# Alex Bradford

> Alex Bradford is the co-founder and CEO of Rain, a Santa Monica fintech that lets hourly and frontline workers tap wages they have already earned before payday instead of turning to payday loans or overdrafts. A former McKinsey, Goldman Sachs and SAC Capital analyst with a Stanford degree and a Harvard MBA, Bradford launched Rain in 2019 after spotting that payroll and timekeeping systems had finally opened their APIs. The company plugs into employers' payroll and HCM systems (including a native Workday integration), has connected millions of workers and distributed more than $2 billion in earned wages, and has raised capital from investors including QED, Invus and Prosus. Bradford's pitch is personal: he grew up with a single mother in the 1980s and built Rain to kill predatory lending and give workers control over their own money.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Rain
- **Organizations:** Rain, Voyager Global Advisors, Mosaic, BIG, SAC Capital Advisors, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey & Company
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA, with Honors and Distinction, Stanford University, MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Rain, which has connected millions of workers to earned wage access and distributed more than $2 billion in wages, Raised a $66M Series A (2023) and a $75M Series B (2025) from investors including QED, Invus, Prosus and Nextalia, Built integrations with nearly every major U.S. payroll and timekeeping system, including a native Workday integration

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
- **early career** — Investment banking analyst in TMT at Goldman Sachs
- **early career** — Tech/media (Long/Short TMT) research analyst at SAC Capital Advisors, a ~$14B hedge fund
- **pre-Rain** — Founded Voyager Global Advisors, a technology investment and advisory firm; co-founded Mosaic (Chairman & CEO) and BIG, a group of e-commerce companies
- **2018** — Discovered the earned wage access category while researching employer-integrated financial services
- **2019** — Co-founded Rain in Santa Monica, California
- **2023** — Rain raised a $66M Series A co-led by QED Investors and Invus Opportunities, plus a $50M debt facility from Sound Point Capital
- **2025** — Rain raised $75M Series B led by Prosus; joined the American Fintech Council; expanded native Workday integration

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Rain, which has connected millions of workers to earned wage access and distributed more than $2 billion in wages
- Raised a $66M Series A (2023) and a $75M Series B (2025) from investors including QED, Invus, Prosus and Nextalia
- Built integrations with nearly every major U.S. payroll and timekeeping system, including a native Workday integration
- Grew Rain to report roughly 10% month-over-month growth
- Helped Rain join the American Fintech Council to advance EWA standards and financial wellness

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Rain raised $75M in Series B equity funding led by Prosus to scale to new employers and launch savings and credit products.
- **2025-01** — Bradford appeared on the Fintech One-on-One podcast discussing why earned wage access is becoming a must-have benefit.

## Links

- Website: https://rainapp.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-bradford
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/RainApp_us
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx_ZSH5dbyk
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/raininstantpay

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Last updated: 2026-06-19