Plaid Technologies, Inc.
Bank-account API connectivity layer. Visa's $5.3B acquisition attempt was abandoned in early 2021 after DoJ antitrust review. Single Form D on record from 2016, then EDGAR-silent — Plaid is one of the cleanest examples of a major fintech operating entirely outside Form D disclosure post-2016.
Plaid filings activity · 2002 → today
Pre-IPO capital raises, confidential prep, and public IPO docs — sourced directly from SEC EDGAR.
Source: SEC EDGAR submissions API · view full filing index. Form D dollar amounts parsed from each filing's primary_doc.xml. Numbers reflect what Plaid has officially disclosed via Reg D notices; actual capital raised may be higher (tender offers and other unreported structures are not visible here).
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