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Stytch was founded in 2020 by Reed McGinley-Stempel (CEO) and Julianna Lamb (CTO), who had worked together on authentication and fraud problems at Plaid.

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Stytch: Two Plaid Colleagues Who Thought Authentication Was "Stuck in the 1990s" Built a Passwordless Unicorn and Sold It to Twilio

Stytch was founded in 2020 by Reed McGinley-Stempel (CEO) and Julianna Lamb (CTO), who had worked together on authentication and fraud problems at Plaid. A $6.25 million seed round led by Benchmark was raised around the time of founding, followed by a $30 million Series A led by Thrive Capital in July 2021 and a $90 million Series B led by Coatue at a $1 billion valuation in November 2021, when Stytch also acquired Cotter. Twilio announced it was acquiring Stytch on October 30, 2025, and the dea

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Stytch was founded in 2020 by Reed McGinley-Stempel (CEO) and Julianna Lamb (CTO), who had worked together on authentication and fraud problems at Plaid. A $6.25 million seed round led by Benchmark was raised around the time of founding, followed by a $30 million Series A led by Thrive Capital in July 2021 and a $90 million Series B led by Coatue at a $1 billion valuation in November 2021, when Stytch also acquired Cotter. Twilio announced it was acquiring Stytch on October 30, 2025, and the deal closed on November 14, 2025.

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