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Earnest

Fintech · San Francisco, United States · Founded 2013

A financial technology company specialising in consumer lending MoreLess

Earnest is a financial technology company specializing in providing low-interest student loan refinancing, private student loans, and personal loans. The company serves financially responsible individuals seeking to manage their educational and personal debt more effectively. Operating primarily in the U.S. market, Earnest leverages sophisticated data analysis and underwriting software to offer competitive rates tailored to each client's unique financial profile. The business model revolves around offering loans with flexible repayment plans, allowing clients to choose terms that best fit their financial situation. Earnest generates revenue through the interest paid on the loans it issues. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and aims to remain highly competitive by continuously adjusting its rates in response to market conditions.

Keywords: student loan refinancing, private student loans, personal loans, low-interest rates, data-driven underwriting, flexible repayment, financial technology, U.S. market, competitive rates, financial responsibility.

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Earnest's talent

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Team profiled 83 named & role-tagged
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Key operators 5 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Investors

27 investors on Earnest's cap table

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Series A 18 investors entered at this stage
Battery Ventures
Adams Street Partners
Accomplice
Otter Rock Capital
Wildcat Venture Partners
Correlation Ventures
Queensbridge Venture Partners
Brendan Wallace
Jose Marin
Black River Ventures
Ignacio Vilela
New York Life
S28 Capital
StartCaps Ventures
Propel Venture Partners
Adeyemi Ajao
FJ Labs
Hone Capital

Global footprint

Where Earnest has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
9 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States89.3%
🇲🇽 Mexico5.8%
🇮🇩 Indonesia1.3%
🇧🇷 Brazil0.9%
🇮🇳 India0.9%
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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Earnest

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