Expansion Capital
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Seed · 1 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Expansion Capital focuses on early-stage technology companies across a broad range of sectors. Founded in 2020 by former early Revolut employees, the firm deploys capital into young startups, with a visible concentration in fintech and payments as well as other technology-driven businesses.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 2, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 30 of 49 portfolio companiesFintech ×17SaaS ×17Enterprise Software ×10AI & Machine Learning ×8Consumer ×4E-commerce ×4Cleantech ×3Energy ×3
HQs:United States×10United Kingdom×3France×2United Arab Emirates×1Brazil×1Latvia×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 21 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×33 founders×54+ founders×7
Where their founders studiedfrom 30 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2NYU Stern School of Business ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 27 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×11Engineering ×8Economics ×5Business & Management ×4Finance & Accounting ×4Humanities ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 29 founders with career history
Revolut ×6Coinbase ×2PayPal ×2Uber ×2Verse Technologies Inc ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
2 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 32 with degree data)
Investments · 49 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2021 · 12015 · 12014 · 12013 · 14 dated
Digasgroup converts diesel engines in vehicles and locomotives to run on dual-fuel (diesel and gaseous fuel), targeting fleet operators in the logistics and transportation sectors across Europe.
CleantechEnergyLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & Transportation
Petro Dumenko(CEO)inRobert Strods(Head of BD)inAnton Bobkov(Head of Projects)in
Co-investorsEIT Urban Mobility Accelerator
1v1Me is a platform that allows users to stake money on esports matches as a legal alternative to esports betting, available across all 50 U.S. states.
Gaming
Alexander Emmanuel(Founder)in
Co-investorsConductive VenturesFJ LabsLightShed VenturesVillage GlobalBettor CapitalCoVenture+4 more
Airly builds MCERTS-certified air quality monitoring sensors paired with AI-powered analytics and dashboards that convert real-time pollution data into insights for local governments, schools, healthcare, energy and industry.
CleantechClimate TechGovTechIoTKraków, PL
WIKTOR WARCHALOWSKI(Executive Officer)ALEKSANDER KONIOR(Executive Officer, Director)MICHAL MISIEK(Director)
BoardCameron McLain(Director)in
Co-investorsfirstminute capitalAENUExpaSemapa NextGiant Ventures Global Llp
Belvo provides an open finance platform that enables financial companies in Latin America to connect with customer financial data, understand behavior, and initiate account-to-account payments.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechSaaSSão Paulo, BR
Oriol Tintoré(Founder)inPablo Viguera(Founder)inPablo Viguera Altolaguirre(Executive Officer, Director)Oriol Tintore Gazulla(Executive Officer, Director)Uri Tintoré(Founder & CEO)inPablo Viguera Oriol Tintore(Founder)
Co-investorsConexo VenturesD4 VenturesFJ LabsFlucas VenturesKaszek VenturesKibo Ventures+28 more
BlockOffice is a back-office services firm for startups, offering fractional CFO, global tax, incorporation, accounting, and outsourced tech support.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of Work
Clair provides embedded On-Demand Pay infrastructure that payroll and workforce platforms integrate into their products so employees can access earned wages early.
AI & Machine LearningFintechHR TechNew York City, US
Nico Simko(Founder)inAlex Kostecki(Founder)inErich Nussbaumer(Founder)
Co-investorsavraCameron VenturesFounder CollectiveStudio ManagementStudio Management LLCUpfront Ventures+6 more
Copper Health is a full-service remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) partner for physical therapy practices that handles patient enrollment, monitoring via SMS, clinical documentation, and billing support.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Joanne Wang(CEO)inTommy Guo(Founder)in
Co-investorsMonte Carlo CapitalY CombinatorCoho Deeptech
Cuanto is a mobile app that enables small entrepreneurs and vendors to create and manage an online storefront, process payments, and manage inventory and shipping directly from their phones.
B2B MarketplacesCreator EconomyE-commerceFintechSaaSPanama City, PA
Felipe Echandi(Founder)inJorge L García(Founder)inJose Varela(CTO)inGianluca Esposito(Founding Engineer)Javier Villalobos(Founding Operations Lead)Henrique Moniz(Founding Engineer)
Co-investorsY CombinatorStartupsTemerity Capital PartnersFundación Ciudad del SaberKleiner PerkinsNOMO Ventures+1 more
Deel is a global HR platform that enables businesses to hire, onboard, and manage employees and contractors across borders.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Alex Bouaziz(CEO)inShuo Wang(CRO)inAlexandre Bouaziz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ofer Simon(Founder)Philippe Bouaziz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inDan Westgarth(Founder)
Co-investors515 VenturesAdventure FundAlpha Square GroupAltaclub VCAltaIR CapitalAmplo Ventures+73 more
Engrade was a K-12 online gradebook, learning management and assessment platform acquired by McGraw-Hill Education in 2014.
