Des Moines · Seed–Series A · 36 people tracked
Investment thesis
Curql pools capital from a large collective of credit unions to invest in fintech startups whose technology can benefit and be adopted by credit unions. It targets companies building infrastructure and solutions relevant to the credit union sector — including digital asset, stablecoin, AI, and automation capabilities — and supports early-stage fintech through its Curql Accelerate program, which brings cohorts of startups together to solve real credit union challenges.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 36 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directories
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What they invest in
from 36 of 40 portfolio companiesFintech ×30SaaS ×18Enterprise Software ×14AI & Machine Learning ×13Cybersecurity ×6Data & Infrastructure ×4PropTech ×4Consumer ×3
HQs:United States×30Australia×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 20 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×102 founders×53 founders×5
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 40 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 12024 · 12023 · 15 dated
AKUVO provides an AI-powered platform for banks, credit unions, and fintechs to manage credit risk and collections processes.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSMalvern, US
Steven Castagna(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Price(Executive Officer, Director)George A. Mossman III(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJames Hunsanger(Director)Charles Chung(Director)Guy Messick(Director)
Co-investorsNext Level VenturesVista Equity Partners
Alacriti provides a cloud-native payment orchestration platform that enables banks and financial institutions to modernize their payment infrastructure across multiple rails including RTP, FedNow, ACH, Zelle, and others.
Cloud ComputingFintechSaaSBridgewater, US
Sai Raavi(President)inManish Gurukula(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsSageview Capital
Allure is a beauty journalism publication that provides product reviews, trend reporting, and expert guidance on makeup, hair, skincare, and wellness.
ConsumerE-commerceMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsAdvance Venture PartnersAvestria VenturesBeechwood CapitalCoefficient CapitalGlasswing VenturesGutbrain Ventures+1 more
Allure Security provides brand protection against digital impersonation, using AI to monitor URLs, social profiles, apps, and deepfakes for phishing and spoofing threats.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaSWellesley, US
Salvatore Stolfo(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Jaffe(Executive Officer, Director)David J. Murphy, III(Director)
BoardRichard Grinnell(Director)in
Co-investorsGlasswing VenturesGutbrain VenturesNext Level VenturesRiverside Acceleration Capital
Bankjoy is a digital banking platform that enables community banks and credit unions to deliver digital experiences comparable to large banks.
FintechTroy, US
Mike Duncan(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersNext Level VenturesOpen Opportunity FundY CombinatorSixThirty Ventures
BlastPoint provides software that transforms data into actionable intelligence for organizations, helping them drive growth while considering long-term impacts and protecting against unintended harms from data-driven decisions.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwarePittsburgh, US
Tomer Borenstein(Director, Executive Officer)Alison Alvarez(Founder)inTony Cebzanov
BoardDoug Neal(Director)inMichael Perrin(Director)inEthan Linkner(Director)in
Co-investorsAllos VenturesBTECH CONSORTIUMChloe CapitaleLab VenturesIrishAngelsMichigan Capital Network+4 more
Bowery Valuation is a commercial real estate appraisal and valuation company operating across multiple U.S. locations in California, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.
PropTechLos Angeles, US
John Meadows(Founder)inNoah Isaacs(Founder)in
Co-investorsCamber CreekExpansion Venture CapitalFikaMetaPropMetaProp VenturesNavitas Capital+2 more
Caribou offers car loan refinancing services by connecting drivers with lenders and managing the refinancing process, including paperwork and administrative steps.
