Avant Stock
Online Lending Platform
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Avant operates an online marketplace that provides users with access to personal loans to consolidate debt, pay unexpected medical expenses, and for family vacations. Through the use of big data and machine-learning algorithms, the company offers a customized approach to streamline credit options. The company caters to consumers in the United States and the United Kingdom. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Avant was founded in November 2012.
Investors
August Capital
Avant, Turo, FourKites, Fastly, Sendbird, Rocket Lawyer, Mirantis, Reputation.com, Tegile Systems, Zulily
DFJ Growth
Avant, Hopin, DataRobot, Unity Technologies, Collective Health, Sysdig, Cohesity, Mapbox, Alchemy, Outreach
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Avant, Theranos, Coinbase, Twitter, Box, Good Technology, DataStax, Twilio, Alert Logic, TangoMe
General Atlantic
AppDynamics, Toutiao, Chime, Wish, Avant, Articulate, Bolt Financial, Automation Anywhere, Coalition, Blend
J.P. Morgan
Magic Leap, Avant, Jawbone, AUTO1 Group, FreshDirect, Machine Zone, AppDirect, Figure, One Medical, Pico
QED Investors
SoFi, Avant, Nubank, Roofstock, Remitly, MediaMath, Optoro, Signifyd, GreenSky, Prosper Marketplace
RRE Ventures
Avant, Bolt Financial, Collective Health, Noom, Bowery Farming, BuzzFeed, Knock, VTS, Wag!, Moda Operandi
Tiger Global Management
Flipkart, Delhivery, Ather Energy, Databricks, Grab, Chime, Ola, Quikr, Palantir Technologies, CoinSwitch Kuber
Funding History
| May 2013 | $9.0M |
|---|---|
| May 2013 | $25.0M |
| August 2013 | $20.0M |
| July 2014 | $75.0M |
| August 2014 | $200M |
| December 2014 | $300M |
| December 2014 | $225M |
| April 2015 | $400M |
| September 2015 | $325M |
Management
Chief Executive Officer
James Paris
Chief Technology Officer
Zhang Paul
Press
seekingalpha - Aug, 8 2023
Avant Technologies to develop a large-scale supercomputer catering to AI software firmsmarketscreener - Jul, 18 2023
Avant Brands Inc. Announces Closing of a $3.5 Million Credit Facilityow - Jul, 7 2023
Once $659 million, Avant's equity stockpile is nearly goneprolificnorth - Jul, 7 2023
Avant launches sleep tech brandmorningstar - Jun, 20 2023
KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Avant Loans Funding Trust 2023-REV1benzinga - Feb, 3 2023
Avant Brands Completes Acquisition Of Flowr Okanaganbenzinga - Feb, 2 2023
Avant Brands' Subsidiary GreenTec Acquires 3PL Venturesbusinesswire - Jan, 30 2023
Perimeter 81 Partners with AVANT to Expand Access to Award-Winning SASE Solutionsglobenewswire - Jan, 11 2023
AVANT Outlines Key Growth Strategies for Trusted Advisors in 2023benzinga - Dec, 19 2022
Avant Brands' GreenTec Holdings To Acquire 100% Of 3PL Venturesthepaypers - Dec, 10 2022
Avant secures USD 250 mln corporate debtnews - Dec, 9 2022
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Investors Fanatical About Fanatics; Avant Locks Down $250Mirishtimes - Dec, 9 2022
Avant raises mortgage rates for third time as ECB eyes next movefinsmes - Dec, 9 2022
Avant Secures $250M From Ares Managementbizjournals - Dec, 9 2022
Avant secures $250 million in fundingchicagobusiness - Oct, 25 2022
Online lender Avant sees credit cards as its futurebenzinga - Sep, 13 2022
Avant Brands Launches Treehugger Organic Sweet Fuel OG Flower & Pre-Rollsindependent - Sep, 6 2022
‘Switching was no longer worth it after Avant raised fixed rates’bit - Jul, 19 2022
WebBank invests $250m into digital financial solution dev Avantgo - May, 15 2022
Telecom Service Broker Blockbuster: Avant Acquires PlanetOnechannele2e - May, 12 2022
Avant Acquires PlanetOne; Next-Gen Technology Distributor and Master Agent Unitedlvr - Apr, 22 2022
Know Future Outlook of FinTech Investment Market: Key Players Wecash, Funding Circle, Kreditech, Avantow - Mar, 2 2022
AVANT Launches New AVANT Analytics Offerings to Power Stronger Informed IT Decision Makingbenzinga - Feb, 17 2022
Avant Brands Launches Its First BLK MKT Premium Concentrates And New Flavor Of Tenzochicagobusiness - Feb, 11 2022
Online lender Avant eyes move to Merchandise Martdlvr - Jan, 20 2022
How Avant Deploys Behavioral Analytics to Verify Its Customersow - Jan, 13 2022
Avant Credit Card Surpasses One Million Customer Milestonebusinessinsider - Dec, 27 2021
Avant review: Personal loans for people with low credit scores, but you'll pay a high interest ratedlvr - Dec, 25 2021
Fintech Firm Avant Announces Launch of Digital Banking Platformzpr - Dec, 23 2021
Avant Banking Launches Following Zero Financial Acquisitiondlvr - Dec, 23 2021
FinTech Firm Avant Debuts Avant Bankingdlvr - Dec, 22 2021
FinTech Investment Market Giants Spending Is Going To Boom | Kreditech, Avant, Klarnaprweb - Oct, 28 2021
