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Plaid Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$2.0M – $3.5M

Portfolio

42+ companies

Team

18 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Plaid Ventures supports startups innovating in FinTech and payments, primarily those building on transformative financial APIs and expanding access to financial tools.

Meet the Team

LB

Lauren Bowes

Head of Sales

NJ

Nicole Johnson

HR Business Partner

ZL

Zak Lambert

Head of Product

AB

Ali Bunting

Director of Recruiting

JP

Jason Pate

Chief Strategy Officer

DH

Dan Haynam

Vice President of Sales

LK

Lou Kosak

Head of Product Engineering

ZP

Zach Perret

Co-Founder & Investor

FinTech
Payments
API Tools
AM

Alex Mertes

Recruiting Manager

RA

Rishma Allibhai

Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

CL

Conor Lamarche

Partner Solutions Engineer

JP

Jeremy Presser

Head of Legal

MF

Meredith Fuchs

Chief Legal Officer

CS

Cassandra Shaffer

Partner Marketing Manager

FT

Faris Toqan

Head of Design

JG

Jenna Goldman

Head of Business Development

CP

Chris Pearce

Director of Enterprise

EW

Elyse Whitehead

Head of Legal

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Other
Developer Tools
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (42)

Other

PI

Pinwheel

Payments Infrastructure
CO

Column

Banking Solutions
PL

Plaid

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

VE

Venmo

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

CA

Carvana

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

RO

Robinhood

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

CH

Chime

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

ZI

Zillow Home Loans

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

H&

H&R Block

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

AF

Affirm

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

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