Arc is a digitally-native financial services platform that leverages technology to reduce the time and cost of financing for software companies.
We convert your future revenue into upfront capital at the click of a button—a founder-friendly financing alternative that avoids the dilution of venture capital and restrictive terms of venture debt.
Arc is backed by top-tier investors including Y Combinator, NFX, Bain Capital Ventures, and Clocktower Technology Ventures as well as world-class founders & operators including those from Stripe, Brex, and Square.
We convert your future revenue into upfront capital at the click of a button—a founder-friendly financing alternative that avoids the dilution of venture capital and restrictive terms of venture debt.
Arc is backed by top-tier investors including Y Combinator, NFX, Bain Capital Ventures, and Clocktower Technology Ventures as well as world-class founders & operators including those from Stripe, Brex, and Square.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $181.1M
Founded date: 2021
Founders name: Raven Jiang
Investors 7
| Date | Name | Website |
| 15.01.2022 | Bain Capit... | baincapita... |
| - | Next Legac... | nextlegacy... |
| 18.09.2021 | NFX | nfx.com |
| - | Left Lane ... | leftlane.c... |
| 15.01.2022 | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
| - | Carya Vent... | carya.com |
| 17.08.2022 | Left Lane ... | leftlaneca... |
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 16.08.2022 | Seed | $100K | - |
| 16.08.2022 | Series A | $20M | Left Lane ... |
| 14.01.2022 | - | $161M | - |
Persons 8
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Eric | McFarland,... | Chief Cred... | linkedin.c... | - | e**c@arc.t... | - |
| - | Nick | Lombardo | - | linkedin.c... | - | n**k@arc.t... | - |
| - | Raven | Jiang | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | r***n@arc.... | - |
| - | Don | Muir | - | linkedin.c... | - | n*******s@... | - |
| - | Basile | Senesi | Chief Reve... | linkedin.c... | - | b*****i@ar... | - |
| - | Dan | Oakes | Founding A... | linkedin.c... | - | d*n@arc.te... | - |
| - | Omid E. | Izadjou | - | linkedin.c... | - | o******u@a... | - |
| - | Austin | Beveridge | Head of Ma... | linkedin.c... | - | a********e... | - |
Mentions in press and media 15
| Date | Title | Description |
| 05.05.2026 | InstaSwitch Raises $4.7 Million And Launches Account Activation Infrastructure For Business Banking | InstaSwitch has launched what it describes as the first infrastructure platform purpose-built to convert opened business bank accounts into active primary relationships, announcing $4.7 million in seed funding alongside the launch. The roun... |
| 16.09.2025 | F2 Spins Out of Arc with $10 Million Equity Round, Emerging as the AI Leader in Private Markets | - |
| 18.02.2025 | Forbes 2025 Fintech 50 (ft. Arc & Bilt Rewards) | - |
| 23.01.2024 | Product Hunt Golden Kitty Awards in Fintech 2023 (ft. Arc and Composer) | - |
| 23.01.2024 | Product Hunt Golden Kitty Awards in Fintech 2023 (ft. Arc and Composer) | - |
| 08.01.2024 | Arc wants to make venture debt popular again | - |
| 08.01.2024 | Arc wants to make venture debt popular again | Venture debt has its merits. It can be a better and cheaper alternative to raising equity, especially if you are building a company in a capital intensive industry. However, lately, some people don’t seem to be fans. People can diss hard on... |
| 24.05.2023 | Arc: The future of Startup Finance | What Arc does Arc is a financial technology company that helps venture-back companies diversify deposits & maximize yield across systemically-important banks. Today that includes $5.75M of combined FDIC & SIPC insurance & yield... |
| 01.02.2023 | Startups And Small Businesses Flock To Fintechs As Banks Flounder | getty |
| 16.08.2022 | Arc Raises $20M in Series A Funding | Arc, a San Francisco, CA-based finance startup, raised $20M in Series A funding. The round was led by Left Lane Capital with participation from NFX, Y Combinator, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Torch Capital, Atalaya, Bain Capital Ventures... |
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