Fintech Upgrade doubling S.F. workforce after raising $62 million


Fintech lender Upgrade plans to double its San Francisco headquarters workforce to 200 by the end of 2019, after raising $62 million in a third round of financing last month.

The company employs 300 people, including 100 in San Francisco. The company also has an operations office in Phoenix and technology offices in Chicago and Montreal.

“We’re hoping to grow the San Francisco office to about 120 this year and 200 by year-end 2019,” Upgrade co-founder and CEO Renaud Laplanche told the San…

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