Plaid, a US-based online financial technology provider backed by internet technology conglomerate Alphabet, raised $44m yesterday in a round led by investment bank Goldman Sachs’ Goldman Sachs Investment Partners fund.
The round also included New Enterprise Associates (NEA), the venture capital firm that led Plaid’s series A round. The company, which emerged from stealth in April 2015, has not disclosed details of the series A.
Founded in 2012, Plaid has developed technology that enables apps to connect with users’ bank accounts, helping developers to build safer, more comprehensive financial services apps.
Zach Perret, co-founder and chief executive of Plaid, said: “The pace of innovation in financial services is just starting to ramp up, and we are excited to collaborate with financial institutions, incumbents and new startups to build the tools that consumers and businesses need to live better financial lives.
“As the platform upon which thousands of applications are now built, we are excited to use this new capital to continue to scale our operations.”
Plaid raised $2.8m in seed funding in 2013 from Alphabet’s Google Ventures unit, now known as GV, as well as NEA, Spark Capital, Felicis Ventures and Homebrew.