Worst experience ever
I had the brilliant idea of investing with Raizers in 2021. I put money into four different bond-style projects, all offering returns of around 10% and following the same structure: a loan issued by an SPV with very little equity. However, each project came with a personal guarantee from an individual (usually the SPV owner)—someone Raizers described as an expert, serious, reliable, and wealthy. Consequently, the investments were marketed as low-risk, given that the debt was personally guaranteed by these individuals.
By 2022, some projects stopped paying interest and began to default. No problem, thanks to the personal guarantee, right? In reality, *none* of these individuals ever paid a single cent out of their own pockets, and all the projects are currently tied up in legal proceedings. It makes me wonder: were the project guarantors not actually that serious or reliable, or were they perhaps *too* "expert" for Raizers?
How is it possible that the exact same pattern played out in every single project I invested in? I repeat: projects presented as low-risk thanks to guarantees provided by the developers. Setting aside other theories, the best explanation I can offer is that Raizers acted incompetently when selecting partner companies for its projects, and now we investors are the ones paying the price.
Furthermore, updates can be delayed by as much as 18 months; when I try to contact the team directly, I get a curt response saying "there will be updates next month." I have to wonder whether, for them, "next month" means 2026 or 2022.
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