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{{short description|American financial services company}}
{{distinguish|Sesame Credit}}
{{notability|Companies|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox company
| logo = Credit Sesame logo as of September 2019.svg
| name = Credit Sesame, Inc.
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| foundation = 2010
| founder = Adrian Nazari
| industry = [[Personal finance]], [[Software]], [[Financial technology]]
| location = {{ubl|[[Mountain View, California]]|[[San Francisco, California]]}}
| area_served = [[United States]]
| products = [[Credit scores]], [[credit monitoring]], [[identity theft protection]], [[loans]], [[credit cards]], [[credit reports]]
| num_employees = 100
| homepage = [http://www.creditsesame.com/ CreditSesame.com]
}}

'''Credit Sesame''' is a credit and loan company.<ref>{{cite web |title=“Credit Sesame: Credit and loan management platform |url=https://siliconvalley.tours/profile/credit-sesame/ |website=Silicon Valley Tours}}</ref> Credit Sesame was launched in private beta at TechCrunchDisrupt 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=The List Of Startups Launching At TechCrunch Disrupt |url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/27/the-list-of-startups-launching-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2/ |website=TechCrunch |publisher=Leena Rao}}</ref> By 2012, the company claimed to monitor almost $35 billion i(contracted; show full)ate=2019-09-27}}</ref> by Adrian Nazari, the company's chief executive officer. Nazari previously co-founded Financial Crossing, Inc. and served as both its president and its CEO. He was also the founder, CEO, and Chairman of the Board at Financial Circuit, Inc.<ref>{{cite web |title=EXECUTIVE PROFILE Adrian A. Nazari |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=7967414&privcapId=28748326 |website=Bloomberg |accessdate=1 February 2019}}</ref>
  

== Product and Services ==

As of 2018, Credit Sesame gives its members free access to credit score monitoring, credit reports, and identity protection tools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.doughroller.net/credit/credit-sesame-free-credit-score/|title=Credit Sesame Review 2019: A Truly Free Credit Score|last=Pruser|first=Michael|date=2011-11-15|website=The Dough Roller|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.creditsesame.com/free-credit-score/|title=Get Your Free Credit Score - No Credit Card Required|website=Credit Sesame|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-27}}</ref> It also provides personalized recommendations regarding personal loans, home loans, student loans, credit cards, and refinancing opportunities that can help members improve their credit and spending power.<ref>{{cite web |title="Personal finance tool CreditSesame nabs $6.15M in new funding |url=https://venturebeat.com/2011/03/09/creditsesame-gets-6-5-million/ |website=Venture Beat |publisher=Riley McDermid |accessdate=1 July 2011}}</ref> In 2017, Credit Sesame announced new robo advisory technology for consumers to automate their credit and loan management.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perez |first1=Sarah |title=With $20 Billion In Consumer Debt Under Management, Credit Sesame Closes $12 Million Series C |url=https://techcrunc(contracted; show full)

== Funding ==

In March 2011, Credit Sesame announced that it had closed a $6.15 million second round of funding, led by Menlo Ventures and Inventus Capital Partners.<ref>{{cite web |title=
"Personal finance tool CreditSesame nabs $6.15M in new funding |url=https://venturebeat.com/2011/03/09/creditsesame-gets-6-5-million/ |website=Venture Beat |publisher=Riley McDermid |accessdate=1 July 2011}}</ref> The company closed an additional $12 million in funding in June 2012, and $16 million in May 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perez |first1=Sarah |title=With $20 Billion In Consumer Debt Under Management, Credit Sesame Closes $12 Million Series C |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/06/11/with-20-billion-in-consumer-debt-under-management-credit-sesame-closes-12-million-series-b/ |website=Tech Crunch |accessdate=11 July 2012}}</ref>  <ref>{{cite web |last1=Perez |first1=Sarah |title=Credit Monitoring And Debt Management Service Credit Sesame Raises $16 Million |url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/05/12/credit-monitoring-and-debt-management-service-credit-sesame-raises-16-million/ |website=TechCrunch |accessdate=6 June 2017}}</ref> In October 2017, Credit Sesame announced that it raised more than $42 million in funding from investors (including Menlo Ventures, Inventus Capital, Globespan Capital, IA Capital, and SF Capital). The (contracted; show full)== References ==
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[[Category:Financial services companies established in 2010]]
[[Category:Credit management]]
[[Category:Companies based in Sunnyvale, California]]
[[Category:Privately held companies based in California]]
[[Category:American companies established in 2010]]