BlackRock Private Equity Partners, Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1999 and headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, with additional offices in New York, Durham, Hong Kong, and London. The firm specializes in direct investments and fund of funds investments, encompassing a diverse range of sectors including technology, healthcare, energy, and consumer services. It focuses on mezzanine, early-stage, and later-stage investments, as well as special situations and turnarounds. Additionally, BlackRock Private Equity Partners engages in direct co-investments and invests in various private equity funds worldwide, particularly in the United States, Europe, India, Southeast Asia, and Australia. As an operating subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc., the firm serves a broad array of clients, including institutions and individual investors, while also emphasizing innovative financial technology solutions.
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Past deals in FinTech
Dynasty Financial Partners
Private Equity Round in 2024
Dynasty Financial Partners, established in 2010 and headquartered in Saint Petersburg, Florida, focuses on providing wealth management and technology platforms specifically for independent financial advisory firms. The company offers a range of services that encompass community support, technology solutions, investment strategies, capital sourcing, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, operational assistance, marketing, compliance, and practice management. By catering to sectors such as consumer products and services, information technology, and financial services, Dynasty aims to enhance the capabilities of its partner firms, enabling them to deliver better service to their clients.
GeoWealth
Venture Round in 2024
GeoWealth is a turnkey asset management platform tailored for registered investment advisors. The company offers a cloud-based wealth management technology solution that includes a range of features such as reporting, reconciliation, aggregation, billing, and trading. By providing access to a variety of exchange-traded fund model portfolios, GeoWealth allows advisors to implement customizable investment strategies. This comprehensive platform is designed to enhance operational efficiency, enabling advisors to better meet their clients' needs and grow their businesses effectively throughout the wealth management lifecycle.
FintechOS
Series B in 2024
FintechOS is a leader in fintech enablement, dedicated to making financial technology innovation accessible for all companies. Its cloud-based platform simplifies and accelerates the development, servicing, and expansion of financial products and services, enabling businesses to achieve value significantly faster than traditional methods—often within just 12 weeks. By liberating data from core systems, FintechOS allows for the creation of personalized financial solutions and customer experiences at scale. The platform is versatile, integrating seamlessly with existing technologies and connecting to a variety of ecosystems, both financial and non-financial. FintechOS serves a diverse clientele, including major firms like Groupe Société Générale and Admiral Group, as well as innovative companies such as Vibrant and eMag. The company collaborates with a range of partners, from niche consulting agencies to global consulting firms, enhancing its ability to provide tailored solutions that increase return on investment and reduce time-to-market.
Securitize
Venture Round in 2024
Securitize is modernizing capital markets by enabling digital securities, making it easier for eligible investors to own, manage, and trade digital securities within designated capital markets for equity, funds, fixed income, and real estate. Securitize is the only SEC Registered Transfer Agent integrated with multiple regulated US-based marketplaces with a working protocol and live issuers. The company also offers KYC/AML and capital management services. Securitize, Inc. is not a registered broker-dealer and does not make any endorsement of offerings.
SumUp
Debt Financing in 2024
SumUp is a financial technology company that specializes in mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) solutions, allowing businesses to accept card payments easily and securely. Founded in 2011, SumUp has established a presence in 13 countries, including Germany, Great Britain, and Brazil. Its offerings include a mobile card reader that supports magstripe, chip, and contactless payments, enabling small and medium-sized businesses to turn their smartphones or tablets into card terminals. The company also provides a suite of software development kits (SDKs) and application programming interfaces (APIs) for third-party integration of card payment functionalities. With a workforce of over 100 employees, SumUp has garnered support from prominent venture capital firms and financial institutions, positioning itself as a key player in the European mPOS market.
Ubitex
Funding Round in 2024
Ubit is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange for trading digital assets like Bitcoin and altcoins. They operate in fintech, combining market-making, liquidity protocols, and AI-driven Real World Assets (RWA).
PPRO
Private Equity Round in 2024
PPRO is a fintech company that specializes in providing digital payment infrastructure for businesses and banks. Its platform enables seamless integration of various payment methods, including credit card processing, alternative payments, local cash collection, and e-wallet services, all through a single connection. PPRO's technology allows payment platforms, acquirers, and merchants to manage their payment services efficiently, utilizing fraud screening tools and other essential products from multiple providers. The company's orchestration layer ensures smooth process flows and data management, simplifying the complexities of digital payments. Notable clients, including Citi, PayPal, and Stripe, rely on PPRO to enhance their payment capabilities, streamline operations, and improve conversion rates.
