# Reed McGinley-Stempel

> Reed McGinley-Stempel is co-founder of Stytch. Stytch Connected Apps on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, Stytch.

Reed McGinley-Stempel co-founded Stytch with Julianna Lamb after the two worked together at Plaid and saw the weaknesses of older authentication methods. Stytch raised a $6 million seed round led by Benchmark in 2020 and later joined Twilio.

## What Reed builds

- [Stytch Connected Apps](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stytch-connected-apps.md), graded C, 60.8/100, in Agent auth & delegated access. Turns a Stytch project into an OAuth 2.1 and OIDC authorisation server so agents and MCP clients can act for your users. Co-founder, Stytch, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Julianna Lamb](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/julianna-lamb/), Co-founder and CTO, Stytch

## Backed by

- [Benchmark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/benchmark/)
- [Index Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/index-ventures/)
- [Thrive Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thrive-capital/)
- [Coatue](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/coatue/)
- [William Hockey](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/william-hockey/)
- [Dylan Field](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dylan-field/)
- [Mahmoud Abdelkader](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mahmoud-abdelkader/)
- [Elad Gil](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/elad-gil/)
- [Amber Feng](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/amber-feng/)
- [Lenny Rachitsky](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lenny-rachitsky/)
- [Jeff Morris Jr.](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeff-morris-jr/)
- [Matthew Prince](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/matthew-prince/)
- [Cassidy Williams](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/cassidy-williams/)
- [Neha Narkhede](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/neha-narkhede/)
- [Joshua Browder](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/joshua-browder/)

## Questions

### Who is Reed McGinley-Stempel?

Reed McGinley-Stempel co-founded Stytch with Julianna Lamb after the two worked together at Plaid and saw the weaknesses of older authentication methods. Stytch raised a $6 million seed round led by Benchmark in 2020 and later joined Twilio.

### What does Stytch (Twilio) make?

Anchor Terminal lists Stytch Connected Apps from Stytch (Twilio). Turns a Stytch project into an OAuth 2.1 and OIDC authorisation server so agents and MCP clients can act for your users.

### Who has invested in Stytch (Twilio)?

The sources our research read name Benchmark, Index Ventures, Thrive Capital, Coatue, William Hockey, Dylan Field, Mahmoud Abdelkader, Elad Gil, Amber Feng, Lenny Rachitsky, Jeff Morris Jr., Matthew Prince, Cassidy Williams, Neha Narkhede and Joshua Browder.

### How are Reed's tools graded?

Stytch Connected Apps is graded C, 60.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://stytch.com/contact
- https://stytch.com/about
- https://stytch.com/blog/stytch-joins-twilio/
- https://stytch.com/blog/announcing-our-seed-round/

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