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For fintech lenders and lending platforms

Scale your lending without breaking it.

Fast-growing lenders outgrow their first systems, their first policies and their first compliance framework. We have been the operators through that, and we build what comes next.

$2.5B

originated over five years at Octane, where we built and operated the credit model

AAA

ratings from S&P and KBRA, supported by a 175 person servicing operation built from a first hire

50 states

multiple lenders launched in all of them, with the compliance matrices that keep them running

Where we help

The parts of a lender that break first.

Origination can grow faster than everything behind it. We fix the operating layer, then build what is missing.

Operations · Gianni
Servicing and collections that keep up
  • Contact center and collections design
  • Default, repossession and bankruptcy playbooks
  • Quality assurance and audit readiness
  • Staffing and vendor decisions
Compliance · Gianni
Licensing and compliance that scale with you
  • State licensing programs
  • Compliance matrices and written policies
  • Fair lending, UDAAP and privacy controls
  • Readiness for exams and partner reviews
Capital markets and data · Hetty
Data that investors trust
  • Loan-level data pipelines
  • Loan tapes and stratifications
  • Servicer and investor reporting
  • Securitization readiness
Technology · Grace
Build or buy, then make it work
  • Loan origination and loan management systems
  • Dealer, merchant and customer portals
  • Bureau, payments and e-signature integrations
  • Proprietary software where it is worth building
Credit and fraud · Isaac
Credit policy and underwriting
  • Credit policy and rate sheets
  • Underwriting rules and decisioning
  • Moving the credit box with data to back it
  • Portfolio analytics
AI · the full fleet
AI where it earns its place
  • Document intake and verification
  • Servicing and collections support
  • Monitoring and exception alerts
  • Human review built in
How we work

Start small. Grow into it.

First
Diagnostic

We look at how the business really runs, find the constraint that costs the most, and write down what to fix first.

Next
Project

A fixed-fee project, small, medium or large, with a defined scope and the people who will do the work.

Ongoing
Retainer

Hourly access to the team for the questions that keep coming up as you grow.

Who does the work

Built by people who have run lenders.

We have run credit, operations, licensing and compliance at lenders that grew fast, and we know where the pressure lands.

Logan Shedd, founder
Credit and launch

Drove $2.5B in originations at Octane, from employee 10 to SVP of Operations. Founded and launched Kawasaki Motors Retail Finance. Founded EveryStreet, sold to Fundwell, and founded Rail.

Deborah Affinito and Gary Leonard
Servicing, legal and compliance

Deborah built Octane's 175 person servicing operation. Gary founded and ran his own servicing and collections company, then served as general counsel to consumer lenders.

Kevin Park, product and technology
Software and integration

Builds and integrates the systems and AI agents the plan calls for. Built the KMRF dealer portal, live since June 2025, and led product on bank products at Capital One and JPMorgan Chase.

Questions

What people ask first.

Alongside it. We bring people who have run the function before, take on the project that is stuck, and hand it back with the playbooks written down.

Tell us where it is straining.

A short call is enough. Name the process that is breaking as you grow, and we will say what we would do first.

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