Updated
Updated · TechCrunch · May 9
Parker files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
Updated
Updated · TechCrunch · May 9

Parker files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy

11 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · May 9
  • The May 7 filing lists $50 million to $100 million in assets and liabilities and between 100 and 199 creditors, as customer messages from partner Patriot Bank indicated operations had stopped.
  • Reports said failed acquisition talks triggered the abrupt shutdown, leaving small business e-commerce customers scrambling and prompting questions over oversight by banking partners Patriot and Piermont.
  • The Y Combinator winter 2019 startup had raised more than $200 million, including a $125 million lending arrangement, and its chief executive recently said it had reached $65 million in revenue.
Is Parker's collapse a startup failure or a symptom of a much larger crisis in bank oversight?
What fatal flaw made an acquirer abandon a $90 million deal for Parker at the last minute?