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| 14.05.2024 | Fintech Rises as Most Equitable Field for Female-Founded Startups | - |
| 15.05.2019 | Greedy VC Doesn't Pay: But Impact Does | Impact Report Kapor Capital |
| 29.03.2019 | How This Female Fintech Exec Conquered Her Imposter Syndrome to Succeed In Silicon Valley | Jotaka Eaddy arrived in Silicon Valley after years of working for groups like community organizer USAction and the NAACP. But despite her formidable accomplishments, she couldn’t help second-guessing herself in tech, an industry facing a ch... |
| 14.01.2019 | LendUp Receives Investment; Launches Credit Card Business | LendUp, a San Francisco, CA-based financial technology company for the emerging middle class, received an investment of undisclosed amount.
The round was led by LL Funds LLC and Invus Opportunities, with participation from QED Investors.
Th... |
| 14.01.2019 | Top startup news for today, Monday, January 14, 2019 | Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Monday, January 14.
Badi, a “Tinder-style” matching app for tenants, raises £24 million. Badi, a Barcelona-based startup and the developer of new rental app ... |
| 10.01.2019 | Daily funding roundup - January 10th, 2019 | Mr Jeff raised $12M; TemperPack raised $22.5M; Emeritus raised $40M; Vena Solutions raised $115M
Mr Jeff: Mr Jeff provides dry cleaning and laundry services online and at home in Spain, Peru, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia. Mr Jeff has raised ... |
| 17.10.2018 | Q&A with Sasha Orloff, cofounder and CEO of LendUp | We put together a list of the top YC companies by valuation as of October 2018. You can see that list at https://ycombinator.com/topcompanies.
Here’s a Q&A with Sasha Orloff, cofounder and CEO of LendUp, one of the companies featured o... |
| 31.01.2018 | Providing Fair Financial Products for the 56% of the US Without Access to Them – Jake Rosenberg of LendUp | Jake Rosenberg is the cofounder and CTO of LendUp (W12). They provide access to quality credit cards and loans without hidden fees or debt traps. Their customers are the 56% of Americans that have what is described as a “subprime” credit sc... |
| 31.01.2018 | Providing Fair Financial Products for the 56% of the US Without Access to Them - Jake Rosenberg of LendUp
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Transcript | Jake Rosenberg is the cofounder and CTO of LendUp (W12). They provide access to quality credit cards and loans without hidden fees or debt traps. Their customers are the 56% of Americans that have what is described as a “subprime” credit sc... |
| 20.09.2017 | LendUp Appoints Jotaka Eaddy As New VP of Policy, Strategic Engagement & Impact | LendUp, a socially responsible online lender on a mission to redefine financial services for the emerging middle class, announced on Wednesday it has appointed Jotaka Eaddy as its new Vice President of Policy, Strategic Engagement, and Impa... |
| 25.07.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, July 25 | CRYPTO MANIA
Hi, Term Sheet readers. My name is Robert Hackett, and I’m a reporter here are Fortune. You might remember me from this Q&A that appeared in Term Sheet a couple months ago.
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| 29.06.2017 | Term Sheet — Thursday, June 29 | New Money, Old Deals, Lingering Questions
LA Tech: Upfront Ventures has closed its fourth core fund with $400 million in commitments. It’s the firm’s largest ever, and according to managing partner Mark Suster, the largest Los Angeles-based... |
| 29.06.2017 | LendUp Receives Strategic Investment from PayPal | LendUp, a San Francisco, CA-based socially responsible financial services firm for the emerging middle class, received a strategic investment from PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL).
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
Led by Sasha Orloff, co-foun... |
| 28.06.2017 | LendUp gets strategic investment from PayPal and adds to its executive team | LendUp has built business providing personal loans to customers that traditional financial institutions wouldn’t touch. As it looks to expand into credit cards and other services, the company has raised some strategic funding from PayPal an... |
| 16.05.2017 | LendUp launches a better credit card for people looking to improve their credit | LendUp has spent the last several years helping people who couldn’t get a loan build their credit and improve their financial well-being. Now the company is looking to empower those with little or no credit by giving them access to a credit... |
| 02.03.2017 | LendUp Receives $100M Credit Facility from Victory Park Capital | LendUp, a San Francisco, CA-based socially responsible lender, received a $100 million credit facility.
