Aura Financial

company

About

Aura is a financial service company that provides affordable, credit-building loans to working families.

Details

Last Funding Type
Series B
Last Funding Money Raised
$17.20M
Industries
Banking,Financial Services,FinTech,Lending,Software
Founded date
Jan 1, 2012
Number Of Employee
101 - 250
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Aura Financial LLC
Also Known As
INSIKT

Aura is a technology-powered, Community Development Financial Institution that provides fair, affordable loans to working families in America. Aura's mission is to build financially healthy low-income communities, by providing empowering financial services to underbanked and unbanked.

Aura uses its proprietary scoring algorithms to review and approve credit applications and offers free credit scores and personalized expense management guidance to borrowers, allowing the working population to access loans in a simplified manner.

Aura was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
14
$584.70M
Aura Financial has raised a total of $584.70M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Mar 5, 2020 from a Debt Financing round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Mar 5, 2020 Debt Financing $10M 1 Bridge Bank Detail
Oct 29, 2019 Debt Financing $130M 1 Varadero Capital Detail
Jul 24, 2019 Debt Financing $28.70M 1 Angel Island Capital Detail
Jun 25, 2019 Corporate Round $10M 1 Prudential Financial Detail
Dec 17, 2018 Debt Financing $210M Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
7
0
Aura Financial has made 7 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jan 28, 2022, when Unblocked raised $10M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Jan 28, 2022 Unblocked
Seed $10M Blockchain
Dec 12, 2013 Blend
Series A Financial Services
Mar 1, 2013 Aura Financial
Seed $1.30M Banking
Nov 18, 2012 SubtleData
Seed $500K E-Commerce
May 1, 2012 Livingly Media
Series B $8.90M Advertising

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
9
32
Aura Financial is funded by 32 investors. Bridge Bank and Varadero Capital are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Bridge Bank Yes Debt Financing
Varadero Capital Yes Debt Financing
Angel Island Capital Yes Debt Financing
Prudential Financial Yes Corporate Round
Coppel Capital Yes Series D
LEAP Global Partners Yes Series Unknown
Colchis Capital Management Series D
FirstMark Series D
Revolution Series D
Revolution Ventures Series D

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
7
Aura Financial has 7 current employee profiles, including Board member Oskar Mielczarek de la Miel
Board member
Board member
Executive
Executive

Exits

Aura Financial has had 3 exits. Aura Financial most notable exits include Blend ,   Symphony Commerce

Date Company Name Exit Type Industry
Jul 16, 2021 Blend IPO Financial Services Detail
May 17, 2018 Symphony Commerce M&A E-Commerce Detail
Nov 3, 2014 Fuze Network M&A Finance Detail