Swoop CEO & Founder
With decades of experience in corporate financing, Andrea launched Swoop in 2018 to help simplify the process of sourcing funding for SMEs around the world. Outside of her finance career, Andrea is also a non-executive director for Berkshire Hathaway European Insurance.
Andrea is Irish Tatler’s Business Woman of the Year (Business Award) 2024 winner and was shortlisted for EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year Ireland 2024.
Andrea started her career as an accountant with KPMG, quickly focussing on raising funds for small businesses. Andrea launched Swoop in 2018 to help SMEs start up, scale up, and finance their growth. Arguably the UK’s number one expert in business funding, she is affectionately known to colleagues and industry peers as the ‘Martin Lewis of business finance’.
Proudly Irish – her father, Albert Reynolds was Taoiseach (prime minister) – Andrea and Swoop are at the forefront of an Irish resurgence, not only by taking the brand out around the world but also by lifting up other business owners along the way.
“We are our own best case study,” says Andrea. “We’ve used grants, borrowing and equity to fund our growth. We’ve switched providers to save money. We’ve had to change course, adapt and change and work with different rules as we’ve opened in different territories. Swoop’s core values are empathy and integrity: empathy, because of our shared experience and integrity because we know that the only way to build trust is by doing the right thing, every time.”
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Disclaimer: Swoop Funding LLC (“Swoop”) is a financial technology platform and commercial finance broker, not a lender. Swoop does not provide loans or make credit decisions. We match US-based firms with third-party lenders, equity funds, and grant agencies. All financing is subject to lender credit approval and the specific terms and conditions of the funding provider.
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Entity Information: Swoop Funding LLC is a Delaware limited liability company. US Headquarters: 43 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10010, United States. Contact: hello@swoopfunding.com
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