Companies · Fintech
New York · NY, USA; Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel · Fintech · founded 2022 · https://www.sunlightapi.com/
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Sunlight — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Sunlight: limited disclosed financing to assess.
Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.
Sunlight is one of 1063 Fintech companies tracked from New York, NY, USA; Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel, on record since 2022. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 66% of sector peers), and mid-pack by modeled valuation est..
Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.
AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%
operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy
Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst”
The Universal Card-On-File API
Sunlight is an API to change the card-on-file with apps and subscription services. Fintechs use Sunlight to automatically make their cards top-of-wallet as soon as they're issued. Merchants, service providers and subscriptions-based businesses everywhere now offer their customers the ability to save a debit/credit card on file, so they can pay their bills on time, buy in one click, or earn rewards. In 2021, 79% of consumers worldwide reported already having at least one payment card saved with a service or being open to doing so. In recent years, card-issuing as-a-service has become mainstream: any company can now start their own card business in a matter of weeks. Last year, the number of new payment cards issued was at an all-time high. For users, however, switching banks or opening a new card now comes with an additional hurdle: they need to update their payment info across the internet. On the other side of that equation, card issuers have no visibility or control over the card-on-file updating process, and as a result struggle to get their new users to switch their spend from their old card to the new one, leading to low conversion rates and missed revenue opportunities. Until Sunlight. With our universal get-your-card-on-file API, FIs can now offer their users, at any point in their journey, a quick and easy way to update their debit/credit card info everywhere they shop or pay online, without ever leaving their Apps. The Sunlight API works on every platform that has a card-on-file option (think Uber, Amazon, Netflix, DoorDash, Starbucks and so many more…), is as seamless as a Plaid connection, and always gets the card number and CVV code right on the first try!
As reported in public records reported — not modeled.
Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.
No round amounts on record to chart.
No staged rounds to sequence.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size. Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 1063 companies in Fintech. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.
Raised more than 66% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 66% of peers (estimate).
Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
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| No rounds recorded. | |||||
Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.
Sunlight is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.
Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1stCollab | Fintech | — | — | — | same sector |
| 2WB TRADING AS | Fintech | — | — | — | same sector |
| Abacus | Fintech | — | — | — | same sector |
| Absa Bank | Fintech | — | — | — | same sector |
| Accend | Fintech | — | — | — | same sector |
| Accept.inc (formerly BoardRE) | Fintech | — | — | — | same sector |
| Aer | Fintech | — | — | — | same sector |
| Affinity | Fintech | — | — | — | same sector |
Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Value · est | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgecard Card issuer for Africa | Fintech | Pre-Seed | $6.9M | 76% |
| SUN Initiative Financing LLC | Other | Series B | $352.0M | 75% |
| Jupiter Card, Inc. | Other Technology | Pre-Seed | $3.7M | 75% |
| Drip Shop and pay in installments anywhere | Fintech | — | — | 74% |
| inai Segment for global payments | Fintech | — | — | 74% |
| Brighter Financial, Inc. | Other Technology | Series A | $99.1M | 73% |
| Polar The smarter way to manage USD earnings globally | Fintech | — | — | 73% |
| Sunbit, Inc. | Other Technology | Series C | $2.1B | 73% |
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