Co-founder
Zach Perret
Zach Perret is a co-founder of Plaid. The company’s founding and leadership material provides context for its work in financial data infrastructure.
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Plaid
Connects financial accounts with applications and provides data, identity, fraud prevention, bank payment, and underwriting tools.
01 / THE BUSINESS
How Plaid creates value.
Financial-account connections, data services, payment tools and risk products support other applications. The business depends on reliable access, regulatory permissions and measurable customer value.
SectorFintech
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Research checkedSep 18, 2026
02 / PEOPLE BEHIND THE COMPANY
Meet the builders.
Co-founder
William Hockey
William Hockey is a co-founder of Plaid. The company’s founding and leadership material provides context for its work in financial data infrastructure.
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03 / CAPITAL & OWNERSHIP
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- Equity / employee liquidity
Company financing
Disclosed amountApproximately $575MNot disclosedNot disclosedNamed participants: Franklin Templeton · Fidelity Management & Research · NEA · Ribbit Capital
The company says proceeds address employee tax withholding and provide some team liquidity; do not treat the full amount as growth capital.
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04 / IN THEIR OWN WORDS
Watch. Listen. Form your view.
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05 / EDITORIAL ANALYSIS
The opportunity. The open questions.
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The case to investigate
- Its position as infrastructure between financial institutions and software applications.
- A stronger product position becomes economically meaningful when customers renew, expand and pay enough to cover delivery costs.
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- Regulation and privacy.
- Bank-led alternatives.
- Customer concentration.
What to watch next
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Connection growth — what changed in the latest original disclosure?
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New payment products — what changed in the latest original disclosure?
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Bank relationships — what changed in the latest original disclosure?
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06 / RESEARCH TRAIL
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Research checked Sep 18, 2026. Selected public disclosures, not a complete capitalization table or securities-filing search. Missing information is left unconfirmed. No investment availability or IPO date is implied.