I V Y Labs is a San Francisco mobile-first company building simple, HIPAA-secure tools for independent mental health providers. Its flagship product, Ivy Pay, lets therapists charge a client's credit, debit, HSA or FSA card on file with a single button push - no card readers, checks or monthly fees - at a flat 2.75% per transaction. Founded by former Yelp executive Mandy Silverman, the company set out to remove the awkward friction of getting paid so therapists can focus on care, and has expanded toward helping clients discover and connect with the right therapist.
Knot is a New York merchant connectivity platform that lets banks, fintechs, and card issuers move their customers' cards on file across hundreds of online merchants - automatically. Through APIs like CardSwitcher, TransactionLink, AccountUpdater, and SubscriptionManager, Knot helps issuers win the top-of-wallet spot, cut payment declines, and surface SKU-level spending data, all without users manually re-entering their card details at Netflix, Amazon, PayPal, and more.
Rory O'Reilly is the CEO and co-founder of Knot, a New York fintech building the API layer that lets people switch the card on file across hundreds of merchants like Netflix and Amazon in a single tap. A Thiel Fellow and Harvard dropout, he built Knot with his brother Kieran after a decade of ventures together - turning YouTube clips into viral GIFs at gifs.com, riding an early Ethereum wave, and running Millions, the gamified debit card that became the biggest challenger bank on TikTok. Knot raised a $10M Series A led by Nava Ventures with Amex Ventures and Plaid backing.