Earnest offers low-interest loans based on your unique financial profile, including student loan refinancing, private student loans, and personal loans.
Total raised: $307M
Founded date: 2009
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | wildcat | wildcat.vc... |
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 17.11.2015 | - | $275M | - |
| 28.01.2015 | Series A | $17M | - |
| 20.05.2014 | - | $15M | - |
Mentions in press and media 19
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| 15.04.2016 | Artificial intelligence and racism | Andrew Heikkila Contributor Andrew Heikkila is a tech enthusiast and writer from Boise, Idaho. More posts by this contributor Technology, happiness on demand and the absurd human condition Let’s start getting excited about robots taking our... |
| 13.04.2016 | Climb Credit looks to transform student lending with a new business model based on graduate success | The U.S. is facing a crisis in higher education. Once the ticket to the middle class life at the center of the fabled “American Dream”, the college and university experience is now under attack from all sides. Education has become pricier, ... |
| 09.12.2015 | Battery Ventures said to be raising $950M for two new funds | The firm will split the capital between a $600 million main fund, and a $350 million side fund (Correction: To reflect IVP's $1.4 billion fund. Also updated with comment from Battery Ventures) 2014 was a pretty great year for venture capita... |
| 17.11.2015 | Earnest raises $275M to help millennials manage their financial futures | Lending platform Earnest wants to help millennials manage their finances. To build out its offering of loans and other financial management tools, the company has raised $75 million in funding, plus $200 million worth of loan capital from N... |
| 17.11.2015 | Lending Company Earnest Raises $275 Million As FinTech Remains In The Spotlight | With a whopping $275 million in equity and debt financing, the next-generation lending company Earnest now has the firepower and strategic partners to become a more full-service financial services firm. The lending segment of the financial ... |
| 17.11.2015 | Earnest raises $275M to help millennials manage their financial futures | 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! Lending platform Earnest wants to help millennial... |
| 17.11.2015 | Earnest Raises $275M in Equity and Debt Financing | Earnest, a San Francisco, CA-based tech driven financial services company, raised $275mm in equity and debt financing. This included a $75mm Series B round of equity capital led by Battery Ventures, with participation from Adams Street Part... |
| 17.11.2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 17, 2015 | Earnest bagged $275M; Datto raised $75M; IIX Inc. secured $26M Skulpt, creator of a device for measuring body fat percentage and muscle quality, today announced that it had raised $4.1 million in a Series A funding round led by Nautilus Ven... |
| 30.01.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 1/30/15 | Xenex, Iora Health, AutoBot, Beckon, CloudBees, UserTesting, Lootsie, Final, Nilas, Earnest, Ossia Seed stage Lootsie, a loyalty and rewards platform for mobile apps, raised $3.5 million in seed funding from Tim Kendall, Michael Liou and Br... |
| 28.01.2015 | Earnest Closes $17M Series A Equity Funding | Earnest, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of student loan refinancing product, closed a $17m Series A equity funding. The round was led by Maveron with participation from existing investors (Andreessen Horowitz, Atlas Venture, Collaborati... |
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