Plaid valuation, funding and investors

Plaid works in financial data connectivity solutions, based in San Francisco, United States. Founded in 2013, it has about 5,110 employees.

Payment Processing & Point of Sale San Francisco Growth Equity

VALUATION · TODAY

$8.54B −5% after Growth

Range $5.73B – $10.24B · Grade A

TODAY

+12 MO

$10.00B

$20.00B

$30.00B

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

Seed $2.80M

Series B $44.0M

Series C $250M

Series D $425M

Growth $575M

ValuationBefore first round12-month outlook: where it points, how wide it fansHover the past: the outlook shows what was predicted then

HEADCOUNT · TODAY5,107 employees

+276%6m growth

+327%1y growth

+293%2y growth

2,000

4,000

6,000

Data from Jan 2021

TODAY

Predicted in 1 yr $8.13B −5% vs today

Predicted next raise $832M if a round comes

Winding-down probability 18%

Last round: Growth · $575M · Apr 2025
Valuation at last round: $6.10B
Headcount: 5,107 · growing
Grade: A
Founded: 2013

How VCMC values companies →

Plaid valuation today

VCMC values Plaid at $8.5B today, with a range of $5.7B to $10.2B and a grade of A. The valuation starts from its last funding round, a growth round in Apr 2025.

Valuation by date (172 rows)

Each point is what the model would have shown on that date, using only what was known then; before its first round, a company is valued as a startup because it later raised.

