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Private Markets, Angel and Secondary Investing

Bringing transparency to private markets so investors, founders, and employees can build on conviction. Sacra delivers deeply researched insights on the private companies shaping tomorrow's markets. By surfacing the data, context, and operator perspective that are missing from private markets today, we help secondary buyers and sellers price equity accurately and unlock liquidity for the people building these businesses.

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<ul><li>Founded in 2021, Bilt found explosive product-market fit as a credit card that gives rewards points on rent—a category which makes up 50%+ of all spend for Gen Z & Millennials and was previously unaddressable due to the 2-3% processing fee landlords would have to pay to accept credit.</li><li>In 2023, Bilt morphed from a co-branded card company to a hybrid payments and embedded SaaS company, launching a “Pay-by-Bilt” button for property managers (now 70% of the top-100 multifamily portfolios) to accept payments via their Yardi, RealPage, or other tenant-facing portal.</li><li>As Bilt evolves into a rewards & loyalty network that spans renters, landlords & neighborhood merchants—the Oneworld Alliance of housing—Sacra estimates that Bilt has hit a $400M revenue run rate in March 2025, up from $280M at the end of 2024.</li></ul>

Founded in 2021, Bilt found explosive product-market fit as a credit card that gives rewards points on rent—a category which makes up 50%+ of all spend for Gen Z & Millennials and was previously unaddressable due to the 2-3% processing fee landlords would have to pay to accept credit.In 2023, Bilt morphed from a co-branded card company to a hybrid payments and embedded SaaS company, launching a “Pay-by-Bilt” button for property managers (now 70% of the top-100 multifamily portfolios) to accept payments via their Yardi, RealPage, or other tenant-facing portal.As Bilt evolves into a rewards & loyalty network that spans renters, landlords & neighborhood merchants—the Oneworld Alliance of housing—Sacra estimates that Bilt has hit a $400M revenue run rate in March 2025, up from $280M at the end of 2024.

<ul><li>Today, we’re increasingly seeing fintechs diversifying, moving towards alternate models of monetization like subscriptions, interest from deposits and lending, and tips.</li><li>The fintech industry is seeing a trend of consolidation, with larger platforms acquiring smaller fintechs to leverage established customer bases and cross-sell financial products.</li><li>Real-time payments (RTP) may not significantly threaten card networks for consumer-to-business transactions but could revolutionize disbursements and payroll processes.</li></ul>

Today, we’re increasingly seeing fintechs diversifying, moving towards alternate models of monetization like subscriptions, interest from deposits and lending, and tips.The fintech industry is seeing a trend of consolidation, with larger platforms acquiring smaller fintechs to leverage established customer bases and cross-sell financial products.Real-time payments (RTP) may not significantly threaten card networks for consumer-to-business transactions but could revolutionize disbursements and payroll processes.

<ul><li>We got really interested in stablecoins, and saw that they might be able to solve some of the problems that we were having really well.</li><li>We&#39;re making the bet that digital money is going to require the rebuilding of a brand new infrastructure that doesn&#39;t yet exist.</li><li>Our goal has been to unlock as many of these different use cases and provide customers with as many modular options as they want.</li></ul>

We got really interested in stablecoins, and saw that they might be able to solve some of the problems that we were having really well.We&#39;re making the bet that digital money is going to require the rebuilding of a brand new infrastructure that doesn&#39;t yet exist.Our goal has been to unlock as many of these different use cases and provide customers with as many modular options as they want.

Farooq Malik And Charles Naut, co-founders Of Rain, On stablecoin-backed Credit Cards

<ul><li>Our platform gives our customers a high degree of customization and control so they can deliver a bespoke experience to their end customers.</li><li>Cards generally just work and transfer money in real time.</li><li>Flawless reconciliation, within 12 hours for example, is really important because it's part of your business.</li></ul>

Our platform gives our customers a high degree of customization and control so they can deliver a bespoke experience to their end customers.Cards generally just work and transfer money in real time.Flawless reconciliation, within 12 hours for example, is really important because it's part of your business.

Bo Jiang, CEO Of Lithic, On The Power Of The Cards As A Digital Payment Rail

Cross River Bank / Private Capital Markets

<ul><li>We see ourselves as the center of it.</li><li>Where we see ourselves is a mix of technology.</li><li>The evolution has really broadened where you can go with these financial services, which is really exciting because nowadays you can go to several players like ourselves to get all you need.</li></ul>

We see ourselves as the center of it.Where we see ourselves is a mix of technology.The evolution has really broadened where you can go with these financial services, which is really exciting because nowadays you can go to several players like ourselves to get all you need.

Anthony Peculic, Head Of Cards At Cross River Bank, On Building A Fintech one-stop Shop

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Platform enabling brands to launch co-branded credit cards with integrated digital experiences and rewards

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$400M/year Oneworld Of Housing

TL;DR: After evolving from a card company to a hybrid payments processor and proptech SaaS, Bilt now handles rent payments for 70% of the top-100...

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The Future Of Interchange

Early fintechs like Chime scaled to $100M+ with nearly all their revenue coming from interchange—the fee they generate every time their customers...

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Farooq Malik And Charles Naut, co-founders Of Rain, On stablecoin-backed Credit Cards

What is Rain in short and what inspired you guys to build it...

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Bo Jiang, CEO Of Lithic, On The Power Of The Cards As A Digital Payment Rail

Are there specific developer use cases that only Lithic can support and why...

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Anthony Peculic, Head Of Cards At Cross River Bank, On Building A Fintech one-stop Shop

Sacra interview with Anthony Peculic, Head of Cards at Cross River Bank.

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$400M/year Oneworld Of Housing

TL;DR: After evolving from a card company to a hybrid payments processor and proptech SaaS, Bilt now handles rent payments for 70% of the top-100...

Sacra

The Future Of Interchange

​​Early fintechs like Chime scaled to $100M+ with nearly all their revenue coming from interchange—the fee they generate every time their customers...

Sacra

Farooq Malik And Charles Naut, co-founders Of Rain, On stablecoin-backed Credit Cards

What is Rain in short and what inspired you guys to build it...

Sacra

Bo Jiang, CEO Of Lithic, On The Power Of The Cards As A Digital Payment Rail

Are there specific developer use cases that only Lithic can support and why...

Sacra

Anthony Peculic, Head Of Cards At Cross River Bank, On Building A Fintech one-stop Shop

Sacra interview with Anthony Peculic, Head of Cards at Cross River Bank.

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Early fintechs like Chime scaled to $100M+ with nearly all their revenue coming from interchange—the fee they generate every time their customers...