Plaid

william hockey, Zach perret (ceo) founders: $60 million Equity raised: $40 million Estimated 2017 revenue: Lead investors: goldman sachs, new enterprise associates, spark capital

What it does: makes software that helps technology startups and banks work together. perret and hockey, who appeared on forbes’ 30 under 30 list in 2015, started a company to help consumers better use financial data. they soon realized there was a need for software that could connect consumers, financial institutions and developers. “we found we could have so much more impact on the financial-services ecosystem by building the infrastructure,” says perret, now 30. plaid’s products provide authentication of accounts and routing numbers, income validation and real-time balance checks. among its customers: venmo, robinhood, coinbase and clarity money.