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Goldfinch is a decentralized credit protocol that allows anyone to be a lender, not just banks. Join us on Discord: http://discord.com/invite/goldfinch…
Overview
Employees
11-50
Total raised
$36M
Founded date
2020
Investors 10
| Date | Name | Website |
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| Dec 2, 2021 | A.Capital Ventures | acapital.com |
| Hack VC | hack.vc | |
| Jun 2, 2021 | Kindred Ventures | kindredventures.com |
| a16z crypto | a16zcrypto.com | |
| Oct 20, 2020 | Coinbase Ventures | ventures.coinbase.com |
| MSA Novo | msanovo.com | |
| Stratos | stratos.xyz | |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Robot Ventures | robvc.com |
| The Spartan Group | spartangroup.io |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
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| Jun 16, 2021 | Series A round | $11M |
Mentions in press and media 13
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| Sep 14, 2023 | Tugende takes first step towards repayment of defaulted $5M Goldfinch loan | Tugende, a venture-backed lender based in Uganda, and Warbler Labs, the company building Goldfinch, a decentralized credit protocol, have agreed on a loan restructuring plan that may lead to the recovery of the $5 million loan that the East... |
| Dec 12, 2022 | Adoption of DeFi, ZK Tech, NFTs and More Will Continue to Increase in 2023 | This year has certainly been a series of highs and lows for the crypto industry. After the 2021 bull run, we kicked off 2022 with a correction as bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) dropped around 20% and 31%, respectively, in January alone. Macr... |
| Mar 15, 2022 | Has DeFi’s Financial Inclusion Moment Finally Arrived? | DeFi still has much to prove when it comes to lending to the financially excluded. Thankfully, we ... [+] are starting to see models that are using DeFi to be more relevant for credit for underserved customers. Getty Images |
| Feb 25, 2022 | Hack VC raises $200M fund to back early-stage crypto startups | The investors behind virtual hack.summit(), the world’s largest blockchain programmer event, have launched a $200 million crypto seed fund under the Hack VC umbrella, fund partner Alex Pack told TechCrunch in an interview. Ed Roman, formerl... |
| Jan 13, 2022 | Trend spotter: Natasha’s fintech predictions for 2022 | As 2022 gets underway, it’s time to look ahead to some of the trends I see shaping fintech in the year to come. From a greater openness around debt management to the continued (meteoric) rise of NFTs, here are the five areas I’ll be keeping... |
| Jan 7, 2022 | DeFi platform Goldfinch raises $25m to continue emerging market lending | Andreessen Horowitz (a16z crypto) led a $25 million funding round that will help Goldfinch continue to offer uncollateralised DeFi loans to businesses in emerging markets. Removing the crypto collateral requirement unlocks a new level of bo... |
| Jan 7, 2022 | DeFi platform Goldfinch raises $25m to continue emerging market lending | Andreessen Horowitz (a16z crypto) led a $25 million funding round that will help Goldfinch continue to offer uncollateralised DeFi loans to businesses in emerging markets. Removing the crypto collateral requirement unlocks a new level of b... |
| Jan 6, 2022 | Goldfinch raises $25M from a16z to power its DeFi lending protocol for borrowers in developing countries | For all of the excitement pulsing through the so-called web3 space in the past year, most of the heartiest sums of investor dollars have seemed to find their way toward products touching users in the United States. But an increasing number ... |
| Dec 23, 2021 | Pantera’s Paul Veradittakit’s 2022 Predictions | 2021 has been an extraordinary year for crypto. We saw decentralized finance (DeFi) swell to a $100 billion+ industry, bitcoin (BTC) reach a price peak of $69,000, massive ecosystem growth for companion blockchain networks (layer 2) such as... |
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FAQ about Goldfinch
When was Goldfinch founded?
Goldfinch was founded in 2020.
How much funding has Goldfinch raised?
Goldfinch has raised $36M in total across 2 funding rounds.
What funding rounds has Goldfinch raised?
Parsers VC lists 2 funding rounds of Goldfinch, among them a Series A round of $11M on Jun 16, 2021.
Who has invested in Goldfinch?
Parsers VC lists 10 investors of Goldfinch, among them A.Capital Ventures, Kindred Ventures and Robot Ventures.
What has the press written about Goldfinch?
Parsers VC has collected 13 articles mentioning Goldfinch, among them “Tugende takes first step towards repayment of defaulted $5M Goldfinch loan” (Sep 14, 2023) and “Adoption of DeFi, ZK Tech, NFTs and More Will Continue to Increase in 2023” (Dec 12, 2022).
Is Goldfinch still active?
Yes, Goldfinch is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 13, 2024.