Michael Linford
Chief Financial Officer @ Affirm
Austin, United States
Michael Linford is a Series E investor at Affirm in Austin focused on FinTech and Finance. Michael Linford is the current COO of Affirm. He previously worked at Micro Focus as a VP of License Verification and Strategic Deals. Michael Linford attended the University of Texas at Austin.
- Total investments:
- 1
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- Lead investor:
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Industries Michael Linford invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 1 (100%)
- Finance 1 (100%)
- Payments 1 (100%)
- Mobile Payments 1 (100%)
- Personal Finance 1 (100%)
Investments
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KOHO Financial
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KOHO Financial provides an application based banking platform intended to simplify financial products available to everyone. Its platform helps users to complete their day to day banking operations while offering tools such as goals, cash flow projections, group spending, spending insights, and categorizations, enabling users to manage theirexpenses and banking operations on the go. | $93.2M / Series E / Jun 10, 2026 |
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About Affirm
Affirm is a financial technology services company providing installment loans to consumers at the point of sale.The company was founded with the goal to create honest financial products and services that empower consumers and improve lives. It aims to revolutionize the banking industry to be more accountable and accessible to consumers. Today,Affirm provides shoppers with an alternative to traditional credit cards at the point of sale, giving them the flexibility to buy now and make simple monthly payments for their purchases. Unlike payment options that have compounding interest and unexpected costs, Affirm shows customers upfront exactly what they’ll pay each month — with no hidden fees and no surprises. Affirm partners with over 2,000 merchants to give shoppers the option to pay with Affirm at checkout including well-known brands across retail including home furnishings, travel, personal fitness, electronics, apparel and beauty, and more. Loans are made in partnership with Afirm’s originating bank partner Cross River Bank, a New Jersey State Chartered Commercial Bank, Member FDIC.Jeffrey Kaditz, Max Levchin, and Nathan Gettings established the San Francisco, California-based company in 2012.
Affirm Contacts
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Adam Smith
Vice President, Engineering
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James Cunningham
Director, Product
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John Marion
President
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Marcos Sainz
Senior Director, Software Engineering
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Michael Linford
Chief Financial Officer
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What does Michael Linford invest in?
Michael Linford invests primarily in FinTech, Finance and Payments startups, most often at Series E stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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