Fintech Startup Affirm Plans To Go Public This Year At Up To $10B Valuation: WSJ
Fintech Startup Affirm Plans To Go Public This Year At Up To $10B Valuation: WSJ
Financial technology startup Affirm Inc. is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) to prepare for an initial public offering by the end of this year, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
What Happened
發生了什麼
The groundwork for taking the point-of-sale lender public is still at an early stage, and the company could also choose to merge itself with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) as a means of going public, according to the Journal's sources.
根據該雜誌的消息來源,公開銷售點貸款人的基礎仍處於早期階段,該公司還可以選擇將自己與特殊目的收購公司(SPAC)合併,作為上市的一種手段。
Affirm was last valued at $2.9 billion as of April 2019, according to data firm Pitchbook. Affirm is now targetting a valuation of more than $5 billion, even as high as $10 billion, people familiar with the matter told the Journal.
根據數據公司投手冊,截至 2019 年 4 月,肯定最後的價值為 29 億美元。Affirm 現在的估值超過 50 億美元,甚至高達 100 億美元,熟悉這件事的人告訴該雜誌。
Why It Matters
為什麼它很重要
The San Francisco-based company enables shoppers, including customers of Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) and Expedia Group Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE), to pay for goods in installments.
Affirm CEO Max Levchin, who is also a co-founder of PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL), said last week that it would begin offering similar installment plans to customers of Shopify Inc (NYSE:SHOP) later this year.
Among other fintech companies, SoftBank Group Corporation (OTC:SFTBY)-backed online insurer Lemonade Inc (NYSE:LMND) raised $319 million in its IPO this month — but the IPO valued the fintech significantly below its pre-money valuation at $1.6 billion.
在其他金融科技公司中,軟銀集團 (場外交易:斯夫特比) 支持的在線保險公司 檸檬水公司 (紐約證券交易所:LMND) 籌集了 3.19 億美元 在本月首次公開招股上市中,但首次公開募股對金融科技的估值顯著低於其資金前估值 16 億美元。
PayPal also offers point-of-sale loans and has seen its shares rise 78% year-till-date.
PayPal 還提供銷售點貸款,並看到其股票同比增長 78%。
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