Jul 8, 2026 – 2.26pmBrad Lindenberg, the co-founder of buy now, pay later player QuadPay, which was acquired by Zip Co in a $400 million deal six years ago, has returned to the startup scene with a new financial services play.Brad Lindenberg co-founded QuadPay and sold it to Zip Co for $400 million. Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?