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Ask HN: Have you had any experience with FundingUniverse.com?
I've heard very mixed reviews of FundingUniverse, and personally had a negative experience with them as a tech startup, although they never provided a service to us. I'd love to know if any other startups have used FundingUniverse.
TechCrunch did an article on FundingUniverse (mostly on an acquisition) http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/11/fundinguniverse-buys-twitjump-to-help-startups-leverage-twitter/
- alexlaw 16y agoHi BDClimber - my name is Alex (http://www.about.me/AlexLawrence http://www.about.me/AlexLawrence) and I'm a partner at FundingUniverse. We've actually been on TechCrunch again - here is the link (http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/17/lendio-helps-small-businesses-secure-loans-raises-6-million-500-free-invites/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/17/lendio-helps-small-business...). You'll note from the article we've changed our business model and are called Lendio as a result. You can go to FundingUniverse.com and read about the change too (or follow us on Twitter @Lendio). I'm sorry you had a negative experience - even though we didn't do anything for you. I'm a bit confused what that means, but I'd like to learn more. Would you mind emailing me? Alex@Lendio.com will do the trick. We've tracked $240M+ loans (that we know of, the number is much higher since we didn't use Lendio technology to track loans before). We have hundreds and hundreds of testimonials and thousands of customer feedback forms. We aren't perfect, but only a small percentage of our customers are unhappy. Unfortunately, they are the ones that usually voice complaints online - but just like this one, we communicate directly and openly to see if we can help. I'll watch for your email and hope we can fix any negativity you personally experienced.