Stripe builds programmable financial services. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Headquartered in San Francisco and Dublin, the company aims to increase the GDP of the internet.
Plaid is a data network that powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. Plaid works with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, and Betterment, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers more than 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company was founded in 2013 by Zach Perret and William Hockey.
Lendio is transforming small business lending by connecting small businesses, lenders, and small business service providers through a single integrated technology platform. The Lendio Marketplace matches business owners with funding from over 75 lenders and financial partners, all through one simple online application. Lendio’s Embedded Marketplace brings this experience seamlessly to small business service providers’ ecosystems, allowing them to embed a full loan application and funding solution within their platform. For banks and lenders, Lendio’s purpose-built software integrates within their tech stack to automate small business loan decisioning, underwrite applicants, and connect financial institutions with curated applicants from Lendio’s direct and embedded marketplaces. With a single technology platform, Lendio is fueling the dreams of small business owners wherever they seek capital.
Since 2011, Lendio has facilitated more than 520,000 small business loans and other financing options totaling over $17 billion.