Spinwheel

Spinwheel

Debt-management fintech with employee benefits

Overview

Spinwheel.io provides debt-management and financial-wellness tools for consumers and employers. It offers data and precision-pay solutions that can be integrated with other platforms (for example, Betterment) to automate student-loan contributions and 401(k) funding. This helps small- and medium-sized businesses add financial-wellness benefits for employees, while enabling tax-advantaged contributions under CARES Act and Secure 2.0 rules—such as pre-tax student-loan payments under IRS section 127 and employer 401(k) contributions when student loans are being paid. For individuals, Spinwheel guides debt-payoff planning to help users reduce debt faster and improve retirement savings. It also collaborates with banking apps like Qapital to deliver personalized credit-score-improvement recommendations by prioritizing impactful debt payments. Revenue likely comes from partnerships with businesses and financial platforms that use Spinwheel’s data and precision-pay capabilities.

About Spinwheel

Simplify's Rating
Why Spinwheel is rated
B
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated A on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

Fintech

Financial Services

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$44.7M

Headquarters

Oakland, California

Founded

2019

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What believers are saying

  • Citi Ventures invested in 2025, validating Spinwheel's enterprise and infrastructure positioning.
  • May 2026 Prove partnership opened agentic AI demand from financial institutions.
  • Spinwheel now claims 15 million users and $1.5 trillion in connected debt, creating scale.

What critics are saying

  • A CFPB or FCRA enforcement action could freeze product rollout and partner adoption.
  • Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion control critical inputs; any access shift breaks Spinwheel workflows.
  • A serious data breach would destroy consumer trust and likely end Spinwheel's embedded network.

What makes Spinwheel unique

  • March 2026 CRA status makes Spinwheel unusually compliant for embedded credit workflows.
  • Multi-bureau integrations give Spinwheel resilient, real-time debt data across lender requirements.
  • Credit Data AI Lab with Prove turns permissioned credit data into agentic products.

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Funding

Total Funding

$44.6M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

3 Rounds

Series A funding typically happens when a startup has a product and some customers, and now needs funding to scale. This money is usually used to grow the team, expand marketing, and improve the product. Venture capital firms are frequently the main investors here.
Series A Funding Comparison
Above Average

Industry standards

$15M
$8.2M
Discord
$15M
Canva
$30M
Kalshi
$30M
Spinwheel

Benefits

Remote Work Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

3%

1 year growth

8%

2 year growth

-5%
Business Wire
May 13th, 2026
Spinwheel launches Credit Data AI Lab with Prove to develop agentic AI solutions for financial institutions

Spinwheel, an Oakland-based consumer credit data company, has launched a Credit Data AI Lab to help financial institutions and fintechs develop agentic AI solutions using permissioned credit data. Prove has joined as a founding partner, providing identity verification capabilities. The lab offers access to real-time consumer credit data, AI tools, compliance frameworks and security guardrails specifically designed for financial services. Through its partnership with Prove's identity platform, the lab enables organisations to build AI solutions that can act on behalf of consumers with verified authentication. Spinwheel is already working with a digital marketplace lender on the lab's first use case: creating AI-configured loan application funnels. Founded in 2019, Spinwheel serves over 15 million users and has facilitated $1.5 trillion in connected debt across its network.

Spinwheel
Mar 25th, 2026
Real-Time credit intelligence for high-intent lead generation.

