# Brent Jackson

> Brent Jackson is the founder and CEO of Torpago, a California fintech that evolved from a direct corporate-card and spend-management provider into infrastructure for bank-branded commercial card programs. A Gonzaga finance and accounting graduate who began in Deloitte's corporate tax group and later became an early Accrualify employee, Jackson built Torpago by listening closely to small businesses, testing a clickable prototype with prospective customers, and then following banks toward a white-label model.

- **Role:** CEO and Founder at Torpago
- **Organizations:** Torpago, Accrualify, Deloitte, Avista, AEIS
- **Education:** Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance, Gonzaga University, Junipero Serra High School
- **Known for:** Founded Torpago as a solo founder after identifying repeated spend-management problems among small and midsize businesses., Converted 10 of 25 prototype prospects into the first product iteration., Built an early lending track record that helped Torpago secure a $3 million facility used to onboard its first 300 customers.

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Began an internship at AEIS.
- **2012** — Worked as a resource accounting intern at Avista.
- **2013** — Graduated from Gonzaga University and joined Deloitte's corporate tax group in San Francisco.
- **2017** — Joined venture-backed payments startup Accrualify as an operations manager and early employee.
- **2019-2020** — Left Accrualify, raised $250,000 from friends and family, and began building Torpago as a solo founder.
- **2020** — Launched Torpago's early corporate-card and spend-management product after a seven-month MVP build.
- **2023** — Torpago launched Powered By, its white-label card-program platform, and announced a Series A.
- **2024** — Torpago announced a $10 million Series B co-led by Priority Tech Ventures and EJF Ventures.
- **2025** — Torpago's latest disclosed financing was identified as a $6.545 million convertible note in the supplied company data.

## Achievements

- Founded Torpago as a solo founder after identifying repeated spend-management problems among small and midsize businesses.
- Converted 10 of 25 prototype prospects into the first product iteration.
- Built an early lending track record that helped Torpago secure a $3 million facility used to onboard its first 300 customers.
- Expanded Torpago from a direct corporate-card product into a white-label platform for bank and credit-union card programs.
- Led Torpago through a $10 million Series B announced in June 2024.
- Helped Torpago grow to more than 1,400 SMB customers by 2023, according to the company's podcast recap.

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — The supplied company record lists a $6.545 million convertible note as Torpago's latest financing.
- **2024-06** — Torpago announced a $10 million Series B to expand its product suite and strengthen implementation and compliance resources.
- **2024-04** — Jackson appeared on the Bank On It podcast to discuss the company's shift toward powering bank card programs.

## Links

- Website: https://www.torpago.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brent-jackson
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/torpago

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Last updated: 2026-08-28