Fintech Landscape of San Francisco
1,205 Fintech companies in San Francisco, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, what the news is about, which skills employers want and where the research is going. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Fintech in San Francisco
Shows the top fintech firms in San Francisco by size, funding and hiring activity, noting 1,205 companies, 117 currently hiring and 525 that have disclosed funding rounds.
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Anaplan13last posted Aug 2026
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Stripe13last posted Aug 2026
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Airwallex13last posted Aug 2026
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Coinbase12last posted Jul 2026
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SoFi11last posted Jun 2026
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Interface AI10last posted Jul 2026
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FurtherAI8last posted Jun 2026
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SelectQuote8last posted Mar 2026
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Taulia$6.2BConventional Debt · Mar 2021
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Prosper$5.5BConventional Debt · Nov 2022
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Chime$3.1BSeries F · Aug 2021
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Square$2.7BPost IPO · Mar 2020
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Affirm$1.8BSeries G · Sep 2020
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Lending Club$604.2MFY2019 filing
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NerdWallet$222.2MFY2023 filing
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Flutterwave$6.9MFY2023 filing
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CoverSelf$3MFY2023 filing
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Varo816tracked employees
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Plum2.8%55 tracked events
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Float2.2%44 tracked events
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Charlie17,494articles in the window
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Felix4,123articles in the window
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Sora2,703articles in the window
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Indio2,458articles in the window
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Finley1,888articles in the window
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How the Fintech ecosystem in San Francisco grew, 2016–2025
Displays yearly company formation counts, highlighting a peak of 107 new firms in 2021 and 41 in 2025.
The Fintech market map of San Francisco: what these companies actually do
Breaks down product categories and revenue models, with enterprise tech (673 firms) and subscription models (889 firms) being the most common.
- Enterprise Tech673 companies · $55.3B raised · 76 hiring
- Consumer Digital532 companies · $32.4B raised · 52 hiring
- Enterprise Software385 companies · $34.7B raised · 48 hiring
- SaaS215 companies · $26.5B raised · 29 hiring
- Blockchain in Financial Services181 companies · $6.1B raised · 17 hiring
- Nbfc Lenders158 companies · $32.6B raised · 22 hiring
- Fintech SaaS117 companies · $4.2B raised · 15 hiring
- Marketplaces105 companies · $10.3B raised · 9 hiring
- Business Payments Solutions105 companies · $17.8B raised · 8 hiring
- Crypto Trading Platforms86 companies · $2.5B raised · 7 hiring
- Web 3.076 companies · $1.8B raised · 4 hiring
- Commerce Enablers70 companies · $17.6B raised · 6 hiring
Monetization
How Fintech companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Fintech in San Francisco
Lists 1,237 corporate events over the past two years, including 240 earnings releases, 220 funding rounds and 151 mergers and acquisitions.
- M&ABullish has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Equiniti, a leading global transfer agent serving nearly 3,000 issuer clients.2026-05-05
- M&AWillis Towers Watson (WTW) has detailed its artificial intelligence strategy following its acquisition of Newfront2026-05-04
- FundingSocotra was founded by Dan Woods and has raised nearly $1 million across seven funding rounds, with backers including Insight partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Nationwide Ventures and 8VC.2026-05-04
- FundingZamp has now raised a total of $21M in total equity funding and is backed by Acrew Capital and Thomson Reuters Ventures.2026-05-04
- M&APhenom acquires Plum2026-05-01
- IPOthe strategic commitment forms a core component of Flutterwave’s planned US$250 million Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX).2026-04-20
- M&ASynctera has acquired Cable, a financial automated control testing software specialist, in a tech M&A deal.2026-04-18
- FundingSlash has now raised a total of $160M in total equity funding and is backed by Goodwater Capital, Khosla Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Ribbit Capital, and Y Combinator.2026-04-18
- M&AGusto, a leading provider of payroll, benefits, and HR solutions for small businesses, today announced it has acquired Mosey, a leading AI-powered business compliance platform.2026-04-09
- FundingFelix closed a $1.7 million seed round led by XYZ Venture Capital to advance its hyperautomation infrastructure for legal, finance, and insurance professionals.2026-04-09
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Fintech company in San Francisco was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| $4.2B | Announced | 2026-05-05 | ||
| undisclosed | Completed | 2026-05-04 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-05-01 | ||
| undisclosed | Completed | 2026-04-20 | ||
| undisclosed | — | 2026-04-18 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-04-13 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Details specific events such as IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches and contract wins for the tracked companies.
BullishIPO · NYSE · BLSH · 8 reportsApr 2026
AuraBrian DeCenzo · Promotion → Chief Financial Officer and PresidentApr 2026
VisaSandeep Ghosh · Departure — was Group Country Manager for IndiaApr 2026
AtoBHarshita Arora · Resignation — was Co-founderApr 2026
KikoffJohn Kaelle · Appointment → Chief Financial OfficerApr 2026
CyberCubeRegional Risk Transfer Benchmarking toolMay 2026
kWh Analytdata-sharing pilot program (Data Sharing / Risk Modeling)Apr 2026
Goldskyapproved creation of Agnico Eagle as Control Person — TSX Venture ExchangeApr 2026
- coinbase v Andreessenstockholder derivative action denial · VerdictFeb 2026
- Adam Grabski, coinbase v Andreessenstockholder derivative action · OngoingFeb 2026
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +24.2%, half slower.
