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Deserve

Fintech · Palo Alto, United States · Founded 2013

Offers fair credit products for young people and a cloud-based credit card platform for businesses MoreLess

Deserve, accessible at deserve.com, is a fintech company that specializes in providing credit card solutions tailored for various market segments, including college students and businesses looking to offer co-branded credit cards. The company operates primarily in the financial services and technology market, focusing on digital-first, mobile-centric, and API-driven solutions.

Deserve's primary offering is its "Credit Card as a Service" (CCaaS) platform. This turnkey solution allows businesses to quickly launch their own customized credit card programs. The platform is highly configurable, enabling partners to create co-branded cards that meet specific needs and branding requirements. For instance, a retail company could offer a store-branded credit card to its customers, leveraging Deserve's infrastructure.

For individual consumers, particularly college students, Deserve provides credit cards designed to help build credit history. These cards come with features like immediate digital wallet integration upon approval, allowing users to start using their cards within minutes. This is particularly beneficial for students who are new to credit and need a straightforward way to begin their credit journey.

Deserve's business model revolves around earning revenue through various channels. For consumer cards, the company makes money from interest charges on outstanding balances, annual fees, and interchange fees (a small percentage of each transaction paid by merchants). For its CCaaS platform, Deserve charges businesses for the use of its technology and services, which may include setup fees, monthly service fees, and a share of the interchange fees from transactions made with the co-branded cards.

In summary, Deserve is a forward-thinking fintech company that leverages technology to offer innovative credit solutions for both consumers and businesses. Its digital-first approach ensures quick and efficient service delivery, making it a competitive player in the financial services market.

Keywords: fintech, credit cards, college students, co-branded cards, digital wallet, API-driven, credit building, turnkey solution, financial services, mobile-centric.

Company overview

Deserve company information

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Status
Acquired
Founded
2013
Headquarters
Palo Alto, United States
Employees
91
Open positions
None listed
Dealroom signal
63.3
sub industryMortgages & Lendingsub industryBankingindustryFintechsectorVerificationsectorRisk ManagementsectorAPIsectorCore AIsectorCredit CardsectorConsumer LendingsectorEmbedded FinancesectorEmbedded LendingsectorAI Applicationssectorfinancial inclusiontechnologyArtificial Intelligence

Valuation & funding

Deserve funding history

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
ACQUISITIONOther financing Apr 2025 $0 Intuit
DEBTDebt May 2022 $250M Cross River Bank · Goldman Sachs · Waterfall Asset Management
LATE VCOther financing Oct 2021 $0 Visa
SERIES DOther financing Jun 2021 $50M $500M MasterCard · Sallie Mae Bank · Goldman Sachs Asset Management · Mission Holdings
SERIES COther financing Nov 2019 $50M $200M Goldman Sachs · Pelion Venture Partners · Mission Holdings · GS Growth Equity
SERIES COther financing Aug 2018 Accel · Pelion Venture Partners · GDP Venture · Mission Holdings
DEBTDebt Apr 2018 Keystone National Group
SERIES COther financing Oct 2017 Undisclosed
SERIES BOther financing Aug 2016 Accel · Aspect Ventures · Pelion Venture Partners
SERIES AOther financing Jun 2015 Pelion Venture Partners · Accel · Aspect Ventures
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Growth signals

Deserve website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Deserve is 9.9K monthly website visits, down 38.1% over the last three months. Deserve's team declined 2.2% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits9.9K 3-month web change-38.1% 1-year team growth-2.2%
Monthly website visits104 observations · Oct 2017–Jul 2026
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Comparisons

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Talent graph

Deserve's talent

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Team profiled 7 named & role-tagged
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Key operators 1 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Investors

19 investors on Deserve's cap table

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Seed 4 investors entered at this stage
Fenway Summer Ventures
Ashish Toshniwal
Aspect Ventures
SparkLabs Global Ventures
Series A 2 investors entered at this stage
Accel
Pelion Venture Partners
Series B+ 12 investors entered at this stage
Keystone National Group
Sallie Mae Bank
GDP Venture
Mission Holdings
Alumni Ventures
GS Growth Equity
Goldman Sachs
MasterCard
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Visa
Cross River Bank
Waterfall Asset Management
Other known 1 additional known investor
Intuit

Global footprint

Where Deserve has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
3 countries with
team presence
🇮🇳 India44.4%
🇺🇸 United States44.4%
🇸🇬 Singapore2.2%
3 countries shown

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Deserve

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