Plaid: valuation by date, as the model would have shown it on each date
Date	Valuation	Range	Predicted in 1 yr	Phase	Headcount	Trend	Grade	Winding-down probability
1 Jan 2013	$6.07M	$2.21M – $16.7M	$6.36M (+5%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Feb 2013	$6.09M	$2.22M – $16.7M	$6.39M (+5%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Mar 2013	$6.12M	$2.23M – $16.8M	$6.41M (+5%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Apr 2013	$6.14M	$2.24M – $16.9M	$6.43M (+5%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 May 2013	$6.16M	$2.24M – $16.9M	$6.46M (+5%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Jun 2013	$6.19M	$2.25M – $17.0M	$6.48M (+5%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Jul 2013	$6.21M	$2.26M – $17.1M	$6.51M (+5%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Aug 2013	$6.24M	$2.27M – $17.1M	$6.54M (+5%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Sep 2013	$6.26M	$2.28M – $17.2M	$6.56M (+5%)	before first round	–	unknown	D	0%
20 Sep 2013	$11.2M	$7.36M – $34.1M	$22.4M (+100%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Oct 2013	$11.5M	$7.36M – $34.1M	$22.4M (+95%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Nov 2013	$12.2M	$7.36M – $34.1M	$22.4M (+84%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Dec 2013	$12.9M	$7.36M – $34.1M	$22.4M (+74%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Jan 2014	$13.6M	$7.36M – $34.1M	$22.4M (+64%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Feb 2014	$14.5M	$7.36M – $34.1M	$22.4M (+55%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Mar 2014	$15.3M	$7.36M – $34.1M	$22.4M (+47%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Apr 2014	$16.2M	$7.36M – $34.1M	$22.4M (+38%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 May 2014	$17.1M	$7.36M – $34.1M	$22.4M (+31%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Jun 2014	$18.2M	$7.36M – $34.1M	$22.4M (+23%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Jul 2014	$19.2M	$7.36M – $34.1M	$22.4M (+16%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Aug 2014	$20.4M	$7.36M – $34.1M	$22.4M (+10%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Sep 2014	$21.6M	$7.36M – $34.1M	$22.4M (+4%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Oct 2014	$22.4M	$7.22M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Nov 2014	$22.4M	$6.86M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Dec 2014	$22.4M	$6.53M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Jan 2015	$22.4M	$6.21M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Feb 2015	$22.4M	$5.90M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Mar 2015	$22.4M	$5.63M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Apr 2015	$22.4M	$5.35M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 May 2015	$22.4M	$5.10M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Jun 2015	$22.4M	$4.84M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Jul 2015	$22.4M	$4.61M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Aug 2015	$22.4M	$4.38M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Sep 2015	$22.4M	$4.16M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Oct 2015	$22.4M	$3.96M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Nov 2015	$22.4M	$3.77M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Dec 2015	$22.4M	$3.59M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Jan 2016	$22.4M	$3.41M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Feb 2016	$22.4M	$3.24M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Mar 2016	$22.4M	$3.09M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Apr 2016	$22.4M	$2.93M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 May 2016	$22.4M	$2.79M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	D	0%
1 Jun 2016	$22.4M	$2.65M – $34.1M	$22.4M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	D	0%
21 Jun 2016	$285M	$201M – $606M	$427M (+50%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Jul 2016	$288M	$201M – $606M	$427M (+48%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Aug 2016	$298M	$201M – $606M	$427M (+43%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Sep 2016	$309M	$201M – $606M	$427M (+38%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Oct 2016	$319M	$201M – $606M	$427M (+34%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Nov 2016	$330M	$201M – $606M	$427M (+29%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Dec 2016	$342M	$201M – $606M	$427M (+25%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Jan 2017	$354M	$201M – $606M	$427M (+21%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Feb 2017	$366M	$201M – $606M	$427M (+17%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Mar 