Filling Europe’s Early-Stage Credit Gap: Alexandre Bartolini on Building a New Growth Lending Model

In this episode of 0100 Impact Talks, Alexandre Bartolini, Managing Partner at GPI, discusses the growing role of private credit in Europe and the overlooked financing gap facing early-stage startups. He explains why venture lenders have moved upmarket—and why a new generation of growth lenders is emerging to support B2B companies with smaller, early-stage debt tickets.

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