After a period of building the foundation of LendLeap, we are entering the final testing phase together with our first client: Nestr Smart Finance. This marks an important milestone for our team. We are moving from development to real-world testing, in collaboration with a partner who fully shares our vision.

LendLeap is currently being tested and refined based on real feedback from the field. This represents a significant step towards the first operational use of the platform in a live environment.

‍A Shared Vision

When looking for our first client, we wanted more than a company willing to test our platform. We were looking for a partner who shared our vision, understood our way of thinking, and wanted to help us shape the future of lending technology.

Our collaboration with Nestr felt natural from the start. We speak the same language when it comes to professionalism, transparency, and innovation in lending processes. From the first conversations, there was a clear mutual understanding of where the market’s challenges lie and how technology can help solve them.

Nestr recognized the value of what we are building early on and saw the potential of LendLeap as a foundation for modern lending infrastructure. Their trust in our approach and belief in the platform’s long-term potential have led to a strong partnership built on shared knowledge, experience, and vision..

‍Why Buy-to-Let Is the Right Place to Start

We believe that buy-to-let lending and similar property finance segments are the ideal starting point for a platform like LendLeap.

These types of loans are often more complex than standard residential mortgages. They can include different rental models, various property types, and layered ownership structures. That complexity makes this segment the perfect environment to build a robust and flexible platform.

By focusing on buy-to-let first, we are creating a strong foundation that can easily expand to support other lending products in the future.

Testing and preparing for go-live

Together with Nestr, we are now in the final stages of testing. At this point, the focus is not only on technology, but also on usability and reliability in a real-world lending environment.

Key areas of testing include:
- Application and structuring: from initial intake to review and approval.
- Entity and property modeling: including multiple assets and ownership structures.
- Role-based access management: with clearly defined roles, permissions, and responsibilities.
- Data integrations: to ensure efficiency and consistency across lending decisions.
- Workflow testing: to confirm that processes run smoothly, logically, and reliably.

In addition to the core platform, Nestr has already been using one of LendLeap’s standalone modules for several months: the retention portal. Through this secure portal, Nestr customers can easily select a new fixed-rate period before their current term expires. It is a first tangible example of how LendLeap technology is already being used in practice and how individual modules seamlessly connect to the broader platform.

What we are now testing is the core platform, the mid office layer that connects all individual modules. This creates a scalable structure where different components work together as one unified system. While we cannot yet share details about upcoming modules, more information will follow soon.

The insights we gain from this testing phase help us refine LendLeap and ensure that it fits the operational realities of modern lenders.

Building together

Now that the foundation of the platform is in place and the first partnership is in testing, we are ready to take the next step. In the coming period, we will start working with additional lenders who, like Nestr, share our vision and want to help shape the future of lending technology.

We take a deliberate, step-by-step approach so that every collaboration contributes to a stronger and more capable platform. By working with multiple lenders, we can learn faster, fine-tune functionality and ensure that LendLeap continues to reflect the daily realities of the lending industry.

We are not just building software; we are building a platform that truly works, together with the people who use it every day.

Looking Ahead

Our partnership with Nestr marks an important milestone in the evolution of LendLeap. Although we are still in the testing phase, the results so far are very promising.

The coming period will focus on refinement, feedback and preparation for a successful go live of the core platform. We will continue to work closely with Nestr, learning from real-world usage and adding features that bring genuine value to lenders.

We are proud of what we have achieved so far, not only from a technical perspective but also in the way collaboration and shared vision come together. This phase shows that LendLeap is not just developing software but laying a new foundation for modern lending.

Lending continues to evolve, and the right technology makes all the difference. Curious to see how LendLeap can help prepare your operation for the future? Or interested in working with us to build a platform that truly works? Feel free to get in touch.