A Company That Helps You Find The Perfect Credit Card Is Now Worth $1 Billion
Sep 30, 2014, 06:05 IST
Credit KarmaCredit Karma employeesCredit Karma, a credit-tracking personal finance site, raised $75 million on Monday in a new round of funding that values the company at more than $1 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The new funding, coming just six months after its $85 million Series C, was led by Google Capital, Tiger Global Management, and Susquehanna Growth Equity. The 7-year-old company now has raised over $193 million.
Credit Karma calls itself the "Expedia for financial services products." Its users get free credit reports, and based on that score, receive financial product offers, like credit cards or mortgages, that would fit their needs. It also provides financial tools and advice to help its users better understand their own finances.
The site currently has 32 million users, and is growing at a healthy clip, adding 1.5 million new users every month, according to Bloomberg. It doesn't charge its users, however, and instead takes a portion of any deal made between financial institutions and its members.
Credit Karma's CEO Ken Lin said in March that it's making more than $200 million a year, according to Quartz. It's unclear if it's profitable yet, but he said at the time that "the outfit wavers between profitability and break-even status."
Credit Karma is the 15th US tech company to get a valuation over $1 billion this year, Bloomberg says. It's also part of a growing number of financial tech startups attracting massive VC money, like Lending Club, which has raised over $392 million to date, and SoFi, which had more than $566 million in venture capital funding so far.