FintechDenver, US
Co-investorsHarmonic Growth PartnersInnovius CapitalLink VenturesModerne VenturesMotley Fool VenturesTruStage Ventures+1 more
Castellum provides AI-powered AML/KYC compliance automation for banks, credit unions, fintechs, and digital asset firms to identify financial crime risk and reduce false positives.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Peter Piatetsky(Founder & CEO)Lee Roggenkamp(Chief Technology Officer)Marissa Venuto(Chief Operating Officer)
Co-investorsBTECH CONSORTIUMCameron VenturesEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)Framework Venture PartnersNewfund CapitalOssian Capital+2 more
Clutch provides origination solutions for credit unions, enabling member-centric digital experiences across deposits, loans, and business accounts.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Nicky Hinrichsen(Founder & CEO)Christopher Coleman(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlkeon InnovationAndreessen HorowitzFloating PointNext Level VenturesTruStage VenturesAlkeon Capital+6 more
Credit Mountain provides a white-labeled platform that converts a credit union's loan declines and adverse action notices into a "path back to approval," giving declined members plain-English explanations, a credit-improvement roadmap, and branded credit monitoring, then alerting the credit union when members are ready to reapply.
FintechSaaS
Co-investorsAUTHENTIC VENTURESEarly Light VenturesNext Level VenturesRiptide Ventures
DefenseStorm provides a cloud-based compliance and cyber risk management platform specifically designed for financial services institutions.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechAtlanta, US
Edgardo Nazario(Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder)Harold Brewer(Board Advisor & Co-Founder)Jeff Lunsford(Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder)
Co-investorsGeorgianTTV CapitalBTECH CONSORTIUMFINTOP CapitalNext Level Ventures
Co-investorsInventus Capital PartnersNext Level VenturesTruStage Ventures
Equipifi provides flexible payment infrastructure that enables banks and credit unions to offer real-time purchasing power to their customers under their own brand.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSScottsdale, US
Bryce Deeney(Founder)inBill Simmons, MBA(Founder)inColleen Shannon(Executive Officer)in
BoardGregg Scoresby(Director)inMary Keegan(Director)Jeff Liesendahl(Director)
Co-investorsBaleon CapitalLeft Lane CapitalNew Stack VenturesNext Level VenturesPHX VenturesSixThirty Ventures
Facteus operates a consumer transaction data platform that analyzes billions of daily U.S. purchase transactions to provide insights for Fortune 500 brands, agencies, hedge funds, and consultancies.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Chris Marsh(Chief Executive Officer)John Dettra(Chief Financial Officer)Chad Whitney(Chief Revenue Officer)Lorn Davis(Chief Product Officer)Dave Friesen(Chief Innovation & Intelligence Officer)
Co-investorsID8 InvestmentsNext Level VenturesTribeca Early Stage Partners
Greenlight offers a debit card and mobile app for children that enables parents to set spending limits, automate chores and allowance management, and monitor transactions in real-time.
ConsumerFintechAtlanta, US
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzCanapi VenturesEthos VCEvolution VC PartnersFin CapitalG Squared+8 more
Illuma is a FinTech company providing AI-powered voice security and authentication solutions for financial institutions.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechPlano, US
Co-investorsAllied Venture PartnersForefront VentureNext Level VenturesCapital FactoryLiveOak Ventures
LoanStreet operates a loan management platform for credit unions, banks and alternative lenders to trade, service, report on and analyze loans, including buying and selling loan participations.
B2B MarketplacesFintechSaaS
Co-investorsArbor VenturesNext Level VenturesRosecliff VenturesThird Prime
Maxwell provides software solutions for mortgage lenders, including point-of-sale, loan fulfillment, and due diligence tools designed for small to midsize community lenders.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechPropTechSaaSDenver, US
Evan Einhorn(President & Founder)John Paasonen(Co-founder & CEO)Rutul Dave(Co-Founder / CTO)
Co-investorsCohen CircleMatchstick VenturesNext Level VenturesPrudenceTechstarsThirdstream Partners+2 more
ModernFi operates a member-owned deposits network and reciprocal deposits platform that enables community and regional financial institutions to compete with larger banks.
