Crowd lending for Quenet’s new restaurant

Olivier Quenet, the French chef behind respected Dublin restaurant La Maison, has turned to crowd lending to raise money for a second eatery, due to open in the capital within six months.

Linked Finance, Ireland’s leading peer-to-peer crowd lending platform, offered Quenet the perfect platform to raise €30,000 for his planned expansion, and his decision to incentivise lenders with vouchers for La Maison provided a further promotional bonus.

Crowd lending is an established ...