“Can a purpose-built wealth-layer middleware company become the standard integration point between modern cloud-native core banking systems and the investment/portfolio operations of private banks and wealth managers?”
Light Frame was founded in early 2024 as a Swiss-American fintech targeting private banks and wealth managers. Its strategic bet is to build a specialized 'wealth layer' that sits on top of modern cloud-native core banking systems — initially validated with a Mambu partnership — enabling banks to extend core infrastructure into investment operations and portfolio management without rebuilding from scratch. The architecture is explicitly core-banking-agnostic, positioning Light Frame as middleware for the wealth segment rather than a core banking replacement.
Light Frame discloses Mambu as its banking provider, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
Light Frame does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through Mambu.
Light Frame was founded by Schuyler Weiss, Mathieu Clement, Philippe Kernevez and Gregory Bataille and is founded in 2024, headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Light Frame has raised $1.7M in total (latest round: Pre-seed, April 2024).
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