FintechNew York, US
Adam DeVita(Executive Officer, Director)Paolo Bertolotti(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardNeil Underwood(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzCanapi VenturesEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)Remarkable Ventures
Moov builds payments infrastructure software that enables businesses to embed payment processing capabilities into their products through direct connections to major payment networks.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Wade ArnoldRobert Smith(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzCommerce VenturesAbstract VenturesB3 CapitalDarco CapitalGradient Ventures+5 more
Neural Payments provides a payments engine platform that enables financial institutions to offer peer-to-peer and SMB payment solutions with real-time fraud detection and integration across major payment networks.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSMason, US
Mick Oppy(Founder & CEO)
BoardIsaac Saldana(Director)Ryan Gorney(Director)Martin Walker(Director)Alice Ann Schwartz(Director)
Co-investorsCommerce VenturesNext Level VenturesPS27 VenturesCatalystSixThirty Ventures
Miami Beach, US
Alexander Lopatine(Executive Officer)Harry J Flood(Executive Officer, Director)David J Wright(LLC Manager)Scott W Killoh(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardCian Cotter(Director)Peter Sobiloff(Director)
Co-investorsInsight PartnersLaunchpad CapitalNext Level VenturesThe Banc Funds Company
Irvine, US
Todd Watts(Executive Officer, Director)inJoe Ranieri(Executive Officer)Jon Roberts(Executive Officer)inDerrick Hoag(Executive Officer)in
BoardH. Bradley Sloan(Director)Tom Cestare(Director)in
Co-investorsNext Level VenturesPatriot Financial PartnersQuesta Capital
A platform serving home buyers, sellers, renters, investors, and landlords, along with real estate professionals such as agents, teams, brokerages, MLS, title, mortgage, inspection, and home services providers.
HR TechMarketplacesPropTechSaaS
Chris Suarez(Founder)in
Co-investorsThirdstream PartnersTruStage VenturesVIEWPOINT VENTURES3L CapitalGoldman Sachs
PortX builds integration infrastructure for financial institutions, delivered as an Integration-Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) that connects banking cores, open banking APIs, and a marketplace of integrated fintechs.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
Co-investorsBankTech VenturesBTECH CONSORTIUMFUSENext Level Ventures
Posh AI provides an agentic AI platform for financial institutions, offering AI agents that handle customer and employee interactions across voice, website, app, text, and email.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsFINTOP CapitalHuman CapitalNext Level VenturesTruStage Ventures
Powerlytics provides investable asset data derived from U.S. tax returns, enabling wealth managers and financial services firms to identify client capacity to invest at granular geographic levels.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Co-investorsBrewer Lane VenturesBroad Street AngelsGen CapitalTribeca Early Stage Partners
Proof provides online notarization and identity verification tools to establish trust for agreements and records executed remotely.
CybersecurityFintechGovTechLegalTechSaaS
Pat Kinsel(Founder & CEO)Leandra Fishman(Chief Revenue Officer)Eric Fleischman(Chief Technology Officer)Renee Hunter(Chief Legal Officer)Darren Louie(Head of Product)Ian Macallister
Co-investorsCamber CreekCanapi VenturesJovonoLudlow Ventures
Provision IAM is a cloud-based identity and access management platform designed specifically for community banks and credit unions to automate user access provisioning, policy enforcement, and compliance tracking.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Co-investorsNext Level Ventures
Pulsate is a digital engagement platform that helps community financial institutions grow account holder product adoption and usage.
Co-investorsDelta PartnersNext Level VenturesTruStage Ventures
RenoFi is a fintech platform that enables credit unions to offer home equity loans and HELOCs based on after-renovation property values to homeowners financing renovation and construction projects.
FintechPropTechPhiladelphia, US
Justin Goldman(Co-Founder & CEO)inRobert Shedd(Executive Officer, Director)inLee Miller(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardSamanttabhiram Das(Director)Brendan Dickinson(Director)in
Co-investorsCanaan PartnersComcast VenturesNext Level VenturesNycaNyca PartnersTruStage Ventures+1 more
Silvur (Retirement Simplified) offers a retirement financial wellness platform for credit unions and financial institutions, providing tools such as a Retirement Score along with education on Social Security, Medicare, and retirement savings accounts.
