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Altai Ventures

Venture capitalActively deploying

Westport · Pre-Seed–Series A · 17 people tracked

Also known as ALTAI VENTURES ADVISORS, LLC · Altai Ventures Special

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Investment thesis

Altai Ventures is a specialist venture capital firm dedicated to backing and incubating early-stage startups in financial services. Its mission is to empower exceptional founders reinventing the financial services industry, and it aims to be among the first VCs a founder considers when building a fintech business. The firm operates according to a set of guiding principles emphasizing striving for excellence, independent thinking, going beyond hard work in service of founders and partners, and gratitude.

Invests inFintechWestport

Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
HQ
Westport, NY, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2020
Last 12 months
2 investments
Private fund assets
$180.2M
VC funds
9
Tracked investments
37
Unicorns
1
Acquisitions
2

Team · 17 people

from the firm's website & curated

What they invest in

from 34 of 37 portfolio companies

InsurTech ×24Fintech ×21SaaS ×17AI & Machine Learning ×14Enterprise Software ×9Consumer ×4Marketplaces ×2Retail Tech ×2

HQs:United States×18United Arab Emirates×1Canada×1United Kingdom×1Mexico×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 16 portfolio companies
56%
solo founders
9 of 16 mapped founding teams
62%
repeat founders
of 21 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×92 founders×7

Where their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with education data

Brown University ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×2The Wharton School ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 18 founders with field-of-study data

Business & Management ×5Economics ×4Finance & Accounting ×4Engineering ×3

Where their founders worked beforefrom 21 founders with career history

Goldman Sachs ×2Morgan Stanley ×2Pie Insurance ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×2

8 hold an MBA (of 21 with degree data)

Investments · 37 tracked

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By year:2026 · 12025 · 32024 · 12023 · 22022 · 310 dated

Comeryxcomeryx.cominSeed · Feb 2026 · $8M✓ verified

Comeryx is an AI-native managing general agent (MGA) platform designed to automate and improve profitability for wholesale small commercial insurance.

AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTech

Dax Craig(Founder)inMatt Frazier(Founder)in

Co-investorsAmerican Family VenturesBoulder VenturesEchelonIntact Ventures

Aboonaboon.cominOct 2025 · $17.5M

Aboon is a third-party administrator (TPA) platform for financial advisors, letting them prospect, design, sell, launch, and manage 401(k) and retirement plans for business-owner clients.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Nick Gavronsky(Co-Founder & CEO)inAmy Ouellette(Co-Founder & COO)inAlex Calaf(VP, Plan Administration)inNate Krantz(Head of Engineering)inLina Jun(General Counsel)in

Co-investorsBain Capital VenturesEJF VenturesOUTPOST VENTURES

Authenticauthenticinsurance.cominSep 2023 · $5.5M

Authentic builds technology infrastructure for specialized insurance programs, enabling brokers and carriers to develop tailored coverage for specific niches and classes.

Enterprise SoftwareInsurTechSaaS

Cole Riccardi(CEO & Cofounder)inKyle Babirad(COO & Cofounder)inSaravana Kumar(CTO)in

Co-investorsClocktower VenturesCommerce VenturesCore Venture CapitalMGV.VCSlow VenturesUpper90+7 more

Auto Completeautocomplete.ioin

AutoComplete provides car dealerships with an automated platform that compares insurance rates across 20+ insurers to help car buyers save on auto, home, and renters insurance.

FintechInsurTechSaaS

Co-investorsFraser McCombs Capital

BitPaybitpay.comin𝕏

BitPay provides enterprise-grade tools for cryptocurrency acceptance and spending, enabling businesses and individuals to send, receive, and store digital currencies.

ConsumerCrypto & Web3Fintech

Stephen Pair(Founder)in

Co-investorsDelta-v CapitalDigital Currency GroupG SquaredGray VenturesIndex VenturesK2 Global+5 more

Borrowell Toronto, Canadaborrowell.comin𝕏

Borrowell offers Canadians free weekly Equifax credit scores and reports, along with credit monitoring, education, and personalized recommendations for financial products from over 75 partner institutions.

ConsumerFintech

Andrew Graham(Founder)in

Co-investorsClocktower VenturesDMZ VenturesKensington Capital Partners LimitedNAventuresRogue Insight CapitalWhite Star Capital+1 more

Class Aclassa.ai

Class A provides data-driven aviation insurance tailored to pilots and aircraft owners across the United States, using underwriting and risk assessment platforms to deliver personalized coverage.

AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTech

Mark Haidar(Chief Executive Officer)in

Credijustocredijusto.comin𝕏

Covalto is a digital bank in Mexico that provides unsecured financing and investment services to businesses, offering flexible credit terms, fixed-rate investment products, and banking services without traditional collateral requirements.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechMexico City, MX

Allan Apoj Pascal(Executive Officer, Director)inDavid Poritz(Founder)in

Co-investorsBreyer CapitalFour Acres CapitalSupernode VenturesKaszek VenturesPoint72 Ventures

ennablennabl.comin

ennabl (ennabl.AI) is an AI workspace built for insurance agencies, brokerages, wholesalers, and MGAs that reads policy documents and book-of-business data to automate workflows like renewal prep, submission intake, loss-run summarization, ACORD form filling, quote comparison, and proposal generation.

AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaSGreenwich, US

Kabir Syed(Executive Officer, Director)inAnton Chudinovskikh(Executive Officer)

BoardEric Reiner(Director)inChris Downer(Director)inJack Butcher(Director)Jim Hackbarth(Director)

Co-investorsBrewer Lane VenturesVine VenturesVine Ventures

Ennablennabl.ai

ennabl.AI is an AI workspace for insurance agencies that reads policies, submissions, and loss runs to automate workflows like renewal prep, submission intake, ACORD form pre-fill, coverage comparison, and proposal generation.

AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaS

EvolutionIQevolutioniq.cominApr 2022 · $21M

EvolutionIQ builds AI-powered guidance software for insurance claims professionals to improve accuracy, fairness, and efficiency in handling injury and disability claims.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechNew York, US

Michael Saltzman(Founder)in

BoardKara Hoogensen(SVP Specialty Benefits, Principal Financial Group)Scott Boutin(Chief Claims Officer, Reliance Matrix)

Co-investorsAsymmetric Capital PartnersBrewer Lane VenturesFirst Round CapitalFirstMark CapitalICONIQNew York Life Ventures+3 more

Functional Financefunctionalfi.comin

Functional Finance is a SaaS platform that automates billing, invoicing, premium collection, reconciliation, commissions, and money movement for MGAs, wholesalers, and insurance carriers.

FintechInsurTechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Rashmi Melgiri(Executive Officer, Director)inAdam Wang-Levine(Executive Officer, Director)James Ermilio(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Summit Peak VenturesMunich Re VenturesWalkabout Ventures Llc

Gailmeetgail.comin𝕏

Gail provides conversational AI for insurance, banking, and finance companies, handling customer interactions across voice, SMS, chat, and messaging channels.

AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTech

Matthew Vega-Sanz(Founder)in

Co-investorsA15Act One VenturesFlorida FundersHTwenty

Gratagrata.cominFeb 2022 · $25MAcquired

Grata provides bulk access to a private market dataset covering 22M+ global companies with 250+ data points including firmographics, revenue, employee counts, executive contacts, and deal data.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechSaaS

Co-investorsBling CapitalCerity Partners VenturesTeamworthy VenturesAccompliceCraft Ventures

Incubatedcommonpoint.com

CommonPoint is a technology-enabled professional services company that helps with discovery, vetting, placement, and oversight of third-party administrators (TPAs) in the insurance claims ecosystem.

FintechInsurTechSaaS

Incubatedrelevantsearch.com

Relevant (Global Consultancy House) provides executive recruiting and talent services for the insurance and financial services industries, combining specialized human recruiters with an AI-powered platform.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS

Morten KramerJim Heptinstall

Incubatedtorchrisk.comin

Torch is a managing general agent (MGA) that provides a platform for underwriters, operators, and technologists to build and manage insurance portfolios, giving carriers access to those portfolios.

FintechInsurTechLondon, GB

Leapleapeasy.comin𝕏

Leap offers a deposit replacement product that lets renters pay a small monthly fee instead of a large upfront security deposit, along with a rent guaranty product that helps applicants qualify for leases.

FintechInsurTechPropTech

Mocomoco.ai

Moco builds a real-time decision and operations platform for insurers, connecting back-office functions like finance, HR, legal/compliance, admin, and procurement into a single system with continuous reporting and an AI analyst.

AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaS

Modern lifemodernlife.comin𝕏Jun 2025

Modern Life provides technology, support, and access to insurance and financial planning experts to help advisors deliver life insurance and financial planning to clients.

FintechInsurTechSaaSNew York, US

Ryan Pripstein(Executive Officer, Director)inMichael Konialian(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in

Co-investorsAbstract VenturesNew York Life VenturesTwo Culture CapitalGilgamesh Ventures

Mulberrygetmulberry.comin

Mulberry provides product protection and shopping assurance coverage for online purchases, offering unlimited claims with no deductibles or fees to consumers.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerE-commerceInsurTechSaaSNew York, US

Dominic Chinedu Eleanya(Executive Officer, Director)Chinedu Eleanya(Founder)in

Co-investorsChaos VenturesCommerce VenturesG20 VenturesKube VCRed Bear AngelsEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)+1 more

Newfrontnewfront.comin𝕏Acquired

Newfront is an insurance broker that combines specialty insurance expertise with technology platforms to help clients manage risk and make informed insurance decisions.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechSan Francisco, US

Spike Lipkin(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inGordon Wintrob(Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer)in

Co-investorsA*Abstract VenturesB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersChemistry+17 more

Percentpercent.comin𝕏

Percent operates a software marketplace and platform suite that provides accredited investors with access to private credit investment opportunities, including asset-based financing, corporate loans, and venture capital deals.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechMarketplacesSaaS

Nelson Chu(Founder)in

Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 Capitalblue 9 capitalChaos VenturesCoinbase VenturesEvolution Ventures+13 more

Propellerpropellerbonds.comin

Propeller provides surety bonding solutions for agencies and brokerages, offering access to approximately 7,000 bond products across contract, commercial, and fidelity categories.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechSaaS

Aaron Steffeyin

Rainbowuserainbow.comin𝕏

An insurance provider that focuses on proactive risk prevention and personalized coverage for growing businesses.

