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Consumer Fintech Startup Bright Money Raises $12 Million In Funding From Existing Investors

PRIVATESep 27, 2023

Amount Raised

$12 Million

Round Type

Funding Round

Information TechnologySoftwareData And AnalyticsScience And EngineeringArtificial Intelligence

Description

Bright Money, which allows users to reduce debt, has raised $12 million in an equity funding round led by existing investors Alpha Wave, Hummingbird VC and Peak XV Partners. As part of the funding, the consumer fintech startup has also raised $50 million in debt from speciality finance company Encina Lender Finance. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteNorthwestern UniversityKellogg Post Graduate Certificate in Product ManagementVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Product ManagementVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Professional Certificate in Product ManagementVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Professional Certificate in Digital MarketingVisitWith the infusion, Bright Money will look to serve a larger set of millennial audiences, especially in the US. Founded in 2019 by Petko Plachkov, Avi Patchava and Varun Modi, Bright Money offers financial tools that help consumers manage debt and get out of it, by leveraging data science

Who else raised in Data And Analytics and Science And Engineering around the same time

Companies in the same sectors as Bright Money that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.

  • Zephyr AI, Inc. raised $111M on October 27, 2023.
  • Cursor raised $8M (Funding Round) on October 11, 2023.
  • EdgeCortix raised $20M (Funding Round) on October 4, 2023.
  • RIOS raised $1.1M on September 29, 2023.
  • Ahura AI raised $2.7M (Seed) on September 22, 2023.
  • d-Matrix raised $110M (Series B) on September 6, 2023.

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Company Information

Company

Bright Money

About

Bright builds for Life After Debt. It gives every consumer the path to be debt-free. It is the Artificial Intelligence Bank for consumers living with high levels of debt. Bright helps consumers delete all forms of debt (credit card, student loan, auto loan, home loan, and more) using its Ai powered app, and tailored credit products. It is trusted by over 1 million Americans and growing. The Founding team has a combined experience of 80 years in Machine Learning, and Big Data systems, with a focus on Banking products. Bright is a team of Product Builders, Data Scientists, Engineers, Service Professionals, and Digital Growth Experts who build the world’s best Ai technology to help people be debt-free.

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