Plaid Accelerate’s third cohort of early-stage startups has launched. Shearman & Sterling partners Mark Chorazak and Cassandra Cuellar will be supporting Bluedot, Clockwork, and Manifest that leverage innovative technology to accelerate their growth and contribute to building the future of FinTech.

FinTech Foundry by Shearman is proud to be a part of Plaid Accelerate, a FinTech accelerator program that directly supports a diverse and inclusive FinTech community, and early-stage founders that are Black, Indigenous or People of Color – with aims to establish a more equitable financial system for all.

Learn more about the startups we are supporting below:

• Bluedot is a financial technology company that aims to make charging stations accessible and convenient for EV drivers.
• Clockwork is a financial planning and analysis platform that uses real-time information to automatically build out financial projections and cash flow forecasts.
• Manifest is building a digital transfer solution for retirement accounts that allows participants to consolidate retirement accounts, locate their retirement money, and track their savings.

Plaid helps companies build fintech solutions by making it easy, safe and reliable for people to connect their financial data to apps and services.