Thurman Labs is on a mission to make CDFI secondary loan markets fast, automated, and accessible, so more capital reaches the small businesses and communities that need it most.
The CDFI industry does extraordinary work. Loan funds across the country originate billions in small business and community development loans that banks won't touch. But when those CDFIs want to sell loans to recycle capital, to free up money for the next round of lending, the operational process is broken.
We learned that CDFI loan sales are held back by slow settlements and manual workflows. Deals that should take days take 35–40 days. Teams spend weeks on data validation, email coordination, and post-close reconciliation. The result: less lending, less impact, and a capital-recycling bottleneck that limits what CDFIs can do.
Thurman is our answer to that. We're building the end-to-end platform that automates the full loan sale lifecycle, from data preparation and transaction documents to settlement and post-close reporting, so CDFI loan funds can move more capital with the teams they already have.
Mission, to make CDFI secondary loan markets fast, transparent, and accessible, so more capital flows to the small businesses and communities that need it most.
Vision, a future where no CDFI leaves capital idle in closed loans, and the back-office work of a loan sale never stands between a lender and their next origination.
We're a team of operators, engineers, and builders with experience across investment banking, blockchain technology, fintech infrastructure, and community finance.
If you're a CDFI, a bank, or an investor who cares about this space, we want to talk.