Financial data infrastructure connecting fintech apps to bank accounts
Plaid is the de facto standard for connecting consumer fintech apps to US bank accounts. Visa's $5.3B acquisition was blocked in 2021. Recovered with Layer (one-tap onboarding) and Beacon (anti-fraud network). $6.1B tender in April 2025.
Fintech📍 San Francisco, CAFounded 2013
Current Valuation
$6.1B
as of 2025-Q2
UNICORN
QL Price
$5.1B
-36% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for Plaid, published 2026-10-07 — below the last disclosed round of $8.0B (2026-02).
Confidence
high
Basis
blended
What backs this price
Last disclosed round
$8.0B
2026-02
weight 0.62
Secondary market print
$2.5B
2026-06-27
weight 0.54
Public-company comparables
$2.3B
2024
weight 0.11
How this price has held up
No round has priced for Plaid since QuantLogix began publishing a price for it, so there is nothing to grade yet. The claim above is on the record from 2026-10-07 and will be graded against the next priced round. See the full accuracy record →
Which publicly-traded funds already hold it, what $10,000 buys, and whether any route is open to you.
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IPO Outlookprivate
Is Plaid going public in 2026?
No. Plaid has no imminent IPO plans on record — the earliest talked-about window is 2026. It is still private.
What is Plaid's valuation in 2026?
Plaid is valued at $6.1B as of 2025-Q2, set by its Tender offer ($575M, Apr 2025). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Plaid filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Plaid.
Who are Plaid's investors?
Plaid's investors include Visa (deal blocked), NEA, Spark Capital, Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Goldman Sachs.
How much has Plaid raised?
Plaid has raised $1.3B in total, most recently a Tender offer of $575M in Apr 2025.
Is Plaid publicly traded — can you buy Plaid stock?
No. Plaid is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Plaid on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Company Profile
CEO
Zach Perret
Founded
2013
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
~1500
Total Raised
$1.3B
Est. Revenue
$350M (2024)
Growth
~25% YoY
Last Round
Tender offer — $575M (Apr 2025) · Lead: Franklin Templeton
IPO Status
no imminent plans
Fundraising Status
Tender offer · $575M · 1y 6mo ago
no imminent plansTotal raised $1.3B
Secondary Market
Implied price / share
$179.79
Last round price / share
$582.15
vs last round
-69.1%
Open interest
7
Last round price vs secondary price
Secondary price return by period
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Tender offer
$575M
Apr 2025
Franklin Templeton
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Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▲ Hiring uptrend
+10% vs 2026-08
Open roles
112
via ashby
Product-build share
51%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
expanding
product-led hiring — 51% of open roles build product; the rest are go-to-market and G&A.
No tracked executive churn; open roles trending up.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
Technical Support EngineerSenior Data Engineer - Data EngineeringStrategic Finance Lead, Product & EngineeringStaff Product Manager - AI FoundationsProduct Manager, Account VerificationStaff Software Engineer - AI Applications
Counted from Plaid's live job board as of 2026-09-15; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Zach PerretWilliam Hockey
Investors
Visa (deal blocked) · NEA · Spark Capital · Index Ventures · Kleiner Perkins · Goldman Sachs
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2025-Q2. Refreshed quarterly.