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San Francisco · 3 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Plaid is a financial data infrastructure platform that provides API access to real-time banking and financial institution data across thousands of banks globally.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 6, 2026.
Team · 3 people
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Dave Munichiello is a GV Managing Partner leading the firm's tech investing team across consumer, enterprise, and frontier areas, with a focus on data platforms, developer tools, infrastructure, and enterprise software. Before GV he was an early executive at Kiva Systems (later Amazon Robotics) and a combat veteran and former U.S. military Captain; he holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. from Emory University.
Prantik Mazumdar is an entrepreneur and venture investor who founded Happy Marketer, a digital marketing services firm serving regional and multinational clients, which he exited in 2019 upon its acquisition by Merkle (part of dentsu International). He currently serves as Managing Director of the CXM Group at Dentsu Singapore and as President of TiE Singapore, while actively investing through Quest Ventures, HealthXCapital, and NUS Angel Ventures. Mazumdar holds a degree in Computer Engineering with a minor in Technopreneurship from the National University of Singapore and contributes regular columns on digital transformation to Marketing Magazine, Campaign Asia, and other publications.
Bruno Werneck de Almeida heads business and corporate development for new products at Plaid, where his work spans product partnerships, investments, and M&A. He joined the company in 2019 as its first hire in that function, having previously worked as an investor at Spectrum Equity and as an investment banker at J.P. Morgan. He also invests as an angel.
Founder mafia
27 people who came through Plaid went on to found or lead other companies.
+ 15 more
What they invest in
from 3 of 5 portfolio companiesDeveloper Tools ×2Data & Infrastructure ×1Digital Health ×1Fintech ×1Healthtech ×1SaaS ×1
HQs:United States×2
Investments · 5 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2022 · 12020 · 45 dated
Figma is a collaborative design platform that enables teams to create apps, websites, and products through shared design tools integrated with development workflows and AI-powered design assistance.
Developer ToolsSaaSSan Francisco, US
Evan Wallace(Founder)Dylan Field(Founder)inPraveer Melwani(Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer)inKris Rasmussen(Chief Technology Officer)inShaunt Voskanian(Chief Revenue Officer)inBrendan Mulligan(General Counsel & Secretary)in
Co-investors137 Ventures1435 Capital1517AirAngelsAlkeon InnovationAmplify.LA+58 more
AllStripes was a health technology company that built a research platform for rare diseases, collecting and de-identifying patients' medical records to power rare disease research.
Digital HealthHealthtech
Nancy Yu(Founder)inKristina Cotter, PhD, CGCinOnno Faber(Founder)
Co-investorsGaingelsGaruda VenturesJAZZ Venture PartnersLux CapitalMaveronBond Capital Management+10 more
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Codat provides APIs and data products that connect to accounting, banking, ERP, and commerce platforms, turning that data into standardized integrations and forward-looking insights.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Peter Lord(Founder)inDavid Hoare(Founder)
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Canapi VenturesIndex VenturesJude GomilaAmerican Express Ventures (Amex)JP Morgan Chase+1 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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Exits · 2
1 IPOs · 1 acquisitionsFigmaNYSE: FIGAllStripesacq. by PicnicHealth
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesFigma · valueaddvc.com · Jun 28, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Plaid made?
- Plaid has 5 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited.
- What sectors does Plaid focus on?
- Plaid focuses on Data & Infrastructure, Fintech.
- Where is Plaid located?
- Plaid is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamWilliam Hockey: How I Founded Plaid; The Ultimate Cold Email Tip; Hiring Lessons | 20VC #955
20VC with Harry Stebbings · William Hockey
ACQ2: From Almost Sold to Market Leader | Plaid & Zach Perret
Acquired · Zach Perret
How Plaid Survived on $60K Before Becoming Fintech Infrastructure | Zach Perret (Plaid)
Kleiner Perkins · Zach Perret
Zach Perret (Plaid) at Breaking the Bank Summit
Newcomer · Zach Perret
Watch CNBC's full interview with Plaid CEO Zach Perret
CNBC Television · Zach Perret
What's Next For Plaid (Founder Zach Perret Explains) #founder #plaid #fintech
Rex Salisbury · Zach Perret
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Co-investors · 45
Greylock Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders building companies from inception. Its partners make only one or two new investments per year to focus deeply on each partnership.
SV Angel is a San Francisco-based firm that invests long-term in founders, supporting them with advice, introductions, and network access at key business inflection points.
First Round Capital is an early-stage venture firm partnering with founders at the very first stages of company creation, backing companies from angel through seed with hands-on support across GTM, recruiting, and operations.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
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General Catalyst is a global venture capital and investment firm backing founders across stages and industries, with a notable focus on AI, healthcare transformation, defense, and space.
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies building transformative products.
Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders, known for early investments including leading Twitter's Series B in 2008.
Bond is a venture capital fund spun out from Kleiner Perkins that combines Mary Meeker's famous multi-hundred-page "Trends" reports with late-stage investing, positioning itself as both a macro research house and capital provider for category-defining Internet and software businesses. The fund operates with a small, senior-heavy partnership that blends operators and growth investors, focusing on companies that have already proven product-market fit and helping them architect global expansion and IPO readiness.
Buckley Ventures is a venture capital firm that makes concentrated investments in early-stage companies across internet, software, and frontier technology sectors, managing over $1 billion across multiple funds.
Coinbase Ventures is the investment arm of Coinbase, backing founders building across the crypto and Web3 ecosystem in support of Coinbase's mission of expanding economic freedom.
▶33 more co-investors
Lightspeed Venture PartnersCraft VenturesRedpoint VenturesLong Journey VenturesFounder CollectiveBenchmarkKrakenStreamlined VenturesSusa VenturesPartech VenturesC2 InvestmentsPhysical IntelligenceScale Venture PartnersKapor CapitalObvious VenturesStellar CapitalTodd and Rahul’s Angel FundPoint NineNot Boring CapitalBanana CapitalCapitalGSaga VenturesWorklife Ventures468 CapitalLa FamigliaAmasiaS28 CapitalConvictionVenture HighwayAirTree VenturesNYU Innovation Venture FundCardumen CapitalASDF Ventures
Firms observed investing alongside Plaid, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Plaid's recorded portfolio.
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