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Best FinTech Companies in Redwood City, United States

The 53 best FinTech companies in Redwood City, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: BlueVine.

53companies tracked
$1.6Bdisclosed funding
1unicorns
29have raised
Sector wealth & growth · validated company filings
$180Mmedian revenue
+8%median YoY growth
$89.0Bcombined revenue pool
130companies reporting

Biggest earners American Express Co ($10.5B, +9% YoY), Mastercard Inc ($8.3B, +13% YoY), Flex Ltd. ($6.6B, +4% YoY), Fiserv Inc ($5.0B, +10% YoY)

FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FINTECH × REDWOOD CITY

Our analysis of 243 FinTech companies

$56.0b in tracked funding; 98% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

243companies analysed
98%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
45unicorns
2018median founding year
625kcombined LinkedIn audience
77%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best FinTech companies in Redwood City

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFoundedFounderPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1BlueVine
Provider of business checking accounts, business loans, and business credit cards
$288M70 mo ago334
334 → 588 (+76%)
2013Nir Klar
Founder & CTO
——
2Personal Capital
Wealth data aggregation platform for individuals
$271M89 mo ago4572009———
3Zuora
Cloud-based invoice and subscription management solutions for businesses
$243M52 mo ago6892007Tien Tzuo
Co-Founder & CEO
151 patents
Subscription billing and revenue management for multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
—
4Ivalua 🦄
Provider of cloud-based platform for spend, procurement, and supplier management
$134M86 mo ago1262000David Khuat-Duy
Co-Founder & CAIO
2 patents
E‑procurement platform enabling cross‑catalog search and supplier risk scoring automation.
1 job opening · 3 partnerships · 1 award
5Tidemark
Financial and operational planning software solutions for enterprise performance management
$105M119 mo ago132010———
6ViVOtech
Online marketplace facilitating the purchase and transfer of domain names
$96M171 mo ago1002001—117 patents
Mobile digital wallet and secure offline data transfer for electronic payment certificates
—
7Yodlee
Provider of cloud-based financial data aggregation and analytics
$84M170 mo ago214
214 → 351 (+64%)
1999—241 patents
Financial data analytics and credit/wealth recommendation systems using machine learning
—
8Host Analytics
AI-powered financial performance platform unifying business planning, close, and reporting
$72M139 mo ago1532000———
9Planful
Cloud-based financial planning & advisory solutions for businesses
$72M72 mo ago512000Amit Singh
Managing Director & Senior Vice President of Engineering
4 patents
Large‑scale financial data aggregation, pre‑aggregation, and delta processing for analytics
1 launch · 1 award
10Limelight Health
Quote engine solution for health insurance professionals
$44M90 mo ago52014———
11Vindicia
AI-driven payment recovery and churn reduction solutions for subscription businesses
$41M188 mo ago85
85 → 52 (-39%)
2003—7 patents
Partial authorization and capture processing for card payment transactions
—
12eWise
Open banking API solutions
$26M175 mo ago312000Alex Grinberg
Founder & CEO
——
13COVU
Provider of insurance agency management solutions
42Funding top 33%Talent top 38%Moat top 39%Product top 41%
All 9 signals ▾
Fundingtop 33%
Talenttop 38%
Moattop 39%
Producttop 41%
Growthtop 45%
Marketbottom 45%
Globalbottom 39%
Newsbottom 38%
Innovationbottom 37%
Funding: Raised $22.5M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 4 yrs (1.0/yr)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100
$22M10 mo ago512004Amin Zarshenas
Chief Product Officer / Co-founder
—2 launchs
14Flint
Provider of a wiki-based knowledge management platform
$22M117 mo ago202011Greg Goldfarb
Co-Founder & CEO
39 patents
Flexographic printing primers and coated label technologies; also bird‑decoy devices.
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15UnifyID
Provider of implicit authentication and machine learning-based IAM
$20M105 mo ago222015—8 patents
Behavioral biometrics via mobile sensor data for continuous user authentication
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16PayWithMyBank
Pay by Bank solutions to accelerate growth for businesses and consumers
$20M—142012—4 patents
Secure electronic payment processing and mobile transaction authentication systems
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17LiveFlow
Cloud-based financial automation and accounting data integration platform for businesses
$17M21 mo ago212021——1 job opening · 1 launch · 1 partnership
18Syndera Corporation
Online courses and resources for personal and professional transformation
$15M253 mo ago352002———
19DigitalPersona
Provider of biometrics-based identity verification solutions
$13M267 mo ago691996———
204C Risk
Provider of an AI-based predictive analytic platform for risk and compliance monitoring
$8M48 mo ago282019Supra Appikonda
Co-Founder and COO
6 patents
Automated vulnerability assessment and remediation reporting for networked computing devices.
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21Impermium
AI based fraud detection platform for enterprises
$8M176 mo ago102010———
22Mesta
Provider of global payment solutions for businesses
$8M9 mo ago—2023Nitin Shrivastava
Co-Founder & Product & Partnership
——
23Avangate
eCommerce and channel sales management solution provider
$8M162 mo ago32006———
24Finalytix
Wealth management software for HNWIs, financial advisors, and family offices
$1M66 mo ago82013Sriniwas Nandiraju
Co-Founder
——
25Temblor
Provider of catastrophe modeling and risk assessment solutions and news
$800K87 mo ago122014———
26Daric
Financial software for loan origination and risk management
$700K149 mo ago142012Vasant Ramachandran
Co-Founder
——
27Data Simply
Financial Technology media company
$100K141 mo ago62013———