FintechSaaSWellness & FitnessClaymont, US
Rhian Horgan(Founder)in
Co-investorsAnthemis VentureClocktower VenturesNext Level VenturesPoint72 Ventures
Spiral offers an embedded banking platform for financial institutions, providing savings, charitable roundup, and giving features that account holders access within digital banking.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Shawn Melamed(Founder)
Co-investorsCommunitas Capital PartnersMaccabee Ventures
Splash is an interactive online music creation platform that uses AI to let users generate and collaborate on music through features like text-to-singing and generative text-to-music.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyGamingMedia & EntertainmentBrisbane, AU
Co-investorsKing River CapitalTechstars
Splash Financial operates an online lending marketplace that connects U.S. borrowers with lending partners for student loan refinancing, medical resident/fellow loans, and personal loans.
FintechMarketplacesCleveland, US
Steven Muszynski(Executive Officer, Director)inArnold Pravinata(Executive Officer)inShavaugn Lewis(Executive Officer)inPatrick Leimkuehler(Executive Officer)in
BoardDave Bovenzi(Director)Samanttabhiram Das(Director)
Co-investorsTruStage Ventures
Stablecore provides digital asset infrastructure for banks and credit unions, enabling them to work with stablecoins, tokenization, and blockchain technology.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechDallas, US
Alex Treece(Co-Founder and CEO)Eduardo Montemayor(Co-Founder and CTO)Nick Elledge(Co-Founder and COO)
Co-investorsBankTech VenturesCoinbase VenturesMirana VenturesMoonshots CapitalNorwest Venture PartnersReflexive Capital+1 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-investorsCerity Partners VenturesHalogen Ventures Management Company LlcJackson Square VenturesLink VenturesRosecliff VenturesSecond Alpha Partners+3 more
Uptiq builds pre-built, domain-trained AI agents that automate operational work in banking and lending—covering prospecting, onboarding, underwriting, credit decisioning, risk monitoring, and client engagement.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechMckinney, US
Snehal Fulzele(Executive Officer, Director)inGanapathi Palanipandian(Director)
BoardNnamdi Okike(Director)inMichael Walsh(Director)
Co-investorsCota CapitalEPIC VENTURESEvolution VenturesHourglass Venture PartnersSilverton PartnersTau Ventures+6 more
Zest.ai builds AI-based credit underwriting technology that helps lenders assess borrower risk and automate loan decisioning.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSBurbank, US
Mike de Vere(Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsFlybridge Capital PartnersLightspeed Venture PartnersMatrixNext Level VenturesUpfront Ventures
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesFacteus · a-teaminsight.com · Aug 11, 2026
Credit Mountain · themiddlemarket.com · Aug 4, 2026
PatientFi · intelligence360.news · Jul 23, 2026
Caribou · thecounty.me · Jul 16, 2026
Greenlight · cuinsight.com · Jul 15, 2026
equipifi · fintechfutures.com · May 15, 2026
Illuma Labs · nasdaqprivatemarket.com · Apr 3, 2026
Neural Payments · cutimes.com · Apr 2, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Curql Collective, LLC made?
- Curql Collective, LLC has 39 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Curql Collective, LLC invest at?
- Curql Collective, LLC invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Curql Collective, LLC focus on?
- Curql Collective, LLC focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, Fintech.
- Where is Curql Collective, LLC located?
- Curql Collective, LLC is headquartered in Des Moines, US.
- Who does Curql Collective, LLC co-invest with?
- Curql Collective, LLC most often shares deals with Next Level Ventures, TruStage Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, among 119 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 4
Commerce Ventures is a venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs building platforms for the future of retail and financial services.
645 Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs exceptional founders at the earliest stages, often pre-product, pre-revenue, and pre-consensus.
Silverton Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Texas that partners with founders long-term, having backed 75+ portfolio companies with 30+ acquisitions and 4 IPOs.
LiveOak Venture Partners is an Austin-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology companies, working closely with founders across sectors such as fintech, security, real estate technology, healthcare, and enterprise software.
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