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Corporate VCPalo Alto · Series A–Late Stage · 8 people tracked
Also known as Amex
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Investment thesis
Amex Ventures invests in startups strategically relevant to American Express across several themes: consumer offerings that enhance card membership passion points such as travel, dining, and entertainment; consumer and B2B fintech enabling secure payments and automating manual workflows; commerce solutions spanning discovery, engagement, loyalty, and new consumer/B2B commerce concepts; and enterprise technologies including security and identity, data, traditional and generative AI and machine learning, and productivity-enhancing software infrastructure. The firm emphasizes partnership with American Express business units, noting roughly two-thirds of its investments have such partnerships, and offers portfolio companies access to its global network of customers and partners.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
Team · 8 people
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What they invest in
from 33 of 35 portfolio companiesSaaS ×18AI & Machine Learning ×16Enterprise Software ×12Fintech ×10Consumer ×6Developer Tools ×5E-commerce ×5Marketing Tech ×5
HQs:United States×16Canada×1Indonesia×1Israel×1Singapore×1
Investments · 35 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 62025 · 82024 · 52023 · 62022 · 62021 · 12019 · 133 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-investorsGeneral CatalystNycaQED InvestorsEarl Grey CapitalIGNIALigo Partners LLC+1 more
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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(Founder)inMax Li(Founder)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-investors20VCActivant CapitalAEF Greater Bay Area FundAirTree VenturesAthletic VenturesBlackbird Ventures+29 more
Anzu is an in-game advertising company.
AdTechGamingMarketing TechTel Aviv, IL
Ben Fenster(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBitkraft Esports VenturesEvolution VC PartnersGOAL VenturesMana VenturesSamsung Next+10 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-investorsUnion Square Ventures (USV)University System of Maryland Momentum FundAndreessen HorowitzBrooks ReitzCircle VenturesCoinbase Ventures+6 more
Blackbird is a restaurant loyalty, membership and payments platform with a consumer dining-rewards app built on blockchain rails.
Ben Leventhal(Founder)inCarsten Lund Hansen(Founder)Martin Assenholm Nielsen(Founder)Michael Damsgaard Jensen(Founder)
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzCircle VenturesCoinbase VenturesMischiefMulticoin Capital+8 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(Founder)inAndrei Dunca(Founder)inAlex Sherman(CEO and co-founder)in
Co-investorsBloomberg BetaCrane Venture PartnersEvolution VC PartnersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Swift VenturesThreshold Ventures+3 more
Cardless provides a modular credit card platform that allows companies to embed credit products directly into their applications and websites.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Michael Spelfogel(Founder)inScott Kazmierowicz(Founder)
Co-investorsActivant CapitalAssurant VenturesClocktower VenturesCommerce VenturesDrive by DraftKingsGreat Oaks Venture Capital+13 more
Whitelabel buy-now-pay-later platform for retail finance at the point of sale.
Christer Holloman(Founder)Todd Latham(CEO)Anders Hallsten(Founder)Fredrik Borgquist(Founder)
Co-investorsDawn CapitalDG Daiwa VenturesDN CapitalFINTECH CircleGlobal BrainGreen Shores Capital+8 more
Dust Identity develops physical identity solutions using diamond-based technology to authenticate and trace high-value products and components across supply chains.
Circular EconomyDeep TechDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwareIoTNew MaterialsRetail TechNeedham, US
Ophir Gaathon(Founder)inDirk Englund(Founder)
BoardIlya Fushman(Director)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAngular VenturesBlockchain CoinvestorsF-Prime CapitalGrit VenturesMotier Ventures+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 FundAmerican Express Ventures (Amex)+5 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(Founder)inAtindriyo Sanyal(Founder)inYash Sheth(Founder)inClay Wilkes(Founder)Dave Wilkes(Founder)
Co-investorsBattery VenturesCategory VenturesFPVPremji InvestS VenturesScale Venture Partners+10 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-investorsAngelDAOBridge LatamEnergize CapitalKeyhorse CapitalRoosh VenturesSoma Capital+16 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
Ayal Karmi(Founder)Barak Ben Rachel(Founder)Idan Levin(Founder)
Co-investorsHawk Hill VenturesMadrona Venture GroupAmerican Express Ventures (Amex)Visa 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(Founder)inTom Hore(Chief Product Officer)inStephen Mar(Chief Legal & Administrative Officer)inTodd Sunsted(Executive Officer)Bernar Bekirov(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBoxGroupEmles Venture PartnersFirst Round Capital+29 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 TechnologiesAndromeda CapitalBill TaiChainLink Capital Management+7 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 VenturesFenway Summer VenturesNotable CapitalApax DigitalCoatue Management+6 more
