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borro

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borro is an online company providing loans of up to $1,000,000 secured against personal assets such as fine art, antiques, jewellery, luxury watches, prestige & classic cars, fine wine and more.

With operations in the US and UK, the company bridges the liquidity gap between the high-end of the retail pawn shop market and the private banks.

Customers can manage the entire process online - from application to contract acceptance.

Recent Milestones

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  borro received $26M in Venture Round funding. (10/11/12)
  Posted 10/11/12 at 9:19pm via yahoo.com
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  borro — Are finalists in 3 categories for the Stevie Awards: Young Customer Service Professional of the Year Front-Line Customer Service Team of the Year Customer Service Department of the Year -Financial Services (2/7/12)
  Posted 2/7/12 at 1:27am
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  borro received $12.1M (£7.5M) in Venture Round funding. (4/4/11)
  Posted 4/4/11 at 4:05am via techcrunch.com
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  borro received $2.5M in Series A funding. (10/10/08)
  Posted 5/1/09 at 11:18pm via co.uk
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  borro added Guy Buckley-Sharp as Finance Director.
  Posted 5/1/09 at 11:18pm
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  borro added Paul Duncan as Chief Technical Officer.
  Posted 5/1/09 at 11:18pm
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  borro added Samantha Lilley as Head of Valuation.
  Posted 5/1/09 at 11:18pm
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  borro added Matt Hawksworth as Global Operations Director.
  Posted 5/1/09 at 11:18pm
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  borro added Paul Aitken as Founder and CEO.
  Posted 5/1/09 at 11:18pm
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  borro added Anat Sneh as Marketing Director.
  Posted 5/14/09 at 11:34pm
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  borro added Dilshad Hawkrigg as Head of Marketing.
  Posted 7/19/11 at 1:20am
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  borro added Paul Brett as Business Development Director.
  Posted 7/19/11 at 1:20am
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  borro added Ray Palmer as Retail Operations Director.
  Posted 7/19/11 at 1:20am

Videos

Above:

borro about us video

Added: 2/8/12

Screenshots

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Sources

1. Ashfords Solicitors - Eden Ventures - Borro Limited (ashfords.co.uk) [edit]
2. Online pawn broker Borro raises £7.5m led by Augmentum Capital (eu.techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. borro Secures $26M in Funding to Fuel Global Growth (news.yahoo.com) [edit]
Finalists in 3 categories for the Stevie Awards [edit]