Co-investorsExpansion Venture CapitalJavelin Venture PartnersKapor CapitalNew Ground VenturesNewSchools Venture FundRethink Education+1 more
FrankieOne provides customer onboarding and identity verification solutions for financial institutions and fintech companies, offering KYC, KYB, AML, and biometric capabilities designed to balance compliance requirements with user experience.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Simon Costello(Founder)inAaron Chipper(Founder)inAaron(Founder)Simon(Founder)
Co-investors20VCAirTree VenturesAngel Collective Opportunity FundGreycroftMantis CapitalReinventure Group+3 more
Gen H (Generation Home) is a UK mortgage lender offering products such as an "Income Booster" that increases borrowing capacity using support from family and friends, and "New Build Boost," a scheme pairing a mortgage with a 15% interest-free equity loan.
FintechPropTech
Co-investorsEntrée CapitalLa FamigliaMS&AD VenturesAtomicoLegal & GeneralMithril Capital Management+1 more
Hepta Airborne provides an AI-enhanced software platform that analyzes drone, helicopter, LiDAR, satellite, and ground patrol data to detect and score anomalies on power grid transmission and distribution lines.
AI & Machine LearningEnergySaaS
Co-investorsAxon Partners GroupContrarian VenturesEIT InnoEnergyThorgate Ventures
Homestead helps California homeowners leverage state law changes to build accessory dwelling units and multi-unit homes on single-family lots, addressing housing affordability through property subdivision and development.
Construction TechMarketplacesPropTechLos Angeles, US
Samuel Schneider(Founder)inSean Phillips(Founder)inIan Janicki(CTO)inIsaac Schneider(COO)Miguel Delgado(Business Ops)
Co-investorsY CombinatorFoundation CapitalJWass PT InvestorsKleiner PerkinsMAGIC FundNoveus Capital+6 more
Maroo is a billing and invoicing platform for freelancers and small service businesses, offering features like automated client invoicing, payment processing, CRM functionality, and 1099 tax form generation.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Alex Nikityuk(Founder)inAndrei Riaskov(Founder)inAnja Winikka(Founder)inLeonid Grudanov(Software Engineer)Prianka Dhir(Product Manager)Ivan Savinov(Software Engineer)
Co-investorsAcrobator VenturesDarco CapitalVentureSouqY CombinatorDavidovs Venture CollectiveFortem Capital+7 more
Mesh Payments offers a platform for managing corporate travel and expenses, aimed at global enterprises.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSTravel & Hospitality
Oded Zehavi(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalEntrée CapitalLaunchpad CapitalMeron CapitalTLV PartnersLiberty City Ventures+2 more
Harald Wendel(Founder)Nick Mironenko(Founder)
Co-investorsA*Avenir Growth CapitalBoxGroupPathlight VenturesValar Ventures LlcGlobal Founders Capital
Osome provides company registration and compliance services in Singapore, offering tools to check business name availability and packages for company incorporation, accounting, and tax filing.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechGovTechLegalTechSaaSSingapore, SG
Victor Lysenko(Founder)Victor Lysenko Konstantin Lange(Founder)
Co-investorsTarget GlobalAFG PartnersAltaIR CapitalIlluminate FinancialConstructor Capital USACE & Company+1 more
Payable was a company founded by Daniel Yubi that was acquired by Stripe; the domain now hosts his personal newsletter.
Daniel Yubi(Founder)
Co-investorsClocktower VenturesConversion CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)
Blue Yonder is an AI company that provides supply chain planning, retail management, order management, warehouse management, transportation management, and workforce management solutions powered by machine learning predictions.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsBreyer CapitalLowercarbon CapitalVisionaries ClubZinal Growth PartnersACE & CompanyLa Famiglia
Atlas is an invite-only membership card and app that gives members access to reservations at hard-to-book restaurants, suites at top hotels, and tickets to sold-out concerts and sporting events.
ConsumerFintechTravel & Hospitality
Reachdesk provides an end-to-end platform for corporate gifting and swag that enables go-to-market and people teams to source, store, ship, and track personalized gifts and promotional items globally.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSales TechNew York, US
Meelan Radia(Executive Officer, Director)Jay Radia(Director)inStepahnie Schneider(Director)Marc Chabot(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsFive Elms CapitalHubSpot VenturesSPWOneHighland Europe
Retreat provides a planning platform combined with hands-on support to help People Ops and Operations teams organize corporate retreats, including sourcing venues, estimating budgets, building itineraries, and coordinating logistics.
Future of WorkSaaSTravel & Hospitality
Shun Yamada(CEO & Co-Founder)inJack Tadami(COO & Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsFIRSTLIGHT Capital
Sardine provides a fraud investigation platform that contextualizes risk across customers, devices, transactions, and businesses within an organization's ecosystem.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechSan Francisco, US
Soups Ranjan(Founder)inAdi G(Founder)Zahid Shaikh(Founder)inAditya Goel(Founder)
Co-investors11.2 CapitalActivant CapitalAndreessen HorowitzCannage CapitalCoinbase VenturesCross Creek Advisors+17 more
A talent operations platform that aggregates hiring and recruitment data across multiple systems, providing analytics on ATS performance, interview quality, candidate feedback, and hire quality to optimize recruitment processes.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS
Anton Boner(Founder)Joao Leal(Founder)Rodrigo Santos(Founder)
Co-investorsAcurio VenturesHorseplay VenturesPassion CapitalLudlow VenturesStride VCVine Ventures
Shares is a neobroker and social investing app that lets individuals buy stocks, ETFs, and crypto-assets, with a mobile app launched in France.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSParis, FR
Benjamin Chemla(Co-Founder)inFrancois Ruty(Co-Founder)inHarjas Singh(Founder)in
Co-investorsBootstrap EuropeValar Ventures LlcOriginsRed Sea VenturesSingular
Stitch provides payment infrastructure enabling businesses to accept, send and manage online and in-person payments while offering consumers in South Africa financial management tools.