Victory Park Capital provided the financing.
The company will use the facility to fund future loan growth.
Led by Sasha Orloff, CEO and ... |
| 20.02.2017 | 2017 YC Annual Letter | Dear YC Community:
In response to a comment on Hacker News, I’m going to try writing an annual letter to the YC community with an update on our progress.
Our mission is to enable the most innovation of any company in the world in order to... |
| 07.11.2016 | The top 15 deals in the FinTech space in 2016 | The FinTech space has now raised $3.7 billion this year, in 293 deals
One of the most exciting spaces over the last few years has been FinTech, with the rise of cyptocurrencies, lending platforms and investment platforms.
So far this year, ... |
| 27.09.2016 | “Good guy” loan startup LendUp pays $6.3M for overcharging violations | LendUp was supposed to be different than the payday loan sharks that rip off the poor when they need emergency cash. But in its early days, LendUp charged customers illegal fees, miscalculated interest rates, falsely advertised loans nation... |
| 26.08.2016 | LendUp Raises $47.5M in Series C Funding | LendUp, a San Francisco, CA-based lending startup, raised $47.5m in Series C funding.
The round was led by Y Combinator’s growth fund, Y Combinator Continuity, with participation from GV (formerly Google Ventures), Radicle Impact, QED Inves... |
| 26.08.2016 | Meet Chad Byers, General Partner at Susa Ventures | Susa just secured a $50 million second fund, so we chatted with a founder about the rising seed firm
Editor's note: Our 6th Annual Vator Splash LA conference is coming up on October 13 at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica. Speakers include Ma... |
| 23.08.2016 | LendUp Gets a Leg Up with $47 Million | Payday lender-alternative LendUp landed $47 million in series C funding this week. Y Combinator’s growth fund, Y Combinator Continuity, led the round. Google Ventures, Thomvest Ventures, QED… |
| 22.08.2016 | LendUp fights big banks with $47M for compassionate credit cards | Banks win when the poor lose. Credit cards can trap people in debt and bleed them dry with late fees. But it’s this exploitative experience that makes banks vulnerable to fintech startups like LendUp that are willing to undercut them and ma... |
| 16.08.2016 | Susa Ventures closes $50 million fund to back more seed-stage startups | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
San Francisco-based firm Susa Ventures announced ... |
| 16.08.2016 | Susa Ventures closes $50 million fund to back more seed-stage startups | San Francisco-based firm Susa Ventures announced today that it put together $50 million for its second investment fund.
With 12 investments per year, Susa Ventures II will focus on seed-stage companies that “are building long-term defensibi... |
| 16.08.2016 | Susa Ventures raises $50 million in second fund | A young seed-stage firm in San Francisco secures more capital for bigger, better deals
Susa Ventures, a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture firm, announced today that it has secured a $50 million fund, Susa Ventures II.
This is just the ... |
| 15.06.2016 | Despite troubled online lending market, Payoff raises a big new round | Payoff, a 7.5-year-old Costa Mesa, Ca., startup that makes loans for people looking to pay off credit card debt, has just raised a bunch of money and it’s looking to raise even more. According to a new SEC filing, the company has raised $46... |
| 28.01.2016 | Susa Ventures Looks to Raise $50 Million Second Fund | Susa Ventures, a 2.5-year-old, seed-stage firm with offices in San Francisco, New York, and L.A. , is looking to raise up to $50 million for a second fund, two years after raising a $25 million debut fund. The SEC filing is here.
Susa has f... |
| 22.01.2016 | LendUp Scores $150M For A Credit Card That Won’t Screw You Over | Banks are so greedy that LendUp can undercut them, help people avoid debt, and still make a profit on its payday loans and credit card. Not only is software eating finance, but morality is too. LendUp’s slogan is “Ladders Not Chutes”. Build... |
| 20.01.2016 | LendUp Raises $150M in Series B and Debt Financing | LendUp, a San Francisco, CA-based fintech consumer company, raised $150m in a combination of Series B round financing and an expanded credit facility.
The company will use the funds for the expansion of its team and platform.