Pagaya
Post in 2024
Pagaya is a financial technology company that is transforming the asset management and lending marketplaces through the use of machine learning and big data analytics. It focuses on managing institutional money, particularly in fixed income and alternative credit, offering discretionary funds to institutions such as pension funds, insurance companies, and banks. Pagaya utilizes its proprietary technology platform, Pagaya Pulse, which employs advanced artificial intelligence algorithms to enhance performance and scalability. Additionally, Pagaya aims to improve the credit industry by providing a comprehensive solution that enhances customer experience and accessibility to credit, integrating seamlessly into its network of partners through a proprietary API. The company primarily generates its revenue from the United States.
10X Banking
Venture Round in 2024
10X Banking is a fintech company. They specialize in providing financial and banking services for customers, banks, and society.
Moove
Debt Financing in 2023
Moove is a mobility fintech company focused on providing revenue-based vehicle financing to entrepreneurs in the mobility sector across Africa. By utilizing embedded alternative credit-scoring technology within ride-hailing, logistics, and delivery platforms, Moove aims to democratize vehicle ownership and improve access to financial services for those previously excluded. The company's innovative approach leverages proprietary performance and revenue analytics to assess and underwrite loans, enabling mobility entrepreneurs to secure the financing needed to grow their businesses. Through this model, Moove addresses the financial barriers faced by individuals in the mobility industry, promoting economic empowerment and expanding opportunities for entrepreneurship.
Avaloq
Private Equity Round in 2023
Avaloq is an international fintech company that specializes in digitizing and automating the financial services industry. It offers the Avaloq Banking Suite, a comprehensive core and digital banking software, designed to enhance user experience and operational efficiency for wealth and investment managers, private banks, and retail and commercial banks. The company operates an integrated network of business process outsourcing (BPO) centers, making it a unique provider in the financial sector that both develops and manages its software solutions. Avaloq focuses on delivering transaction processing services that enable financial institutions to personalize their client interactions and improve profitability, ultimately aiming to reinvent finance for the betterment of society.
Chain Reaction
Series C in 2023
Chain Reaction is engineering the future of disruptive blockchain and privacy technologies. They accelerate compute performance, enabling companies to adopt and scale solutions to the world’s most complex problems. EL3CTRUM is their Blockchain product line, starting with the most efficient hashing ASIC on the market, optimized for high-performance, high efficiency, and low-power, and is the heart of their hashboards and systems. EL3CTRUM delivers optimal payback time. 3PU™ is their Privacy product, dramatically accelerating real-time operations of Privacy Enhancing Technologies on encrypted data, transforming the cloud into a trusted environment, and enabling new verticals to adopt the cloud at scale, including financial institutions, healthcare & big pharma, defense & government, oil & gas, and more. Purpose-built and custom-designed, their solutions power the next generation of secure, scalable, green computing to help protect people, privacy, and the planet.
Human Interest
Private Equity Round in 2023
Human Interest is a 401(k) provider that simplifies retirement savings for small and medium-sized businesses. Founded in 2015 in San Francisco by Paul Sawaya and Roger Lee, the company developed an end-to-end technology platform that addresses administrative and compliance challenges associated with retirement plans. This platform automatically creates employee accounts and syncs deductions with payroll providers, ensuring a streamlined process. In addition to facilitating employee retirement accounts, Human Interest offers personalized investment advice, enabling businesses to provide their employees with effective financial security solutions. The company has successfully assisted thousands of businesses across the United States in establishing accessible and affordable retirement plans.
IDnow
Debt Financing in 2022
IDnow is a Munich-based company that specializes in providing an Identity-as-a-Service platform, offering advanced machine-learning technology for real-time identity verification. Founded in 2014, IDnow ensures legal security and high data protection standards across Europe, facilitating secure customer identification and electronic contract signing without the need for additional hardware. Its services cater to a wide range of businesses, including banks, telecommunications companies, and fintechs, enabling them to streamline customer onboarding processes. IDnow's notable clientele includes major firms such as Commerzbank, UBS, Sixt neuwagen, Telefónica, and N26. The platform is designed to assist financial institutions in efficiently verifying identities and facilitating contract conclusions via smartphones, tablets, or webcams.