2017	$378M	$201M – $606M	$427M (+13%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Apr 2017	$391M	$201M – $606M	$427M (+9%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 May 2017	$404M	$201M – $606M	$427M (+6%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Jun 2017	$418M	$201M – $606M	$427M (+2%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Jul 2017	$427M	$198M – $606M	$427M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Aug 2017	$427M	$189M – $606M	$427M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Sep 2017	$427M	$181M – $606M	$427M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Oct 2017	$427M	$173M – $606M	$427M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Nov 2017	$427M	$166M – $606M	$427M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Dec 2017	$427M	$159M – $606M	$427M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Jan 2018	$427M	$152M – $606M	$427M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Feb 2018	$427M	$145M – $606M	$427M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Mar 2018	$427M	$140M – $606M	$427M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Apr 2018	$427M	$134M – $606M	$427M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 May 2018	$427M	$128M – $606M	$427M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Jun 2018	$427M	$123M – $606M	$427M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Jul 2018	$427M	$108M – $606M	$427M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Aug 2018	$427M	$103M – $606M	$427M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Sep 2018	$427M	$97.8M – $606M	$427M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Oct 2018	$427M	$93.1M – $606M	$427M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Nov 2018	$427M	$88.5M – $606M	$427M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
1 Dec 2018	$427M	$84.2M – $606M	$427M (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	C	0%
12 Dec 2018	$2.7B	$2.3B – $4.0B	$3.4B (+30%)	after a round	–	unknown	A	0%
1 Jan 2019	$2.7B	$2.3B – $4.0B	$3.4B (+28%)	after a round	–	unknown	A	0%
1 Feb 2019	$2.8B	$2.3B – $4.0B	$3.4B (+25%)	after a round	–	unknown	A	0%
1 Mar 2019	$2.8B	$2.3B – $4.0B	$3.4B (+23%)	after a round	–	unknown	A	0%
1 Apr 2019	$2.9B	$2.3B – $4.0B	$3.4B (+20%)	after a round	–	unknown	A	0%
1 May 2019	$2.9B	$2.3B – $4.0B	$3.4B (+17%)	after a round	–	unknown	A	0%
1 Jun 2019	$3.0B	$2.3B – $4.0B	$3.4B (+15%)	after a round	–	unknown	A	0%
1 Jul 2019	$3.1B	$2.3B – $4.0B	$3.4B (+12%)	after a round	–	unknown	A	0%
1 Aug 2019	$3.1B	$2.3B – $4.0B	$3.4B (+10%)	after a round	–	unknown	A	0%
1 Sep 2019	$3.2B	$2.3B – $4.0B	$3.4B (+8%)	after a round	–	unknown	A	0%
1 Oct 2019	$3.3B	$2.3B – $4.0B	$3.4B (+5%)	after a round	–	unknown	A	0%
1 Nov 2019	$3.3B	$2.3B – $4.0B	$3.4B (+3%)	after a round	–	unknown	A	0%
1 Dec 2019	$3.4B	$2.3B – $4.0B	$3.4B (+1%)	after a round	–	unknown	A	0%
1 Jan 2020	$3.4B	$2.2B – $4.0B	$3.4B (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	A	0%
1 Feb 2020	$3.4B	$2.1B – $4.0B	$3.4B (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Mar 2020	$3.4B	$2.0B – $4.0B	$3.4B (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Apr 2020	$3.4B	$1.9B – $4.0B	$3.4B (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 May 2020	$3.4B	$1.9B – $4.0B	$3.4B (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Jun 2020	$3.4B	$1.8B – $4.0B	$3.4B (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Jul 2020	$3.4B	$1.7B – $4.0B	$3.4B (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Aug 2020	$3.4B	$1.6B – $4.0B	$3.4B (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Sep 2020	$3.4B	$1.6B – $4.0B	$3.4B (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Oct 2020	$3.4B	$1.5B – $4.0B	$3.4B (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Nov 2020	$3.4B	$1.4B – $4.0B	$3.4B (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Dec 2020	$3.4B	$1.4B – $4.0B	$3.4B (0%)	after a round	–	unknown	B	0%
1 Jan 2021	$3.4B	$1.2B – $4.0B	$3.4B (0%)	after a round	570	unknown	B	0%
1 Feb 2021	$3.4B	$1.2B – $4.0B	$3.4B (0%)	after a round	570	unknown	C	0%
1 Mar 2021	$3.4B	$1.1B – $4.0B	$3.4B (0%)	after a round	570	unknown	C	0%
1 Apr 2021	$3.4B	$1.1B – $4.0B	$3.3B (-3%)	after a round	570	flat	C	0%
8 Apr 2021	$13.4B	$11.6B – $20.0B	$17.4B (+30%)	after a round	570	flat	A	0%
1 May 2021	$13.7B	$11.6B – $21.3B	$18.5B (+35%)	after a round	750	up	B	0%
1 Jun 2021	$14.1B	$11.6B – $21.3B	$18.5B (+32%)	after a round	750	up	B	0%
1 Jul 2021	$14.4B	$11.6B – $21.3B	$18.5B (+28%)	after a round	750	up	B	0%
1 Aug 2021	$14.8B	$11.6B – $21.3B	$18.5B (+25%)	after a round	750	up	B	0%
1 Sep 2021	$15.3B	$11.6B – $21.3B	$18.5B (+21%)	after a round	750	up	B	0%
