Plaid
VS
Square

Fintech comparison — funding, valuation, and investors, sourced from Value Add Pulse coverage.

P
Plaid

Plaid builds infrastructure connecting bank accounts to fintech apps via a secure data-access API.

2 Pulse stories
S
Square

Block, Inc. (formerly Square) provides point-of-sale hardware, payments processing, and financial software for businesses, alongside Cash App for consumers.

3 Pulse stories
Total Raised
$1.3B
PlaidSquare
Last Valuation
$8B
PlaidSquare
Fintech
Sector
Fintech
2012
Founded
2009
San Francisco, CA
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Private
Status
Public (SQ)
Plaid investors
NEASpark CapitalAmerican Express VenturesBlackRockFidelityFranklin TempletonIndex VenturesKleiner Perkins
Square investors
No investors on record.

Data from Value Add Pulse coverage and company research — see the full threads for Plaid and Square.