SoFi Technologies is an online personal finance company and online bank. It provides financial products including student and auto loan refinancing, mortgages, personal loans, credit card, investing, and banking.
- Sector(s): Financial Services
- Industry: Credit Services
- Full Time Employees: 2,500
- Founded in 2011
- HQ in San Francisco, California
- https://www.sofi.com
SoFi attracted funding from investors such as Peter Thiel, private equity firm Silver Lake and SoftBank, according to PitchBook.
Went public in a $8.65 billion deal with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings V, the latest blank-check company from venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya.
Other Chamath SPACs: Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), Virgin Galactic Holdings (SPCE), Clover Health Investments (CLOV)
On the first day of trading the stock closed up more than 12% to $22.65.
Anthony Noto, CEO of SoFi