Companies · Fintech

Sway FinanceSummer 2016Inactive

San Francisco · CA, USA · Fintech · founded 2016 · https://www.swayfinance.com

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Sway Finance — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
Total raised · real
0
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Latest step-up
Top 35%
Sector rank · raised
Latest stage · inferred

Sway Finance: limited disclosed financing to assess.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.

Where it sits in Fintech

Sway Finance is one of 1063 Fintech companies tracked from San Francisco, CA, USA, on record since 2016. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 66% of sector peers), and mid-pack by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%

operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy

Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst

Sway is bringing AI to the accounting industry

Sway is bringing artificial intelligence to the accounting industry. Its first product is an automated bookkeeping service for SaaS companies. We use a combination of proprietary machine learning models and API integrations to bring our delightfully low-touch experience to the accounting industry. Learn more: hello@swayfinance.com

Artificial IntelligenceFintechai/mlsaas
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As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

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Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

No round amounts on record to chart.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps

No staged rounds to sequence.

Modeled valuation trajectory
Base estimate est.
Conservative case
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Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size. Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Financing rhythm
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How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1063 companies in Fintech. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages)
This company
Sector median$4.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)
This company
Sector median$45.0M

Raised more than 66% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 66% of peers (estimate).

Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
No rounds recorded.
Intelligence
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Modeled next size est.
Last step-up
Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Registry & provenance

Sway Finance is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
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Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

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Semantically similar

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Frequently asked
What does Sway Finance do and where is it based?
Sway Finance operates in the Fintech sector, based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Sway is bringing AI to the accounting industry
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