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Synctera
Palo Alto, US · Founded 2020 · Delaware corporation · 99 employees on LinkedIn · 22 known investors
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Synctera offers a banking-as-a-service platform with a single set of APIs covering core banking, card processing, money movement, and end-user onboarding, so companies can build fintech and embedded finance products. It also provides operational and compliance tooling and connects businesses with sponsor banks in its network.
Also known as Synctera Inc.
Founders & leadership
Synctera was founded in 2020 by Peter Hazlehurst.
Board
Investors · 22
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Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$58.5M disclosed across 3 of 7 rounds · 2020–2024
▶$12.8MraisedNov 2024 · 16 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Logan AllinDirector
- Frederic LatreilleDirector
- Yvette ButlerDirector
- William KohlerDirector
- Peter HazlehurstExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $20M
- Amount sold
- $12.8M
- First sale
- Nov 2024
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2020
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$32.1MraisedJun 2021 · 31 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Logan AllinDirector
- Peter HazlehurstExecutive Officer, Director
- Frederic LatreilleDirector
- Ansaf KareemDirector
- Offering amount
- $33M
- Amount sold
- $32.1M
- First sale
- May 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2020
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$13.6MraisedDec 2020 · 32 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
- Ansaf KareemDirector
- Frederic LatreilleDirector
- Peter HazlehurstExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $13.6M
- Amount sold
- $13.6M
- First sale
- Nov 2020
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2020
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Synctera operates a banking platform that packages the components required to build and run financial products into a single set of APIs, including core banking, card processing, money movement, and end-user onboarding. Its product lines are organized around bank accounts, card programs, and money movement, and it markets solutions for fintech companies, embedded banking programs, developers, and banks.
Alongside the APIs, Synctera supplies an operations and compliance layer: a centralized platform and console for managing operational workflows, program data visibility, reconciliation, risk management, and collaboration between a fintech program and its bank partner. The company also matches customers with sponsor banks in its network based on product vision and timeline, and positions its bank-facing tooling around sponsor oversight and control. Synctera states that it and its featured clients are financial technology companies rather than banks, with banking services provided by partner banks.
Business model
Synctera sells platform access to companies that want to launch banking, card, and payments products, intermediating between those programs and sponsor banks in its network, and also provides oversight and compliance tooling to the banks themselves.
Latest developments
Recent company blog posts mark six years of Synctera, announce Chris Mayor as chief technology officer, and describe Cable joining Synctera.
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Market position
Positions itself as an end-to-end platform for building and scaling banking products, spanning both the fintech program side and the sponsor bank oversight side.
Emphasizes a complete banking ecosystem in one API set combined with built-in compliance and sponsor-bank oversight tooling, plus bank matchmaking within its partner network.
Technology
A set of APIs covering core banking, card issuing and processing, money movement and account funding, and end-user onboarding, paired with a console and centralized operations platform offering program data visibility, reconciliation, and risk management workflows.
Go-to-market
Direct sales via "talk to our experts" and contact routes on its website, a self-service console for exploration, developer-oriented documentation pages, and content marketing through a company blog and newsletter.
Fintech companies, non-financial brands building embedded banking products, developers, and sponsor banks.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Synctera went on to found or lead other companies.
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Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsA company blog post titled "Welcoming Cable to the Synctera Family" indicates Cable became part of Synctera; the post does not state deal terms.
Synctera announced Chris Mayor as its new CTO in a blog post titled "Getting Ready for What's Next: Welcome, Chris Mayor, Synctera's New CTO".
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primary sources listed
- Syncterasynctera.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Synctera do?
- Synctera provides a banking-as-a-service platform and APIs for building and operating fintech and embedded finance products.
- Who founded Synctera?
- Synctera was founded by Peter Hazlehurst in 2020.
- Who are Synctera's investors?
- Synctera's investors include Diagram, Evolution Ventures, Fin Capital, Flucas Ventures, Gaingels, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mana Ventures, NAventures and 10 more.
- How much funding has Synctera raised?
- Synctera has disclosed $58.5M raised across 3 of its 7 known rounds.
- Where is Synctera headquartered?
- Synctera is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.