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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>Mercury is becoming the Booking.com of startup banking, aggregating demand using free checking accounts and the best banking experience to commoditize suppliers (partner banks) who pay for access to Mercury’s customer base.</li><li>SVB got unbundled during COVID and then unwound completely in 48 hours, with Mercury and Brex initially emerging as the primary beneficiaries, with Mercury adding $2B+ in deposits and thousands of customers in a week.</li><li>SVB’s growth left it vulnerable to bottom-up disruption from Mercury and Brex (both founded in 2017), which offered bank accounts and corporate cards to underserved startups outside the core Silicon Valley clique (e.g., international startups).</li></ul>

Mercury is becoming the Booking.com of startup banking, aggregating demand using free checking accounts and the best banking experience to commoditize suppliers (partner banks) who pay for access to Mercury’s customer base.SVB got unbundled during COVID and then unwound completely in 48 hours, with Mercury and Brex initially emerging as the primary beneficiaries, with Mercury adding $2B+ in deposits and thousands of customers in a week.SVB’s growth left it vulnerable to bottom-up disruption from Mercury and Brex (both founded in 2017), which offered bank accounts and corporate cards to underserved startups outside the core Silicon Valley clique (e.g., international startups).

Mercury: The Unbundling Of Silicon Valley Bank

<ul><li>"2022 was obviously an interesting time for fintechs."</li><li>"Embedded finance is definitely ramping up."</li><li>"The last year has really confirmed our model and approach."</li></ul>

"2022 was obviously an interesting time for fintechs.""Embedded finance is definitely ramping up.""The last year has really confirmed our model and approach."

Peter Hazlehurst And Kris Hansen, co-founders Of Synctera, On BaaS In 2023

Chime Financial / Private Capital Markets

<ul><li>As the revenues grew so much, I think you got these crazy valuations.</li><li>In the Chime world, there would be times where we would basically have to prioritize which thing to put in front of the bank first because there just weren’t enough resources to get them all done in time.</li><li>Chime is probably in a better position than most companies to handle a recession because they have a lot of cash flow and a lot of investor money and they haven&#39;t blown it all.</li></ul>

As the revenues grew so much, I think you got these crazy valuations.In the Chime world, there would be times where we would basically have to prioritize which thing to put in front of the bank first because there just weren’t enough resources to get them all done in time.Chime is probably in a better position than most companies to handle a recession because they have a lot of cash flow and a lot of investor money and they haven&#39;t blown it all.

Ex-Chime Employee On Chime's multi-product Future

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

United States

Banking infrastructure provider offering cards, payments, lending, and compliance via API for fintechs

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Mercury: The Unbundling Of Silicon Valley Bank

TL;DR: As Silicon Valley Bank collapsed last week, $3B+ in funds flowed through the startup ecosystem to other startups, particularly neobanks...

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Peter Hazlehurst And Kris Hansen, co-founders Of Synctera, On BaaS In 2023

Sacra interview with Peter Hazlehurst and Kris Hansen, co-founders of banking-as-a-service platform Synctera.

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Ex-Chime Employee On Chime's multi-product Future

Sacra interview with an ex-Chime employee.

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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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