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MINES

www.mines.io

 
Mines was founded in 2014 by a small group of computer scientists working on an artificial intelligence research project at Stanford University. Having grown up in the developing world and understanding how difficult it is to get a loan, or a credit card, or even a month-to-month apartment in many countries, we decided to direct our energy and expertise towards solving one of the great social equality challenges of our time: access to finance.
  • Number of Employees: 0-25
  • Annual Revenue: $0-1 Million

Executives

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Funding

MINES raised $13M on 08/10/2018

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