SumUp
Venture Round in 2022
SumUp is a financial technology company that specializes in mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) solutions, allowing businesses to accept card payments easily and securely. Founded in 2011, SumUp has established a presence in 13 countries, including Germany, Great Britain, and Brazil. Its offerings include a mobile card reader that supports magstripe, chip, and contactless payments, enabling small and medium-sized businesses to turn their smartphones or tablets into card terminals. The company also provides a suite of software development kits (SDKs) and application programming interfaces (APIs) for third-party integration of card payment functionalities. With a workforce of over 100 employees, SumUp has garnered support from prominent venture capital firms and financial institutions, positioning itself as a key player in the European mPOS market.
Circle
Private Equity Round in 2022
Circle is a financial technology firm that leverages blockchain technology and stablecoins to facilitate payments and e-commerce. Founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville, Circle enhances the way users send and receive money through its platform, Circle Pay. The company offers a cryptocurrency investment product called Circle Invest, enabling users to buy and sell various crypto assets. Additionally, Circle provides over-the-counter trading services through Circle Trade, featuring one of the largest global liquidity pools for digital asset trading, with an average monthly volume of $2 billion. Backed by significant investments from notable firms, Circle operates from its headquarters in Boston and has branches in New York, San Francisco, Dublin, London, and Hong Kong.
Rapyd
Secondary Market in 2022
Rapyd is a payments platform that integrates fintech services into various applications, simplifying access to local payment methods. It supports a range of clients, including e-commerce merchants, gig platforms, challenger wallets, remittance services, online lenders, and traditional banks. By enabling these businesses to move away from outdated infrastructure, Rapyd facilitates the development of modern, mobile-friendly financial solutions. The company focuses on building the next generation of financial technology infrastructure and end-user platforms, allowing its clients to enhance their service offerings and improve user experiences.
Acorns
Series F in 2022
Acorns is a financial technology company founded in 2012 and based in Irvine, California. It offers an application that automates micro-investments by rounding up users' everyday purchases to invest the spare change into a diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds. These funds are managed by reputable asset managers, providing users with exposure to a variety of investment options. In addition to this core feature, Acorns also provides services such as debit cards, personal checking accounts, investment accounts, and retirement accounts, enabling individuals to invest small amounts of money regularly. The platform aims to make investing accessible and straightforward for everyday users.
CompoSecure
Post in 2021
CompoSecure specializes in designing and manufacturing premium financial cards, focusing on high-security requirements for both public and private sectors. The company utilizes advanced metal payment card technology alongside its Arculus security and authentication platform to create products that offer a premium user experience. These offerings not only enhance the accessibility and usability of assets but also ensure trust in transactions. CompoSecure's commitment to innovation and design enables it to deliver sophisticated solutions that meet the evolving needs of its clients.
Teya
Series C in 2021
Teya is a comprehensive solution tailored for small and growing businesses, providing essential services that include payment processing, loyalty programs, and cash advances. With a focus on facilitating fast and secure transactions, Teya's payment software supports a diverse range of clients, including FinTech firms, payment providers, banks, and mobile network operators. The company has successfully assisted over 300,000 business owners in enhancing their operations and enjoying the process of running their enterprises. By offering cloud-native payment solutions and business management tools, Teya enables small and medium-sized businesses to effectively manage their growth and streamline their operations.
Trumid
Venture Round in 2021
Trumid Financial LLC is a financial technology company focused on enhancing the electronic trading experience in the credit market. Established in 2014 and based in New York, Trumid operates the Trumid Market Center, an electronic trading network and market intelligence platform for corporate bonds. The company also provides Trumid Bond Stream, which delivers TRACE pricing data to traders, and Trumid Labs, which utilizes data science to manage trading networks and offer bond price lookup services. By combining advanced technology with market expertise, Trumid aims to improve efficiency and provide corporate bond market professionals with direct access to liquidity and valuable market insights, enabling informed trading decisions.
MoneyLion
Post in 2021
MoneyLion, Inc. is a mobile banking and financial membership platform based in Sandy, Utah, established in 2013. The company provides a comprehensive digital financial solution that includes mobile banking, lending, and investment services. Utilizing analytics and machine learning, MoneyLion offers personalized financial advice and underwriting, enabling users to gain a complete understanding of their personal finances. Its all-in-one mobile banking membership features managed investment accounts, checking accounts, and cashback rewards, fostering good financial habits and encouraging better financial outcomes through a system of rewards and incentives. This approach allows MoneyLion to deliver convenient and low-cost access to financial services tailored to the needs of its customers.
