Slash, a Ramp competitor founded by teenagers, raises $100M at $1.4B valuation
By Julie Bort
Published on April 16, 2026.
Slash Financial, a competitor to Ramp, has raised $100 million in a Series C round at a $1.4 billion valuation from A-list investors including Ribbit Capital, Khosla, and Goodwater Capital. The company was founded by teenagers, with CEO Victor Cardenas and CTO Kevin Bai, who dropped out of college to build a fintech company focused on sneaker resellers. Despite this, the company has become more generalist and claims 5,000 companies as customers.
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