Empower

company

About

Empower is helping people access credit affordably, improve their credit health, and rewrite their financial story.

  • 101 - 250

Details

Last Funding Type
Series B
Last Funding Money Raised
$150M
Industries
Banking,Finance,FinTech,Lending,Personal Finance
Founded date
Jan 1, 2016
Number Of Employee
101 - 250
Operating Status
Active

Empower is a high-growth financial technology company on a mission to solve access to affordable credit for everyday Americans. We dream up and launch one-of-a-kind features that help our members get money instantly whenever they need it, save for the future, and rewrite their financial story. Our members see Empower Cash Advance as a life-saver, Empower Automatic Savings as a game-changer, and the new Empower Thrive line of credit as a lifeline to low-cost borrowing and the only practical path to building credit.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
4
$174.50M
Empower has raised a total of $174.50M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 8, 2021 from a Series B round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Jul 8, 2021 Series B $150M 1 Detail
Mar 5, 2020 Series A $20M 1 Detail
Sep 19, 2018 Seed $4.50M 1 Detail
May 9, 2017 Seed 1 Sequoia Capital Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
2
0
Empower has made 2 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 13, 2022, when The Upright Project raised €5M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Seed €5M Big Data
Dec 31, 2021 #Rens
Seed €3M Blockchain

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
1
Empower is funded by 1 investors. Sequoia Capital are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Sequoia Capital Series B