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Lendflow

YC W21

Austin, US · Founded 2019 · 55 employees · 9 known investors

Lendflow provides a platform for fintechs, lenders, and vertical SaaS companies to offer lending and financial products to their customers. The platform enables businesses to automate lending processes and deliver faster, more transparent credit access.

Also known as Inc. · Lendflow, Inc.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingFintechLendingUnited States of AmericaAmerica / CanadaPartly Remote

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W21)

Lendflow was founded in 2019 by Jon Fry and Matthew Watts.

JFJon Fry
Jon Fryin𝕏FounderJon Fry founded ChannelGrowth in 2014, a customer acquisition firm for alternative lending that originated over $150 million, and later launched Quicklinecredit in 2017 as an in-house lending platform before starting Lendflow in 2019.
MWMatthew Watts
Matthew WattsinFounderMatthew Watts is co-founder of Lendflow and previously led teams at SpendHQ. He volunteers with the National Park Service.

Investors · 9

Also in the syndicate · 1

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Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Lendflow is an Austin, Texas-based company that supplies embedded credit infrastructure to vertical SaaS platforms, fintechs and lenders. Its white-label products let software companies build, enhance or embed financing offerings inside their own ecosystems using APIs, embeddable widgets and landing pages, together with data services covering KYB and credit verification, aggregation, orchestration, decisioning, monitoring and standardization. Financing types supported through the platform include term loans, purchase of receivables, invoice factoring, merchant cash advances, equipment financing, SBA loans and lines of credit.

The platform is organized into three product families: Lendflow Connect (customer acquisition tools, borrower platform, second-look marketplace and branded marketplace), Lendflow Intelligence (credit decisioning, an open data repository, an analytics engine and AI-powered communications), and Lendflow Automate, a set of AI agents including an Industry Map agent for NAICS classification, a data extraction agent for bank, payroll and tax documents, a Trust Score agent that builds an explainable score from live KYB, cash-flow and fraud signals, plus voice AI, chatbot and email inbox agents. For lenders, Lendflow offers hosted credit models on its cloud with customer control over weights and cut-offs, CRM integrations via webhooks into systems such as Salesforce and HubSpot, and states it is SOC 2 compliant with annual independent audits.

Founding story

According to the company, Lendflow was started around a goal of making financial systems more open, fair and accessible. Its founders' experience building startups surfaced a gap in the lending industry in which stakeholders were underserved and no one was addressing the problem holistically: fintechs and lenders needed better automation to launch products efficiently, vertical SaaS companies wanted to deliver seamless experiences to their customers, and borrowers needed easier, fairer and more timely access to capital. [2]

Business model

Lendflow sells infrastructure and software to businesses that want to originate or distribute credit: fintechs, banks, alternative finance and supply-chain finance lenders, and vertical SaaS platforms serving small and medium businesses. It operates a marketplace connecting SMB applications from embedded channels to lenders, alongside white-label and API products; pricing is published on the company's website. [0][4][5]

Traction

The company reports more than $1.5 billion in offers made on its platform in the trailing twelve months as of March 2025 (up from $1 billion as of October 2024), an average 42% faster speed to funding for pre-qualified offers it hosts, and embedded finance customers operating with 80% smaller teams for similar funding volumes. Lender-facing metrics cited include a 40% reduction in manual review time after deploying AI agents, 3x faster median credit decisions from intake to offer among alternative-lender clients, and a 27% lift in funded-application rate through the SaaS embedded channel. Y Combinator lists a team size of 55. [0][2][4][6]

Latest developments

Lendflow announced $15 million in growth capital to advance its AI-powered embedded credit infrastructure, published DataGraph as a new feature set, and expanded its AI agent suite including voice AI agents used by lenders such as Faster Funding. [0][4][7]

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history

Market position

The company describes itself as an embedded credit infrastructure provider and was described in its 2021 Series A release as a market leader in embedded small and medium business lending. It cites recognition including finalist for LendTech of the Year at the US Fintech Awards 2025, Best Overall Embedded Finance Platform at the Tearsheet Big Bank Theory Awards 2025, Overall LendTech Company of the Year at the FinTech Breakthrough Awards, and a Financial Technology Trailblazer designation in the Tech Trailblazer Awards 2025. [0][5]

Lendflow positions its offering around fast deployment of embedded capital products without long build cycles, real-time credit signals and adaptive AI agents for decisioning, and reduced operational overhead through automated document handling, communications and decision support. Its white-label approach lets platforms retain brand control while providing a native borrowing experience. [0][5]

Technology

Lendflow's stack combines APIs and embeddable front-end components with data aggregation, orchestration and decisioning services, KYB and credit verification, an open data repository, an analytics engine, and DataGraph. A layer of AI agents handles document data extraction, NAICS industry classification, trust scoring from live KYB, cash-flow and fraud signals, and voice, chatbot and email communications. Credit models can be hosted on Lendflow's federated infrastructure with customer-controlled access, and the company states SOC 2 compliance with annual independent audits. [0][4]

