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SourceSoFi for trade students
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Fynn is a New York-based fintech lender that finances trade and vocational education with borrower-friendly private student loans, especially its Income Protection Loan.
Primary product
Income Protection Loan
Founded
2019
Headquarters
New York City, New York, United States
Team size
11-50 employees
Industry
Financial Services
Sub-industry
Trade school / vocational student lending
Offices
New York City, New York, United States (HQ)
Wilmington, Delaware, United States (legal/mailing address)
Business model
B2C private lending
partner-school distribution
student loan origination
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$36M
Latest round
Seed + Debt Facility · Mar 2023
Latest amount
$36M
Mar 2023 · Y Combinator, Susa Ventures
Mar 2023
People & investors
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Strategy Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Kent Schoen
General Counsel
Work & culture
Mission-driven and borrower-friendly; focused on widening access to skilled-trades education, underwriting on future potential, and helping students from qualifying trade schools reach better outcomes.
Benefits
Income Protection
Payment Reduction
Payment Pause
Loan Forgiveness
Bankruptcy Protection
Six-month post-graduation grace period
Career support services
Product & market
Pricing
Borrower-specific private student loan terms; no public rate sheet found.
Differentiators
- —Underwrites on future potential instead of credit history
- —No co-signer required in public descriptions
- —Income protection can reduce payments by up to 20%
- —Payment pause available for depressed income
- —Loan forgiveness after 15 years
- —Bankruptcy protection
- —Works with qualifying trade/vocational schools and technical colleges
Technology
Python
scikit-learn
Slack
Plaid
Stripe
Customers
trade school students
vocational and career-school students
partner technical colleges / trade schools
Competitors
Ascent
Climb Credit
Navient
SoFi
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
≈$5M ARR (public estimate)
Estimated monthly visits
38
Traffic estimate as of Apr 2025
Signals & risks
Latest news
PRWeb · Aug 2023
Announced new borrower benefits including a six-month initial grace period and career support services, alongside payment pause, payment reduction, loan forgiveness, and bankruptcy protection.
Forbes · Apr 2023
Profile of Fynn's mission to make trade school more accessible; reiterates the company's safe, fair, affordable loans positioning.
FinTech Futures · Mar 2023
Reported the financing package, the company's US expansion plans, and that Fynn served students pursuing trade or vocational programs.
TechCrunch · Mar 2023
Announced a $36M package composed of an $11M seed and a $25M debt facility; TechCrunch said Fynn worked with about 150 technical colleges and framed the company as 'SoFi for trade students'.
PRNewswire · Mar 2023
Company press release confirming the $11M seed plus $25M debt facility and naming lead investors Y Combinator, Susa Ventures, Village Global, Tenacity Venture Capital, and Watchfire Ventures.
Jobs and careers at Fynn
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