Synchrony Financial

Synchrony Financial is a consumer financial services company based in Stamford, Connecticut, specializing in a variety of financing programs and banking products tailored for various sectors, including retail, healthcare, automotive, and travel. The company is a leading provider of private-label credit cards in the United States, offering products such as dual cards and general-purpose co-branded credit cards. Synchrony also provides promotional financing options for consumer purchases and services, including health and personal care. Additionally, it offers deposit products like certificates of deposit and savings accounts, catering to both retail and commercial clients. Synchrony partners with numerous national and regional retailers, local merchants, and healthcare providers to deliver its credit products through both physical and digital channels. Established in 2003, Synchrony Financial has grown to become a significant player in the consumer finance landscape.

Josh Aycock

Principal

Sue Bishop

EVP and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

Michael Bopp

Chief Growth Officer and EVP

Maran Nalluswami

EVP and Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer

25 past transactions

Treez

Series C in 2022
Treez is an enterprise cloud commerce platform that streamlines retail and supply chain operations within the cannabis market. Through its innovative technology for retailers and brands, the company provides a robust breadth and depth of software solutions required to operate a successful modern dispensary. Solutions include point of sale, dispensary inventory management, and omnichannel sales capabilities all on a mission-critical platform that ensures regulatory compliance across every supply chain transaction. The innovative platform also connects essential brands with their retailers through a centralized brand catalog with real-time market insights. The extensible open API platform provides smooth integration into a variety of best-of-breed solutions, including CRM, marketplace, and data analytics across the partner ecosystem, giving retailers everything they need to grow their business.

Skipify

Series A in 2021
Skipify is a technology company based in California whose mission is to eliminate friction in the shopper's journey and help merchants build even stronger relationships with their customers. Skipify streamlines the entire checkout process by instantly connecting shoppers with their payment options, rewards, and points. That means fewer abandoned carts and a better experience for everyone.

Socure

Series D in 2021
Socure provides artificial intelligence for digital identity verification, fraud prevention, and sanction screening.

Allegro Credit

Acquisition in 2021
Allegro Credit specializes in financing audiology equipment, such as hearing aids, dental services, and musical instruments. we built a brand by supporting our partners with consumer-friendly products, high approvals, and custom financial products

The Mom Project

Series B in 2020
Mom Project is the platform unlocking the potential of moms in the workforce, connecting its community of over 500,000 moms, dads and allies with flexible work opportunities at F500s and small businesses. The Mom Project is committed to building a better workplace for mothers and the businesses they support, changing the way women work and redefining career structures by providing women with opportunities that are in balance with their personal goals.

Prove

Series H in 2020
Prove is a smartphone-based identity verification startup that specializes in providing phone-centric and API marketplace solutions. Its phone-centric solutions enable its customers to acquire new consumers and engage with their existing consumers by removing friction while bolstering security and enhancing consumer privacy and consumer choice.

Anagram

Series A in 2020
Founded in 2014, Anagram is a unified revenue cycle management SaaS for eye care providers

flexEngage

Series A in 2019
flexEngage, Inc. is a software company based in Orlando, Florida, specializing in receipts management and digital communications for retailers. Founded in 2014 and previously known as flexReceipts, the company focuses on transforming standard post-purchase interactions—such as receipts, order notifications, and packing slips—into personalized marketing channels that enhance customer engagement and drive additional sales. Its software not only eliminates the need for paper receipts but also allows retailers to incorporate social media links, videos, and customized offers into digital communications. By providing services that help clients like Under Armour and GNC better connect with their customers, flexEngage aims to reduce churn and increase brand loyalty. The company has developed a significant database of consumer shopping behavior, boasting 300 million transactions and 41 million unique consumer profiles, positioning itself as a vital tool for retailers seeking to compete effectively in a rapidly evolving marketplace.

Fundbox

Series C in 2019
Fundbox is an AI-powered financial platform for small businesses that offer fast and intuitive access to business credit. The company is on a mission to empower the small business economy by unlocking customer growth. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California by co-founders Eyal Shinar, Tomer Michaeli, and Yuval Ariav in 2013.

Grabango

Venture Round in 2019
Grabango is a technology company that specializes in checkout-free shopping solutions for the retail industry. Founded in 2016 and based in Berkeley, California, Grabango develops a system that utilizes computer vision and machine learning to enhance the shopping experience in existing grocery and convenience stores. By employing cameras and shelf sensors, the technology identifies items as customers pick them up and adds them to a virtual basket. After selecting their items, shoppers can simply scan a code in the Grabango app to pay via their registered payment method and exit the store without waiting in line. This innovative approach aims to streamline the shopping process, making it faster and more convenient for customers, while also ensuring privacy through anonymized data handling. Grabango partners with large-scale retailers to retrofit their stores, eliminating traditional checkout lines and setting a new standard in retail shopping.

ChargeAfter

Series A in 2019
ChargeAfter Ltd operates a consumer financing platform that connects merchants with a network of global lenders to provide personalized and responsible financing options at the point of sale. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel, with additional offices in California and New York, the company offers a data-driven decisioning engine that facilitates real-time financing offers tailored to various consumer credit types. This approach enables approvals for nearly all customer applications, enhancing the shopping experience for consumers while allowing retailers to implement the platform quickly both online and in-store. ChargeAfter’s platform features detailed transaction reporting and white-label options, enabling merchants to seamlessly integrate multiple financing products into their sales processes. By streamlining credit distribution, ChargeAfter helps merchants boost conversion rates, increase average order values, and foster customer loyalty.