Top 12 FinTech companies in Redwood City

#1
Series B · Redwood City, California · founded 2004 · 51 employees
$22.5Mraised
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Provider of insurance agency management solutions. It offers a real-time customer self-service app for insurance policies. It uses a combination of AI and sales for renewals and buying new insurance covers. Allows intermediaries to remotely monitor their agencies and manage operations efficiently.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 42how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 33%
Talent
top 38%
Moat
top 39%
Product
top 41%
Growth
top 45%
Market
bottom 45%
Funding: Raised $22.5M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 4 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Aug 2025)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 8k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2025Series B$16M
  • Mar 2025Series A—
  • Feb 2025Series A$10M
  • Oct 2024Conventional Debt—
Founders & team
Amin ZarshenasChief Product Officer / Co-founderAli SafaviCEO / Co-founder
Investors
ManchesterStory Group, Benhamou Global Ventures, Markd, TGV, UpHonest Capital, INP Capital
#2
Seed · Redwood City, California · founded 2023
$7.5Mraised
▾

Provider of global payment solutions for businesses. The platform provides solutions such as bill payments, payroll management, global remittances, supply chain payments, and more. It also combines blockchain technology for global payments operations.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Seed$5.5M
  • Jan 2025Seed$2M
Founders & team
Nitin ShrivastavaCo-Founder & Product & PartnershipKiran PolavarapuCo-Founder & Head of EngineeringSandeep PyapaliCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Garuda, Canonical, Everywhere, Inventum Ventures, Circle, Paxos
#3
Series A · Redwood City, California · founded 2021 · 21 employees
$17.1Mraised
▾

Cloud-based financial automation and accounting data integration platform for businesses. It integrates financial data with accounting, banks, and payment platforms to manage the financial updates and create budgets for businesses. Its analytics dashboard provides a summary of operational revenue, financial planning, budgeting & forecasting, cash flow optimization, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Director of Sales
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Deel) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Series A$13.5M
  • Dec 2021Seed$3.5M
  • 2021Seed$125K
Investors
Y Combinator, Moonfire, Seedcamp, WndrCo, Valar Ventures
Tech stack
WebflowGoogle AdsTypeformLinkedin Insight TagLinkedin AdsJsdelivr
#4
Acquired · Redwood City, California · founded 2007 · 689 employees
$242.5Mraised
▾

