# Source: https://businessownerindex.com/company-reference/upgrade-inc-q104231924/

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# Upgrade, Inc.

American financial services company

## Company context

The public record describes Upgrade, Inc. as American financial services company. Its recorded founding year is 2014.

Public business description

American financial services company

Country recorded for the company

United States

Founding year in source record

2014

## Recorded founders

- [Renaud Laplanche](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/renaud-laplanche-q16211798/) · french-american businessman

The linked people are recorded under the company’s founder property in the cited dataset. This is a founding association, rather than a verification of current equity or management responsibility.

## Understanding Upgrade, Inc. in context

Upgrade, Inc. is included because its public company record connects a named business to an identifiable founding team. The business description, “American financial services company,” supplies the context for that relationship, with a recorded starting year of 2014. The founding association shown here is with Renaud Laplanche. A single association in this library should not be read as a complete list of everyone who helped establish the business.

The [company website listed in the source](https://www.upgrade.com/) is the next place to research its current offering. Compare the company’s own description, its leadership information, and dated announcements with this reference record before drawing conclusions about today’s business. A founding year describes a historical event; it does not measure business scale, growth, or the length of a founder’s continuing involvement.

## Research context: Financial businesses

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- Which legal organization does the official site identify as providing the service?
- Are the founding history and the present operating organization clearly distinguished?
- Where does the provider direct readers to current registration and service information?

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## Research trail

- [Wikidata public record Q104231924](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104231924): company description, country, founding year where present, and founder associations.
- [Upgrade, Inc. website as listed in the public record](https://www.upgrade.com/)

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