“Can a vertically integrated real estate finance platform — combining banking, bookkeeping, and lending — capture the full financial wallet of the independent landlord?”
Founded in 2020 as a real estate banking platform, Baselane initially focused on giving independent landlords dedicated banking accounts per property via embedded BaaS (Unit). Over time, it layered in bookkeeping automation, tax preparation, and rent collection to become an all-in-one financial OS for rental property owners. The platform has evolved from a pure banking product to a full property-finance stack, adding lending (HELOC via Figure, split rent via Livble) and automated tax reporting — targeting the underserved small-to-mid real estate investor segment.
Baselane discloses Unit as its banking provider, with Thread Bank as its sponsor bank, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
Baselane does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through Thread Bank.
Baselane processes payments through Stripe. Disclosed money-movement rails: ACH.
Baselane's cards are issued through Thread Bank.
Baselane connects to bank accounts through Plaid.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 7 layers in Baselane's stack: Payments / PSP (Stripe); Money movement (ACH); Banking / BaaS (Unit); Card issuing (Thread Bank); Lending (HELOC for Investment Property (powered by Figure, $15K–$400K, fixed-rate), Split Rent Payments / tenant line of credit (powered by Livble) and Business loans (referenced in Unit case study)); Open banking (Plaid); Sponsor bank (Thread Bank).
Baselane is founded in 2020 and headquartered in New York, New York, USA.
Baselane has raised $42.4M in total (latest round: Series B).
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