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Albert Valuation, Funding & Investors
Albert is valued at $749M as of January 2021.
Last Albert valuation
$749M
Series C · Jan 2021
Last Albert funding round
$100M
Series C · Jan 2021
Cumulative funding Albert raised
$176M
across 6 funding rounds
Key investors in Albert
QED Investors
Portage Ventures
Amex Ventures
500 Global
Plug and Play
AltaIR Capital
About Albert
Albert is a U.S. fintech company, launched in 2016, that provides a mobile app combining automated savings, budgeting, investing, and access to human financial experts for personalized advice. Additional features include Instant, which offers paycheck advances, aimed at improving the financial wellness of middle-income Americans living paycheck to paycheck. The app has grown to millions of registered users, who have collectively saved hundreds of millions of dollars since its launch.
Founded
2015
HQ
Website
Status
Privately held
Customer focus
B2C
Revenue model
Subscription
Valuation
$749M (Jan 2021)
Albert Valuation
Albert is currently valued at $749M, based on its Series C in January 2021.
The $100M round was led by General Atlantic, with participation from Portage Ventures, QED Investors, Invus Opportunities and CapitalG.
Albert valuation by funding round
| Date | Stage | Valuation |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2021 | Series C | $749M |
Albert Funding History
Albert has raised a total of $176M across 6 funding rounds.
Albert's first fundraising round was a $300K seed round in June 2016. The most recent completed round was a $100M Series C in January 2021.
Albert funding rounds
| Date | Stage | Investors | Raised | Valuation | Deal Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2021 | Series C | General Atlantic (lead); Portage Ventures; QED Investors; Invus Opportunities; CapitalG | $100M | $749M | Albert is a U.S.-based fintech company launched in 2016 that offers personalized financial advice from human experts, automated savings, investing guidance, and tools like Instant for paycheck advances, aiming to improve financial wellness for millions. The Series C funding round on January 26, 2021, raised $100 million led by General Atlantic, with participation from CapitalG (Alphabet's growth fund), Portage Ventures (also listed as Portag3), QED Investors, and Invus Opportunities. This brought total funding to approximately $173 million, following a $50 million Series B in March 2020 led by CapitalG. The funds were allocated to expand the team, enhance product offerings including app redesigns, launch features like The Post for financial literacy and Albert Planning for insurance, and scale services. By the round, Albert had over 5 million users who saved more than $500 million collectively since inception, with four core features: saving, investing, planning, and Instant. |
| Mar 2020 | Series B | CapitalG (lead); Portage Ventures; Amex Ventures; QED Investors; AltaIR Capital | $50M | - | Albert is a US-based fintech providing a personalized mobile finance app that offers automated financial tools, human advice via chat with experts, automatic savings, budgeting, spending reports, cash advances, and automated investing through 'Portfolio by Genius.' Users pay a minimum $4 monthly fee but can contribute more voluntarily. Targeted at middle-income Americans earning around $50,000 annually living paycheck to paycheck, the app had over three million registered users by early 2020. Assets under management stood at $2.3 million through December 2019 for investments, with over $100 million in savings deposits. In March 2020, Albert raised $50 million in a Series B round led by CapitalG, with participation from AltaIR Capital, Amex Ventures, Portage Ventures, QED Investors, and undisclosed investors. The funding aims to expand automation capabilities across more financial products, develop the platform, grow the user base, and hire across engineering, customer support, design, and operations. Prior rounds included a $12.1 million round in March 2019, $5 million Series A in May 2018, and earlier seed and convertible note financings. A subsequent Series C raised $100 million in January 2021 from General Atlantic, CapitalG, Portage Ventures, and QED Investors. |
| Dec 2018 | Series A | Portage Ventures (lead); Plug and Play; Amex Ventures; QED Investors; AltaIR Capital; 500 Global | $15M | - | Albert is an autonomous digital marketer platform. In 2018, the company raised $16.8m net in a funding round completed in June 2018, resulting in net cash of $15.4m at year end. Revenues reached $4.6m for the year ended 31 December 2018, a 2.7x increase from $1.7m in 2017, driven by a shift to large-scale enterprise clients. Monthly recurring revenues grew 1.5x to $0.45m in December 2018 from $0.3m in December 2017, with average monthly revenue per customer also up 1.5x. The customer base included 12 diversified enterprise organizations. No investor details matching 500 Global, AltaIR Capital, Amex Ventures, Plug and Play, Portage Ventures, or QED Investors were confirmed for a December 2018 round. |
