Plaid Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2012

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 1,200

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Later Stage VC

  • Latest Deal Amount
  • $575M

  • Investors
  • 89

Plaid General Information

Description

Developer of a data network programming platform designed to assist in connecting popular fintech applications with traditional bank accounts. The company's platform accesses transactions and personal data like names, phone numbers, addresses, and emails for each account from financial institutions by authenticating them and verifying information in real time, enabling consumers and businesses to interact with their bank accounts, check balances, and make payments through financial applications.

Contact Information

Website
www.plaid.com
Formerly Known As
Plaid Technologies
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Corporate Office
  • PO Box 7775
  • Suite 35278
  • San Francisco, CA 94120-7775
  • United States
+1 (415)
Primary Industry
Financial Software
Other Industries
Other Financial Services
Business/Productivity Software
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Vertical(s)
SaaS, TMT, FinTech
Corporate Office
  • PO Box 7775
  • Suite 35278
  • San Francisco, CA 94120-7775
  • United States
+1 (415)

Plaid Timeline

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Plaid Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
12. Later Stage VC 03-Apr-2025 $575M Completed Generating Revenue
11. Later Stage VC 01-Apr-2024 Completed Generating Revenue
10. Secondary Transaction - Private Completed Generating Revenue
9. Secondary Transaction - Private 06-Jul-2022 Completed Generating Revenue
8. Later Stage VC 01-Jan-2022 Completed Generating Revenue
7. Secondary Transaction - Private 29-Jun-2021 Completed Generating Revenue
6. Later Stage VC (Series D) 07-Apr-2021 Completed Generating Revenue
5. Merger/Acquisition 13-Jan-2020 Cancelled Generating Revenue
4. Later Stage VC (Series C) 01-May-2019 $250M $309M Completed Generating Revenue
3. Early Stage VC (Series B) 03-Jun-2016 $44M $59.3M Completed Generating Revenue
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Plaid Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized		 Par Value Dividend Rate ($) Original
Issue Price		 Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple		 Conversion Price % Owned
Series D
Series C
Series B1
Series B
Series A1 3,040,882 $0.000100 $0.31 $3.89 $3.89 1x $3.89 13.21%
Series A 2,142,557 $0.000100 $0.11 $1.33 $1.33 1x $1.33 9.31%
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Plaid Comparisons

Description
Primary
Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
Developer of a data network programming platform designed to assist in connecting popular fintech applications with trad
Financial Software
San Francisco, CA
1,200 As of 2025

Montreal, Canada
 

Saint Louis, MO
 
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Plaid Competitors (39)

One of Plaid’s 39 competitors is Flinks, a Formerly VC-backed company based in Montreal, Canada.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Flinks Formerly VC-backed Montreal, Canada
FinLocker Venture Capital-Backed Saint Louis, MO
FactSet Research Systems Corporation Norwalk, CT
Perfios Venture Capital-Backed Bangalore, India
TrueLayer Venture Capital-Backed London, United Kingdom
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Plaid Patents

  • 215

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • Total Patents Families

  • 154

    Granted

  • 56

    Pending

  • Expiring in next 12 mo

Plaid Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20250053504-A1 Validation of application programming interfaces Pending 11-Aug-2023
US-20250037125-A1 Generating event-based tokens transparent to a network Pending 25-Jul-2023
US-20240394252-A1 Data enrichment using parallel search Pending 24-May-2023
US-20240386141-A1 Unlinking accounts from applications Pending 15-May-2023
JP-2024129895-A Information transmission device, information transmission method, and program Pending 14-Mar-2023
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Plaid Investors (89)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
1789 Capital PE/Buyout Minority
369 Growth Partners Venture Capital Minority
BlackRock Asset Manager Minority
FMR (United States) Corporation Minority
Franklin Templeton (San Mateo) Asset Manager Minority
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Plaid Investments & Acquisitions (15)

Plaid’s most recent deal was a Seed Round with Tetrix for . The deal was made on 26-Sep-2024.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Tetrix 26-Sep-2024 Seed Round Financial Software
Footprint 25-Apr-2024 Early Stage VC Business/Productivity Software
Finch 07-Jun-2023 Early Stage VC Business/Productivity Software
Knot (Financial Software) 24-Apr-2023 Early Stage VC Financial Software
Arc Technologies 17-Aug-2022 Early Stage VC Financial Software
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Plaid Affiliates

Subsidiaries (1)

Name Industry Location Year Founded
Cognito (Network Management Software) Walnut, CA 2013

Plaid FAQs

  • When was Plaid founded?

    Plaid was founded in 2012.

  • Where is Plaid headquartered?

    Plaid is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

  • What is the size of Plaid?

    Plaid has 1,200 total employees.

  • What industry is Plaid in?

    Plaid’s primary industry is Financial Software.

  • Is Plaid a private or public company?

    Plaid is a Private company.

  • What is the current valuation of Plaid?

    The current valuation of Plaid is .

  • What is Plaid’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Plaid is .

  • How much funding has Plaid raised over time?

    Plaid has raised $1.31B.

  • Who are Plaid’s investors?

    1789 Capital, 369 Growth Partners, BlackRock, FMR (United States), and Franklin Templeton (San Mateo) are 5 of 89 investors who have invested in Plaid.

  • Who are Plaid’s competitors?

    Flinks, FinLocker, FactSet Research Systems, Perfios, and TrueLayer are some of the 39 competitors of Plaid.

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