Amex Ventures
Corporate VCPalo Alto · Series A–Late Stage · 8 people tracked
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
from public directories
What they invest in
from 18 of 18 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×12SaaS ×10Enterprise Software ×6E-commerce ×4Fintech ×4Consumer ×3Developer Tools ×3Marketing Tech ×3
HQs:United States×9Indonesia×1Singapore×1
Investments · 18 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 62025 · 42024 · 12023 · 32022 · 317 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-investorsInfinity VenturesWonder Ventures75 & SunnyDERIVE VENTURESElysian Park VenturesInfinity VC+1 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
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+19 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
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, LlcSilicon VenturesSoftBank Vision FundGSR VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners+1 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+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 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
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 CapitalCapital One VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
Pinwheel manufactures smartphones and smartwatches designed for children and teens, featuring parental controls, app curation, contact safeguards, and location tracking.
ConsumerHardware
Co-investorsCentral Texas Angel NetworkCircadian VenturesNotable CapitalCoatue ManagementFirst Round CapitalFranklin Templeton+4 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
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)DVCManta Ray VenturesMastrySprint Vc+2 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 CapitalDispersion CapitalGalaxy InteractiveLiquid Ventures+1 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-investorsKleiner PerkinsSequoia CapitalSV AngelSabrina 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)
BoardJAMES DOUGLASS(Director)ROBERT WECHSLER(Director)ASIF RAMJI(Director)
Co-investorsFlorida FundersFulcrum Equity PartnersGray VenturesIngeborg InvestmentsTTV Capital
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesPie · techfundingnews.com · Aug 24, 2026
Bluefish · echowi.ai · Aug 6, 2026
Prophet Security · grcoutlook.com · Jul 27, 2026
Trellis · finsmes.com · Jul 20, 2026
Airwallex · ynetnews.com · Jun 29, 2026
Handle · technews180.com · May 23, 2026
Worth AI · deepworkcapital.com · May 19, 2026
Traversal · businesswire.com · Mar 4, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- 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
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