
Reed McGinley-Stempel
Co-Founder and CEO at Stytch
Reed is the Co-Founder and CEO of Stytch, a platform for passwordless authentication that makes it simple for apps and websites to retire the password.
Before founding Stytch, Reed joined Plaid as one of their first 100 employees. He remained with them until they grew to a $5B+ valuation.
With a selection of new products about to hit the market, Stytch is prepped to spearhead the transition to a passwordless future.
Reed’s reach is over 3k, and he would be happy to let his network know to listen in!
- Tech
- Cybersecurity
- Growth
- Entrepreneur
- 📍San Francisco, CA
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LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF AUTHENTICATION
- How passwords are becoming obsolete
- How people will verify their identities in the future
- Ecommerce
- Fintech
- Consumer Social
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Reed grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada before heading to Duke University. After graduating from Duke, he was selected as a Fulbright scholar and spent time as a consultant at Bain & Company.
Reed made the transition to tech when he joined Plaid, spending 3 years at the company working on growth and user authentication.

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Reed McGinley-Stempel
Co-Founder and CEO at Stytch
- Tech
- Cybersecurity
- Growth
- Entrepreneur
- 📍San Francisco, CA
Reed is the Co-Founder and CEO of Stytch, a platform for passwordless authentication that makes it simple for apps and websites to retire the password.
Before founding Stytch, Reed joined Plaid as one of their first 100 employees. He remained with them until they grew to a $5B+ valuation.
With a selection of new products about to hit the market, Stytch is prepped to spearhead the transition to a passwordless future.
Reed’s reach is over 3k, and he would be happy to let his network know to listen in!
read more
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF AUTHENTICATION
- How passwords are becoming obsolete
- How people will verify their identities in the future
- Ecommerce
- Fintech
- Consumer Social
--
Reed grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada before heading to Duke University. After graduating from Duke, he was selected as a Fulbright scholar and spent time as a consultant at Bain & Company.
Reed made the transition to tech when he joined Plaid, spending 3 years at the company working on growth and user authentication.
BOOK NOW FOR your podcast
Reed McGinley-Stempel
Co-Founder and CEO at Stytch
- 📍San Francisco, CA
- Tech
- Cybersecurity
- Growth
- Entrepreneur
Reed is the Co-Founder and CEO of Stytch, a platform for passwordless authentication that makes it simple for apps and websites to retire the password.
Before founding Stytch, Reed joined Plaid as one of their first 100 employees. He remained with them until they grew to a $5B+ valuation.
With a selection of new products about to hit the market, Stytch is prepped to spearhead the transition to a passwordless future.
Reed’s reach is over 3k, and he would be happy to let his network know to listen in!
read more
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF AUTHENTICATION
- How passwords are becoming obsolete
- How people will verify their identities in the future
- Ecommerce
- Fintech
- Consumer Social
--
Reed grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada before heading to Duke University. After graduating from Duke, he was selected as a Fulbright scholar and spent time as a consultant at Bain & Company.
Reed made the transition to tech when he joined Plaid, spending 3 years at the company working on growth and user authentication.
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Stytch, a passwordless authentication company has raised $30-million in Series A funding led by Thrive Capital as it launches out of its beta stage. It comes amid a surge of cyberattacks on both public and private organizations.
There are far fewer annoying things than managing one’s passwords.
There are a bunch of companies out there to help you attempt to do that. And there’s also a number of companies that want to go a step further and eliminate the password completely.
Timeline
Jun 2020 - Present
Stytch
Co-Founder & CEO
Aug 2017 - Jun 2020
Plaid
Product Manager
Jul 2016 - Aug 2017
Bain & Company
Associate Consultant
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