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Nagsasara ang Lending Startup Upgrade ng $105M Series E Round

Ang kumpanya ay naglunsad kamakailan ng isang credit card na nagbabayad ng mga reward sa Bitcoin kaysa sa cash.

By Tanzeel Akhtar
Updated May 9, 2023, 3:22 a.m. Published Aug 11, 2021, 3:27 p.m.

Ang Upgrade, ang lending startup na co-founded ng dating CEO ng Lending Club, si Renaud Laplanche, ay nakalikom ng $105 milyon sa isang Series E funding round na tumatagal sa valuation ng firm sa $3.325 bilyon.

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  • Ang rounding ng pagpopondo ay pinangunahan ng Koch Disruptive Technologies na may mga kontribusyon mula sa mga bago at umiiral na mamumuhunan, kabilang ang BRV at Ventura Capital na pinayuhan ni Julius Baer.
  • Noong Hulyo, inilunsad ng Upgrade ang Bitcoin Rewards Card nito, isang credit card na nagbabayad ng mga reward Bitcoin sa halip na cash.
  • "Ginawa namin ang I-upgrade ang Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card para sa mga consumer na mahilig sa Crypto o nagsisimula pa lang, at gusto ng isang mababang-panganib na paraan upang lumahok sa Crypto economy," sabi ni Laplanche, ang CEO ng Upgrade, sa isang pahayag sa CoinDesk.
  • Ang Upgrade card ay ang pangunahing produkto ng kumpanya at nagbabayad ng mga reward sa mga cardholder habang binabayaran nila ang kanilang balanse.
  • "Kami ay nakaranas ng walang uliran na paglago at kakayahang kumita sa taong ito, at ang karagdagang kapital ay magbibigay-daan sa amin upang higit pang maitatag ang Upgrade Card bilang isang mainstream na credit card at magpatuloy sa pagdidisenyo ng mga makabagong produkto na makikinabang sa mga mamimili," sabi ni Laplanche.

I-UPDATE (Ago. 11, 16:16 UTC): Nagdaragdag ng quote mula sa Laplanche.

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Tanzeel Akhtar

Tanzeel Akhtar has contributed to The Wall Street Journal, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Forbes Africa, Financial Times, The Street, Citywire, Investing.com, Euromoney, Yahoo! Finance, Benzinga, Kitco News, African Business Magazine, Hedge Week, Campden Family Office, Modern Investor, Spear's Wealth Management Magazine, Global Investor, ETF.com, ETF Stream, CIO UK, Funds Global Asia, Portfolio Institutional, Interactive Investor, Bitcoin Magazine, CryptoNews.com, Bitcoin.com, The Local, The Next Web, Mining Journal, Money Marketing, Marketing Week and more. Tanzeel trained as a foreign correspondent at the University of Helsinki, Finland and newspaper journalist at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. She holds a BA (Honours) in English Literature from the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and completed a semester abroad as an ERASMUS student at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. She is NCTJ Qualified - Media Law, Public Administration and passed the Shorthand 100WPM with distinction. She does not currently hold value in any digital currencies or projects.

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