sustainable investment managing platform that helps companies across industries.
Downing is an investment management platform focused on renewable energy, infrastructure, property and healthcare. With over 25,000 investors onboard they have raised £1.9 billion assets under management. The company is a certified B Corporation established back in 1986.
Challenges
- Rebuild outdated & insufficient architecture.
- Inability to scale existing solution in line with business growth.
- Shortage of in-house domain expertise & high technical debt.
- Need to meet high security standards applicable to financial industry.
Solution
Downing is a P2P investment platform that is used by over 25,000 investors in the UK. It supports businesses in the Healthcare, Energy and Infrastructure, Leisure and Hospitality, and Property Finance industries by helping them to deliver on strategy and make a difference.
We provided the Downing investment management platform with custom web application development services to boost their brand awareness, empower growth and drive new partners.
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RESULTS
We’re proud to be of service to Downing since with us they’ve achieved the highest results in attracting new audiences and investors.
After launch of new solution annual revenue growth x2 from £1,8M to £3,6M.
Our expertise helped to create product that helped to raise additional capital due to solid development.
We removed bottleneck by changing data model, which enabled growth to 25K users and beyond.
Technologies
we used
.Net
ReactWe utilized our technical and business expertise to help our customer choose the modern architecture. This facilitates the smooth expansion of future solutions. Additionally, we played a key role in shaping the clients' product vision.
Once the product vision was clarified, we transformed it into a comprehensive feature list. This involved conducting market research to identify any constraints in further product scaling. Then, we proceeded to prepare a detailed product description.
Once the feature list was clarified, our team developed wireframes tailored to the selected target audience. We then worked on a concept that prioritized ease of use while also allowing for scalability to meet the varying needs of our client.
We conducted thorough market research to ensure our customer meets the security standards of the financial industry. After assessing the benefits and drawbacks from business, technical, compliance, and security perspectives, we proposed a flexible architecture. We took in consideration proper data structure & composition that removed product bottleneck & allowed business growth in the future.
A team of over 10 engineers developed a scalable portal with numerous real-time tracking options. We integrated tools for investment management and ensured that our customer found the software reliable and user-friendly.
After releasing the solution we continued the post-release support and maintenance. Our partnership has been successful for 2 years.
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