Amex Ventures
Corporate VCPalo Alto · Series A–Late Stage · 8 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Amex Ventures backs startups that transform how businesses and consumers interact, focusing on areas strategically relevant to American Express. It invests across consumer and B2B fintech (seamless payments, financial products, workflow automation), commerce (discovery, engagement, loyalty, post-purchase, and emerging channels like gaming, streaming, and spatial computing), and enterprise technology (security and identity, data, traditional and generative AI/ML, and productivity-enhancing software infrastructure). The firm emphasizes partnership, giving portfolio companies access to American Express's global network of customers and partners, with roughly two-thirds of investments having partnered with Amex business units. It also tracks blockchain and spatial computing innovation enabling commerce and payments.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 8 people
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What they invest in
from 26 of 27 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×14SaaS ×13Enterprise Software ×8Fintech ×6Consumer ×5E-commerce ×5Developer Tools ×4Marketing Tech ×4
HQs:United States×11Indonesia×1Israel×1Singapore×1
Investments · 27 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 62025 · 52024 · 42023 · 42022 · 62021 · 126 dated
Sensible Weather offers a Weather Guarantee product that automatically reimburses travelers up to 100% of their daily rate or booking cost when qualifying weather (such as rain or excessive heat) occurs during trips or outdoor activities like camping, golf, ski trips, theme parks, and concerts.
Climate TechInsurTechTravel & HospitalitySanta Monica, US
Nick Cavanaugh(Founder)inHeidi A. Lawson(Director)
BoardJay Ganatra(Director)in
Co-investorsDERIVE VENTURESInfinity VenturesWonder Ventures75 & SunnyAmerican Express Ventures (Amex)Elysian Park Ventures+2 more
Trellis is an insurtech company that simplifies home and auto insurance shopping through machine learning, real-time bidding, and conversational AI.
AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTechSaaS
Daniel Demetri(Founder)in
Co-investorsNycaGeneral CatalystQEDEarl Grey CapitalIGNIANyca Partners
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Airwallex operates a global banking platform that provides cross-border payments, financial infrastructure, and AI-powered financial software for businesses.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSingapore, SG
Jack Zhang(CEO)inMax Li(Co-Founder and Head of Design)inLucy Yueting Liu(Co-Founder and President)inXijing Dai (Jacob Dai)(Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer)inKi-Lok Wong(Co-Founder and Principal Architect)inJacob Dai(Founder)in
Co-investorsActivant CapitalAEF Greater Bay Area FundAirTree VenturesAthletic VenturesBlackbird VenturesBowery Capital+21 more
Anzu is an in-game advertising company.
AdTechGamingMarketing TechTel Aviv, IL
Ben Fenster(Founder)in
Co-investorsBitkraft Esports VenturesEvolution VC PartnersGOAL VenturesSamsung NextSand Hill AngelsSony Ventures Corporation+4 more
Blackbird Laboratories is a nonprofit life sciences incubator that translates university research breakthroughs into venture-ready biotech companies focused on developing new medicines and enabling technologies.
BiotechDeep TechBaltimore, US
Ben Leventhal(Executive Officer, Director)inMatt Tremblay, PhD(Chief Executive Officer)inEddie Cherok, PhD(Chief Business Officer)in
BoardFred Wilson(Director)inMo Koyfman(Director)inMarguerite Mariscal(Director)
Co-investorsUniversity System of Maryland Momentum FundAndreessen HorowitzBrooks ReitzCircle VenturesCoinbase VenturesMischief+6 more
Bluefish is an enterprise marketing platform that helps large brands monitor, optimize, and measure their visibility and reputation across AI-driven channels such as AI search and agentic commerce.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSNew York City, US
Jing Feng(Co-founder)inAndrei Dunca(Co-founder)inAlex Sherman(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsCrane Venture PartnersEvolution VC PartnersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Swift VenturesThreshold VenturesBloomberg Beta+2 more
Whitelabel buy-now-pay-later platform for retail finance at the point of sale.