InsurTech

Bobby Touran(Founder)in

Co-investors8VCHabitat PartnersZigg Capital

Rainbowrainbow.aiinJan 2024 · $12M

Rainbow delivers hyperlocal weather forecasts using real-time satellite and radar data, with a focus on minute-by-minute precipitation nowcasting up to 4 hours in advance.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningEnergy

Alexander Matveenko(Founder)in

Co-investorsMelnichek Investments8VCCaffeinated CapitalHabitat PartnersZigg Capital

Reservreserv.cominSeed · Jul 2022 · $8M

Reserv is a third-party claims administrator (TPA) that processes property and casualty insurance claims using AI-powered technology and modern digital workflows.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechWeston, US

CJ Przybyl(Founder)in

Boardllichev Oleg(Executive Officer, Promoter)

Co-investors8VCAnthemis VentureBain Capital VenturesFlourish Ventures

Restakrestak.com

Restak is building an infrastructure platform for insurance workflows, aimed at teams operating in the insurance industry.

InsurTechSaaS

Sproutrsproutr.cominSeed · May 2025

Sproutr is a team of insurance industry experts offering product design and development services.

InsurTech

Unionunion-pos.comin

Union is a hospitality operating system and point-of-sale platform for busy bars and restaurants, offering venue management tools plus a consumer mobile app for browsing menus, ordering, paying, and earning loyalty rewards.

FintechRetail TechSaaS

Co-investorsChaos VenturesCorsa Ventures

Uniongetunion.comin

Union offers a guest-led mobile ordering and rewards platform purpose-built for high-volume bars and hospitality venues.

ConsumerFintechFoodTechRetail TechSaaS

Co-investorsBeresford VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Union Grove Venture Partners

Upfortupfort.cominOct 2023 · $8M

Upfort provides software and automation solutions for managing cyber risk, combining security expertise with insurance and data analytics to improve organizational cyber resilience.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechSan Francisco, US

Han Wang(Founder/CTO)inDaniel Bilbao(Founder)in

Co-investorsClocktower VenturesFikaHemi Ventures, LlcSyn Ventures Seed Management LlcY CombinatorChaos Ventures+5 more

Write Wisewritewise.comin

WriteWise provides guaranteed pharmacy spend products for employers, including per-member-per-month cost caps, pharmacy stop-loss insurance, and subscription-style drug coverage.

FintechHealthtechInsurTech

Co-investorsGreatPoint VenturesManchesterStory Group, LLCVirtue Ventures

YallaCompareyallacompare.comin𝕏

Yallacompare is an online insurance comparison platform where consumers answer a short questionnaire to compare benefits and prices from different insurance providers and buy policies online, covering products such as car insurance and warranties.

FintechInsurTechMarketplaces

Co-investorsWamda CapitalRasmal Ventures

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

DashlyDashlyintelligenceMonarch

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Altai Ventures made?
Altai Ventures has 37 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Altai Ventures invest at?
Altai Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What sectors does Altai Ventures focus on?
Altai Ventures focuses on Fintech.
Where is Altai Ventures located?
Altai Ventures is headquartered in Westport, US.
Who does Altai Ventures co-invest with?
Altai Ventures most often shares deals with Chaos Ventures, Clocktower Ventures, 8VC, among 73 tracked co-investors.
What size deals does Altai Ventures back?
Across 5 deals with disclosed amounts, Altai Ventures has joined rounds of $5.5M – $25M (median $17.5M).

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Both backed · 1
$3M – $50M
Coinbase Ventures

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Both backed · 1
$100K – $10M
Flourish Ventures

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Both backed · 1
$100K – $5M
Tuesday Capital

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Both backed · 1
Unchained Capital, Inc.

Unchained is a bitcoin financial services company offering collaborative custody solutions, allowing users to buy, hold, borrow against, and retire with bitcoin while maintaining their own keys.

Both backed · 1
Revel Partners

Revel Partners is a venture capital firm focused on backing early-stage B2B software companies, drawing on the team's entrepreneurial background and global network to help startups scale.

Both backed · 1
$3M – $5M
American Family Ventures

American Family Ventures (AFV) is a venture capital firm focused on insurance and insurance-adjacent innovation, backed by an ecosystem of limited partners, founders, and innovators across major insurance lines.

Both backed · 1
$250K – $10M
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