About Mikkel Velin

Mikkel Velin, Founder and co-CEO of YouLend. We enable E-commerce platforms and Payment Service Providers to extend their value proposition by offering financing products to their merchants. Prior to founding YouLend spent 7 years as partner and high yield portfolio manager of UK based global asset manager sold to Allianz Global Investors. Originally qualified lawyer working with M&A and finance in Denmark. Mikkel Velin, Global Head of Lending Solutions at Banking Circle, is an expert in alternative financing. Mikkel is responsible for managing and developing Banking Circle’s new lending solutions, including Banking Circle Lending and Banking Circle Receivables Factoring. Before launching YouLend, Mikkel was a high yield portfolio manager and partner at Rogge Global Partners plc and Allianz Global Investors. He is a qualified attorney-at-law (non-practising) and previously worked at a tier-one law firm in Copenhagen, specialising in Corporate Finance and M&A, including cross border M&A transactions. Mikkel Velin holds a 2012 - 2012 IMC (I & II) in Finance @ CFA Society of the UK. With a robust skill set that includes Corporate Law, Mergers, Corporate Finance, Private Equity, High Yield Bonds and more.