The Series B r... |
| 20.01.2016 | Daily funding roundup - January 20, 2016 | Khazanah Nasional invested $160M in WeLab; LendUp raised $150M; Maluuba secured $6.2M funding
Maluuba, a machine learning company that offers a Siri-like experience for Android devices, today announced that it has secured $9 million CAD (ab... |
| 09.12.2015 | Triplebyte's Harj Taggar on the Second-Time Founder Syndrome | In this episode of Startup School Radio, host and YC partner Aaron Harris sat down with Harj Taggar.
You can subscribe to Startup School Radio on Soundcloud or iTunes.
Taggar is the co-founder of Triplebyte, a platform for recruiting tech... |
| 09.12.2015 | Triplebyte’s Harj Taggar on the Second-Time Founder Syndrome | In this episode of Startup School Radio, host and YC partner Aaron Harris sat down with Harj Taggar.
You can subscribe to Startup School Radio on Soundcloud or iTunes.
Taggar is the co-founder of Triplebyte, a platform for recruiting tech... |
| 10.02.2015 | Top 10 Y Combinator Companies by Funding Stage | Mattermark just released a new report with Y Combinator‘s top startups to graduate from its program. Since it was founded in 2005, Y Combinator has put hundreds of startups through its program. The program offers entrepreneurs access to an ... |
| 11.12.2014 | [Update] Lending Club IPO Shows The Profit Potential For Financial Technology Investments | Lending Club’s $5.4 billion initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange is more than just the largest IPO for a U.S.-based tech company this year, it’s also planting the flag for an entire ecosystem of startup companies engaged i... |
| 04.05.2014 | LendUp Receives $50M Credit Debt Facility | According to TechCrunch, LendUp, a San Francisco, CA-based payday loan provider, received a 50m credit debt facility.
Victory Park Capital provided the loan.
Co-founded by Sasha Orloff, LendUp is a Y Combinator-incubated, licensed, socially... |
| 30.04.2014 | LendUp opens up its API to spread safer payday lending across the country (exclusive) | LendUp, a for-profit and venture-backed startup from San Francisco, Calif. is in the business of improving payday lending. And it’s now opening its vault to let other organizations offer similar services via its API.
With the API, other com... |
| 30.04.2014 | LendUp (YC W12) Raises $50 Million To Disrupt Payday Lending | Congrats, LendUp!
Y Combinator-incubated payday loan disruptor LendUp has raised a $50 million credit debt facility from Victory Park Capital. This adds to the $18 million in equity funding LendUp has raised from investors including Google... |
| 28.04.2014 | LendUp Raises $50 Million To Disrupt Payday Lending | Y Combinator-incubated payday loan disruptor LendUp has raised a $50 million credit debt facility from Victory Park Capital. This adds to the $18 million in equity funding LendUp has raised from investors including Google Ventures, Data Col... |
| 14.11.2013 | LendUp (YC W12) raises $14M Series A from Google Ventures, Data Collective | A startup called Flurish Inc., better known as LendUp, has raised $14 million in Series A financing to offer an online alternative to traditional payday loans, according to co-founders Sasha Orloff and Jacob Rosenberg.
Google Ventures led ... |
| 13.11.2013 | LendUp Raises $14M in Series A Funding | LendUp, a San Francisco, CA-based socially responsible lending platform, raised $14m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Google Ventures with participation from Data Collective and QED Investors.
Founded in 2011 by Sasha Orloff, LendU... |
| 12.11.2013 | LendUp Raises $14M From Google Ventures, Data Collective To Disrupt Payday Lending | Y Combinator-incubated payday loan disruptier LendUp has raised $14 million in new funding from Google Ventures, QED (a firm that includes the founder of Capital One and Data Collective. This brings the company’s total funding to over $18 m... |
| 12.11.2013 | Funding Daily: It’s all about that data (bacon) money | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
There’s really no reason for including bacon as t... |
| 12.11.2013 | LendUp raises $14M to take on the payday loan industry | LendUp helps borrowers establish and build their credit
Building a business model around unbanked or underbanked consumers (those without access to credit) seems like a risky concept, but more and more companies are finding innovative ways ... |
| 12.11.2013 | LendUp Scores $14M Investment |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, LendUp has raised $14 million in new funding from Google Ventures, QED (a firm that includes the founder of Capital One) and Data Collective.
