Bankrate Overview

  • Founded
  • 1976
Founded
  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged
  • Employees
  • 600
Employees
  • Latest Deal Type
  • Buyout/​LBO
  • Financing Rounds
  • 8
  • Investments
  • 26

Bankrate General Information

Description

Bankrate is a provider of financial publishing services in the United States. The company's services operates as a leading online publisher, aggregator, and distributor of personal finance content specializing in financial rate information, rate data and financial content on financial products such as mortgages, credit cards, new and used automobile loans, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, checking and ATM fees, home equity loans and online banking fees.

Contact Information

Website
www.bankrate.com
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
(Operating Subsidiary)
Financing Status
Private Equity-Backed
Primary Industry
Information Services (B2C)
Other Industries
Publishing
Consumer Finance
Parent Company
Red Ventures
Primary Office
  • New York, NY
  • United States
+1 (561) 000-0000
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Bankrate Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
EBITDA		 Post-Val Status Debt

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Bankrate Comparisons

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Primary
Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last Financing Details
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Bankrate Competitors (9)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
HSH Associates, Financial Publishers Corporate Backed or Acquired Riverdale, NJ 000000&0
0000000000 Venture Capital-Backed San Francisco, CA 000 00000 00000 00000 00000
000000000 Formerly VC-backed New York, NY 000 000.00 000000&0 000.00
000000000000 Corporate Backed or Acquired New York, NY 000000&0
0000 Venture Capital-Backed San Francisco, CA 0000 00.00 0000000000 0 00.00
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Bankrate Executive Team (17)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Christoper Speltz Chief Executive Officer, Bankrate Credit Cards
James Gilmartin JD Vice President & General Counsel
Greg McBride Chief Financial Analyst and Senior Vice President
Peter Morse Chairman
Jeffrey Grant Chief Executive Officer, Insurance
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Bankrate Board Members (8)

Name Representing Role Since
00000 000000 Self Board Member 000 0000
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00000 00000 Bankrate Chairman 000 0000
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0000 00000 Apax Partners Board Member 000 0000
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Bankrate Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %ile
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Bankrate Former Investors

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info

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Bankrate Investments & Acquisitions (26)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
000000000 05-Mar-2018 000000000000000000 Application Software
00000000000 17-Jun-2016 000000000000000000 00000 Information Services (B2C) 0000000 0000000
0000000 01-Jun-2015 000000000000000000 Consumer Finance
0000000 01-Apr-2015 000000000000000000 000.00 Financial Software 0000000 0000000
SeniorHomes.com 01-Jan-2015 Merger/Acquisition 00.00 Information Services (B2C)
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Bankrate Subsidiaries (10)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
The Points Guy Publishing New York, NY 2010
00000000000.000 Information Services (B2C) Seattle, WA 0000
0000000 Financial Software Livonia, MI 0000
0000000 Consumer Finance Boise, ID 0000
0000000000.000 Publishing Miami, FL 0000
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Bankrate Exits (2)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
000000.000 07-May-2014 000000000000000000 0000 Completed
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Saving for College 10-Dec-2007 Merger/Acquisition 00.000 Completed
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