The problem
Banks lose customers to slow, paper-heavy account opening across branch and online
What they do
Digital and in-branch account-opening software for community banks and credit unions
Traction ~$3.7M raised; new bank wins (Lead, Vantage, Stearns); revenue est. ~$19M (Tracxn)
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 7
- Ops roles
- 2
- Headcount
- ~54
Headcount +17% QoQ (46 → 54, Caplight)
Hiring in
- San Francisco
- New York
- Chicago
- Remote
Glassdoor
No rating yet · see Glassdoor ↗Funding
- Last round
- undisclosed
- Stage
- Seed / early VC (YC)
- Date
- Mar 2022
Led by EJF Capital
- Hiring+17 open roles on the live job board (3–9 roles = +1)
- Funding recency0Seed / early VC (YC) · undisclosed, Mar 2022 (55 months ago): over 24 months = 0
- Traction+0.75Some growth: ~$3.7M raised; new bank wins (Lead, Vantage, Stearns); revenue est. ~$19M (Tracxn)
- Red flags0None found in the last 24 months
- Total1.751 + 0 + 0.75 − 0 = 1.75 → Warm-up
Seed rule: seed-stage without strong traction starts in Warm-up whatever the score (Steady by score alone).
Distance (10K) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
10K · edge: hard to leave
Wired into bank cores and hard to rip out, but trails MANTL, which Alkami bought for $400M.
Sources: Business Wire: Stearns Bank selects Prelim (Apr 2026) ↗ · TechCrunch: Alkami is buying Mantl for $400M (Feb 2025) ↗
Last checked Oct 25, 2026