| May 2018 | Seed | QED Investors (lead); Plug and Play; Camp One Ventures; Portage Ventures; Amex Ventures | $8M | - | Albert, a fintech company offering automated savings, financial analysis, and access to financial experts via app, raised $7.76 million in a seed round on May 25, 2018, led by QED Investors with participation from Amex Ventures, Camp One Ventures, Plug and Play, and Portage Ventures. The funds supported scaling operations and user acquisition. This followed an earlier seed round of $250,000 in June 2016 led by Financial Solutions Lab to develop the initial platform. Subsequent rounds included a $15 million Series A in December 2018 led by Portage Ventures and later a $50 million Series B in 2020 and $100 million Series C in January 2021 with investors including General Atlantic, CapitalG, and QED Investors. |
| Nov 2016 | Seed | 500 Global (lead); Financial Health Network; 500Tech; Bessemer Venture Partners; Chris Sang; Ranch Ventures | $3M | - | Albert raised $2.5 million in a seed round on November 23, 2016, led by 500 Global with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, 500Tech, Financial Health Network (CFSI), and others. The funding supported team expansion and platform enhancements for its personal finance app, which provides spending tracking, savings recommendations, and financial health tools. The app had launched earlier that summer and ranked #84 in the iOS Finance category, tracking over 50 million transactions. Co-founded by Yinon Ravid and Andrzej Baraniak, both with financial services backgrounds, Albert operated as a four-person team in Los Angeles at the time. The round followed an earlier $250,000 seed in June 2016 led by Financial Solutions Lab. Plans included an Android launch after rolling out version 2.0. |
| Jun 2016 | Seed | Financial Solutions Lab (lead); CSC Upshot; Liquid 2 Ventures; Global Founders Capital | $300K | - | - |
Who has invested in Albert?
19 investors have backed Albert across its funding rounds, including QED Investors, Portage Ventures, Amex Ventures, 500 Global, Plug and Play and AltaIR Capital.
Lead investors include General Atlantic, CapitalG, Portage Ventures, QED Investors, 500 Global and 1 other investor.
Albert Investors
| Investor | HQ | Rounds | Role | First check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Lead | May 2018 | ||
| 4 | Lead | May 2018 | ||
| 3 | Participant | May 2018 | ||
| 2 | Participant | May 2018 | ||
| 2 | Participant | Dec 2018 | ||
| 2 | Lead | Mar 2020 | ||
| 2 | Lead | Nov 2016 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Jun 2016 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Nov 2016 | ||
| 1 | Participant | May 2018 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Jun 2016 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Nov 2016 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Jun 2016 | ||
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Start Free TrialAlbert Competitors
Albert competitors include listed companies like Bravura Solutions and Finatext, and private ones like TIFIN, Tally, INDmoney and Moneyfarm.
| Company | HQ | Status | Revenue | EBITDA | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private | - | - | $842M | - | ||
| Private | - | - | $855M | - | ||
| Private | $18M | - | $650M | 36.1x | ||
| Private | $30M | - | $579M | 19.3x | ||
| Publicly listed | $201M | $55M | $1B | 4.9x | ||
| Publicly listed | $71M | $13M | $470M | 5.4x |
Albert Public Comps
Albert is still privately-owned, but its public comps include Green Dot, VP Bank, VersaBank, Octopus Apollo VCT, PHI Group, Liberty Financial Group, Katapult, Propel Holdings, FinVolution Group and Latitude Financial Services.
| Last FY | EV/Revenue | EV/EBITDA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | EBITDA | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | |
| $2.1B | ($12M) | 0.4x | 0.3x | (63.9x) | 4.2x | |||
| $412M | - | 1.8x | 1.8x | - | - | |||
| $89M | - | 8.5x | 6.9x | - | - | |||
| $22M | - | 32.8x | - | - | - | |||
| $5K | ($8M) | 155647.9x | - | (99.8x) | - | |||
| $259M | $127M | 42.5x | 24.3x | 86.6x | 84.9x | |||
| $292M | $215M | 3.0x | 2.7x | 4.0x | 58.2x | |||
| $556M | $130M | 1.9x | 1.5x | 8.3x | 6.8x | |||
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Common questions about Albert
| When was Albert founded? | Albert was founded in 2015. |
| Where is Albert headquartered? | Albert is headquartered in United States. |
| Is Albert publicly listed? | No, Albert is a private, VC-backed company. |
| What is Albert's valuation? | Albert was last valued at $749M in its Series C in January 2021. |
| How much funding has Albert raised? | Albert has raised $176M across 6 funding rounds. |
| What was Albert's last funding round? | Albert's last funding round was a $100M Series C in January 2021, led by General Atlantic. |
| Who are Albert's investors? | Albert's investors include Portage Ventures, QED Investors, Amex Ventures, Plug and Play, AltaIR Capital, CapitalG, 500 Global, CSC Upshot, Financial Health Network, Camp One Ventures and 9 others. |
| Which companies are comparable to Albert? | Companies comparable to Albert include TIFIN, Tally, INDmoney, Moneyfarm, Bravura Solutions and Finatext. |
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