Real-Time credit intelligence for high-intent lead generation. Mar 25, 2026 Relintex is a financial wellness fintech platform providing solutions for finance, insurance, and legal teams. To support its finance partners, Relintex turned to Spinwheel to enable actionable intelligence early in the customer journey - without introducing friction or filtering out prospects too early based on inaccurate data. Partnering with Spinwheel allows Relintex to deliver real-time credit data visibility and connectivity at scale. The challenge. Traditional underwriting approaches rely heavily on static credit data or require pre-qualification steps that reduce decision making and slow down the process. At the same time, partner underwriting requirements have become more sophisticated - demanding better data earlier, without burdening the consumer. Relintex needed a way to build an underwriting engine that could deliver fresh, credit data at scale - while staying invisible to the consumer. The company faced a trio of core challenges: * Capturing real-time credit intelligence with a simple intake process. * Supporting partner underwriting needs with richer, more reliable credit data. * Maintaining fast, low-friction user experiences critical to underwriting performance. The Spinwheel partnership. With Spinwheel, Relintex embedded real-time credit intelligence directly into its lead underwriting engine in a way that is frictionless for consumers. Using Spinwheel's network and data capabilities, Relintex can now: * Enrich leads with real-time and verified credit data. * Power a custom pre-qualification and underwriting system for Spinwheel Network partners. * Maintain a frictionless, SMS-based connection experience via Spinwheel Connect. * Ensure credit data is always current through ongoing Profile refreshes. * Enable secure, reusable connectivity that scaled across partners using the Spinwheel Network. * Reduce operational complexity. The impact. Relintex now delivers underwriting decisions to its finance partners that are not just high-intent, but context-rich, current, and immediately actionable. With Spinwheel, Relintex has transformed how it delivers value to both consumers and partners - turning credit data into intelligence-rich opportunities. "Spinwheel's network approach made it possible to build our own underwriting logic while staying scalable." - Relintex Team

Spinwheel
Mar 12th, 2026
Spinwheel Strengthens Real-Time Consumer Credit Data Access with Multi-Bureau Integrations

Spinwheel strengthens real-time consumer credit data access with multi-bureau integrations. Jessica Kendall Mar 12, 2026 U.S. household debt continues to grow in both size and complexity, exceeding $18 trillion. That's nearly 30% higher than in 2020 with mortgages representing more than 70% of total debt. At the same time, credit card delinquency rates have nearly doubled since 2014. This underscores the need for more accurate, real-time credit insights. And, it's why Spinwheel now integrates with TransUnion, a global information and insights company that makes trust possible in global commerce, as part of its multi-bureau support solution. By integrating with multiple major U.S. credit bureaus, Spinwheel provides clients with flexible bureau selection and resilient access to real-time consumer credit data. Now, they can access most bureau's data within a unified infrastructure - ensuring business continuity, stronger partnerships, and optimal credit decisioning as bureau requirements vary across lenders and marketplaces. "Our bureau integration strengthens our commitment to 'always-on' bureau data access for our clients," said Tomás Campos, co-founder and CEO of Spinwheel. "Spinwheel is the critical consumer data partner for lenders, marketplaces, and financial platforms that need verified, frictionless experiences powered by reliable, real-time credit data. We are committed to supporting our clients' ability to deliver efficient and better financial outcomes for their customers." Using only a phone number and date of birth, Spinwheel Network verifies and unifies identity, credit data, and payments in real time through. This enables participants to make smarter credit decisions, improve conversion, and reduce risk using the most accurate and up-to-date consumer profile. Spinwheel partners with lenders, marketplaces, personal financial management platforms, and other financial innovators to provide real-time, verified consumer credit data to process payments as part of their clients' existing workflow and operations via APIs. Spinwheel's platform and the Spinwheel Network currently support more than 15 million users and 165 million connected credit and liability accounts, facilitating over $1.5 trillion in consumer debt across its network. Jessica Kendall. Head of Content and Communications

FinSMEs
Sep 4th, 2025
Spinwheel Receives Strategic Investment from Citi Ventures

Spinwheel, an Oakland, CA-based agentic AI-powered credit data and payments platform, received a strategic investment from Citi Ventures.

Barchart
Sep 4th, 2025
Spinwheel Secures Investment from Citi Ventures

Spinwheel, an AI-powered credit data and payments platform, announced a strategic investment from Citi Ventures. This funding will enhance Spinwheel's market growth, AI platform, and product offerings. Citi Ventures will also advise on product use cases. This investment follows Spinwheel's $30 million Series A round. Spinwheel's platform supports over 15 million users and $1.5 trillion in consumer debt.

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