1 Oct 2021	$15.7B	$11.6B – $21.3B	$18.5B (+18%)	after a round	750	up	B	0%
1 Nov 2021	$16.1B	$11.6B – $21.3B	$18.5B (+15%)	after a round	750	up	B	0%
1 Dec 2021	$16.5B	$11.6B – $21.3B	$18.5B (+12%)	after a round	750	up	B	0%
1 Jan 2022	$17.0B	$11.6B – $21.3B	$18.5B (+9%)	after a round	750	up	B	0%
1 Feb 2022	$17.5B	$11.6B – $21.3B	$18.5B (+6%)	after a round	750	up	B	0%
1 Mar 2022	$17.9B	$11.6B – $21.3B	$18.5B (+3%)	after a round	750	up	B	0%
1 Apr 2022	$18.4B	$11.6B – $21.3B	$18.5B (+1%)	after a round	750	up	B	0%
1 May 2022	$18.5B	$11.6B – $21.3B	$18.5B (0%)	after a round	750	up	B	0%
1 Jun 2022	$18.5B	$11.5B – $21.3B	$18.5B (0%)	after a round	750	up	B	0%
1 Jul 2022	$18.5B	$11.5B – $21.3B	$18.5B (0%)	after a round	750	up	B	0%
1 Aug 2022	$18.5B	$11.4B – $21.3B	$18.5B (0%)	after a round	750	up	B	0%
1 Sep 2022	$18.5B	$11.3B – $21.3B	$18.5B (0%)	after a round	750	up	B	0%
1 Oct 2022	$18.5B	$11.2B – $21.3B	$18.5B (0%)	after a round	750	up	B	0%
1 Nov 2022	$18.5B	$8.8B – $21.3B	$18.5B (0%)	after a round	750	unknown	B	0%
1 Dec 2022	$18.5B	$8.5B – $21.3B	$18.5B (0%)	after a round	750	unknown	B	0%
1 Jan 2023	$20.9B	$8.9B – $24.0B	$20.9B (0%)	after a round	1,300	unknown	B	0%
1 Feb 2023	$20.9B	$8.6B – $24.0B	$20.9B (0%)	after a round	1,300	unknown	B	0%
1 Mar 2023	$20.9B	$8.4B – $24.0B	$20.9B (0%)	after a round	1,300	unknown	B	0%
1 Apr 2023	$20.9B	$8.1B – $24.0B	$20.9B (0%)	after a round	1,300	unknown	B	0%
1 May 2023	$20.9B	$7.4B – $24.0B	$20.9B (0%)	after a round	1,300	unknown	B	0%
1 Jun 2023	$20.9B	$7.0B – $24.0B	$20.9B (0%)	after a round	1,300	unknown	C	0%
1 Jul 2023	$20.9B	$6.7B – $24.0B	$20.9B (0%)	after a round	1,300	unknown	C	0%
1 Aug 2023	$20.9B	$6.3B – $24.0B	$20.9B (0%)	after a round	1,300	unknown	C	0%
1 Sep 2023	$20.9B	$6.0B – $24.0B	$20.9B (0%)	after a round	1,300	unknown	C	0%
1 Oct 2023	$11.2B	$5.5B – $21.9B	$7.6B (-32%)	after a round	1,100	down	C	84%
1 Nov 2023	$10.9B	$5.3B – $22.1B	$7.4B (-33%)	after a round	1,100	down	C	84%
1 Dec 2023	$10.7B	$5.0B – $22.3B	$7.2B (-33%)	after a round	1,100	down	C	84%
1 Jan 2024	$10.5B	$4.8B – $22.5B	$6.9B (-34%)	after a round	1,100	down	C	84%
1 Feb 2024	$10.3B	$4.5B – $22.7B	$6.7B (-34%)	after a round	1,100	down	C	84%
1 Mar 2024	$10.8B	$4.4B – $23.4B	$7.3B (-33%)	after a round	1,200	flat	C	77%
1 Apr 2024	$11.2B	$4.2B – $23.6B	$7.6B (-32%)	after a round	1,200	flat	C	71%
1 May 2024	$10.7B	$4.0B – $23.5B	$7.6B (-29%)	after a round	1,200	flat	C	65%
1 Jun 2024	$11.0B	$3.8B – $23.5B	$8.0B (-28%)	after a round	1,200	flat	C	60%
1 Jul 2024	$11.3B	$3.6B – $23.4B	$8.3B (-27%)	after a round	1,200	flat	C	55%
1 Aug 2024	$11.9B	$4.6B – $23.9B	$9.1B (-23%)	after a round	1,300	up	C	51%
1 Sep 2024	$12.2B	$4.6B – $23.8B	$9.5B (-22%)	after a round	1,300	up	C	47%
1 Oct 2024	$12.5B	$4.5B – $23.7B	$9.9B (-21%)	after a round	1,300	up	C	43%
1 Nov 2024	$12.9B	$4.4B – $23.7B	$10.3B (-20%)	after a round	1,300	up	C	39%
1 Dec 2024	$13.2B	$4.3B – $23.6B	$10.7B (-18%)	after a round	1,300	up	C	36%
1 Jan 2025	$13.4B	$4.3B – $23.5B	$11.1B (-17%)	after a round	1,300	up	C	33%
1 Feb 2025	$13.7B	$4.2B – $23.5B	$11.5B (-16%)	after a round	1,300	up	C	31%
1 Mar 2025	$14.0B	$4.1B – $23.4B	$11.9B (-15%)	after a round	1,300	up	C	28%
1 Apr 2025	$14.2B	$4.0B – $23.3B	$12.3B (-13%)	after a round	1,300	up	C	26%
4 Apr 2025	$6.1B	$5.3B – $7.7B	$6.7B (+10%)	after a round	1,300	flat	A	0%
1 May 2025	$6.1B	$5.3B – $7.7B	$6.7B (+9%)	after a round	1,300	flat	A	0%
1 Jun 2025	$6.2B	$5.3B – $7.7B	$6.7B (+8%)	after a round	1,300	flat	A	0%
1 Jul 2025	$6.2B	$5.3B – $7.6B	$6.6B (+6%)	after a round	1,190	flat	A	11%
1 Aug 2025	$6.3B	$5.3B – $7.6B	$6.4B (+3%)	after a round	1,195	flat	A	21%
1 Sep 2025	$6.3B	$5.3B – $7.6B	$6.4B (+1%)	after a round	1,195	flat	A	21%
1 Oct 2025	$6.2B	$5.3B – $7.4B	$5.9B (-6%)	after a round	1,195	flat	A	49%
1 Nov 2025	$6.3B	$5.3B – $7.4B	$5.9B (-7%)	after a round	1,224	flat	A	45%
1 Dec 2025	$6.4B	$5.3B – $7.5B	$5.9B (-7%)	after a round	1,249	flat	A	42%
1 Jan 2026	$6.4B	$5.3B – $7.5B	$5.9B (-8%)	after a round	1,249	flat	A	38%
1 Feb 2026	$6.5B	$5.3B – $7.5B	$5.9B (-9%)	after a round	1,249	flat	A	35%
1 Mar 2026	$6.6B	$5.3B – $7.6B	$6.0B (-9%)	after a round	1,360	flat	A	32%
1 Apr 2026	$6.7B	$5.3B – $7.7B	$6.0B (-9%)	after a round	1,360	flat	A	30%
1 May 2026	$6.7B	$5.1B – $7.8B	$6.1B (-9%)	after a round	1,433	flat	A	27%
1 Jun 2026	$6.7B	$5.0B – $7.8B	$6.1B (-9%)	after a round	1,433	up	A	25%
1 Jul 2026	$6.7B	$4.9B – $7.8B	$6.1B (-8%)	after a round	1,433	up	A	23%
1 Aug 2026	$6.6B	$4.7B – $7.9B	$6.1B (-8%)	after a round	1,433	up	A	21%
1 Sep 2026	$6.6B	$4.6B – $7.9B	$6.1B (-7%)	after a round	1,433	up	A	20%
1 Oct 2026	$8.5B	$5.7B – $10.2B	$8.2B (-4%)	after a round	5,107	growing	A	18%
24 Oct 2026	$8.5B	$5.7B – $10.2B	$8.1B (-5%)	after a round	5,107	growing	A	18%

