“Can a text-message engagement platform become the standard communication layer between public figures/brands and their audiences at scale?”
Community is a Santa Monica-based SaaS platform that solves communication and engagement problems, primarily through SMS-based messaging between leaders (celebrities, brands, organizations) and their subscribers. The company uses Stripe and Recurly for billing and payment processing, and Twilio for SMS infrastructure. The embedded finance footprint is limited — focused on subscription billing rather than banking or lending products.
Community discloses Synctera as its banking provider, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
Community does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through Synctera.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 2 layers in Community's stack: Payments / PSP (Stripe and Recurly); Banking / BaaS (Synctera).
Community is founded in 2014 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California, USA.
Community has raised $100M in total (latest round: Venture - Series Unknown).
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