Upgrade, Inc., a fintech company that offers affordable and responsible credit and mobile banking to mainstream consumers, today announced that it raised a $280 million Series F round at a $6 billion pre-money valuation. The round was led by Coatue Management and DST Global. Dragoneer Investment Group and existing investors including Gopher Asset Management, G-Squared, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Old Well Partners, Ribbit Capital, Sands Capital, Ventura Capital and Vy Capital also participated in the round.

“We are thrilled to partner with DST, Coatue and Dragoneer,” said Renaud Laplanche, co-founder and CEO of Upgrade. “This new round comes just four months after our Series E and demonstrates Upgrade’s rapid growth and commitment to delivering innovative financial products that benefit consumers”.

Upgrade was recognized as the fastest growing company in the Americas by the Financial Times earlier this year, and Upgrade Card was recently recognized by Nilson Report as the fastest growing credit card in America, marking the first time a fintech company has appeared among the top 50 US credit card issuers.

 

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