Key facts about Plaid

Founded: 2013
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Employees: about 5,110 +317% in a year
Total raised: $1.30B
Funding rounds: 6
Last round: Growth Equity Apr 2025

Plaid was founded in 2013 by William Hockey and Zach Perret.

Plaid funding history

Plaid has 6 funding rounds on record, from Sep 2013 to Apr 2025, $1.30B in total. The latest disclosed valuation is $6.10B post-money (Growth Equity, Apr 2025).

Growth Equity 3 Apr 2025
Led by Franklin Templeton, Fidelity Management and Research, BlackRock; with New Enterprise Associates, Ribbit, Silver Lake, J.P. Morgan Private Capital Growth Equity Partners, Altimeter, Amex Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Kleiner Perkins, Fidelity.
Sources: cnbc.com, fintechweekly.com
$575M
$6.10B post-money, below the round before
Series D 7 Apr 2021
Led by Altimeter, Silver Lake, Ribbit; with Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, New Enterprise Associates, Spark Capital, Thrive Capital.
Sources: techcrunch.com, pymnts.com, openbankingexpo.com
$425M
$13.40B post-money
Acquisition 13 Jan 2020no round page
Led by Visa Inc..
Sources: finsmes.com, investor.visa.com, cnbc.com and 1 more
$5.30B
Series C 11 Dec 2018
Led by Kleiner Perkins; with Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Goldman Sachs, New Enterprise Associates, Spark Capital, Norwest, Coatue, Citi, American Express, GV.
Sources: finsmes.com, techcrunch.com, cnbc.com
$250M
$2.65B post-money
Series B 20 Jun 2016
Led by Goldman Sachs.
Sources: plaid.com, prnewswire.com, en.wikipedia.org and 1 more
$44M
Seed 19 Sep 2013
Led by Spark Capital; with GV, New Enterprise Associates, Felicis, Homebrew.
Sources: pymnts.com, techcrunch.com, finsmes.com and 2 more
$2.8M

