Invest & Fund

invest & fund is an internet-based exchange in the alternative finance arena, providing a dynamic marketplace that connects individual lenders to borrowers in the property development space. in order to provide a benefit to both parties, invest & fund seeks to resolve investment problems faced by lenders and provides funding solutions to borrowers by crunching the margins at each end of traditional lending and borrowing. launched in march 2014, invest & fund was founded and is run by david turner (managing director) and mark hawkins (financial director), who have known each other for over 20 years. david spent 30 years as a trader in the city of london working with rbs and most recently, tullett prebon where he set up the gilt desk, managed the sterling swaps desk and was latterly involved in the set up of the firm's swaps execution facility. mark is a fca chartered accountant who has held several fd and other directorships with smes over his career spanning 30 years.