Seed

Mobile banking for small business.

y-combinatorWinter 2015Fintech 🇺🇸 San Francisco11 people

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Techstars · Techstars Music Accelerator 2023

Acquired

Brian Merritt, Ryan Hildebrand · 2 co-founders

2026Acquired

Acquired

Team

current

Co-founders

current

Stage

Acquired

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About

Seed is simply a better way to bank. As a mobile first banking service designed with the small business in mind, Seed empowers small businesses with modern, easy-to-use digital tools and customer-support resources for starting, running, and growing a business. With Seed, business banking has never been easier. Learn more at https://seed.co

2 founders

Brian Merritt

Founder/CEO

I built banks. Previously I was the cofounder and CEO of Seed w15 (exited to Cross River Bank) and VP Engineering at Simple (exited to BBVA).

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Ryan Hildebrand

Founder

Seed, W15 (exited to Cross River Bank). I’m a serial entrepreneur and operator who has spent a large part of my career at the intersection of technology and banking. I've managed accounting for banks, built fintechs, and now I'm a FinTech banker. I was part of the early team that built Simple (the first consumer fintech bank) and led the process of its sale to BBVA. I then built the first business fintech bank called Seed which we sold to Cross River Bank and became its Head of Payments/BaaS

in LinkedIn