Mako Networks Partners with Allied to Provide Secure Networking Solutions to CALA Enterprisesaithority - Oct, 28 2021
AVANT Announces Strategic Growth Investment from Pamlico Capitalnewswire - Oct, 17 2021
Avant Brands Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2021 Financial Resultsprnewswire - Oct, 1 2021
Alert Logic and AVANT Expand Cybersecurity Adoption with Exclusive New Master Distributor Agreementthestate - Aug, 14 2021
Avant to pay Massachusetts $1.6m in debt settlementprnewswire - Jul, 13 2021
OTC Markets Group Welcomes Avant Brands Inc. to OTCQXow - Jun, 23 2021
Avant’s Credit Card Surpasses 600,000 Customer Milestonebit - Jun, 18 2021
Avant Money to offer 30-year fixed rate mortgageaithority - Jun, 9 2021
Tangoe Partners With AVANT to Grow Technology Ecosystem and Enhance Work From Anywhere Environmentbuffalonews - May, 31 2021
Uniland gains tax reduction on Avant's Embassy Suites hotelow - May, 25 2021
Avant Names Matt Bochenek CEObizjournals - May, 19 2021
Amount raises $100M at $1B valuation, becoming Chicago’s newest unicornasreport - May, 17 2021
Avant, OneMain adding to marketplace lending ABS pipelinebit - May, 15 2021
Avant Money offers lower 4 and 10 year fixed mortgage ratesbusinessinsider - Apr, 18 2021
Avant review: Personal loans for people with low credit scores, but you'll pay a high interest ratetrib - Apr, 9 2021
Avant, online lender to near-prime consumers, buys a neobankbizjournals - Apr, 9 2021
Avant acquires San Francisco fintech startup to grow its digital banking businessdlvr - Apr, 8 2021
Avant acquires Zero Financialspr - Apr, 8 2021
Avant Acquires Digital Bank LevelTechCrunch - Apr, 7 2021
Avant doubles down on digital banking with Zero Financial acquisitionctpost - Feb, 13 2021
State says chemical company creating 40 jobs in Louisianaagfundernews - Jan, 26 2021
Vietnam’s biggest fish exporter launches venture unit, invests in cultured seafood startup Avantdlvr - Dec, 20 2020
FinTech Investment- a Market Worth Observing Growth: Wealthfront, ZhongAn, Atom Bank, Avantlendacademy - Dec, 19 2020
Podcast 278: James Paris of Avantow - Sep, 17 2020
Avant Healthcare Names New CEOrte - Sep, 14 2020
Avant Money enter mortgage market with 1.95% fixed rateBusiness Wire - Aug, 25 2020
3CLogic Partners with AVANT Communications to Expand its Cloud Call Center Solution to more Partners and Enterprise Customersspr - Aug, 21 2020
Avant and Colorado Establish "Safe Harbor" for Fintechsarkansasonline - Apr, 5 2020
Linebacker makes quick call for Hogsbusinesswire - Mar, 11 2020
AVANT Analytics Provides Original Research on IT Security With Release of Latest “6-12 Report”al - Feb, 11 2020
Body found near Bayview Lake is missing Birmingham teenprnewswire - Dec, 18 2019
Alert Logic Recognized with Best New Vendor Distinction at AVANT Special Forces Summit Europe Channel Partner Awards CeremonyCrowdFund Insider - Apr, 12 2019
After Years of Debate, Avant May be the First to Receive an OCC Fintech Charteryorkshirepost - Feb, 23 2019
Grand finale for High Royds site in Menstondallasnews - Feb, 20 2019
Avant Chamber Ballet's 'Romance and Ragtime' continues its mission to showcase women choreographersvcaonline - Mar, 28 2018
Venture Capital Database 2018 Now Available!wired - Mar, 16 2018
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Big day for Chicago tech as Origin Ventures closes $80M fundsramanamitra - Apr, 26 2017
Billion Dollar Unicorns: C3 IoT Joins the Clubsramanamitra - Apr, 20 2017
Billion Dollar Unicorns: Zoom Video Communications Enters the Clubsramanamitra - Apr, 17 2017
Billion Dollar Unicorns: Will Cisco buy Nutanix?sramanamitra - Apr, 9 2017
Billion Dollar Unicorns: In Uptake, Groupon Founder Shows He Has Learnt His Lessoncrowdfundinsider - Apr, 2 2017
Open Source Data:The Last Frontier of the Fintech Revolutioncrowdfundinsider - Apr, 1 2017
CreditEase Wealth Management’s Fund Invests $30 Million in Two Transactions With OnDeck & LendingHomesramanamitra - Mar, 28 2017
Billion Dollar Unicorns: MuleSoft Delivers Successful IPOcrowdfundinsider - Mar, 19 2017
Global Debt Registry Adds Avant as Network Partnersramanamitra - Mar, 7 2017
Billion Dollar Unicorns: SimpliVity Exits in HPE’s Armsprweb - Mar, 7 2017
eOriginal Joins Marketplace Lending Association to Support Transparency, Responsible Industry Growthdigiday - Mar, 4 2017
Why banking’s ‘omnichannel’ dreams haven’t become realitychicagobusiness - Feb, 27 2017
Updated Who's hiring in Chicago in 2017sramanamitra - Feb, 18 2017
Billion Dollar Unicorns: Careem is the Latest Middle East Unicorncrowdfundinsider - Feb, 10 2017
Proposed OCC National Fintech Charter Comments & Feedbackbuiltinchicago - Jan, 25 2017
2016 Chicago Startup Report: $1.7B in funding and 55 exitsfastcompany - Jan, 12 2017
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