Plaid investors

24 investors have backed Plaid; Goldman Sachs, Kleiner Perkins and Spark Capital and 7 more led at least one round.

Goldman Sachs lead, 3 rounds
Kleiner Perkins lead, 3 rounds
Spark Capital lead, 3 rounds
Altimeter lead, 2 rounds
Ribbit lead, 2 rounds
Silver Lake lead, 2 rounds
BlackRock lead
Fidelity Management and Research lead
Franklin Templeton lead
Visa Inc. lead
New Enterprise Associates 4 rounds
Andreessen Horowitz 2 rounds
GV 2 rounds
Index Ventures 2 rounds
American Express
Amex Ventures
Citi
Coatue
Felicis
Fidelity
J.P. Morgan Private Capital Growth Equity Partners
Norwest
Thrive Capital

What Plaid does

Plaid works in payment processing & point of sale, with 15 recorded offerings and customers in financial services, technology and consumer goods.

Plaid Inc. is an American financial technology company that provides financial data connectivity solutions for financial institutions and third-party applications. The company offers services such as payment processing, fraud prevention, identity verification, and personal finance management, and operates a data transfer network that enables applications to connect with users' bank accounts. Plaid serves clients in the financial services, technology, and consumer goods sectors, with operations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Ireland, and the Netherlands.

Description from Veridion's company data.

Products and services

Financial Data Connectivity Solutions
Financial Account Aggregation Services
Financial Data Authentication Services
Financial Data Monitoring Services
Payment Initiation and Management Services
Transaction Data Access Services
Investment Data Access Services
Identity Verification Services
Fraud Prevention Data Services
Personal Finance Management Services
Financial Data Portal Development
Financial Data Network Expansion
Cloud-Based Financial Data Solutions
Third-Party Application Integration Services
Financial Institution Network Connectivity

Markets

Financial Services
Technology
Consumer Goods

Technology

Cloud Computing

Business model

Business-to-Business
Business-to-Consumer
Software-as-a-Service

Industry codes (NAICS)

522320 Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities 70% match
518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 30% match

Questions about Plaid

What is Plaid worth?

Valuation $8.5B (range $5.7B to $10.2B), as of 24 Oct 2026. The last disclosed valuation was $6.10B (Growth Equity, Apr 2025).

Has Plaid raised money?

Plaid has 6 funding rounds on record, from Sep 2013 to Apr 2025, $1.30B in total. The latest disclosed valuation is $6.10B post-money (Growth Equity, Apr 2025).

Who has invested in Plaid?

Goldman Sachs, Kleiner Perkins, Spark Capital, Altimeter, Ribbit and Silver Lake, and 18 more. Lead investors include Goldman Sachs, Kleiner Perkins, Spark Capital and Altimeter.

How many people work at Plaid?

About 5,110, up 317% over the last year. Headcount grew from 570 in Jan 2021 to 5,107 in Sep 2026.

What does Plaid do?

Plaid works in payment processing & point of sale, with 15 recorded offerings and customers in financial services, technology and consumer goods. Its main offerings are financial data connectivity solutions, financial account aggregation services and financial data authentication services.

When was Plaid founded, and where is it based?

Plaid was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, United States. It has about 5,110 employees, up 317% over the last year.

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Key facts about Plaid

Plaid funding history

Growth Equity 3 Apr 2025

Series D 7 Apr 2021

Acquisition 13 Jan 2020no round page

Series C 11 Dec 2018

Series B 20 Jun 2016

Seed 19 Sep 2013