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Bolt

Bolt sells one-click checkout software and a shared shopper identity network to US e-commerce retailers, competing for the conversion budget that Shopify and Stripe also target.

bolt.com · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·BOLT·26
StageSeries EJanuary 2022[2][10]
Raised$982Mdisclosed rounds[2][4][5][6][11][12]
Headcount163sources disagree, see below[11][12]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2014[6][11]
Money

Raised $982M across disclosed rounds.[2][4][5][6][11][12]

Series E closed January 2022.[2][10]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include BlackRock (funds and accounts managed by), Schonfeld Strategic Advisors, Invus Opportunities, H.I.G. Growth, CreditEase, Moore Strategic Ventures, General Atlantic, Westcap, Tribe Capital, Activant Capital, Glynn Capital, Untitled Investments, Willoughby Capital, Soma Capital.[2][4][5][6]

People

Ryan Breslow, Founder & CEO[8]

Justin Grooms, President[9][18][11]

Cem Yildirim, CTO & CPO[9][18][11]

Mario Duron, Chief Compliance Officer[9][18][11]

Eric Adams, VP, Customer Experience & Operations[9][18][11]

Ethan Taub, Head of Consumer Finance[9][18][11]

Dan Ho, Team Member (Fintech Technologist; employee since Jan 2014)[9][18][11]

Headcount: sources disagree
163as of Apr 2026

Bolt (bolt.com) · May 2026[11]

org_enrichment · May 2026[12]

Signals
May 26 2026newsBolt’s 2026 Checkout Revival: Can Ryan Breslow’s Return Deliver? – Ecommerce Times[13]
May 25 2026newsBolt One-Click Checkout in 2026: Is It Finally Delivering on Its Promise? – Online Store News[15][17]
May 23 2026newsBolt One-Click Checkout in 2026: Still Worth the Hype? – Online Store News[16]
Feb 5 2026newsBolt Partners with Socure to Supercharge Bolt ID, Setting a New Standard for Network-Scale eCom. company claim, not independently confirmed[14]
Comps

Shop Pay (Shopify) · shopify.com · Same buyer (e-commerce merchants), same workflow (one-click checkout at cart), same conversion budget; Sacra's Bolt analysis explicitly frames Bolt's network as a counter to Shopify's checkout lock-in.[21]

Fast (defunct) / Stripe Link · link.com · Same buyer (independent e-commerce merchants), same workflow (stored-credential one-click checkout), same payment-conversion budget; named alongside Bolt in CB Insights competitor listings for the accelerated checkout category.[19][22]

PayPal / PayPal Fastlane · paypal.com · Same buyer (mid-market e-commerce merchants), same workflow (network-identity-based one-click checkout), same conversion budget; listed as a direct Bolt alternative on TrustRadius and CB Insights competitor pages.[19][20][22]

Rokt · rokt.com · Same buyer (e-commerce merchants optimizing checkout-funnel economics), overlapping budget (checkout conversion and post-purchase monetization); listed in CB Insights and RivalSense competitive profiles alongside Bolt.[22][23]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[14]

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Bolt

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Bolt sells one-click checkout software and a shared shopper identity network to US e-commerce retailers, competing for the conversion budget that Shopify and Stripe also target.

bolt.com · San Francisco

StageSeries E
Raised$982M
Headcount163
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2014
CompsShop Pay (Shopify) +3

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