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Empower
Solving access to credit for 100m Americans51-200 Employees
  • Scale Stage
    Rapidly increasing operations
  • Top Investors
    This company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
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Company size
51-200 people
Total raised
$174.5M
Company type
Consumer Financial Services
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Empower Funding

$174.5M
44 rounds

Funding Rounds

B
$150,000,000
Series BAug 2022
Press
Former Sequoia investor Warren Hogarth left his job and went on to raise $150 million to build Empower, a startup that advances cash to people with poor credit
A
$20,000,000
Series AMar 2020Read press
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U
$4,500,000
UnknownSep 2018Read press
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S
Undisclosed amount
SeedMay 2017Read press
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Investors of Empower

Tim Lee
Angel Investor
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Founder Previously @Sequoia Capital @Google @McKinsey & Co
Defy Ventures
VC Firm • New York
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Entrepreneurship, employment, and character training
Rounds
A
Icon Ventures
VC Firm • Palo Alto
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Rounds
A
Initialized Capital
VC Firm • San Francisco
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Generalist early stage VC started by founders, for founders
Rounds
A
U
Joel Moxley
Angel Investor
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Echelon Capital
Sequoia Capital
VC Firm • Menlo Park
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We help the daring build legendary companies
Rounds
A
S
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