Parlay Finance
Techstars '23Alexandria, US · 5 known investors
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Parlay provides financial products and services to broaden capital access for small businesses, particularly immigrant-owned, veteran-owned, and women-owned enterprises nationwide. The company focuses on economic inclusion and affordable financing for underserved communities.
Founders & leadership
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Alexandra McLeodinCEOAlexandra McLeod is CEO and founder of Parlay Finance, which provides lending technology and financial products for small business lenders and entrepreneurs, with a focus on underserved communities including immigrant-owned, veteran-owned, and women-owned enterprises. She has mentored entrepreneurs through several programs including Village Capital and George Mason University's RISE entrepreneurship program.
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Jay LonginCOOJay Long is Co-Founder and COO of Parlay Finance, a fintech company building loan intelligence systems for small business lending. He previously worked in the U.S. special operations community and with national security innovation organizations including the National Security Innovation Network and Defense Innovation Board.
Investors · 5
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$2M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2024–2025
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Competitors · 3
by search overlapMeridianLink30 shared keywordsMeridianLink provides a digital lending platform and suite of solutions for banks, credit unions, and consumer reporting agencies, combining intelligent automation and AI to simplify lending processes and personalize customer experiences across financial moments from borrowing to home purchases.
Blend27 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.
Turnkey Lender25 shared keywordsTurnKey Lender provides an AI-powered, end-to-end loan management platform covering loan origination, underwriting, servicing, collections, reporting, and secured lending for businesses that issue consumer and small business loans. The no-code software includes a decisioning engine, configurable credit product builder, and integrations with 75+ accounting, credit bureau, KYC/AML, and payment systems.
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- What does Parlay Finance do?
- Parlay provides financial products and services to broaden capital access for small businesses, particularly immigrant-owned, veteran-owned, and women-owned enterprises nationwide. The company focuses on economic inclusion and affordable financing for underserved communities.
- Who are Parlay Finance's investors?
- Parlay Finance's investors include FINTOP Capital, Lighthouse Network Ventures Llc, Service Provider Capital, Techstars, JAM FINTOP.
- How much funding has Parlay Finance raised?
- Parlay Finance has disclosed $2M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.
- Where is Parlay Finance headquartered?
- Parlay Finance is headquartered in Alexandria, US.