Go-to-market

Lendflow markets plug-and-play embedded lending tools — widgets, landing pages and APIs — positioned on rapid launch timelines, supported by demo requests, a partner program, developer documentation, published pricing and customer case studies from companies including Experian Consumer Services Marketplace, BHG Financial, Levelset and Faster Funding. [0][2][4]

Vertical SaaS platforms serving small and medium businesses — including construction, transportation, e-commerce and home services — as well as fintechs, brands, alternative finance lenders, banks operating referral waterfalls, and supply-chain finance companies; end beneficiaries are SMB borrowers. [0][4][5]

Geography

Headquartered in Austin, Texas; the 2021 Series A release stated the funding would support serving a broader group of customers in the U.S. and abroad. [5][6]

History

Lendflow was launched in 2019 by Jon Fry, who had previously founded ChannelGrowth in 2014 and launched Quicklinecredit in 2017, and co-founder Matthew Watts, previously at SpendHQ. The company took part in Y Combinator's Winter 2021 batch and announced a $10.8 million Series A led by Underscore VC in October 2021, bringing total funding raised since inception to over $13 million. In 2025 it published an announcement of $15 million in growth capital to advance its AI-powered embedded credit infrastructure. [5][6][7]

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
BHG Financial approval rate range with LendflowJan 202520% to 70% approval rates
Faster credit decisions (median intake to offer)Jan 20253 multiple
Faster speed to funding for pre-qualified offersJan 202542%
Lift in funded-application rate via SaaS embedded channelJan 202527%
Offers made on platform, trailing 12 monthsMar 2025$1.5B
Reduction in manual review time after AI agent rolloutJan 202540%
Smaller operational teams for similar funding volumesJan 202580%
Team sizeJan 202555 employees
Total funding raised since inceptionOct 2021$13M

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Competitors · 6

by search overlap
Blend33 shared keywordsBlend offers a Consumer Banking Suite, a digital platform for banks and financial institutions to originate and process consumer lending and deposit products. The company operates in the financial technology sector, providing software for the U.S. consumer banking market.
LendAPI33 shared keywordsLendAPI provides a platform for building and launching fintech products, handling compliance, onboarding, fraud detection, and credit risk management. The platform serves fintech companies and lenders with tools including decision engines, no-code app builders, and integrations for lending workflows.
Experian29 shared keywordsExperian offers consumers tools to access their credit report and FICO Score, build credit, and manage money, including credit card matching, bill and subscription negotiation, car insurance comparison, and a digital checking account with debit card. It serves individual U.S. consumers through its app and financial products.
Lendio29 shared keywordsLendio operates a marketplace connecting small businesses in the US with 75+ funding partners through a single loan application, and provides embeddable and integrated lending technology for banks, credit unions, and platform partners. Founded in 2011, it focuses on small business lending and financial tools for underserved SMBs.
Plaid24 shared keywordsPlaid provides financial infrastructure and APIs that enable developers to build financial technology products and services. The platform serves fintech companies, developers, and financial institutions by offering consumer-facing applications and backend tools for financial data connectivity.
LendUp24 shared keywordsLendUp provides financial content and education about personal lending products, helping borrowers understand loan options, costs, and alternatives to borrowing in the consumer finance sector.

Companies competing with Lendflow for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

Timeline · 9

launches, deals, and filings
Jan 2025
Best Overall Embedded Finance Platform — Tearsheet Big Bank Theory Awards 2025

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Jan 2025
Finalist, LendTech of the Year — US Fintech Awards 2025

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Jan 2025
Financial Technology Trailblazer — Tech Trailblazer Awards 2025

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Jan 2025
Overall LendTech Company of the Year — FinTech Breakthrough Award

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Jan 2025
Lendflow secures $15 million in growth capital

Lendflow announced $15 million in growth capital to advance its AI-powered embedded credit infrastructure.

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Jan 2025
DataGraph feature release

Lendflow promoted DataGraph as a new feature set on its website.

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Oct 2021
Lendflow closes $10.8 million Series A led by Underscore VC

Lendflow announced a $10.8 million Series A round led by Underscore VC, with participation from Uncorrelated Ventures, Y Combinator, 2048 Ventures, Knoll Ventures, I2BF, Hack VC and Navitas Capital, bringing total funding since its 2019 inception to over $13 million. Proceeds were earmarked for product suite expansion and enhanced data services for customers in the U.S. and abroad.

$10.8M source ↗

Oct 2021
Embedded capital program with Levelset

Levelset's VP of Financial Products stated Lendflow enabled the company to launch a capital program and expand into new markets.

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Jan 2021
Participated in Y Combinator Winter 2021 batch

Lendflow is listed in Y Combinator's Winter 2021 batch, with Harj Taggar as primary partner.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

In the news

Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Lendflow do?
Lendflow provides embedded credit infrastructure that lets software platforms and lenders offer and automate SMB financing.
Who founded Lendflow?
Lendflow was founded by Jon Fry, Matthew Watts in 2019.
Who are Lendflow's investors?
Lendflow's investors include Ardent Venture, Frontier Ventures, Knoll Ventures, Navitas Capital, Underscore VC, Y Combinator, GTMfund, Hack VC.
Where is Lendflow headquartered?
Lendflow is headquartered in Austin, US.