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Gravystack

Can gamified financial education combined with real banking accounts for kids and teens become the dominant platform for building family financial competency at scale?

Founded2020
HQPhoenix, Arizona, USA
Total raised$5.62M
Latest roundConvertible Note, ~2023
IndustryFintech / Consumer banking
The story

Gravystack launched in 2020 as a gamified financial literacy and banking platform aimed at kids and families, positioning itself as the 'world's first gamified-banking platform' for financial competency. The core embedded finance stack relied on Synapse Financial Technologies for deposit accounts and debit cards, with sponsor bank relationships at American Bank, Lineage Bank, and First Horizon Bank. The platform revolves around a proprietary 'Money Machine' that automatically distributes earned income into Spend, Save, and Share jars, combining real-world banking with gamified lessons.

Last 12 months
Product timeline
2020
Gravystack founded as a gamified banking platform for kids and teens in Phoenix, AZ.· banking
2023
Privacy policy updated disclosing Synapse Financial Technologies as the underlying BaaS provider for deposit accounts and debit cards.· banking
The stack
3 layers disclosed in Gravystack’s embedded-finance stack
Banking / BaaS
Synapse
Card issuing
in the full report
Sponsor bank
in the full report
Accounting gap: none
2 more providers across 2 layers, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.