Tricolor Holdings
Private Equity Round in 2021
Tricolor Auto is the largest distributor of used vehicles in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Odessa, and Corpus Christi areas, offering a wide selection of cars, trucks, vans, and SUVs in excellent condition. The company operates as a Community Development Financial Institution, utilizing AI-powered technology to enhance financial inclusion. Tricolor provides a unique online customer journey that allows individuals with limited or no credit history to access affordable credit-building auto loans. By offering in-house financing with low installment payment options, Tricolor enables customers without high credit scores, social security numbers, or driver's licenses to purchase quality vehicles. Through its services, Tricolor Auto aims to improve the lives of underserved communities and help them secure a better future.
Pine Labs
Venture Round in 2021
Pine Labs operates a merchant platform that provides technology and financial solutions aimed at enhancing revenue for merchants while minimizing costs, complexity, and risk. The company connects financial institutions and consumer brands, facilitating both offline and online retail transactions. Pine Labs powers over 350,000 point-of-sale terminals across more than 3,700 cities and towns in India and Malaysia, serving over 100,000 merchants in various sectors, including electronics, food and beverage, and fashion. Its platform also offers customer insights to drive targeted sales and streamline payment acceptance through features like easy monthly installments (EMI) across multiple banks and product categories. Additionally, Pine Labs collaborates with 15 major banks, seven financial institutions, and more than 100 brands to enhance the retail experience for both merchants and consumers.
10X Banking
Series C in 2021
10X Banking is a fintech company. They specialize in providing financial and banking services for customers, banks, and society.
Scalable Capital
Series E in 2021
Scalable Capital is a digital investment platform aiming to become a leader in Europe’s fintech landscape by integrating technology with investment services. It focuses on democratizing financial investments for both private investors and business clients through various partnerships. The platform employs proprietary risk management technology to streamline investment decisions, automatically allocating portfolios based on users' risk preferences. Additionally, it provides on-demand financial advice to enhance user engagement with capital markets, promoting smoother investment experiences and improved risk-adjusted returns. Supported by notable investors such as BlackRock and Tencent, Scalable Capital continues to expand its offerings and reach in the investment sector.
Neon
Series C in 2020
Neon is a Brazilian fintech established in 2016, founded by Pedro Conrade in response to the high fees charged by traditional banks. The company pioneered the first digital account in Brazil, focusing on providing a comprehensive range of financial services without abusive fees. Neon's offerings include debit and credit cards, personal loans, payroll loans, and investment options, such as CDBs and CDs, all designed with Brazilian workers in mind. Additionally, through its MEI Fácil initiative, Neon supports individual micro-entrepreneurs by providing financial services and education. The company has experienced significant growth, boasting over 15 million customers and a workforce of more than 1,600 employees. In 2021, Neon tripled its revenue and continues to anticipate strong growth. Neon For Life, an AI-driven buy now, pay later platform, further illustrates the company's commitment to enhancing financial flexibility for modern consumers by simplifying the management of essential expenses. Overall, Neon is redefining banking in Brazil by integrating technology to offer an accessible and user-friendly financial experience.
Scalable Capital
Series D in 2020
Scalable Capital is a digital investment platform aiming to become a leader in Europe’s fintech landscape by integrating technology with investment services. It focuses on democratizing financial investments for both private investors and business clients through various partnerships. The platform employs proprietary risk management technology to streamline investment decisions, automatically allocating portfolios based on users' risk preferences. Additionally, it provides on-demand financial advice to enhance user engagement with capital markets, promoting smoother investment experiences and improved risk-adjusted returns. Supported by notable investors such as BlackRock and Tencent, Scalable Capital continues to expand its offerings and reach in the investment sector.
Scalable Capital
Series C in 2019
Scalable Capital is a digital investment platform aiming to become a leader in Europe’s fintech landscape by integrating technology with investment services. It focuses on democratizing financial investments for both private investors and business clients through various partnerships. The platform employs proprietary risk management technology to streamline investment decisions, automatically allocating portfolios based on users' risk preferences. Additionally, it provides on-demand financial advice to enhance user engagement with capital markets, promoting smoother investment experiences and improved risk-adjusted returns. Supported by notable investors such as BlackRock and Tencent, Scalable Capital continues to expand its offerings and reach in the investment sector.
Wise
Secondary Market in 2019
Wise provides a core money transfer product, along with a borderless account for its audience of ex-pats, freelancers, and travelers, which holds over £2 billion in current deposits. The company features like automated identification verification, online and in-app technical assistance, and estimations of when money transfers will arrive, products and services that meet the needs of clients. Wise was established in 2011 by Kristo Kaarmann and Taavet Hinrikus in London, England.
