Credit Sesame raises $43m ahead of IPO
Credit score and loan management platform, Credit Sesame, has raised $43 million so far in its latest funding round, which is likely to be the last before the firm goes public, writes Jane Connolly.
Credit Sesame CEO and founder, Adrian Nazari
The round, led by ATW Partners with participation from previous investors, has not yet closed. TechCrunch reports CEO and founder, Adrian Nazari, believes the company is on track to achieve a $1 billion valuation when the round does close.
The funding is a combination of equity and debt for the profitable company, which has seen 90% annual revenue growth for the last five years. It will be spent on business expansion and developing Credit Sesame’s RoboCredit artificial intelligence algorithms, which enable consumers to see what actions they can take to improve their credit scores.
Nazari says this is likely to be the last funding round before launching an IPO and the company has no plans to look at mergers or acquisitions until after it goes public.
“Credit Sesame is revolutionising how consumers manage their credit,” says Kerry Propper, co-founder and managing partner of ATW Partners. “What once was a mystery and black box is now distilled by Credit Sesame’s PCM platform into easy to digest actionable insights that can effortlessly and meaningfully change a consumer’s credit and financial health.”
Users of Credit Sesame, which coined the term ‘Personal Credit Management’, can check their initial credit score and look at debt rebalancing options for free, but pay fees to take up products referred through the engine.
