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Cushion
Cushion is a fintech company based in San Francisco, CA, that provides alternative data sets with explicit consumer permission to lenders, personal finance managers, fintechs, and financial…
Cushion
Cushion is a fintech company based in San Francisco, CA, that provides alternative data sets with explicit consumer permission to lenders, personal finance managers, fintechs, and financial…
TL;DR
Location: San Francisco, CA
Founded: 2016
Business model: SaaS serving financial services with AI-powered consumer finance tools
Total funding: $21M+ reported
Outcome: IP and select talent acquired by LendingClub (April 2025)
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Consumer finance data, BNPL and bill/payment management, credit building
Founded
2016
Industry
Fintech
Funding Track Record
$2.8M
Seed round announced April 2019
$21M+ (total)
Reported cumulative funding prior to acquisition
Investor Signal
“Backed by venture investors including Afore Capital, Flourish Ventures, Vestigo Ventures, Rose Park Advisors, 9Yards Capital, Better Tomorrow Ventures, and 500 Global”
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