Christer Holloman(Founder)Todd Latham(CEO)
Co-investorsDawn CapitalDG Daiwa VenturesDN CapitalFINTECH CircleGlobal BrainGreen Shores Capital+7 more
Firework offers 1:1 Video Chat, a real-time video engagement tool that lets brands and retailers connect with online shoppers for product discovery, consultation, and support directly on their websites.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing TechRetail TechSaaSSan Mateo, US
Vincent Yang(Co-founder)inJerry Luk(Co-founder)in
Co-investorseGateway CapitalInformed Ventures Advisors, LlcSand Hill AngelsSilicon VenturesSoftBank Vision FundGSR Ventures+3 more
Splunk Agent Observability is a platform that monitors and secures AI agents in production by combining evaluation, observability, cost tracking, and guardrails.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Vikram Chatterji(Co-founder and CEO)inAtindriyo Sanyal(Co-founder and CPO)inYash Sheth(Co-founder and CTO)in
Co-investorsBattery VenturesCategory VenturesFPVPremji InvestCiti VenturesDatabricks Ventures+3 more
Handle builds a construction data platform that unifies fragmented invoices, projects, payments, and documents into a single data graph.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechData & InfrastructurePropTechSan Francisco, US
Blake Robertson(Founder)inChris Woodard(Founder)inPatrick Hogan(Founder)in
Co-investorsEnergize CapitalOyster VenturesRoosh VenturesSuffolk TechnologiesY CombinatorZigg Capital+2 more
Lore is a fragrance brand that sells Eau de Parfum products, including full-size bottles, travel sets, and discovery sets.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Melanie Bender(Founder)in
Co-investorsImaginary Venture CapitalAccelBain Capital VenturesGeneral CatalystGV (Google Ventures)New Enterprise Associates (NEA)+1 more
Moderne provides a unified source of truth for enterprise codebases, enabling teams to query and manage code across portfolios ranging from single repositories to 100,000 codebases.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Jonathan Schneider(Founder)in
Co-investorsIntel CapitalTrue VenturesAcrew CapitalMango Capital11.2 CapitalMorgan Stanley
Nekuda provides infrastructure that enables merchants to participate in agentic commerce, allowing AI agents to interact with their storefronts.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceSaaS
Co-investorsHawk Hill VenturesMadrona Venture GroupVisa Ventures
Odeko provides software and operational systems for independent food service businesses to compete with chain restaurants through cost optimization and margin improvement.
Enterprise SoftwareFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSaaSNew York City, US
James Burkhardt(Founder)inDane Atkinson(Chief Executive Officer)inTom Hore(Chief Product Officer)inStephen Mar(Chief Legal & Administrative Officer)inTodd Sunsted(Executive Officer)Bernar Bekirov(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalEmles Venture PartnersMPG FundNotable CapitalPROOF+11 more
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OneOf is a platform for buying and collecting NFTs from music artists, athletes, and brands, offering utility such as VIP concert tickets, real-world experiences, and signed merchandise.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Media & Entertainment
Co-investorsBlue Scorpion InvestmentsEast West Ventures EWVKoch Disruptive TechnologiesChainLink Capital ManagementNima CapitalSnow Hill Partners+1 more
Pie is an AI-powered testing platform that deploys autonomous agents to automatically explore, test, and validate web and mobile applications using computer vision, without requiring source code access or manual scripting.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Co-investorsInception Studio CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersCapital One Ventures
Pinwheel manufactures smartphones and smartwatches designed for children and teens, featuring parental controls, app curation, contact safeguards, and location tracking.
ConsumerHardware
Dane Witbeck(Founder)
Co-investorsCentral Texas Angel NetworkCircadian VenturesNotable CapitalApax DigitalCoatue ManagementFenway Summer Ventures+6 more
Pinwheel provides activation and lifecycle management solutions for financial institutions to enhance customer experiences and reduce friction in financial services.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsSemperVirens Venture CapitalCoatue ManagementFirst Round CapitalFranklin TempletonGGV CapitalKraken Ventures+2 more
Prophet Security offers an agentic AI platform for security operations centers (SOCs), using a set of AI agents to autonomously investigate alerts, hunt threats, and optimize detection coverage.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareAtherton, US
Vibhav Sreekanti(Co-founder)inKamal Shah(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAccelBain Capital VenturesCiti Ventures
Sedric is an AI-powered compliance platform for financial services teams in regulated industries, converting company policies into automated controls that review, monitor, and enforce marketing content and customer communications.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Eyal Peleg(Founder)in
Co-investorsGefen CapitalK20 FundStageOne VenturesFoundation Capital
Shef operates a marketplace connecting home cooks with customers who order prepared meals delivered to their homes, creating income opportunities for cooks while providing consumers access to prepared home-cooked food.
ConsumerFoodTechMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Joey Grassia(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzCRV (Charles River Ventures)DVCLombardstreet VenturesManta Ray VenturesMastry+4 more
Skipify builds payments infrastructure and checkout technology for merchants, aiming to improve the payment experience across digital commerce.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceFintechSaaS
Co-investorsBee PartnersInfinity VenturesPoint72 VenturesSamsung NextFISFlourish Ventures+3 more
Superlogic provides an experiential inventory and rewards platform that enables brands to offer exclusive experiences—spanning music, sports, dining, and culture—in place of or alongside traditional loyalty rewards.
Marketing TechSaaS
Co-investors10SQ Capital (TenSquared)ACTAI VenturesSanctor CapitalAmerican Express Ventures (Amex)Dispersion CapitalGalaxy Interactive+2 more
TEAMS was a platform for finding friends and teammates for gaming, facilitating player connections.
GamingSocial
Co-investorsRedbus VenturesBattery VenturesCiti VenturesCostanoa VenturesDatabricks VenturesPremji Invest+3 more
Torch provides merchandise production and fulfillment services for online communities, handling design, production, and logistics so community creators can generate revenue without managing operations.
ConsumerCreator EconomyDirect to ConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesBandung, ID
Ben WirawanHanafi Salman
Co-investorsInit 6137 VenturesAlumni VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersHealth Velocity CapitalNorwest Venture Partners+2 more
Traversal builds an agentic AI system that uses machine learning to autonomously analyze telemetry data and troubleshoot production incidents for enterprise software teams.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Anish Agarwal(Co-founder)inRaaz Dwivedi(Co-founder)inRaj Agrawal(Co-founder)inAhmed Lone(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsHanabi CapitalKleiner PerkinsSequoia CapitalSV AngelIndex VenturesSabrina Hahn Fund
Worth offers a platform that consolidates business onboarding and underwriting into a single workflow, automating KYB, KYC, fraud verification, and financial checks using AI and a database of over 350M SMBs.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSOrlando, US
SALMAN REHMETULLAH(Executive Officer, Director)SUNEERA MADHANI(Executive Officer, Director)inJACQUES FU(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardJAMES DOUGLASS(Director)ROBERT WECHSLER(Director)ASIF RAMJI(Director)
Co-investorsFlorida FundersFulcrum Equity PartnersGray VenturesIngeborg InvestmentsAmerican Express Ventures (Amex)TTV Capital
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Galileo · kalkine.com · Sep 1, 2026
Teams · rallyup.com · Aug 27, 2026
Pie · techfundingnews.com · Aug 24, 2026
Bluefish · echowi.ai · Aug 6, 2026
Prophet Security · grcoutlook.com · Jul 27, 2026
Lore · startupfortune.com · Jul 26, 2026
Trellis · finsmes.com · Jul 20, 2026
Airwallex · ynetnews.com · Jun 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Amex Ventures made?
- Amex Ventures has 27 tracked investments, including 13 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Amex Ventures invest at?
- Amex Ventures invests at the Series A, Series B, Series C, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Amex Ventures focus on?
- Amex Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, E-commerce, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS, Travel & Hospitality.
- Where is Amex Ventures located?
- Amex Ventures is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamBloomberg Cornell Tech Series: Margaret Lim, Managing Director, Amex Ventures
Inside Bloomberg · Margaret Lim
Interview: Kevin Tsang | Managing Director of AMEX Ventures
Stocks and Investing with Pounding The Table · Kevin Tsang
In Partnership With Keia Clarke, NY Liberty CEO | American Express
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In Partnership With Marvin Ellison, Lowe's CEO | American Express
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In Partnership With Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO | American Express
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In Partnership With Cathy Engelbert, WNBA Commissioner | American Express
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