Who is building Fintech in San Francisco
Profiles 1,012 founders and CEOs across 624 firms, noting Stanford as the most frequent alma mater (106 alumni) and Google as the top prior employer (25).
Ex-Twitter, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Kraft Foods. United States Military Academy at West Point BS 1991, The Wharton School MBA 1999
Chime, ex-Green Dot, ex-Visa, Tulane University, 1995
Founder Invisibly, Square, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, LaunchCode. LSE 1986, Washington University in St. Louis BA 1987, BASc 1987
Coinbase, NewLimit · Ex-Founder & CEO UniversityTutor, Airbnb · Rice University BS 2005, MS 2006
Ex-Yelp, Google, PayPal · University of lllinois in Urbana-Champaign BS 1997
Ex-Figure Markets, SoFi. Stanford University Graduate School of Business MS 2012
Ex-Hohen International, National Australia Bank, Aviva · University of Melbourne BE 2007
First Republic Bank, Ex-Founder & President Two Bridges Real Estate, Colony American Homes, Colony Capital, Morgan Stanley. Stanford University 2004…
Co-Founder Mischief, ex-Bain. Duke University BS
- flagged as repeat founders41
- no repeat-founder flag887
- women99
- men817
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Who funds Fintech in San Francisco
Summarizes 1,384 funding rounds since 2016 from 1,966 investors, with a typical round size of $10 million.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Y Combinator | 169 | 67 | Apr 2026 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 45 | 24 | May 2026 |
| General Catalyst | 34 | 15 | Dec 2025 |
| Sequoia Capital | 34 | 12 | May 2026 |
| Ribbit Capital | 29 | 12 | Apr 2026 |
| Founders Fund | 27 | 8 | Jun 2024 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 25 | 9 | Dec 2025 |
| 500 Global | 25 | 9 | Jan 2026 |
| SVB | 24 | 6 | May 2026 |
| QED Investors | 22 | 14 | May 2026 |
The typical round is $10M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Fintech funding rounds in San Francisco
Highlights the largest disclosed round—Stripe’s $6.9 billion Series I—and lists ten other major recent funding events.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Imega-round | $6.9B | Mar 2023 | Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Baillie Gifford +6 more | |
| Series Fmega-round | $1.1B | Aug 2021 | Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund, General Atlantic +2 more | |
| Series Emega-round | $1B | Sep 2015 | Third Point Ventures, Wellington, IVP +4 more | |
| Series Emega-round | $700M | Dec 2019 | DST Global, Menlo Ventures, Coatue +3 more | |
| Series Imega-round | $694.2M | Apr 2024 | — | |
| Series Gmega-round | $631M | Mar 2020 | Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Google Ventures +1 more | |
| Series Hmega-round | $600M | Mar 2021 | NTMA, Fidelity Investments, Baillie Gifford +4 more | |
| Series Emega-round | $575M | Apr 2025 | Fidelity Investments, BlackRock, New Enterprise Associates +3 more | |
| Series Gmega-round | $539M | Jun 2019 | Qatar Investment Authority | |
| Series Emega-round | $533.8M | Sep 2020 | Coatue, Tiger Global Management, Whale Rock Capital Management +5 more |
269 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
- Conventional Debt$200MMay 2026
Series D$200MMay 2026
Series B$160MMay 2026
Series A$17MMay 2026
Seed$3.8MMay 2026
Series AundisclosedMay 2026
Conventional DebtundisclosedMay 2026
Series C$100MApr 2026
What the news says about Fintech in San Francisco
Counts 16,073 news articles in the last year, with frequent coverage of cryptocurrency effects on forex, economic indicators and interest‑rate decisions.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Fintech news in United States. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- Cryptocurrency impact on forex markets256,685▲+41%
- Economic indicators (gdp, cpi, unemployment)85,368→+7%
- Trade wars and geopolitical impacts83,564▲+17%
- Interest rate decisions and impacts72,480▲+17%
- Central bank monetary policy announcements65,419→+10%
- Federal reserve policy meeting summaries64,366▲+17%
- Global recession risks and forecasts63,436▲+13%
- Regulatory compliance in foreign exchange trading50,230▲+85%
- Foreign exchange (forex) rate fluctuations49,040▲+40%
- Quarterly and annual financial results48,582▲+28%
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141 Fintech companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Fintech coverage in United States as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in United States Fintech coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Fintech jobs in San Francisco: who is hiring and what they ask for
Aggregates 10,917 job postings from 296 employers, noting common skills like Python and AWS and a median advertised salary of $115 k per year.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Fintech employers in San Francisco put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
- python245▲
- sql227▲
- typescript124▲
- react110▲
- aws107▲
- excel93▲
- salesforce92▲
- microsoft office90▲
- fintech89▲
- javascript77▲
- Manager$128k/yr (n=213)
- Senior$137k/yr (n=98)
- Lead$151k/yr (n=83)
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What the research says
The Fintech research read is national: 907 United States-affiliated papers, clustered into themes such as Mobile Payments Adoption Barriers, Financial Crime Detection Challenges, Algorithmic Trading Liquidity Risks, Mobile Money Inclusion Pitfalls. It is measured at country level, so it is the same signal for every city in United States — the full read, with the theme clusters, growth and blind spots, lives on the national page.
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