Quantity, a fintech that reached unicorn status final yr, has laid off 18% of its workforce.
The precise variety of how many individuals have been affected isn’t recognized, however when TechCrunch reported on its final elevate in Might of 2021, the corporate mentioned that it had 400 workers. If that’s nonetheless the case at the moment, then about 72 folks have been let go. When contacted, the corporate confirmed that the 18% determine was right however didn’t specify the precise quantity. In a written assertion, CEO Adam Hughes mentioned:
Because of the present macro-economic setting, we’ve got determined to take some proactive changes to make sure Quantity’s potential to thrive for years to come back. We imagine these actions are the prudent factor to do for the long-term well being of the corporate and stay extraordinarily excited concerning the future.
Amount was spun out of Avant — an internet lender that has raised over $600 million in fairness — in January of 2020 to offer enterprise software program constructed particularly for the banking business. It companions with banks and monetary establishments to “quickly digitize their monetary infrastructure and compete within the retail lending and purchase now, pay later sectors,” Hughes instructed TechCrunch final yr when the corporate introduced it had raised $99 million in a Series D funding round at a valuation of simply over $1 billion. In complete, Quantity has raised $243 million up to now. Traders embrace WestCap and Goldman Sachs, amongst others.
In easy phrases, Quantity’s mission is to assist monetary establishments “go digital in months — not years” and thus, higher compete with fintech rivals. The corporate fashioned simply earlier than the pandemic hit, after which demand for the kind of expertise Quantity had developed elevated exponentially, the corporate mentioned.
On the time of that final elevate, Hughes instructed TechCrunch that Quantity’s purchasers included monetary establishments collectively managing almost $2 trillion in U.S. property and servicing greater than 50 million U.S. prospects.
Hughes declined to offer any particulars relating to the corporate’s financials, saying solely that Quantity “carried out properly” as a standalone firm in 2020 and that the corporate was anticipating “important” year-over-year income progress in 2021. He did say that HSBC, TD Financial institution, Areas, Banco Fashionable and Avant (in fact) have been among the many 10 banks that used Quantity’s expertise in an effort to simplify their transition to digital monetary providers.
This text was up to date post-publication to incorporate a press release from the corporate.
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