FintechSaaSSouth Africa, ZA
Mohamed Oueida(Founder & CEO)Kiaan Pillay(Founder)inJunaid Dadan(Founder)inNatalie Cuthbert(Founder)Nathan Naidoo(Founder)Priyen Pillay(Founder)
Co-investors500 GlobalCatalyze AdvisorsCRE Venture CapitalDigital Currency GroupFund I, a series of Africa FinTech Collective, LPFuture Africa+18 more
Tesseract Energy is a residential energy supplier that lets customers sign up online and switch from their previous supplier.
CleantechConsumerEnergy
Co-investorsBalderton Capital
The RealReal is an online marketplace for authenticated luxury consignment, allowing consumers to buy and sell pre-owned designer clothing, accessories, jewelry, watches, and home goods.
Circular EconomyConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Julie Wainwright(Founder)Matt Gustke(Executive Officer)inHenry V. Barry(Executive Officer)
BoardMathias Schilling(Director)inCynthia Ringo(Director)Keval Desai(Director)in
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAspect VenturesBright Pixel CapitalCanaan PartnersDBL PartnersExpansion Venture Capital+13 more
Tilt is a mobile app for live shopping where sellers host real-time auctions of clothing and sneakers and buyers place bids as items count down and check out in the app.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesLondon, GB
Neil Shah(Founder)inAbhi Thanendran
Co-investorsTq Ventures LlcBalderton CapitalPortfolio Ventures
James Dugan(Founder)Jamie Cox(Founder)Peter Francis(Founder)in
Co-investorsDiscovery Ventures III Gmb H & Co. KGEpisode1World FundEQT Ventures
Trezy provides financial management software for businesses, offering real-time cash flow tracking with AI-powered forecasting, performance analytics and KPIs, break-even analysis, invoice and receipt management, multi-bank transaction sync with categorization, and supplier cost intelligence.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSParis, FR
Florian Corgnou(Founder)in
Co-investorsDiscovery Ventures III Gmb H & Co. KGKima VenturesPlayfair Capital
Volt operates an account-to-account payments network built on open banking, letting merchants worldwide send and receive real-time payments.
E-commerceFintechSaaS
Dmitry Sokolowski(Founder)Egor Olteanu(Founder)Jordan Lawrence(Founder)Steffen Vollert(Founder)Tom Greenwood(Founder)
Co-investorsAugmentum FintechCommerzVenturesFuel VenturesIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Titan CapitalAbstract Ventures+5 more
Online platform, rebranded Willow Wealth, giving retail and accredited investors access to private market asset classes.
New York, US
Milind Mehere(Founder)inMichael Weisz(Founder)inDENNIS SHIELDS(Director)
BoardJOSEPH MELOHN(Director)in
Co-investorsExpansion Venture CapitalFJ LabsGreycroftSaturn PartnersEdison PartnersGaingels+4 more
Zendrive is a San Francisco mobility risk intelligence company using smartphone data to score driving behavior for insurers.
San Francisco, US
Jonathan Matus(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPadmasree Warrior(Director)Max Ventilla(Director)Ran Makavy(Director)
Co-investorsACME CapitalBMW i VenturesExpansion Venture CapitalFontinalis PartnersIT-Farm CorporationNyca+7 more
Ziina is a mobile payment platform operating in the UAE that enables businesses and individuals to send, receive, and accept contactless payments through iOS and Android devices.
FintechDubai, AE
Sarah Toukan(Founder)inAndrew Gold(Founder)inFaisal Toukan(Founder)inTalal Toukan(Engineer)inAbdelaali SADKI(Engineer)Jocelyn Meyer(People Lead)
Co-investorsActivant CapitalAvenir Growth CapitalFJ LabsFlucas VenturesGraph VenturesJabbar Internet Group+17 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AlphagreenBokuDollar appJudeLocOnepipePurley CapitalSkrapTruecircletrypTwigVAT Kkey
Exits · 3
3 acquisitions · showing 1Marooacq. by Helium Ventures
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesDeel · thesaasnews.com · Oct 17, 2025
Clair · finsmes.com · May 21, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Expansion Capital made?
- Expansion Capital has 49 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited.
- What stage does Expansion Capital invest at?
- Expansion Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Expansion Capital focus on?
- Expansion Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Fintech, Future of Work, PropTech.
- Who does Expansion Capital co-invest with?
- Expansion Capital most often shares deals with Y Combinator, FJ Labs, Village Global, among 164 tracked co-investors.
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