Cloud-based invoice and subscription management solutions for businesses. It offers software to automate billing, revenue management, deal management of subscription accounts, and collection from pending accounts. It features solutions for subscription order management, rating and billing, global payments, subscription accounting, and more.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2022Post IPO$400M
  • Mar 2015Series F$115M
  • Sep 2013Series E$50M
  • Nov 2011Series D$36M
Founders & team
Tien TzuoCo-Founder & CEOK RaoCo-Founder
Investors
Redpoint Ventures, Benchmark, Tenaya Capital, Shasta Ventures, Northgate Capital, Next World Capital
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAngularApple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageBootstrap
#5
Series F · Redwood City, California · founded 2013 · 334 employees
$287.5Mraised
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Provider of business checking accounts, business loans, and business credit cards. The company offers business checking with interest, accounts payable automation, and international payments. Business loans include lines of credit, term loans, and SBA loan access through lending partners. The business credit card provides cash back on purchases.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 71k LinkedIn followers — 11.4% of this cohort's audience · 110 engagements/post (8.4× cohort median)
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2020Conventional Debt$75M
  • Nov 2019Series F$102.5M
  • Jul 2018Series E$12M
  • Jun 2018Series E$60M
Founders & team
Nir KlarFounder & CTO
Investors
83NORTH, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, SVB, Rakuten Capital, Fortress
Tech stack
AlgoliaAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailBabel
#6
Acquired · Redwood City, California · founded 2009 · 457 employees
$271.2Mraised
▾

Personal Capital is a wealth data aggregation platform for individuals. It allows users to track and monitor fund investments, savings, retirement planning, and automate cash flow management solutions. It offers tools including retirement calculator, investment checkup, net worth, and fee analyzer to assist in accessing wealth and investments.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2019Series F$50M
  • Aug 2017Series E$37.1M
  • Dec 2016Venture Debt$25M
  • Dec 2016Series E$25M
Investors
IVP, Venrock, Crosslink Capital, BlackRock, IGM Financial, Corsair Capital
Tech stack
EnvoyHstsCloudflare
#7
Acquired · Redwood City, California · founded 2000 · 51 employees
$71.6Mraised
▾

Cloud-based financial planning & advisory solutions for businesses. It offers solutions for budgeting, forecasting, analysis, creation of decks, workflow management, and automating manual processes. It also offers assistance in reporting and guiding businesses to transform financial processes.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 76k LinkedIn followers — 12.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2020Series E—
  • Nov 2014Series E$25M
  • Jan 2013Series D$17M
  • Jul 2012Conventional Debt$3.2M
Founders & team
Amit Singh Managing Director & Senior Vice President of Engineering
Investors
Trident Capital, Advanced Technology Ventures, StarVest Partners, Next World Capital, Centerview Capital, Vector Capital
Tech stack
6SenseAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAosApple Icloud MailAtlassian Statuspage
#8
Ivalua 🦄
Series B · Redwood City, California · founded 2000 · 126 employees
$134.5Mraised
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Provider of cloud-based platform for spend, procurement, and supplier management. The platform delivers source-to-pay functionalities, including strategic sourcing, contract lifecycle management, and spend analysis. It also offers features such as e-procurement, invoicing, and supplier risk management. The platform supports various industries, providing solutions for direct materials management and supply chain collaboration.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 206k LinkedIn followers — 32.9% of this cohort's audience · 36 engagements/post (2.7× cohort median)
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Activity: 3 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Ivalua) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2019Series B$60M
  • Apr 2017PE$70M
  • Apr 2011Series A$4.5M
Founders & team
David Khuat-DuyCo-Founder & CAIODaniel AmzallagCOO Ivalua Group
Investors
KKR, Tiger Global Management, Ardian, Draper Triangle, Hg, AgilaCapital
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebotCore-Js
#9
Acquired · Redwood City, California · founded 2010 · 13 employees
$105.3Mraised
▾

