Tech Company Financing Transactions

SoFi Funding Round

SoFi, based in San Francisco, scored $200 million in funding from Third Point, IVP and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
2/3/2015
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$200,000,000
Round
Series D
Investors

Third Point (Lead Investor)

IVP (Sandy Miller)

Wellington Management Company

Proceeds Purpose
SoFi will use these funds to fuel the expansion of its consumer lending products throughout the United States and build out its marketplace with new options for investors.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
FinTech
Mailing Address
1 Letterman Dr. Building A 4700
San Francisco, CA 94129
USA
Email Address
Overview
Founded in 2011, SoFi is building an innovative marketplace to fix finance -- starting with the broken $1T student loan industry. Today, SoFi connects alumni borrowers and investors to refinance private and federal student loans.
Profile
SoFi LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
SoFi Company Twitter Account
Company News
SoFi News
Facebook
SoFi on Facebook
YouTube
SoFi on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Anthony Noto
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Chief Financial Officer
Michelle Gill
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Chief Marketing Officer
Joanne Bradford
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Chief Technical Officer
Tony Donohoe
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Vice President
Ashish Jain
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VP - Bus. Development
William Tanona
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VP - General Counsel
Robert Lavet
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VP - Human Resources
Anna Avalos
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VP - Operations
Richard Garside
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VP - Product Management
Assaf Ronen
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