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Informed.IQ Funding Round

Informed.IQ closed a $65 million investment round on 12/16/2025. Investors included Invictus Growth Partners.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
12/16/2025
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$65,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Proceeds Purpose
The investment from Invictus comes as Informed.IQ continues to solve one of the lending industry's biggest challenges with its unique platform. According to Equifax, consumer non-mortgage write-offs surged 145% in 2024 compared to 2021 levels, while estimated auto lending fraud loss exposure exceeds $7.9 billion.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Software
Mailing Address
1550 Tiburon BlvdSuite G-312
Tiburon, CA 94920
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Informed was founded in April of 2016 by Justin Wickett and Magdalena Yesil to help lenders improve the lending process. Specifically, to speed up the process, reducing fraud, cost and risk using Document AI and machine learning (ML). Their mission was to do all that while improving financial inclusivity.
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Justin Wickett
  Justin Wickett LinkedIn Profile  Justin Wickett Twitter Account  Justin Wickett News  Justin Wickett on Facebook
Co-Founder
Magdalena Yesil
  Magdalena Yesil LinkedIn Profile  Magdalena Yesil Twitter Account  Magdalena Yesil News  Magdalena Yesil on Facebook
VP - Customer Service
Jessica Gonzalez
  Jessica Gonzalez LinkedIn Profile  Jessica Gonzalez Twitter Account  Jessica Gonzalez News  Jessica Gonzalez on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Nishit Kumar
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VP - Engineering
Dave Shewfelt
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VP - General Counsel
Tom om Oscherwitz
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