Financial and operational planning software solutions for enterprise performance management. The company provides comprehensive solutions for the Office of the CFO, offering software across financial planning and analysis (FP&A), accounting, and operations. These solutions transform how teams operate, empowering leaders to make timely and informed decisions. The company enables automated processes, delivers trusted insights, boosts predictability, and increases productivity. It offers tools for ERP reporting, business intelligence, tax reporting, lease lifecycle management, equity management, data connectivity, data management, and data visualization. The platform integrates with various ERPs, EPMs, modern cloud data sources, and BI & analytics platforms. It provides solutions for financial reporting, analytics, embedded analytics, and global tariff management. The company's technology is AI-powered, offering features like driver-based modeling, workflow management, and a scalable architecture for connected planning.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2016Series D—
  • Jun 2015Series D$25M
  • May 2014Series D$32M
  • Dec 2013Series C$13M
Investors
Greylock Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Tenaya Capital, Redpoint Ventures, SVB, Marlin Equity Partners
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpZurb FoundationWp RocketGravity Forms
#10
Series D · Redwood City, California · founded 2001 · 100 employees
$96Mraised
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Online marketplace facilitating the purchase and transfer of domain names. It offers a platform for buying and selling domain names, ensuring secure transactions. The platform provides various payment options and support throughout the transfer process. It guarantees refunds if a domain transfer is not successful.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2012Series D—
  • Jun 2011Series C$24M
  • Feb 2009Series C$8.6M
  • Feb 2008Series C$5M
Investors
First Data, NCR, EDBI, Singtel Innov8, Motorola Solutions, Alloy Ventures
#11
Acquired · Redwood City, California · founded 2000 · 153 employees
$72.1Mraised
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AI-powered financial performance platform unifying business planning, close, and reporting. It is a SaaS solution designed to elevate financial performance with AI-driven insights, offering tools like Analyst Assistant for instant answers and AI capabilities for anomaly detection and projections. The platform integrates with various business systems, ensuring data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It provides solutions for finance, marketing, accounting, human resources, sales, IT, and operations, enabling collaborative planning and strategic alignment. The platform empowers teams to drive financial success with AI-powered close, consolidation, planning, and reporting, transforming financial processes into moments of clarity. It offers features like anomaly detection, intelligent forecasting, and in-app guidance, enhancing user confidence and adoption. The platform is built for finance, streamlining work, uncovering insights, and ensuring secure, explainable intelligence.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2014Series E$25.5M
  • Jan 2013Series D$17M
  • Jul 2012Conventional Debt$3.2M
  • Jun 2010Series C$15M
Investors
Advanced Technology Ventures, Trident Capital, StarVest Partners, Next World Capital, Centerview Capital, Eastward Capital Partners
Tech stack
ReactGatsbyGatsby Cloud Image CdnNetlifyHstsWebpack
#12
Acquired · Redwood City, California · founded 2014 · 5 employees
$44Mraised
▾

Limelight is a web-based solution for health insurance professionals that generates quick quotes based on the fields edited. This can be integrated with other benefits technologies like payroll, CRM, benefits administration, and compliance tools. Their mobile-based technology helps drive greater efficiency and sales growth as agents can spend less time doing paper quotes and spreadsheets and more time selling and connecting with their clients.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2019Series C$33.5M
  • Jul 2017Series B$7.5M
  • Jul 2015Series A$3M
  • Oct 2014Seed—
Investors
Launchpad Digital Health, MassMutual Ventures, AXA Venture Partners, Transamerica Ventures, Wanxiang Healthcare Investments, Wells Fargo
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpGoogle MapsWistiaWpbakery

Funding & investor landscape

$1.6Btotal disclosed funding
28companies funded
94disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Next World Capital3 rounds
Plug and Play Tech Center3 rounds
SVB3 rounds
Trident Capital3 rounds
Western Technology Investment3 rounds
Advanced Technology Ventures2 rounds
Andreessen Horowitz2 rounds
Balderton Capital2 rounds
BlackRock2 rounds
Centerview Capital2 rounds

Notable founders

Amin Zarshenas
Chief Product Officer / Co-founder · COVU
Ali Safavi
CEO / Co-founder · COVU
Nitin Shrivastava
Co-Founder & Product & Partnership · Mesta
Kiran Polavarapu
Co-Founder & Head of Engineering · Mesta
Tien Tzuo
Co-Founder & CEO · Zuora
K Rao
Co-Founder · Zuora
Nir Klar
Founder & CTO · BlueVine
Amit Singh
Managing Director & Senior Vice President of Engineering · Planful
David Khuat-Duy
Co-Founder & CAIO · Ivalua
Daniel Amzallag
COO Ivalua Group · Ivalua
Supra Appikonda
Co-Founder and COO · 4C Risk
Venky Yerrapotu
CEO and Founder · 4C Risk
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,947,148 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of FinTech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States

