After acquiring $51 million in capital through a Series B round led by Accel, Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider Unit has introduced a product that will allow firms to offer live bank accounts and issue payment cards within minutes.
Better Tomorrow Ventures, Aleph, Flourish Ventures, and TLV Partners also took part in Unit‘s latest investment round.
Established in 2019 and having come out of stealth mode in late 2020, Unit’s management noted that their modern technology stack has been developed on a native ledger. The company’s platform features embedded compliance, along with built-in bank relationships. This enables companies or businesses to go live in around four weeks. During the past 3 months, Unit has seen deposit volume increase by more than 300%, and banked end-clients grow by 600%.
The firm recently completed integrations with Plaid and Allpoint. Unit’s management said that the proceeds from the new round should help it expand operations and offer various other financial products. The company will also be working on other types of integrations, while also implementing a richer feature set, such as (software development kits) SDKs and front-end components.
First up in the company’s line of products is Unit Go, which aims to allow firms to create live bank accounts and issue physical and virtual cards in just a few minutes. Founders and developers are able to sign up for free accounts, build solutions in Unit’s live environment, and instantly test out their products with real funds.
Unit CEO Itai Damiti stated:
“After interacting with hundreds of builders, we believe even more strongly that the next decade in Fintech will be defined by tech companies using their unfair advantage — the flywheel of distribution, trust, software, and data — to launch massively successful fintech products in their verticals. Our mission continues to be helping these companies bring those products to life, unlock value, and expand financial access for all.”