CleanCapital
Venture Round in 2019
CleanCapital is a financial technology company focused on facilitating investments in clean energy. It provides a platform for accredited investors, including institutional investors, family offices, and investment funds, to invest in secure and diversified clean energy projects. The company specializes in identifying, performing diligence on, and managing these projects, ensuring that investors can monitor their investments in real time through a user-friendly online interface. CleanCapital is committed to contributing to climate crisis mitigation by enabling more accessible investment opportunities in the clean energy sector.
eFront
Acquisition in 2019
eFront is a software solutions provider specializing in alternative assets for sectors such as private equity, real estate investment, banking, and insurance. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Paris, France, the company offers end-to-end solutions that enhance the management of alternative investments and corporate risk. Its software supports the entire investment life cycle, including due diligence, portfolio planning, performance tracking, and risk analysis. This comprehensive approach enables investment professionals to make informed and less risky decisions. eFront has been recognized as a leading provider of financial technology, reflecting its commitment to delivering effective tools for the financial industry.
Acorns
Series E in 2019
Acorns is a financial technology company founded in 2012 and based in Irvine, California. It offers an application that automates micro-investments by rounding up users' everyday purchases to invest the spare change into a diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds. These funds are managed by reputable asset managers, providing users with exposure to a variety of investment options. In addition to this core feature, Acorns also provides services such as debit cards, personal checking accounts, investment accounts, and retirement accounts, enabling individuals to invest small amounts of money regularly. The platform aims to make investing accessible and straightforward for everyday users.
iCapital Network
Venture Round in 2018
iCapital Network is a fintech platform for alternative investments and investors. It has transformed the way the wealth management, banking, and asset management industries facilitate access to private markets investments for their high-net-worth clients by providing intuitive, end-to-end technology and service solutions. Wealth management firms use iCapital’s solutions to provide clients with quality funds at lower minimums and simplified digital workflows. Asset managers, RIAs, and banks leverage iCapital’s technology to streamline and scale their alternative investments operational infrastructure. Additionally, the iCapital ‘flagship’ platform offers wealth advisors and their high-net-worth client's access to a curated menu of private equity, private credit, hedge funds, structured investments, and other alternatives to help meet their investing needs for return and diversification. iCapital’s research and diligence team offers robust analysis alongside the firm’s extensive suite of advisor education, compliance, portfolio management, and portfolio analytics tools and services. iCapital has been recognized on the Forbes FinTech 50 list each year from 2018 through 2002, the Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers in 2021 and 2022, and MMI/Barron’s Industry Awards as Solutions Provider of the Year in 2020 and 2021. As of May 31, 2022, iCapital services more than US$130 billion in global client assets, of which more than US$30 billion are from international investors (non-US Domestic), across more than 1,035 funds. Employing more than 800 people globally, iCapital is headquartered in NYC and has offices worldwide including in Zurich, London, Lisbon, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Toronto.
Acorns
Series C in 2018
Acorns is a financial technology company founded in 2012 and based in Irvine, California. It offers an application that automates micro-investments by rounding up users' everyday purchases to invest the spare change into a diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds. These funds are managed by reputable asset managers, providing users with exposure to a variety of investment options. In addition to this core feature, Acorns also provides services such as debit cards, personal checking accounts, investment accounts, and retirement accounts, enabling individuals to invest small amounts of money regularly. The platform aims to make investing accessible and straightforward for everyday users.
iCapital Network
Series B in 2017
iCapital Network is a fintech platform for alternative investments and investors. It has transformed the way the wealth management, banking, and asset management industries facilitate access to private markets investments for their high-net-worth clients by providing intuitive, end-to-end technology and service solutions. Wealth management firms use iCapital’s solutions to provide clients with quality funds at lower minimums and simplified digital workflows. Asset managers, RIAs, and banks leverage iCapital’s technology to streamline and scale their alternative investments operational infrastructure. Additionally, the iCapital ‘flagship’ platform offers wealth advisors and their high-net-worth client's access to a curated menu of private equity, private credit, hedge funds, structured investments, and other alternatives to help meet their investing needs for return and diversification. iCapital’s research and diligence team offers robust analysis alongside the firm’s extensive suite of advisor education, compliance, portfolio management, and portfolio analytics tools and services. iCapital has been recognized on the Forbes FinTech 50 list each year from 2018 through 2002, the Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers in 2021 and 2022, and MMI/Barron’s Industry Awards as Solutions Provider of the Year in 2020 and 2021. As of May 31, 2022, iCapital services more than US$130 billion in global client assets, of which more than US$30 billion are from international investors (non-US Domestic), across more than 1,035 funds. Employing more than 800 people globally, iCapital is headquartered in NYC and has offices worldwide including in Zurich, London, Lisbon, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Toronto.