>> Click here for more funding data on LendUp
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| 12.11.2013 | LendUp gets $14M to bring affordable loans to people with poor credit | LendUp, a startup with an alternative to payday loans, has just raised $14 million in its first round of venture funding.
We first reported on LendUp in October 2012, when the San Francisco-based company launched its website and mobile app ... |
| 05.08.2013 | Focus is key: 6 cloud startups kicking ass by going narrow | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Venture capitalists are betting on cloud startups... |
| 05.08.2013 | Focus is key: 6 cloud startups kicking ass by going narrow | Venture capitalists are betting on cloud startups with a specific focus: health care, financial services, real estate, and other industries.
This more specialized, “vertical” industry approach is a stark contrast to the more horizontal appr... |
| 01.08.2013 | Senior security: New credit card protects your grandma from online fraud | You don’t often hear from tech entrepreneurs whose inspiration came from their grandmothers. But serial entrepreneur Kai Stinchcombe just launched True Link Financial to assist his grandmother, Ruth, and others like her who are the victims ... |
| 31.07.2013 | How Max Levchin is using ‘big data’ to make a difference | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
SAN FRANCISCO — The goal for Mixpanel‘s first con... |
| 24.06.2013 | Mobile startups can help you get a loan & pay medical bills in minutes (exclusive) | Mobile payments startup Corduro is proving that it’s far more than just another Square imitator.
The Southlake, Tx-based startup received funding from Google Ventures because it’s not just targeting mom and pop stores. Corduro’s sales team ... |
| 24.06.2013 | Mobile startups can help you get a loan & pay medical bills in minutes (exclusive) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Mobile payments startup Corduro is proving that i... |
| 21.06.2013 | Aiming To Disrupt Payday Lending, a16z-Backed LendUp Now Offers Instant Online And Mobile Loans | Y Combinator-incubated LendUp launched in October with backing from Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, Kapor Capital and others, to bring a fresh solution to an old problem: You have to pay your bills now, but you don’t ... |
| 21.06.2013 | LendUp (YC W12) offers instant online and mobile loans, disrupting the payday loan space with funding from A16z, KP | Y Combinator-incubated LendUp launched in October with backing from Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, Kapor Capital and others, to bring a fresh solution to an old problem: You have to pay your bills now, but you don’t ... |
| 17.05.2013 | LendUp (YC W12) wins Finovate 2013 Best in Show for consumer loan platform to help the underbanked build credit | LendUp, for its LendUp Ladder loan platform that helps the underbanked build credit
via finovate.com |
| 31.12.2012 | Silicon Valley VCs predict 2013 trends: Space, robots, self-driving cars | As the year draws to an end, Silicon Valley investors are looking for the next wave of technology after social networking.
VentureBeat spoke to a slew of the top players at well-known West Coast institutions — the founding team at Stanford ... |
| 27.11.2012 | Forget Facebook! Meet 12 investors on the hunt for the next Microsoft | Smart investors are betting big on business technology.
Sure, all the buzz goes to consumer-focused companies like Facebook and Zynga. But while those companies’ post-IPO performance has been tepid at best, enterprise startups have been qui... |
| 27.11.2012 | Forget Facebook! Meet 12 investors on the hunt for the next Microsoft | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Smart investors are betting big on business techn... |
| 10.10.2012 | LendUp uses ‘big data’ to bring better small-dollar loans to people in need | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
LendUp, a website and mobile app where people wit... |
| 10.10.2012 | LendUp (YC W12) raises from A16z, Start Fund, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Kapor to disrupt payday loans | New Y Combinator-incubated startup is entering the fintech scene today, aiming to disrupt payday loans and consumer finance. LendUp, is leveraging technology to redefine the payday lending experience, bringing a new level of innovation and ... |
| 10.10.2012 | LendUp Raises Cash From Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures And Others To Disrupt Payday Loans | A new Y Combinator-incubated startup is entering the fintech scene today, aiming to disrupt payday loans and consumer finance. LendUp, is leveraging technology to redefine the payday lending experience, bringing a new level of innovation an... |