Prove

Series G in 2019
Prove is a smartphone-based identity verification startup that specializes in providing phone-centric and API marketplace solutions. Its phone-centric solutions enable its customers to acquire new consumers and engage with their existing consumers by removing friction while bolstering security and enhancing consumer privacy and consumer choice.

Pets Best Insurance

Acquisition in 2019
Pets Best Insurance offers value protection to a beloved but often overlooked member of a household. A pet's health can run into issues just like any other member of your family. Not being prepared can lead to some tough decisions. Pets Best Insurance helps you reach the best outcome for everyone.

Socure

Series C in 2019
Socure provides artificial intelligence for digital identity verification, fraud prevention, and sanction screening.

Amino

Convertible Note in 2018
Amino is a healthcare financial wellness platform that helps companies and their employees navigate the complexities of the US healthcare system and find the highest value care, which has become even more important of late. It simplifies high-value healthcare benefits by providing data-driven, individualized care suggestions that plan members will follow. With a system that benefits patients and everyone, Amino Health makes healthcare more intuitive, accessible, and convenient.

ChargeAfter

Series A in 2018
ChargeAfter Ltd operates a consumer financing platform that connects merchants with a network of global lenders to provide personalized and responsible financing options at the point of sale. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel, with additional offices in California and New York, the company offers a data-driven decisioning engine that facilitates real-time financing offers tailored to various consumer credit types. This approach enables approvals for nearly all customer applications, enhancing the shopping experience for consumers while allowing retailers to implement the platform quickly both online and in-store. ChargeAfter’s platform features detailed transaction reporting and white-label options, enabling merchants to seamlessly integrate multiple financing products into their sales processes. By streamlining credit distribution, ChargeAfter helps merchants boost conversion rates, increase average order values, and foster customer loyalty.

Fundbox

Convertible Note in 2018
Fundbox is an AI-powered financial platform for small businesses that offer fast and intuitive access to business credit. The company is on a mission to empower the small business economy by unlocking customer growth. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California by co-founders Eyal Shinar, Tomer Michaeli, and Yuval Ariav in 2013.

Loop Commerce

Acquisition in 2018
Loop Commerce provides an alternative checkout technology intended to be used for buying gifts and cards in a quick process. Their alternative checkout technology enables users to buy specific items without having to choose a size or color or style and without needing the recipient's mailing address.

Prove

Series F in 2018
Prove is a smartphone-based identity verification startup that specializes in providing phone-centric and API marketplace solutions. Its phone-centric solutions enable its customers to acquire new consumers and engage with their existing consumers by removing friction while bolstering security and enhancing consumer privacy and consumer choice.

LISNR

Corporate Round in 2017
LISNR® powers transactions across the customer journey globally with the most advanced Ultrasonic Data Platform. Today, companies like Jaguar Land Rover, Ticketmaster, and Visa use this solution to create secure & frictionless moments for consumers around the world. Founded in 2012, LISNR is located in Oakland, CA and Cincinnati, OH. Major investors include Intel, Jump Capital, Mercury Fund, R/GA, and Synchrony Financial.

Socure

Series B in 2017
Socure provides artificial intelligence for digital identity verification, fraud prevention, and sanction screening.

GPShopper

Acquisition in 2017
GPShopper LLC provides a mobile engagement platform. The company focuses on developing mobile apps for retailers and branded manufacturers. It offers GPShopper, a cloud based, native mobile platform for iOS and Android centralized content management for retail apps. The company’s platform enables retail marketers to create seamless omnichannel experiences, as well as to integrate existing loyalty programs, such as program enrollment point tracking, point redemption, purchase history, account management, and more. GPShopper LLC was founded in 2005 and is based in New York, New York. As of March 20, 2017, GPShopper LLC operates as a subsidiary of Synchrony Financial.

First Performance

Venture Round in 2017
First Performance powers subscription management and card engagement as a turnkey solution to leading processors, networks, and banks globally. We enable processors and banks to connect to our API platform and empower cardholders to use, manage and control their cards digitally…in real-time. We focus on continuous improvements and innovation to introduce new capabilities and services that include self-service card controls, spend limits, travel automation, merchant data cleansing, card on file, and subscription management.

flexEngage

Seed Round in 2016
flexEngage, Inc. is a software company based in Orlando, Florida, specializing in receipts management and digital communications for retailers. Founded in 2014 and previously known as flexReceipts, the company focuses on transforming standard post-purchase interactions—such as receipts, order notifications, and packing slips—into personalized marketing channels that enhance customer engagement and drive additional sales. Its software not only eliminates the need for paper receipts but also allows retailers to incorporate social media links, videos, and customized offers into digital communications. By providing services that help clients like Under Armour and GNC better connect with their customers, flexEngage aims to reduce churn and increase brand loyalty. The company has developed a significant database of consumer shopping behavior, boasting 300 million transactions and 41 million unique consumer profiles, positioning itself as a vital tool for retailers seeking to compete effectively in a rapidly evolving marketplace.

LoopPay

Series A in 2014
LoopPay is a widely accepted mobile payment provider, empowering consumers to finally leave their physical wallets at home, today. LoopPay’s patented Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) technology turns existing mag stripe readers into mobile contactless readers without any charge or cost to merchants or their payment processors, enabling secure mobile payments at more than 10 million locations in the U.S. Consumers can select from an array of devices that match their phones and fit their lifestyles, including the LoopPay Fob, ChargeCase, CardCase, and Card. In addition, all cards, including payment, gift, loyalty, reward and IDs, can be stored in one place via the LoopPay app, which offers utmost convenience and security, as all data is password and PIN-protected. LoopPay also encrypts and stores all card track data in secure memory within any device and is a Level One PCI Certified Payment Provider.
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