Pier vs Confido
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SF credit-as-a-service API launching consumer and commercial lending products in weeks with 50-state compliance; YC W23 $2.4M competing with Unit and Increase for fintech and non-financial company credit infrastructure.
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Pier is a San Francisco-based credit-as-a-service API platform — backed by Y Combinator (W23) with $2.4 million in seed funding from Liquid 2 Ventures, YC, ACME, Horizon Ventures, and angels in early 2024 — enabling businesses to launch consumer and commercial credit products (personal loans, BNPL, charge cards, lines of credit) in weeks rather than the 9-12 months that standalone credit program development requires, providing the origination, underwriting decision, compliance infrastructure, and loan servicing APIs for 50-state lending compliance in a single platform. Founded in 2022 by Jessica Zhang with 4 employees, Pier targets fintech companies, neobanks, and non-financial businesses wanting to add credit to their product portfolio.
AI CPG finance platform processing $1B+ in trade deductions for OLIPOP, Dr. Squatch, and Momofuku; $20M from Footwork and YC automating CPG cash application and trade promotion management.
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Confido is a New York-based AI-powered financial operations platform for consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands — automating the cash application, trade deductions management, trade promotion optimization, and sales forecasting workflows that consume enormous finance team bandwidth at fast-growing CPG companies. Founded in 2022 by Harvard and MIT alumni and backed by Y Combinator with $20 million across seed and Series A rounds led by Footwork, Confido has processed over $1 billion in deductions and serves hundreds of brands including OLIPOP, Dr. Squatch, and Momofuku.
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