Fintech startups in San Diego
Payments, financial software and commerce infrastructure built in the region.
6 companies building in Fintech here.
Gregory Garrabrants (CEO)
Digital-first bank and fintech holding company (NYSE: AX) with ~$29B in assets; one of the largest banks founded and headquartered in California. Its bank HQ and primary operations sit at 4350 La Jolla Villa...
Scot Chisholm & Pat Walsh
Founded 2006/launched as SaaS 2011, Classy is a nonprofit online-fundraising and peer-to-peer giving platform. Acquired by GoFundMe in Jan 2022 to form the world's largest giving platform; now operates as Go...
San Diego-headquartered device re-commerce pioneer operating a nationwide network of automated kiosks that pay instantly for used phones/electronics and responsibly recycle/resell them — a circular-economy c...
Alex Goode
Founded 2013, GoSite is an all-in-one digital-presence and payments SaaS for small and mid-sized businesses (websites, booking, messaging, invoicing), serving 90,000+ SMBs. Raised a $40M Series B in 2020 led...
Dave Gilbert
Founded 1999 by Dave Gilbert, National Funding is one of the country's larger private small-business online lenders / working-capital fintechs, having originated $6B+ in funding. In 2024 it was consolidated ...
Jordan Glazier
Founded 2017, Wildfire Systems is a white-label fintech platform powering cashback, rewards, loyalty and AI shopping companions embedded by banks and tech firms (RBC, Visa, Citi, Acorns). Raised a $16M Serie...
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