Partner-First Commercial Lending
Loanspark empowers its partners and borrowers to say 'yes' to every business opportunity with seamless, embedded lending solutions.
Our Mission
To simplify commercial real estate and business lending through technology, expert guidance, and seamless borrower experiences.
Our Vision
To become the leading BLaaS™ platform powering embedded, co-branded, and direct commercial lending experiences for modern businesses and partners.
How We Behave
These aren't values on a wall — they're how we actually show up for partners, borrowers, and each other every day.
- 1Start with customers
- 2Innovate with purpose
- 3Just fix it
- 4Be radically candid
- 5Grow through feedback
- 6Lead by serving others
- 7Replicate patterns of success
- 8Deliver on promises and only promise what we can deliver
Our Team
Michael Barnett, Co-founder & CEO
Michael Barnett is the Co-Founder and CEO of Loanspark, where he leads the company’s vision for modern commercial lending infrastructure. With more than 20 years of experience across consumer lending, commercial lending, SaaS, and fintech, Michael has held senior leadership roles at PHH Corporation and OnDeck Capital and has founded multiple ventures focused on improving access to capital. Today, he is focused on advancing embedded commercial lending, commercial real estate financing, and BLaaS™ solutions that help brokers, partners, platforms, and borrowers move from opportunity to funding faster.
Sasha Yablonovsky, Co-founder & Co-CEO
Sasha Yablonovsky is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Loanspark, where she leads strategy, operations, growth, and customer experience across the company’s commercial lending and BLaaS™ platform. A seasoned executive and former President of CareerBuilder, Sasha has built and led high-performing teams across technology, SaaS, fintech, and customer-facing organizations. Her leadership is grounded in operational discipline, customer advocacy, and a practical understanding of how companies scale. At Loanspark, Sasha is focused on modernizing commercial real estate and business lending through smarter technology, stronger partner experiences, and faster paths from opportunity to funding.
Nyi Htwe, CTO of Complete Discovery Source
Technology executive specializing in software development management, cybersecurity, compliance, and information governance, with extensive experience scaling complex, regulated systems and supporting mission‑critical operations.
Christina Brady, CEO & Co-Founder of Luster
Seasoned revenue executive with nearly two decades of experience leading growth and profitability across B2B organizations, including leadership roles at Groupon and Glassdoor.
Ron Shevlin, Chief Research Officer of Cornerstone Advisors
One of the banking industry’s most respected analysts, offering decades of insight into financial services innovation, customer behavior, and market trends.
Harshul Sanghi, General Partner of VillowTree Ventures
Visionary technology investor and public company director with more than 30 years of global operating experience, formerly Founder and Managing Partner at AMEX Ventures, where he helped drive American Express’s digital transformation.
Expanding access where traditional commercial lending falls short
At Loanspark, our focus is simple: helping real estate investors, property owners, and small businesses access capital when traditional banks are too slow, too rigid, or unable to support the opportunity.
Many strong commercial real estate and business loan scenarios are overlooked not because they do not fit outdated lending criteria.
We support investors and operators building long-term value and generational wealth by delivering practical, well-structured financing solutions designed for real-world growth, not rigid checklists.
Let's grow together
Let’s Grow Together
Whether you’re exploring a partnership or a career, there’s a place for you at Loanspark.