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Aura

84 employees

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

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Mobile Payments2
Mobile2
E-Commerce2
FinTech2
Client Service1
Payment Disbursements1
Debit Card Loads1
Credit Card Payments1
Finance1
Payments1
Walk-in Cash Payments1
Payment Acceptance1
Integrated Card Services1
Loyalty1
Point of Sale Integration1
Mobile Point of Sale1
Point of Sale1
Gift Cards1
Mobile Ordering1
E-Commerce Platforms1

Funding rounds participated in

$4.4M sweet spot round size

Most of their 5 investments are in rounds between $500K and $7.5M

Basic info

Industry

financial services

Sectors

Lending
Financial Services
Banking
FinTech
Software

Date founded

2014

Investments made

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Blend raised undisclosed on December 12, 2013

Investors: Conversion Capital, SciFi VC, Initialized Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Aura

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SubtleData raised $500K on November 18, 2012

Investors: E-Merge sa-nv and Aura

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Zimbio raised $8.9M on May 1, 2012

Investors: Fenwick & West, Menlo Ventures, Draper Associates and Aura

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Symphony Commerce raised $7.5M on March 29, 2012

Investors: Bain Capital Ventures, FirstMark Capital and Aura

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Fuze Network raised $1.2M on February 22, 2011

Investors: Kickstart Seed Fund and Aura

Funding rounds raised

Total raised

$130M

from 8 investors over 8 rounds

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Aura raised $10M on March 5, 2020

Investors: Bridge Bank

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Aura raised $130M on October 29, 2019

Investors: Varadero Capital, L.P.

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Aura raised $29M on July 24, 2019

Investors: Angel Island Capital

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Aura raised $50M on November 30, 2017

Investors: Colchis Capital Management, LP, Revolution LLC and FirstMark Capital

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Aura raised undisclosed on August 15, 2017

Investors: Leap Global Partners

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Aura raised $26M on November 1, 2016

Investors: FirstMark Capital

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