A fintech company that offers affordable and responsible credit and banking products to mainstream consumers
upgrade.comLinkedInSan Francisco, CaliforniaFintechFounded 2016
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Sources agree on the round details. Julius Baer is identified as Ventura Capital's adviser, not as a participating investor.
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Sources agree. The $200 million figure is total funding since inception, not the amount of this round.
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Developing: it holds up against its sources so far, and firms up as more reporting lands.
| Round | Amount | Announced | Lead | Buzz |
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| Series F [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $280M | 2021-11-16 | Coatue, DST Global Partners | No recent discussion |
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Upgrade, Inc. is a fintech company that offers affordable and responsible credit, mobile banking and payment products to mainstream consumers.
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| Series E [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $105M | 2021-08-11 | Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT) | No recent discussion |
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Sources agree on the round details. Julius Baer is identified as Ventura Capital's adviser, not as a participating investor. [ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]2 pages read: upgrade.com, prnewswire.com·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]correctedchecked against 2 sources·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage·[ AGENT ]company research by the Firecrawl agent | ||||
| Series D [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $40M $200M to date | 2020-06-17 | Santander InnoVentures | No recent discussion |
2 sources [ VERIFIED ] read against 2 sources Sources agree. The $200 million figure is total funding since inception, not the amount of this round. [ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]2 pages read: upgrade.com, prnewswire.com·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]confirmedchecked against 2 sources·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage·[ AGENT ]company research by the Firecrawl agent | ||||
| Series C [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it. | $62M | 2018-08-23 | CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund | No recent discussion |
1 source [ DEVELOPING ] Developing: it holds up against its sources so far, and firms up as more reporting lands. read against 1 source
[ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]1 page read: prnewswire.com·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]correctedchecked against 1 source·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage·[ AGENT ]company research by the Firecrawl agent | ||||
Also named as backers in company research: Neuberger, LuminArx Capital Management