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Affirm
Public buy-now-pay-later lender founded by Max Levchin (NASDAQ: AFRM).
Stage
public
Status
public
Coverage
full
Why Affirm is interesting
Max Levchin BNPL IPO story — Khosla, Founders Fund, and Lightspeed in growth syndicate with a16z.
Key facts
- Series B (May 2015): $80M; Spark led with a16z, Lightspeed, Khosla (Tracxn)
- Series D (Apr 2016): $100M led by Founders Fund; a16z participated (TechCrunch)
- IPO (2021): NASDAQ: AFRM
Investors in our directory
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Industries
Fintech Consumer
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Market / IPO context
Ticker: AFRM (NASDAQ)
IPO status: public
Editorial / static context — not a live quote.
FAQs about Affirm
Funding context and why this company shows up in venture coverage.
Affirm provides point-of-sale installment loans and BNPL checkout for consumers shopping online and in stores with partner merchants.
Directory-linked investors include a16z (/fund/andreessen-horowitz), Khosla Ventures (/fund/khosla-ventures), Founders Fund (/fund/founders-fund), Lightspeed (/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners-nyc), Spark Capital (/fund/spark-capital), and Ribbit Capital (/fund/ribbit-capital).
Affirm went public on NASDAQ (AFRM) in January 2021 after raising growth rounds including a $100M Series D (2016).
Affirm helped mainstream transparent installment lending at checkout in the U.S. — a reference point for BNPL regulation, unit economics, and public-market fintech comps.
Yes — Affirm trades on NASDAQ under ticker AFRM (IPO 2021).
Last updated: 2026-07-24