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Slash

Vertical business banking for online entrepreneurs.
Fintech 📍 San Francisco, CA Founded 2020
Current Valuation
$1.4B
as of 2025-Q4
UNICORN

IPO Outlookprivate

Is Slash going public?
No. Slash is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Slash's valuation in 2026?
Slash is valued at $1.4B as of 2025-Q4, set by its Series C ($100M, Nov 2025). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Slash filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Slash.
Who are Slash's investors?
Slash's investors include Goodwater Capital, NEA, Y Combinator, Menlo Ventures.
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.
Slash is a San Francisco-based 'vertical banking' platform for online entrepreneurs, building dedicated banking products for niches like resellers, content creators, and ad arbitrage operators. Founded by two college dropouts, raised a $41M Series B in May 2025 at a $370M valuation led by Goodwater Capital, then a $100M Series C at a $1.4B valuation later in 2025 — achieving unicorn status.

Company Profile

CEO
Victor Cardenas
Founded
2020
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
50-100
Total Raised
$160M
Last Round
Series C — $100M (Nov 2025)
IPO Status
private

Fundraising Status

Series C · $100M · 9 mo ago
privateTotal raised $160M

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series C$100MNov 2025

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
First snapshot
trend accrues with monthly sweeps
Open roles
18
via ashby
Product-build share
39%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
balanced build + GTM — 39% builders vs 61% go-to-market/G&A — scaling both sides.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month18Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionOther4Engineering4Sales & GTM2Legal & Policy2Ops & People2Research1Marketing1Product1Security1
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
Applied AI EngineerSenior Infrastructure/Platform EngineerSoftware Engineer, GrowthSenior/Staff Software Engineer, ProductSoftware Engineer, StablecoinProduct Manager, Enterprise Finance
Counted from Slash's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Victor CardenasKevin Bai

Investors

Goodwater Capital · NEA · Y Combinator · Menlo Ventures

Products

  • Business checking
  • Corporate cards
  • Cashback
  • Stablecoin payments (via Bridge)
  • Vertical sub-accounts

Competitors

Mercury · Ramp · Rho · Bluevine
FintechNeobankUnicornY Combinator
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2025-Q4. Refreshed quarterly.