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Corporate finance platform with $1.5B raised; enterprise spend management pivot with corporate cards, expense management, and travel for venture-backed and mid-market companies.
Brex is a corporate finance platform providing business credit cards, expense management, business banking accounts, and travel management tools targeted at venture-backed startups and technology companies. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco by Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi (Brazilian entrepreneurs who sold their first company before college), Brex raised over $1.5 billion in funding at a peak valuation of $12.3 billion and generated approximately $250 million in annual revenue.
São Paulo Brazil YC W20 open banking API at 155B BRL ($31B) payments 2023 with 3x YoY growth and doubled net income; $58.2M total ($45M Ribbit/Bezos Series B 2022) serving Gol/Localiza/QuintoAndar competing for Brazil fintech infrastructure.
Stark Bank is a São Paulo, Brazil-based open banking API platform and digital business bank — backed by Y Combinator (W20) with $58.2 million in total funding including a $45 million Series B in April 2022 led by Ribbit Capital with Lachy Groom and Bezos Expeditions (Jeff Bezos's personal investment vehicle) — providing companies with payment processing infrastructure, banking APIs, and financial services built on Brazil's open banking framework. In 2023, Stark Bank processed 155 billion reais ($31 billion USD) in payments (3x year-over-year growth), doubled net income to 71.5 million reais, and serves 600+ enterprise clients including Gol Airlines, Localiza, Ultragaz, Loft, and QuintoAndar. Founded in 2018 by Rafael Stark.
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