In September 2012, SoFi raised $77.2 million, led by Baseline Ventures, with participation from DCM and Renren.[6][7] Additional investors included Ron Suber.[8]
On October 2, 2013, SoFi announced that it had raised $500 million in debt and equity to fund and refinance student loans. This total funding amount came from $90 million in equity, $151 million in debt, and $200 million in bank participations, with the remaining capital from alumni and community investors.[9] The $151 million in debt includes a $60 million line of credit from Morgan Stanley, and a $41 million line of credit from Bancorp.[10][11][12]
As of September 2013, SoFi had funded $200 million in loans to 2500 borrowers at the company’s 100 eligible schools.[13]
In November 2013, SoFi announced a deal with Barclays and Morgan Stanley to create a bond backed by peer-to-peer student loans, which would create the first securitization of these loans to receive a credit rating.[14]
2014–18
In April 2014, SoFi raised $80 million in a Series C round led by Discovery Capital Management with participation from Peter Thiel, Wicklow Capital, and existing investors. Money was raised to expand the footprint of the company’s student loan refinancing business and to extend into new products like mortgages and personal loans
