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Upgrade

Upgrade is a leading fintech venture, based in San Francisco. Financial backing was provided by DST Global, Neuberger Berman Private Equity Funds and Ribbit Capital.

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Upgrade's founding team pioneered online lending on the premise that an online platform would operate at a lower cost and deliver a better customer experience than traditional banking.

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Last Transaction

10/16/2025

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Chief Executive Officer

Renaud Laplanche

        

Company Investors

• DST Global
• Neuberger Berman Private Equity Funds (Peter Sterling)
• Ribbit Capital
• Koch Disruptive Technologies (Byron Knight)
• Sands Capital Management
• Old Well Partners
• G Squared
• Ventura Capital
• VY Capital
• Dragoneer Investment Group
• Coatue Management
• Gopher Asset Management
• BRV Capital Management
• Santander InnoVentures (Chris Gottschalk)
• Uncorrelated
• Union Square Ventures
• Silicon Valley Bank
• Noah Holdings
• CreditEase (Anju Patwardhan)
• Apoletto
• FirstMark Capital

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