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Andrei Zakharov

A highly collaborative investment professional and research analyst with 10+ years of international experience in equity research, treasury operations, and trading positions across multiple asset classes at leading multinational banks Citibank and Morgan Stanley, UHNWI-backed family office and European independent equity research firm. A respectable background in equity capital markets, corporate treasury, investment banking operations, equity research analysis and portfolio management.

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<p style="text-align: justify;">Founded in 2012 by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, Affirm is mobile-first non-bank lender with innovative business model offering “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) lending products for consumers and effective commerce solutions for merchants. Peloton, Casper Sleep, Walmart, Gucci, The RealReal, Expedia and Priceline.com have merchant partnership agreements with Affirm. A number of such high traffic e-commerce platforms as Shopify, Magento, WooCommerce and BigCommerce can be integrated within the Affirm’s network seamlessly. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Allen &amp; Company are lead underwriters on the upcoming IPO, that could come early next year. Affirm raised more than $1.5 billion in funding over 9 rounds, according to Pitchbook and Crunchbase. Their latest $500 million Series G round was led by GIC, Durable Capital Partners and brought Affirm’s private valuation to ~$5 billion.</p>

Founded in 2012 by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, Affirm is mobile-first non-bank lender with innovative business model offering “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) lending products for consumers and effective commerce solutions for merchants. Peloton, Casper Sleep, Walmart, Gucci, The RealReal, Expedia and Priceline.com have merchant partnership agreements with Affirm. A number of such high traffic e-commerce platforms as Shopify, Magento, WooCommerce and BigCommerce can be integrated within the Affirm’s network seamlessly. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Allen &amp; Company are lead underwriters on the upcoming IPO, that could come early next year. Affirm raised more than $1.5 billion in funding over 9 rounds, according to Pitchbook and Crunchbase. Their latest $500 million Series G round was led by GIC, Durable Capital Partners and brought Affirm’s private valuation to ~$5 billion.

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