Parafin

Backed byNotable Capital

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Total raised$378.0M
StageSeries C
Hiring pace12 roles / 90d
Founded2020
Team size51-200
HQSan Francisco, California

About Parafin

Parafin provides infrastructure for financial services, enabling marketplaces, vertical SaaS platforms, and payment platforms to offer financial products to their small business sellers. By serving as a backbone for financial service delivery, Parafin allows these platforms to expand their value proposition and support the financial needs of their merchant communities without building financial infrastructure from scratch.

Open positions · 14

Company at a glance

Location
San Francisco, California
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Founders & Leadership

GT

Grace Thomas

Executive at Parafin

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JB

Jennifer Bennett

CRO & Start Up Advisor

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SR

Sukumar Ramanathan

Head of Revenue at Parafin

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MR

Mahdi Raza

Co-Founder, Managing Partner

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SP

Sahill Poddar

Parafin.com

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About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Software Engineering39%
  • Business Operations & Management25%
  • Sales & Business Development17%
  • Product6%
  • Specialized Services6%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.University of California, Berkeley
  2. 2.Stanford University
  3. 3.University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  4. 4.Carnegie Mellon University
  5. 5.University of Southern California

Team Worked At

  • Robinhood
  • Google
  • Stripe
  • Square
  • Plaid

Team Composition

118 people
  • Engineering1 senior31
  • Operations1 senior9
  • Human Resources1 senior6
  • Research6
  • Arts and Design2 senior5
  • Customer Success and Support5
  • Product Management1 senior5
  • Accounting1 senior4

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