“Can Grid become the go-to embedded financial services platform for consumers by bundling banking, credit, and advisory products through a single account?”
Originally known as Visor, Grid was founded in 2016 and initially focused on online tax filing and advisory services, pairing clients with in-house advisors. The company evolved into an embedded banking and financial services platform, partnering with Evolve Bank & Trust and Synapse Credit to offer banking infrastructure. The company rebranded to Grid and shifted focus toward providing financial products to underserved or gig-economy consumers via an embedded finance model.
Grid discloses Synapse Credit LLC as its banking provider, with Evolve Bank & Trust as its sponsor bank, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
Grid does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through Evolve Bank & Trust.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 2 layers in Grid's stack: Banking / BaaS (Synapse Credit LLC); Sponsor bank (Evolve Bank & Trust).
Grid is founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, CA 94105, USA.
Grid has raised $17.7M in total (latest round: Series A).
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