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Stilt (YC W16) — Financial products for immigrants (acquired by JG Wentworth)

Stilt/Onbo enables you to launch credit products without a bank sponsor. We have built APIs to abstract complexity around licenses, regulatory compliance, underwriting, loan management system, credit reporting, and debt capital.

Stilt is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2016 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Financial products for immigrants (acquired by JG Wentworth). The founders listed are Rohit Mittal (Founder/CEO), Priyank Singh (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 10, 2015).

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Stilt

New accelerator entry · 2015-11-10 · the record

Winter 2016
batch
35
people
Early
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2016
Announced2015-11-10
StageEarly
StatusAcquired
Team size35
IndustryFintech
Sub-industryFintech -> Credit and Lending
SectorsFintech, SaaS, B2B, Lending
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttp://www.stilt.com
Previously known asSTILT, Stilt, Stilt (dba Onbo)

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Stilt/Onbo enables you to launch credit products without a bank sponsor. We have built APIs to abstract complexity around licenses, regulatory compliance, underwriting, loan management system, credit reporting, and debt capital. We are backed by fintech investors including Y Combinator, Link Ventures, Hillsven Capital, Petrushka investments (early backer of Lending Club, Zillow, Check, Pets.com), and CEOs of billion-dollar fintech companies.

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