named investors
FundingSource fact Debt facility (senior revolving credit; African Boost Programme)
$22 million · 2 named investors
FundingSource fact Debt facility (asset-backed, multi-issuance SPV)
$350 million · 3 named investors
FundingSource fact Debt facility
£550 million (also reported as ~$750 million) · 2 named investors
IdentifierReference metadata LEI first registered
984500FBA1LDB1FEE519
FundingSource fact Debt facility (DFC loan; $200M increase to a 2019 $50M OPIC loan, aggregate facility)
$250 million (aggregate) · 2 named investors
FundingSource fact Series C
$40 million · 3 named investors
FundingSource fact Debt facility (announced alongside Series C, part of combined $240M raise)
$200 million · 2 named investors
FundingSource fact Series B
$12.5 million · 2 named investors
FundingSource fact Debt facility (loan capital, announced alongside Series B)
$110 million · 3 named investors
RegistryRegistry fact Company incorporated
PRODIGY FINANCE LTD · company 05912562
Latest disclosed round
Debt facility
- Date
- 2024-11-07
- Amount
- USD 310m
- Sector
- Fintech & payments
- Companies House
- 05912562
- ONS region
- London
Evidence status
Directory ready
- Identity
- Verified
- Match
- High — exact company number and aligned registered name
- Operating status
- active
- Data origins
- Core directory, Live Chris T D1
Capital network
16 linked investors
Lead, participant, lender and other retained roles remain distinct where the source supports them. Every relationship below names its source layer, observation date, match method and publication state.
Balderton Capitallead; participantCiti (Citibank)leadCPP Investments (Canada Pension Plan Investment Board)leadCredit SuisseleadIndex VenturesleadStandard BankleadU.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)leadUndisclosed global investment bankleadAllan & Gill Gray Philanthropies (subordinated first-loss/grant tranche)participantAlphaCodeparticipantAngel investors including Ed Wray (Betfair co-founder)participantDeutsche BankparticipantNone namedparticipantother private investorsparticipantSchroders CapitalparticipantSCIO Capitalparticipant
| Investor | Role | Date | Source | Match / state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balderton Capital | lead; participant | 2017-08-21 | Balderton ↗ · Wikipedia ↗ · Cbinsights ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| Citi (Citibank) | lead | 2023-07-21 | Ca ↗ · Alternativecreditinvestor ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| CPP Investments (Canada Pension Plan Investment Board) | lead | 2021-09-24 | Businesscloud ↗ · Crowdfundinsider ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| Credit Suisse | lead | 2015-08-10 | Balderton ↗ · Finsmes ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| Index Ventures | lead | 2017-08-21 | Indexventures ↗ · Impactalpha ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| Standard Bank | lead | 2024-09-09 | Za ↗ · Africa ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) | lead | 2024-11-07 | Fintechfutures ↗ · Businesscloud ↗ · Prodigyfinance ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| Undisclosed global investment bank | lead | 2017-08-21 | Indexventures ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropies (subordinated first-loss/grant tranche) | participant | 2024-09-09 | Za ↗ · Africa ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| AlphaCode | participant | 2017-08-21 | Indexventures ↗ · Impactalpha ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| Angel investors including Ed Wray (Betfair co-founder) | participant | 2015-08-10 | Balderton ↗ · Wikipedia ↗ · Cbinsights ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| Deutsche Bank | participant | 2015-08-10 | Balderton ↗ · Finsmes ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| None named | participant | 2024-11-07 | Indexventures ↗ · Fintechfutures ↗ · Businesscloud ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| other private investors | participant | 2015-08-10 | Balderton ↗ · Finsmes ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| Schroders Capital | participant | 2023-07-21 | Ca ↗ · Alternativecreditinvestor ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
| SCIO Capital | participant | 2023-07-21 | Ca ↗ · Alternativecreditinvestor ↗ | reviewed canonical company and investor alias resolutionsource-linked · published |
Funding record
9 disclosed rounds
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Companies House status and filing snapshot
PRODIGY FINANCE LTD
Exact company-number match from the public register. The retained status is active. Filing dates and SIC codes are registry context, not a credit or investment-quality assessment.
Registered record
- Status
- Active
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Incorporated
- 2006-08-22
- Dissolved
- Not applicable
- Company number
- 05912562
Filing context
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Accounts made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next accounts due
- 2026-09-30
- Confirmation made up to
- 2025-09-04
- Registry snapshot
- 2026-08-01
- Live check
- 2026-08-25T03:22:07.044Z
82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Global legal-entity identifier
984500FBA1LDB1FEE519
Exact company-number match to the GLEIF golden-copy data. An LEI is an identifier for a legal entity; it is not a credit, risk or investment-quality rating.
GLEIF record
- Legal name
- PRODIGY FINANCE LTD
- Entity status
- ACTIVE
- Jurisdiction
- GB
- Registration status
- LAPSED
- Last updated
- 2026-07-23T14:38:52+00:00
- Next renewal
- 2026-07-23T14:28:32+00:00
CompanyBeacon statutory projection
PRODIGY FINANCE LTD
UK Capital Intelligence owns the capital view on this page. CompanyBeacon owns the exact legal-entity, filing, control and public-record timeline for company number 05912562.
Latest retained status
active
- Checked
- 2026-08-25T03:22:07.044Z
- Recorded change
- No change timestamp retained
- Previous status
- active
- Fund associations
- 1 dated CompanyBeacon membership
Boundary
Verify the legal record
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Source trail
Funding and investor claims retain named public-source links. This is a dated research snapshot, not a live cap table.