Flyp Money
“Can an AI-matched two-sided marketplace for used goods empower professional resellers at scale while embedding the full money-movement layer inside the app?”
Founded2022
HQSan Francisco, California, USA
FoundersJames Kawas, Dani Arnaout
Total raised$10M
Latest roundSeries A, 2022
IndustryMarketplace / Two-sided
The story
Flyp was founded by serial entrepreneurs James Kawas and Dani Arnaout as an AI-powered marketplace connecting casual sellers with professional resellers ('Pros') for used goods. The platform embedded payments via Stripe and used Sutton Bank as its banking partner to facilitate money movement between buyers, Pros, and sellers within the app. Tracxn notes the company was marked as deadpooled as of mid-2024, suggesting operations wound down after failing to scale the two-sided resale marketplace.
Last 12 months
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Product timeline
2022
Flyp raised $10M Series A and launched as an algorithmic matching marketplace pairing everyday sellers and liquidation companies with professional resellers ('Pros') to offload used goods via mobile app.· pivot
2022
Integrated Stripe for secure in-app payment processing, enabling Pros to pay seller profits directly within the Flyp app, with bank-linked ACH withdrawals.· banking
The stack
4 layers disclosed in Flyp Money’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Money movement
in the full report
Banking / BaaS
in the full report
Sponsor bank
in the full report
Accounting gap: none
3 more providers across 3 layers, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.