# Shmulik Fishman

> Shmulik Fishman is the founder and CEO of Argyle, a New York fintech that turns messy workforce and payroll data into a single consumer-permissioned API used by 300+ clients including Mastercard, SoFi, and LendingClub. A Hampshire College philosophy major turned operator, he co-founded the fleet-software company Stratim (acquired by KAR Global) before starting Argyle in 2018. He has raised roughly $100M+ and leads with a transparency-first, inbox-zero, early-morning style.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Argyle
- **Organizations:** Argyle, Stratim, Adap.tv
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Undergraduate, Philosophy, Hampshire College, Business, Columbia University
- **Known for:** Built Argyle into a verification platform serving 300+ clients including Mastercard, SoFi, LendingClub, NewRez, and Union Home Mortgage, Raised roughly $100M+ from Bain Capital Ventures, Mastercard, Rockefeller Asset Management, Checkr, Bedrock, and SignalFire, Co-founded and scaled Stratim to a successful acquisition by $8B public company KAR Global

## Career timeline

- **pre-2014** — Worked on the S1 team at Adap.tv through its IPO and AOL acquisition
- **2014** — Co-founded Stratim, a large-scale fleet-management software company, as COO
- **2018** — Stratim acquired by NYSE-listed KAR Global after raising ~$42M
- **2018** — Founded Argyle to make consumer-permissioned workforce data accessible via one API
- **2024** — Argyle closed a $30M Series C led by Rockefeller Asset Management's Fintech Innovation Fund
- **2025** — Series C extension announced with Mastercard joining existing investors

## Achievements

- Built Argyle into a verification platform serving 300+ clients including Mastercard, SoFi, LendingClub, NewRez, and Union Home Mortgage
- Raised roughly $100M+ from Bain Capital Ventures, Mastercard, Rockefeller Asset Management, Checkr, Bedrock, and SignalFire
- Co-founded and scaled Stratim to a successful acquisition by $8B public company KAR Global
- Authored the book 'Fiction of Value'

## Latest updates

- **2024-03** — Argyle closed a $30M Series C led by Rockefeller Asset Management's Fintech Innovation Fund.
- **2025-09** — Argyle announced a Series C extension, with Mastercard joining existing investors Bain Capital Ventures, Checkr, Rockefeller, and SignalFire.

## Links

- Website: https://shmulikfishman.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shmulik/
- GitHub: https://github.com/Shmulik-Argyle
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ShmulikFishman

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Last updated: 2026-06-03