# Mitch Jacobs

> Mitch Jacobs is the founder and original CEO of OnDeck and the founder and CEO of Plink. His career began with a Dartmouth prepaid payment program, followed by Transaction Service Providers and Tranvia, both acquired by public companies. Based in Los Angeles, he has worked on payment processing, small business lending and personalized commerce.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Plink
- **Organizations:** Plink, OnDeck, Tranvia, Transaction Service Providers, Student Advantage, Comdata, Association for Enterprise Opportunity, Micro Capital Task Force, Petal, Yieldstreet
- **Education:** BA, Political Science and Economics, Dartmouth College
- **Known for:** Founded OnDeck, which began trading on the NYSE in December 2014 after his time as CEO., Built Transaction Service Providers, sold to Student Advantage in 1999., Founded Tranvia, acquired by Comdata in March 2005.

## Career timeline

- **1993** — Started the Hanover Green Card while a Dartmouth student; the campus payments enterprise became Transaction Service Providers.
- **1999** — Sold Transaction Service Providers to Student Advantage.
- **2001** — Founded payment processor Tranvia.
- **2005** — Comdata acquired Tranvia in March; Ceridian reported a purchase price of $8.2 million.
- **2006** — Founded OnDeck, becoming its original CEO.
- **2010** — Won the Emerging category of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award in Metro New York.
- **2011** — In January, OnDeck reported more than $100 million in cumulative lending and announced a $15 million Series C round led by SAP Ventures.
- **2012** — Noah Breslow became OnDeck CEO and chairman in June.
- **2014** — Co-chaired the Micro Capital Task Force with AEO president Connie Evans; OnDeck began NYSE trading on December 17 under Breslow.
- **2017** — Professional career directories date the start of his current founder and CEO role to September 2017; early materials use the Fanbank name.
- **2019** — Published a LinkedIn essay on giving small businesses price personalization tools.
- **2024** — Discussed Plink and transaction personalization in April and August interviews.

## Achievements

- Founded OnDeck, which began trading on the NYSE in December 2014 after his time as CEO.
- Built Transaction Service Providers, sold to Student Advantage in 1999.
- Founded Tranvia, acquired by Comdata in March 2005.
- Won the 2010 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award in Metro New York’s Emerging category.
- Co-chaired the Micro Capital Task Force focused on small business access to capital.

## Latest updates

- **2024-08** — In an August 12 interview, described Plink’s automated commerce work and reported more than 300 community banks and credit unions on its platform, with roughly 11 million cardholders among them.
- **2024-04** — Appeared on Peter Renton’s Fintech One-on-One podcast to discuss his career and Plink’s transaction personalization work.

## Links

- Website: https://www.plink.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchjacobs-fintech

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