Financial Services

Homeward Corporate Office

Tim Heyl worked in traditional real estate for 10 years. He came upon the same issue over and over; people were unable to put an offer on a new home they wanted to buy because they didn’t have a buyer for their old home yet.

Homeward enables agents to let clients buy the home they want using an all-cash offer, and then sell their current property at full market value. The company is expanding in Texas, Georgia, and Colorado, with plans to offer its solution to agents and homebuyers nationwide.

The company raised $105 million in equity funding in May 2020. The company said that it would use the funding to buy more homes for its customers and expand its agent partnerships.

Homeward maintains a corporate office in Austin, Texas.

Homeward

History

The company raised $105 million in equity funding in May 2020. The company said that it would use the funding to buy more homes for its customers and expand its agent partnerships.

Homeward maintains a corporate office in Austin, Texas.

Tusk Ventures Corporate Office

Tusk Ventures was founded in 2015 after co-founder and current CEO Bradley Tusk helped Uber find the start-up cash required to get the company off the ground.

Tusk realized that other start-up companies would require funding as well. Tusk Ventures was the first venture capital fund focused on investing in early-stage startups in regulated industries.

In December 2019, the company closed its second fund within four years, a $70 million investment vehicle to invest in startups that need to navigate regulations and the risk associated with them.

The company has invested in start-ups such as Bird e-scooters, Roman health services, and Alma for therapists.

Tusk is also known for helping political candidates, such as Mike Bloomberg’s presidential run in 2020.

Headquarters for Tusk Ventures are located in New York, New York.

Tusk Ventures

Tusk Ventures was founded in 2015 after co-founder and current CEO Bradley Tusk helped Uber find the start-up cash required to get the company off the ground.

Tusk realized that other start-up companies would require funding as well. Tusk Ventures was the first venture capital fund focused on investing in early-stage startups in regulated industries.

In December 2019, the company closed its second fund within four years, a $70 million investment vehicle to invest in startups that need to navigate regulations and the risk associated with them.

History

The company has invested in start-ups such as Bird e-scooters, Roman health services, and Alma for therapists.

Tusk is also known for helping political candidates, such as Mike Bloomberg’s presidential run in 2020.

Headquarters for Tusk Ventures are located in New York, New York.

Stash Bank Corporate Office

Stash Financial, sometimes referred to as Stash Bank or just Stash was founded in 2015 by Brandon Krieg, David Ronick, and Ed Robinson. The company operates both a web platform and mobile apps, allowing users to incrementally invest small amounts.

Investors can use the web page or the app to invest as little as $5 into fractional shares of stock.

Users can invest in personal brokerage accounts, retirement accounts, traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, or custodial accounts. Stash also offers financial education and automatic investing.

NerdWallet posted a review in January 2019 that this was a great app for those who are new to investing but that the $1 fee for accounts whose balance was less than $5000 was rather high and that users might find other services that were a better value.

Stash is one of the fastest-growing investment companies in the US and even during the tumultuous times of the coronavirus, the company managed to raise $112 million in series F funding in late April 2020.

In late April 2020, CNBC listed Stash in their articles regarding tricks for saving money, even during the quarantine.

Stash maintains a corporate office in New York, New York.

Stash Bank

Investors can use the web page or the app to invest as little as $5 into fractional shares of stock.

Users can invest in personal brokerage accounts, retirement accounts, traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, or custodial accounts. Stash also offers financial education and automatic investing.

History

In late April 2020, CNBC listed Stash in their articles regarding tricks for saving money, even during the quarantine.

Stash maintains a corporate office in New York, New York.

Sapphire Ventures Corporate Office

Sapphire Ventures was founded in 1996 originally as SAP Ventures. The company rebranded to Sapphire Ventures in 2014. Sapphire Ventures is a venture capital company that invests in growth-stage technology companies and early-stage venture funds globally.

As of December 2019, the company manages approximately $4 billion in assets and operates in the US, Europe, India, and Israel.

In January 2019, the company announced it was launching Sapphire Sport, an investment project focused on early-stage technology companies that intersect sports, media, and entertainment.

In December 2019, the company raised $1.4 billion for new investments. The company’s portfolio includes 23andMe, TransferWise, and Sumo Logic.

Airbnb received a bailout from Sapphire Ventures in April 2020, of $1 billion to help offset the losses from the coronavirus crisis.

Sapphire Ventures maintains a corporate office in Palo Alto, California.

Sapphire Ventures

As of December 2019, the company manages approximately $4 billion in assets and operates in the US, Europe, India, and Israel.

In January 2019, the company announced it was launching Sapphire Sport, an investment project focused on early-stage technology companies that intersect sports, media, and entertainment.

History

In December 2019, the company raised $1.4 billion for new investments. The company’s portfolio includes 23andMe, TransferWise, and Sumo Logic.

Airbnb received a bailout from Sapphire Ventures in April 2020, of $1 billion to help offset the losses from the coronavirus crisis.

Sapphire Ventures maintains a corporate office in Palo Alto, California.

Flywire Corporate Office

International student, Iker Marcaide, was trying to pay for his college classes in another country. He found the entire process difficult, time-consuming, and challenging. He could find no information about when the payment would be processed, what exchange rate it would be based on, or even when the payment would arrive.

Marcaide was confident that he could find a better way. He created peerTransfer in 2010, later changing the name to Flywire.

The company is a payment facilitator which makes international payments fast and easy. Most people can pay in their own currency, and the company accepts debit cards, credit cards, bank transfers, e-payments, and e-wallet transfers often with no additional fees.

In early February 2020, Flywire raised $120 million in Goldman Sachs LED Series E. This brings its valuation to $1 billion. Also in February 2020, the company acquired Simplee, a software provider for the healthcare industry.

Forbes listed Flywire on its 2019 list of Billion Dollar Startup Companies.

Headquarters for Flywire are in Boston, Massachusetts.

Flywire

Marcaide was confident that he could find a better way. He created peerTransfer in 2010, later changing the name to Flywire.

History

Forbes listed Flywire on its 2019 list of Billion Dollar Startup Companies.

Headquarters for Flywire are in Boston, Massachusetts.