The Ticker

What Investors See in Affirm, the First Big Tech IPO of 2021

What you need to know about the buy-now-pay-later startup founded by PayPal veteran Max Levchin that went public today

Mario Gabriele
Marker
Published in
5 min readJan 13, 2021

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PayPal co-founder and Affirm CEO Max Levchin makes a gesture while speaking on the show “Closing the Bell.”
PayPal co-founder and Affirm CEO Max Levchin. Photo: John Lamparski/Getty Images

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Mario Gabriele
Marker
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