Byzfunder Names Filippo Guidi Chief Strategy Officer to Lead Capital Markets, Strategic Planning and Ventures

Former TimePayment CFO joins Byzfunder, one of the fastest-growing small-business lenders, with more than $2 billion funded across over 35,000 businesses.

NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Byzfunder, a small-business lender, today announced the appointment of Filippo Guidi as Chief Strategy Officer. Mr. Guidi joined the company in October 2026 and will oversee capital markets, strategic planning, and ventures and partnerships.

Mr. Guidi brings more than twenty years in finance across operating, banking and investing roles. Most recently he was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of TimePayment, a micro-ticket equipment lessor, where he led the company's sale from Fortress Investment Group to BasePoint Capital. Earlier he was an investment banker at J.P. Morgan and Evercore Partners, and an investor at Silver Point Capital and Madison Dearborn Partners. He holds a bachelor's degree in Economics with honors from the University of Chicago.

Mr. Guidi's appointment reflects Byzfunder's commitment to expanding its reach in the small-business lending market and securing a larger, more diversified base of institutional funding. His mandate is to deepen capital-markets relationships, strategic planning and develop strategic partnerships that support the company's next stage of growth.

"Our next phase of growth is about expanding our reach in small-business lending and securing the capital to support it," said Ilya Fridman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Byzfunder. "Filippo has sat where our investors sit, and he has run the finance function of a lender at scale. That experience is exactly what we need as we build the capital structure to support Byzfunder's next stage of growth."

"Byzfunder has the two things that are hard to build and easy to claim: real origination volume and real underwriting data." said Mr. Guidi. "More than $2 billion funded across over 35,000 businesses is not a pitch deck, it is a track record, and it is the basis for a serious conversation with institutional capital. My job is to turn that record into durable, diversified funding and into partnerships that reach small businesses the banks have stopped serving."

Byzfunder provides financing to small and medium-sized businesses, including directly from its own balance sheet, with underwriting driven by business performance rather than credit score alone. Mr. Guidi's responsibilities span the full capital stack — securitization, warehouse and forward-flow relationships — alongside strategic ventures, partnerships, and strategic planning, including the financial planning and analysis function that measures them.

In 2026, Byzfunder closed its inaugural $170 million KBRA-rated asset-backed securitization.

About Byzfunder

Byzfunder is a small-business lender providing working capital to small and medium-sized businesses across the United States. Founded in 2019, the company has funded more than $2 billion across over 35,000 businesses. Businesses can apply online and may receive funding the same business day.

For more information, visit byzfunder.com.

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