5. Affirm $500.0M
Round: Series G
Description: San Francisco-based Affirm is a financial technology services company that offers installment loans to consumers at the point of sale. Founded by Jeffrey Kaditz, Max Levchin, and Nathan Gettings in 2012, Affirm has now raised a total of $1.4B in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include $1.4B.
Investors in the round: Baillie Gifford, Durable Capital Partners, Fidelity Management and Research Company, Founders Fund, GIC, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Wellington Management
Funding month: September
Industry: Consumer Lending, E-Commerce, Fashion, Financial Services, FinTech, Payments, Personal Finance, Retail
Founders: Jeffrey Kaditz, Max Levchin, Nathan Gettings
Founding year: 2012
Total reported equity funding: $1.4B
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