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Percent

Founded 2018 · 15 known investors

percent.com

Percent operates a software marketplace and platform suite that provides accredited investors with access to private credit investment opportunities, including asset-based financing, corporate loans, and venture capital deals. The company also serves financial institutions and borrowers with technology solutions for capital origination, deal syndication, and portfolio management.

Also known as Percent

Enterprise SoftwareFintechMarketplacesSaaS

Founders & leadership

Percent was founded in 2018 by Nelson Chu.

NCNelson Chu
Nelson Chuin𝕏Founder · Chairman of the Board

Investors · 15

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Percent operates a marketplace for private credit investing that connects accredited and institutional investors with corporate borrowers seeking capital outside of banks and public bond markets. The platform offers individual deal access with minimums starting at $500, deal durations typically between 6 and 24 months (with some deals ranging from three months to a few years), and coupons the company describes as potentially 12% or more. Investors can participate in single deals or use Blended Notes to obtain diversified exposure across asset classes and geographies.

The company's stated investment thesis centers on asset-backed securities (ABS) lender finance: providing capital to specialty lenders against pools of their own performing receivables, in segments the company says banks have retreated from following Basel III. Named categories include SMB working capital lending, merchant cash advance receivables, trade finance (invoices, purchase orders and cross-border supply-chain receivables), royalty-backed notes such as music streaming and licensing cash flows, and consumer receivables including earned-wage access, point-of-sale lending and healthcare patient finance. Percent frames the addressable opportunity using Morgan Stanley figures putting global private credit AUM at roughly $3–3.5 trillion in 2025 with a projected $5 trillion by 2029.

According to the company, investors have funded over $2 billion in deals on the platform. Percent reports ABS net returns after losses of 14.6% and 13.7% after losses and fees for the twelve months ending March 31, 2026, comparing these against public fixed-income and equity benchmarks.

Business model

Percent operates a two-sided marketplace: borrowers and specialty lenders raise capital through syndicated private credit deals, while accredited and institutional investors fund them. The company provides proprietary technology for deal comparison, borrower and market data, performance tracking and surveillance reporting, plus an investor relations support team.

The site states that for direct investing, fees apply only to interest earned; a separate net-return figure after fees is reported, indicating investor-side fees on returns. Full fee structure is not disclosed in the sources.

Traction

The company states that thousands of investors have funded over $2 billion in deals on the platform, and reports ABS net returns of 14.6% after losses (13.7% after losses and fees) for the twelve months ending March 31, 2026.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, risks & controversies

Market position

Percent describes itself as the leading platform focused on bringing private credit to both accredited and institutional investors, positioning against traditional private credit access that required institutional minimums (around $500K) and five-to-ten-year lock-ups.

Stated differentiators include individual deal-level access rather than pooled black-box funds, low minimums starting at $500, short durations (mostly 6–24 months), price discovery via Dutch auction, investor-set yield and minimum-size parameters during syndication, transparency through upfront deal data and surveillance reporting, and monthly income distributions on many deals.

Technology

Proprietary marketplace technology that lets investors view and compare live deals upfront, access borrower, deal and market data, set desired yield and minimum investment parameters during syndication (with a Dutch auction mechanism used for price discovery), and track deal performance through surveillance reports.

Go-to-market

Direct-to-investor online sign-up with an eligibility check for accredited status, a promotional new-investor bonus of up to $500 after a first investment, marketplace browsing of live deals, and a white-glove investor relations team available by phone and email.

Accredited individual investors seeking private credit exposure, institutional investors, and corporate borrowers and specialty lenders (SMB working-capital lenders, equipment financiers, merchant cash advance platforms, trade finance and consumer lending originators) seeking non-bank capital.

Geography

Sources indicate a US-focused accredited-investor platform; the company notes investors can gain exposure across geographies through its deals, including cross-border supply-chain trade finance receivables.

Risks & controversies

The company's own disclosures note that past performance is not indicative of future results and that investing involves risk including potential loss of principal; return figures are net-of-loss calculations subject to deal-specific terms. Market forecasts cited (Morgan Stanley's $5 trillion by 2029) are projections rather than guarantees. No controversies are documented in the available sources.

Compiled by commissioned research from 3 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
ABS net return after losses (LTM)Mar 2026$14.6
ABS net return after losses and fees (LTM)Mar 2026$13.7
Cumulative deal volume funded on platformJan 2026$2B
HeadcountAug 202674
Minimum investmentJan 2026$500

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

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In the news

Research sources · 3

primary sources listed

3 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Percent do?
Percent runs an online marketplace giving accredited investors access to private credit deals from a $500 minimum.
Who founded Percent?
Percent was founded by Nelson Chu in 2018.
Who are Percent's investors?
Percent's investors include Altai Ventures, B Capital Group, B4 Capital, blue 9 capital, Chaos Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Evolution Ventures, MGV.VC and 7 more.