Three Friends Raised $15M to Help Community Banks Catch Up With Big Tech

Glide raised $15M to modernize community banks and credit unions by providing a seamless digital banking solution that integrates with their existing systems.
As teenagers in Silicon Valley, Gautam Ajjarapu and Sameer Kapur were already trying to build things. They launched various side projects like a resume builder and an edtech platform. In college at the University of Illinois, Ajjarapu met Vishnu Chakroborty. The three of them shared a love for solving problems with technology. In 2021, they teamed up and started Glide. Glide began as a digital bank with some crypto features. But the founders soon realized something more important, many small banks and credit unions in the U.S. were far behind in digital services. Their systems were slow, outdated, and hard to use. That’s where Glide saw a real opportunity. In 2023, the team changed direction. Glide dropped the consumer banking idea and instead focused on building technology for cre
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Aashi Agarwal
Aashi Agarwal is the Content Strategist at AIM Research. When she’s not crafting engaging content, you’ll find her buried in a book, jotting down random things that may one day become the next big idea.
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