We’re excited to share a new development at LANDE: the platform is expanding its scope to include carefully selected non-agricultural loans.  

This reflects our ongoing mission to grow and diversify the opportunities available to our investor community — without ever compromising on quality or security. 

This week, we published the first of these new loans, for a Romanian company that operates in international road freight transportation. The project totals €22,000, has an 11% interest rate and a 44% LTV, and it is backed by strong real estate collateral, evaluated with the same strict approach we apply to all agricultural loans. 

Our core focus will always be agriculture. But from time to time, we come across opportunities outside the sector that meet, or even exceed, our internal standards. These loans are backed by high-quality collateral and benefit from our proven experience in local debt collection and risk management. 

"When a business is financially sound and backed by secure real estate, we believe it can offer investors the same level of protection and attractive returns as an agricultural loan," said Martins Geidels, Country Manager of LANDE Romania.

What this means for investors  

Going forward, investors will occasionally see carefully vetted non-agricultural projects published on the LANDE platform. We will exercise the utmost caution as we move into this direction and apply strict scoring and verification criteria to these loans. 

For investors, this opens up new possibilities for responsible diversification — with the same emphasis on quality, transparency, and security. 

We see this as a positive, forward-looking step. It gives you more ways to grow your portfolio while staying true to the principles that have guided LANDE since day one.