Fenway Summer Ventures
Venture capitalWashington · Pre-Seed–Series B · 14 people tracked
Also known as FENWAY SUMMER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC
Investment thesis
Fenway Summer Ventures invests in the U.S. financial services sector, drawing on partners and advisors with deep, diversified experience across banking, payments, insurance, credit, and consumer finance. The firm favors founders building infrastructure for the financial system, including those raising their first institutional round in complex, policy-adjacent markets that generalist investors struggle to underwrite. It backs non-consensus fintech founders early, often at pre-seed and seed, and pairs capital with expertise spanning regulatory strategy, compliance, operations, data science, and analytics. The team combines policymaking, banking, and investing backgrounds to support fintech and regtech companies through their lifecycles.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 14 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 1 of 11 portfolio companiesFintech ×1SaaS ×1
HQs:United States×3
Investments · 11 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathSeattle, US
Margaret Whelan(Director)Regi Vengalil(Director)Alan Pickerill(Director)Thomas Hennessy(Director)Matthew Ehrlichman(Executive Officer, Director)Matthew Neagle(Executive Officer)
Board seatJavier Saade· per SEC Form D · $2M raise · filed Aug 2021
Sacramento, US
Jyoti Das(Executive Officer)Paul Purcell(Director)Javier Saade(Director)Sheri Atwood(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatJavier Saade· per SEC Form D · $5M raise · filed Jan 2017
SupportPay builds a product for co-parents, caregivers, and families affected by divorce to manage support-related matters.
FintechSaaS
Sheri Atwood(Founder & CEO)in
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Fenway Summer Ventures invest at?
- Fenway Summer Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What sectors does Fenway Summer Ventures focus on?
- Fenway Summer Ventures focuses on Fintech, InsurTech.
- Where is Fenway Summer Ventures located?
- Fenway Summer Ventures is headquartered in Washington, US.
- Does Fenway Summer Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Fenway Summer Ventures leads investment rounds.
Co-investors · 18
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Mouro Capital is a venture capital investor backing early to growth stage companies, leveraging its expertise and global network across multiple regions.
Nyca Partners is a fintech-focused venture capital firm that invests primarily in early-stage financial services and technology companies, offering founders strategic support and access to a large advisor network.
137 Ventures is a multi-stage investment firm that partners with technology companies and their founders.
▶6 more co-investors
Correlation VenturesWndrCoDeciensApax DigitalBase Venture Management, Inc.Restive Ventures
Firms observed investing alongside Fenway Summer Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Fenway Summer Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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