Prodigy Finance helps MBA students from emerging markets get ahead

Prodigy Finance is a fascinating company. It takes elements of micro-lending, as well as some proprietary risk-assessment practices, and applies them to MBA students seeking out funding. The result is effectively a loan network comprising of top MBA students, and alumni (the investors) from around the world — including high net-worth individuals from emerging markets — who can invest in their region’s future business leaders.

Founded by South Africans Cameron Stevens (CEO), and Ryan Steele (COO), the company is a registered LTD in London. This marriage of emerging and developed markets permeates through Prodigy’s student portfolio and business ethos, and originated when Stevens and Ryan attended INSEAD for their own MBAs, and struggled to obtain financing.

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