Scalable Capital
Series B in 2017
Scalable Capital is a digital investment platform aiming to become a leader in Europe’s fintech landscape by integrating technology with investment services. It focuses on democratizing financial investments for both private investors and business clients through various partnerships. The platform employs proprietary risk management technology to streamline investment decisions, automatically allocating portfolios based on users' risk preferences. Additionally, it provides on-demand financial advice to enhance user engagement with capital markets, promoting smoother investment experiences and improved risk-adjusted returns. Supported by notable investors such as BlackRock and Tencent, Scalable Capital continues to expand its offerings and reach in the investment sector.
iCapital Network
Series B in 2016
iCapital Network is a fintech platform for alternative investments and investors. It has transformed the way the wealth management, banking, and asset management industries facilitate access to private markets investments for their high-net-worth clients by providing intuitive, end-to-end technology and service solutions. Wealth management firms use iCapital’s solutions to provide clients with quality funds at lower minimums and simplified digital workflows. Asset managers, RIAs, and banks leverage iCapital’s technology to streamline and scale their alternative investments operational infrastructure. Additionally, the iCapital ‘flagship’ platform offers wealth advisors and their high-net-worth client's access to a curated menu of private equity, private credit, hedge funds, structured investments, and other alternatives to help meet their investing needs for return and diversification. iCapital’s research and diligence team offers robust analysis alongside the firm’s extensive suite of advisor education, compliance, portfolio management, and portfolio analytics tools and services. iCapital has been recognized on the Forbes FinTech 50 list each year from 2018 through 2002, the Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers in 2021 and 2022, and MMI/Barron’s Industry Awards as Solutions Provider of the Year in 2020 and 2021. As of May 31, 2022, iCapital services more than US$130 billion in global client assets, of which more than US$30 billion are from international investors (non-US Domestic), across more than 1,035 funds. Employing more than 800 people globally, iCapital is headquartered in NYC and has offices worldwide including in Zurich, London, Lisbon, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Toronto.
Lending Club
Private Equity Round in 2014
Lending Club is an online financial community that brings together creditworthy borrowers and savvy investors so that both can benefit financially. They replace the high cost and complexity of bank lending with a faster, smarter way to borrow and invest. Founded in 2007, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Prosper Marketplace
Series B in 2013
Prosper Marketplace Inc. is a peer-to-peer online credit marketplace based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2005. The company facilitates connections between individuals seeking consumer loans and those willing to invest in these loans, including both individuals and institutions. Prosper’s platform offers a range of fixed-rate, amortizing, and unsecured personal loans, all characterized by transparency, low fees, and no prepayment penalties. By utilizing a data-driven underwriting model, Prosper enables borrowers to access affordable loans while providing investors with the opportunity to earn competitive returns. The marketplace aims to create financial benefits for both borrowers and investors in a straightforward and efficient manner.
Personal Capital
Series C in 2013
Personal Capital Corporation is a digital wealth management company that offers financial advisory services and software designed to help individuals manage their finances effectively. Founded in 2009 and based in Redwood Shores, California, the company provides a suite of tools that allows users to monitor their income, spending, and investment performance in one place. With over 2.5 million customers, Personal Capital combines advanced software capabilities with personalized guidance from registered investment advisors, helping clients analyze cash flow, assess risks, and develop customized financial strategies. The company aims to transform financial management through technology, enabling individuals to gain a comprehensive understanding of their financial situations.
Oportun
Debt Financing in 2011
Oportun, Inc., founded in 2005 and based in San Carlos, California, is a financial services company that specializes in providing personal loans to individuals who may lack a credit score or have limited credit history. The company aims to empower its 1.9 million members by offering a digital banking platform that includes intelligent borrowing, savings, budgeting, and spending tools. Since its inception, Oportun has disbursed over $15.5 billion in responsible credit, effectively saving its members more than $2.3 billion in interest and fees. The company also offers a range of products, including unsecured and secured personal loans, auto loans, and various transaction services, all designed to help members achieve their financial goals and improve their financial well-being.
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