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Transforming the lives of America’s underbanked and unbanked through fair and responsible loans. Loans up to $4,000 in California, Texas, Arizona, and Illinois.
Overview
Employees
51-200
Total raised
$168.7M
Founded date
2014
Investors 3
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| LEAP Global Partners | leapglobalpartners.com | |
| FirstMark Capital | firstmarkcap.com |
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
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| Jul 24, 2019 | Funding round | $28.7M | |
| Jun 25, 2019 | Funding round | $10M |
Mentions in press and media 7
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| Oct 30, 2019 | Fintech startup Aura secures $130 million credit facility to provide affordable loans to hard-working Americans | We’ve covered Aura many times on site. The San Francisco, CA-based startup is one of the few tech companies giving helping hands to millions of America’s hard-working families in need of affordable loans. Today,most people lack access to sa... |
| Jul 24, 2019 | Aura Closes $28.7M Expansion Loan from Angel Island Capital | Aura, a San Francisco, CA-based mission-driven financial technology company that offers affordable loans to hard-working families, closed $28.7m in residual debt financing from Angel Island Capital. The company intends to use the funds to s... |
| Jul 24, 2019 | Fintech startup Aura closes $28.7 million financing from Angel Island Capital to provide affordable loans to hard-working | Millions of working families in America lack access to safe and affordable loans and are vulnerable to predatory lenders. Aura is a San Francisco, California-based financial technology startup on a mission to reverse this trend by providing... |
| Jun 25, 2019 | Aura Receives $10M Investment from Prudential Financial | Aura, a San Francisco, CA-based mission-driven financial technology company that offers affordable loans to hard-working families, received a $10m investment from Prudential Financial (NYSE: Pru). The company intends to use the funds to sca... |
| Jun 25, 2019 | Fintech startup Aura secures $10 million investment led by Prudential Financial to provide affordable loans to more people | Aura, a fintech startup that provides affordable, credit-building loans to America’s working families, has raised a $10 million investment funding to scale and provide more loans to more borrowers. The latest round was led by Prudential Fin... |
| Jun 25, 2019 | Top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 | Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. China’s biggest startups are leaving Oracle and IBM for Made in China technology. Most technology companies in the Western world have the ambition... |
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FAQ about Aura_Financial
When was Aura_Financial founded?
Aura_Financial was founded in 2014.
How much funding has Aura_Financial raised?
Aura_Financial has raised $168.7M in total across 3 funding rounds.
What funding rounds has Aura_Financial raised?
Parsers VC lists 3 funding rounds of Aura_Financial, among them a funding round of $28.7M on Jul 24, 2019 and a funding round of $10M on Jun 25, 2019.
Who has invested in Aura_Financial?
Parsers VC lists 3 investors of Aura_Financial, among them LEAP Global Partners and FirstMark Capital.
What has the press written about Aura_Financial?
Parsers VC has collected 7 articles mentioning Aura_Financial, among them “Fintech startup Aura secures $130 million credit facility to provide affordable loans to hard-working Americans” (Oct 30, 2019) and “Aura Closes $28.7M Expansion Loan from Angel Island Capital” (Jul 24, 2019).
Is Aura_Financial still active?
Yes, Aura_Financial is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jul 24, 2020.