Pinwheel provides API-based connections to payroll, income, investment, and payments data sources, giving businesses real-time access to their customers' financial information.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Anish Basu(Founder)Curtis Lee(Founder)Kurtis Lin(Founder)
Co-investorsCircadian VenturesCoatue ManagementEQUIAMFirst Round CapitalGrand VenturesNotable Capital+12 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(Founder)inKamal Shah(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelAmerican Express Ventures (Amex)Bain Capital VenturesCiti Ventures
Replit is a platform for software development that aims to make app creation accessible to non-programmers through intuitive tools and AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCreator EconomyData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEdTechEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Haya Abdalla(Founder)inAmjad Masad(Founder)inHaya Odeh(Founder)inLuis Héctor Chávez(CTO)Faris Masad(Founder)designer(Founder)
Co-investors137 Ventures7BC Venture CapitalA.Capital VenturesAbstract VenturesAIspace VenturesAllied Venture Partners+66 more
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)inNir Laznik(Founder)Nir Laznik Eyal Peleg(Founder)
Co-investorsFoundation CapitalGefen CapitalK20 FundStageOne VenturesAmerican Express Ventures (Amex)Secret Chord Ventures
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)inAlvin Salehi(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzCRV (Charles River Ventures)DVCFJ LabsLombardstreet VenturesM13+14 more
Skipify builds payments infrastructure and checkout technology for merchants, aiming to improve the payment experience across digital commerce.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceFintechSaaS
Jeremy Anderson(Founder)Ryth Martin(Founder)
Co-investorsBee PartnersInfinity VenturesPoint72 VenturesSamsung NextAmerican Express Ventures (Amex)FIS+4 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 CapitalSangha CapitalAmerican Express Ventures (Amex)Dispersion Capital+5 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
Torch Dental is an all-in-one supply management platform that enables independent dental practices to consolidate ordering from multiple vendors into a single interface, manage inventory, and leverage collective buying power to reduce costs by an average of 16%.
B2B MarketplacesHealthtechSaaSNew York City, US
Drew Werner(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersCadron Capital PartnersFelicis VenturesFJ LabsParameter Ventures+4 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(Founder)inRaaz Dwivedi(Founder)inRaj Agrawal(Founder)inAhmed Lone(Founder)inRaj Agarwal(Founder)
Co-investors515 VenturesFoundation CapitalHanabi CapitalKleiner PerkinsSequoia CapitalSV Angel+15 more
TRM Labs offers an online certification course on blockchain investigations and crypto forensics for professionals who need to trace cryptocurrency transactions across multiple blockchains.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityEdTechEnterprise SoftwareFintechGovTechSan Francisco, US
Esteban Castaño(Founder)inRahul Raina(Founder)inSujit Raman(Chief Legal Officer)inAri Redbord(Global Head of Policy)inTom Armstrong(Head of Compliance Advisory)
Co-investors10T FundAlumni VenturesB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBasecamp FundBessemer Venture Partners+35 more
Trulioo operates a global platform of identity and business verification services, maintaining information security and technical compliance controls to protect customer data.
CybersecurityFintechSaaSSilicon Valley, CA
Stephen Huynh-Ufford(Co-Founder and Former Chief Executive Officer)inTanis Jorge(Founder)inVicky Bindra(Chief Executive Officer)inZac Cohen(Chief Product Officer)inHal Lonas(Chief Technology Officer)inJana Hill(Chief People Officer)in
Co-investorsBlumberg CapitalMouro CapitalVesey VenturesAmerican Express Ventures (Amex)ARC VENTURESBlue Cloud Ventures+6 more
Trust & Will is an online estate planning platform that guides customers through creating legally customized wills, trusts, and related documents.
ConsumerFintechLegalTechSaaSSan Diego, US
Cody Barbo(Founder)in
Co-investorsAgeTech Capitalat HulaCerity Partners VenturesCurql Collective, LLCDetroit Venture PartnersHalogen Ventures Management Company Llc+14 more
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)inJacques Fu(Founder)Sal Rehmetullah(Founder)Suneera Madhani(Founder)
Co-investorsFlorida FundersFlorida Opportunity FundFulcrum Equity PartnersGray VenturesIngeborg InvestmentsAmerican Express Ventures (Amex)+2 more
Exits · 1
1 acquisitionsGalileoacq. by Cisco
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesTrust & Will · siliconvalleyinvestclub.com · Sep 16, 2026
Airwallex · finsmes.com · Jun 25, 2026
Handle · technews180.com · May 23, 2026
Bluefish · finsmes.com · Apr 14, 2026
Replit · techcrunch.com · Mar 11, 2026
Prophet Security · thesaasnews.com · Feb 26, 2026
TRM Labs · finsmes.com · Feb 4, 2026
Cardless · fintech.global · Sep 23, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Amex Ventures made?
- Amex Ventures has 35 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 17 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, B2B Marketplaces, 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.
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