SoftBank-backed startup Getaround cuts staff 

• Nicole Casperson
• January 8, 2020
• Innovation & Technology

Getaround, which offers a peer-to-peer car-sharing app, will reduce its field operations staff and the...

5 largest investments in auto finance startups in 2019

• Bianca Chan
• December 27, 2019
• Innovation & Technology, Sales & Marketing

This year, investors funneled hundreds of millions of dollars into auto finance startups in the...

Fair CEO resigns amid restructuring, Softbank management takeover

• Marcie Belles
• October 31, 2019
• Leasing, People

Scott Painter, chief executive of leasing startup Fair, is the latest executive to depart the...

SoftBank said to be behind Fair’s downsizing decision

• Nicole Casperson and Joey Pizzolato
• October 25, 2019
• Innovation & Technology

SoftBank, the lead investor in the subscription app Fair, is likely driving Fair to downsize...

Fair, the high-flying industry startup, initiates substantial staff cuts

• Nicole Casperson, Bianca Chan & Joey Pizzolato
• October 24, 2019
• Archives, Capital Markets, Finance, Innovation & Technology, People, Risk Management, Sales & Marketing, Strategy

Fair, which offers an automotive subscription app, will reduce its staff by 40% in an...

Ally backs startup Fair with $100m debt facility

• Nicole Casperson
• August 28, 2019
• Capital Markets

Used-car leasing app Fair has closed a $100 million debt facility and equity investment led...

Jumping In: Online Lenders Join the ABS Market

• Bianca Chan
• April 11, 2019
• Capital Markets, Credit Performance, Features, Risk Management

From the April issue: The auto securitization market is being injected with new blood. It’s...

Why One Startup Founder Turned Down a $1.1 Billion SoftBank Deal

• Bloomberg News
• April 9, 2019
• Capital Markets, Risk Management

Startups, when they raise venture money to build their businesses, begin with a Series A...