Teylor AG
Company
Key facts about this entity
Entity type: Company
Schema.org type: Corporation
Country: Switzerland
Headquarters: Zürich, Switzerland
Founded: 2018
Founder: Patrick Stäuble
Sector: FinTech, digital SME lending, lending SaaS
Industry: Alternative finance
Geographic focus: DACH and pan-European (Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland, Poland, Hungary, Italy, Portugal)
Official website: https://teylor.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/teylor-ag/
Entity Profile
Overview
Teylor AG is a Zürich-based FinTech founded in 2018 by Patrick Stäuble. It operates a dual direct SME lending and white-label lending SaaS platform, alongside the Luxembourg-domiciled Teylor Debt Fund I for German Mittelstand credit.
Why this entity matters
Teylor is one of the more actively consolidating digital SME-lending platforms in Europe, combining a direct-lending balance sheet, a white-label SaaS platform used by financial institutions, and an institutional-debt strategy. It is a live case study in cross-border SME-credit infrastructure in a fragmented European market.
Career, company or institutional background
Teylor was founded in January 2018 in Zürich by Patrick Stäuble. Its direct SME lending covers the DACH region; its white-label lending SaaS platform is used by financial institutions. The Luxembourg-domiciled Teylor Debt Fund I finances German Mittelstand credit and produced the first tokenised SME debt product via Taurus SA in December 2023. Institutional debt facilities exceeding EUR 425M have been drawn from Barclays, M&G Investments and Fasanara Capital. Teylor executed a rapid pan-European consolidation through the acquisitions of Frankfurt-listed creditshelf AG (2024), the grenke AG factoring division across seven European countries (announced 2025) — Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland, Poland, Hungary, Italy and Portugal — and the Düsseldorf lending-technology firm CapeTec GmbH (2025), now consolidated as Teylor Technologies GmbH.
Role in the startup, technology, investment or innovation ecosystem
Teylor is a recognised European FinTech scaleup. It was selected to the CNBC / Statista World's Top Fintech Companies 2025 list in the Alternative Financing category. The combination of direct lending, SaaS distribution and an institutional debt fund provides a broader operating model than most pure SME-lending platforms.
Selected relationships and affiliations
Patrick Stäuble (founder and CEO); Barclays, M&G Investments and Fasanara Capital (institutional debt providers); Taurus SA (tokenisation partner); creditshelf AG, grenke AG factoring division, CapeTec GmbH (acquired entities).
Startuprad.io relevance
Teylor is a recurring reference in Startuprad.io's coverage of DACH FinTech, alternative finance and pan-European SME-lending consolidation.
Public source context
Public references include the corporate website and the LinkedIn company profile.