How research on Fintech is moving in the United States

A read on the academic research around Fintech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 907 United States-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201620212026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 23% → 38% across 2016–2026.
top research entities
  • Film Independent54
  • United States Department of Commerce26
  • Community Partners22
  • University of Virginia18
  • International Monetary Fund12
leading researchers
Crypto Education Research Lab · Kapil Dharika · Bibitayo Ebunlomo Abikoye · Adesola Oluwatosin Adelaja · Stanley Chidozie Umeorah · Pingale, Mandar Vijay · Hajwane, Shaeena Samir · Rogers, Anuoluwapo
▲ Breakthroughs97 · 11%
▲ 0%→11% share
0 median citations96% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→11% of field), led by Financial services.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services42
  • Database transaction16
  • Payment15
  • Scalability12
  • Credit risk11
Newly emergingFinancial services 0→41 · Database transaction 0→15 · Payment 0→14
Landmark E.T.-RNN · 87 cites
◆ Advancements352 · 39%
▲ 28%→41% share
▲1.5× share momentum0 median citations95% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (28%→41% of field), led by Financial services.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services7→190
  • Financial inclusion2→74
  • Payment2→50
  • Mobile payment3→29
  • Leverage (statistics)1→21
Newly emergingTransformative learning 0→37 · Database transaction 0→34 · Financial literacy 0→32
Landmark Fintech Adoption Drivers for Innovation for SMEs in Indonesia · 143 cites
▼ Concerns281 · 31%
▼ 56%→29% share
▼0.5× share momentum0 median citations83% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (56%→29% of field), led by Financial services.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services9→149
  • Financial inclusion1→56
  • Payment2→27
  • Investment (military)1→19
  • Cryptocurrency1→17
Newly emergingFinancial market 0→22 · Big data 0→18 · Corporate governance 0→18
Landmark The FinTech Opportunity · 433 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States

Where fintech is researched across United States

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

New York25 · +0.24
Hot · Financial servicesAdvancing · Credit riskOpportunity · Big dataConcern · Financial innovation
Seattle14 · +0.21
Hot · Financial servicesOpportunity · LoanConcern · Financial inclusion
Philadelphia13 · +0.19
Hot · Digital transformationAdvancing · Financial servicesOpportunity · Leverage (statistics)
Boston12 · +0.34
Hot · Financial servicesOpportunity · Key (lock)Concern · Financial innovation
Los Angeles8 · +0.42
Hot · Credit riskOpportunity · Financial services
Ann Arbor8 · +0.49
Hot · Financial servicesAdvancing · Financial inclusionOpportunity · Mobile payment
SF Bay Area5 · +0.42
Hot · Financial servicesOpportunity · Leverage (statistics)
Chicago5 · +0.08
Opportunity · Financial market
Atlanta5 · +0.36
Hot · Financial servicesOpportunity · Credit card
PATENT SIGNAL · United States

Who's filing fintech patents in the United States

United States fintech patent filing is accelerating — 20 filings from 16 assignees (2016–2025), led by Mastercard International, Verifone, Financial Cloud Innovations; annual filings 1→7.

20 filings16 assigneespeak 7/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Mastercard International20
  • Verifone4
  • Financial Cloud Innovations2
  • Atombeam Technologies2
  • Salah ALI Khalil1
  • LNW Gaming1
  • Kassetty Nikhil1
  • DR Mariappan RAJA1

Common questions

How many FinTech companies are there in Redwood City, United States?
Radar tracks 53 indexable FinTech companies headquartered in Redwood City, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by FinTech companies in Redwood City, United States?
The FinTech companies in Redwood City, United States on this list have raised a combined $1.6B in disclosed equity funding across 28 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded FinTech company in Redwood City, United States?
BlueVine is the highest-funded FinTech company in Redwood City, United States, with $287.5M in disclosed equity funding.
How many FinTech companies in Redwood City, United States are funded?
28 of the 53 FinTech companies in Redwood City, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many FinTech unicorns are there in Redwood City, United States?
1 FinTech company in Redwood City, United States on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Redwood City, United States FinTech companies?
The most active investors in Redwood City, United States FinTech companies on this list include Next World Capital, Plug and Play Tech Center, SVB, Trident Capital, Western Technology Investment.
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