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Daylight, the LGBTQ+ neobank, raises cash to launch subscription plan for family planning

November 18, 2022

Just days after a bill that would codify same-sex marriage in the U.S. cleared a key hurdle in the Senate, Daylight, a digital bank that pitches itself as LGBTQIA+-friendly, announced a $15 million Series A round led by Anthemis Group with participation from CMFG Ventures, Kapor Capital, Citi Ventures and Gaingels. TechCrunch

Study: LGBTQ Gen Zers are ditching the ‘boomer approach’ to money and finance

June 10, 2022

A new survey from digital finance company Daylight found that younger members of the LGBTQ+ community tend to be more careful with how and where they spend. Fast Company

This Digital Bank Is Designed for the LGBTQ+ Community

December 11, 2021

When Rob Curtis was running Gaydar back in 2018, he’d sit in chat rooms and watch the amorous hopefuls talk. “It was a dating site, but they were asking for help finding doctors, accountants, trying to navigate the complexities of being LGBTQ+ in a world not quite designed for us,” he says. Fast-forward three years and Curtis is trying to answer some of those questions with Daylight—a New York-based startup neobank, built for the LGBTQ+ community by three “queer millennials, to solve problems we’ve experienced already.” Wired

Daylight raises millions to build a digital banking platform ‘designed for and by’ the LGBTQ+ community

June 30, 2021

Founded by LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs Rob Curtis (CEO), Billie Simmons, a trans woman (COO) and Paul Barnes Hoggett (CTO), Daylight is announcing today that it has secured $5 million in a seed funding round. Kapor Capital and Precursor Capital co-led the round, which included participation from Anthemis Group, Clocktower, Financial Venture Studio and Citibank.TechCrunch