Scramble

Scramble is an Estonian P2P platform that lets retail investors finance short-term loans to vetted European SMEs and partner brands. Founded in 2020, it has financed around €60M to date with monthly partial principal repayments and a transparent 6-month term structure that makes reinvestment straightforward.

Scramble is a SME crowdlending platform based in Estonia, supervised by EFSA (Estonia). Investors deposit funds, browse open opportunities and commit capital project-by-project or via automated rules.

Once a project is fully funded, the platform releases capital to the borrower and collects scheduled payments — interest plus principal — which are credited to your investor account. Most European platforms publish a public dashboard with projected and realised cashflows.

• Account opening: free — there is no signup, KYC or annual maintenance fee for investors.
• Minimum deposit: €10 per transaction. There is no upper limit for retail accounts; institutional and family-office tickets are negotiated separately.
• Deposit fees: SEPA and local bank transfers are free. Cross-border SWIFT may incur correspondent-bank charges set by your bank, not the platform.
• Investment fees: typically zero on the investor side — the platform earns from origination / servicing fees paid by the borrower or sponsor, and that economic burden is already reflected in the headline yield.
• Servicing fees: some platforms levy a small annual servicing fee (often 0.5–1 %) on outstanding principal; check the latest fee schedule on the platform’s legal page before allocating size.
• Withdrawal fees: free for in-region SEPA or local bank transfers; non-EUR / non-local withdrawals may incur a small fixed bank fee.
• Secondary-market fees: when a secondary market exists, sellers typically pay a 0.5–1 % transaction fee on the realised price; check before listing.
• Tax: interest and capital gains are taxable in your country of residence. Most European platforms do not withhold automatically — investors report income in their annual return and may apply double-tax-treaty relief where available.

• Deposit methods: SEPA bank transfer, card payment. Crypto is not supported.
• Minimum deposit: €10 per transaction. No upper limit for retail accounts.
• Deposit processing: SEPA usually credits within 1 business day; instant SEPA arrives in minutes where supported.
• Withdrawal method: SEPA transfer to the bank account on file. No third-party withdrawals.
• Withdrawal processing: Available cash typically arrives within 1–3 business days; funds locked in active loans only return as borrowers repay.
• Early exit: No secondary market — plan on holding loans to maturity.

The platform advertises target gross yields in the 12–14% APR band. Realised net returns on a diversified portfolio typically run 1–3 percentage points below the headline range once defaults, cash drag and fees are taken into account.

Track record is best read against the Estonia macro context — local interest rates, property cycle and employment data move loan-default rates in real time. Investors should diversify across at least 20–30 loans before extrapolating any single year of returns.

• Website: scramble.finance
• Support email: typically support@scramble.finance — confirm on the platform’s contact page before sending sensitive information.
• Registered office: Estonia (verify the exact address on the platform’s legal page).
• Public reviews: the feedback shown on this page is collected from publicly available review sources and published anonymised.
• Regulator on file: EFSA (Estonia).
• Investor relations: Scramble publishes monthly performance and loan-book updates on its blog and newsletter — subscribe before allocating meaningful capital.