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FiDi Ventures

Venture capitalActively deploying

New York · Pre-Seed–Growth · 6 people tracked

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Investment thesis

The firm targets seed and growth stage companies in HR, Finance, Real Estate, and Advertising. Founders and executives with combined experience raising over $200M provide operational support, growth strategy, fundraising expertise, and access to a broad talent network across sales, marketing, engineering, finance, operations, and product functions.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 6, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Growth
HQ
New York, CA, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2021
Tracked investments
22

Team · 6 people

from the firm's website & curated & public directories
Matthew Straznitskas· General Partner

What they invest in

from 19 of 22 portfolio companies

SaaS ×15AI & Machine Learning ×10Enterprise Software ×10HR Tech ×8Fintech ×6Data & Infrastructure ×3Developer Tools ×2Future of Work ×2

HQs:United States×10Argentina×1Spain×1Italy×1Singapore×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 17 portfolio companies
41%
solo founders
7 of 17 mapped founding teams
43%
repeat founders
of 30 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×72 founders×63 founders×34+ founders×1

Where their founders studiedfrom 25 founders with education data

Georgetown ×3Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×3Harvard University ×2MIT Sloan School of Management ×2National Technical University of Athens ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 30 founders with career history

Goldman Sachs ×4Brex ×3Georgetown University Alumni & Student Federal Credit Union ×3McKinsey & Company ×3Barclays ×2Dropbox ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×6

1 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 27 with degree data)

Investments · 22 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2024 · 12023 · 12022 · 12021 · 25 dated

Trilogy Mentors, IncDec 2024SEC filingmedium confidence

Richmond, US

Jonathan Kelley(Executive Officer)John D. Failla(Executive Officer, Director)Nate Casey(Executive Officer)

BoardDon Scheeler(Director)

Board seatMichael Manne· per SEC Form D · $2.5M raise · filed Dec 2024

Anuvianuvi.ioin

Anuvi provides COBRA administration software for brokers and employers, handling enrollment, payments, compliance, and carrier reinstatement through a mobile-first platform.

HR TechSaaS

Matt Burdumy(Founder)in

Co-investorsFirstMile VenturesLegalTechTeamworthy Ventures

Charthopcharthop.comin𝕏

ChartHop provides a people operations platform that unifies people data and HR workflows including onboarding, compensation management, performance reviews, and employee engagement surveys.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSBrooklyn, US

Ian White(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAndreessen HorowitzCowboy VenturesFlybridge Capital PartnersSemperVirens Venture CapitalShrug Capital+3 more

Dioptradioptra.aiin𝕏Mar 2022acquired by iCertis, Inc.

Dioptra develops an AI agent that performs contract review, redlining, playbook distillation, and compliance analysis at lawyer-level accuracy for legal and business teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSNew York City, US

Jacques Arnoux(Founder)inFarah Gasmi(Founder)inPierre Arnoux(CEO)inLaurie Ehrlich(CLO)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorEngineering Capital

Emi Labsemilabs.aiinNov 2021

Emi builds digital infrastructure to increase access to professional opportunities for operational workers, who represent 80% of the global workforce and have been historically underserved online.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSSector AgnosticBuenos Aires, AR

Andres Arslanian(Founder)inMateo Cavasotto(Founder)in

Co-investorsEmles Venture PartnersLorimer VenturesMerus CapitalY Combinator

Fairingfairing.coin

Fairing provides a survey platform that consolidates customer feedback into a single stream, allowing teams to target specific questions to customer segments based on behavior and timing.

AdTechE-commerceMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsHawke VenturesV1 VC

Finchtryfinch.comin𝕏

Finch provides an API platform for applications to securely access employer and employee data with explicit consent, serving businesses that need workforce data integration.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Jeremy Zhang(Founder)inAnsel Parikh(Founder)in

Co-investorsClocktower VenturesHomebrewMenlo VenturesPruVen Capital PartnersQED InvestorsRecall Capital+4 more

Holocronholocron.techMay 2023 · $1.5M

Holocron Technologies presents itself as a defense-oriented technology company using slogans about being "the digital arsenal of democracy." The page provides no concrete details about its products or services.

Defense Tech

Aydin Efendi(Founder)in

Co-investorsBreakwater VenturesFulcrum VentureNew North VenturesWinklevoss CapitalSica VenturesSyndicate 708

HOMLIthehomli.comin

HOMLI provides software that allows homeowners to list and sell residential properties without hiring traditional real estate agents.

AI & Machine LearningPropTechNew York City, US

Antonis Mitropoulos(Founder)inTim Ioannidis(Founder)inNikos Legbelos(Founder)in

Co-investorsBoost Capital PartnersY CombinatorSocially Financed

Jet HRjethr.comin

Jet HR is an Italian platform for hiring, managing, and paying employees in Italy, and it offers a free database of Italian venture capital firms, angel investors, incubators, and accelerators for startup founders raising capital.

FintechHR TechSaaSMilan, IT

Francesco Scalambrino(Founder)inHR Tech SaaS Francesco Scalambrino(Founder)Marco Ogliengo(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsClub degli InvestitoriItalian Founders FundLVenture GroupMoonfire VenturesPICUS CAPITALProximity Capital+4 more

Knapsackknapsack.cloudin𝕏

Knapsack is a platform that centralizes design assets and code for design system teams, enabling designers, engineers, and product managers to collaborate on building and maintaining design systems at scale.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Chris Strahl(Founder)in

Co-investorsAscend Venture CapitalCrosslink CapitalEPIC VENTURESLorimer VenturesParade VenturesBlumberg Capital+1 more

Langlang.aiin𝕏Acquired

Lang AI provides conversation intelligence and interaction analytics, now integrated into Capacity's AI-powered support automation platform.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Jorge Peñalvain

Co-investors500 GlobalAxon Partners GroupHoneystone VenturesLorimer VenturesMundi VenturesGTMfund+1 more

Lendtablelendtable.comin𝕏

Lendtable provides cash advances to employees to enable them to contribute to their 401(k) plans and capture employer matching contributions, recouping its costs from a portion of the vested match earnings.

FintechSan Francisco, US

Sheridan Clayborne(Founder)inMitchell Jones(Founder)in

Co-investorsDragon CapitalOpen Opportunity FundValia VenturesWestern Technology InvestmentY Combinator01 Advisors+5 more

Minoaminoa.ioin𝕏

Minoa is an AI-powered platform that automates business case development and value quantification for enterprise B2B SaaS sales teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech

Max Elster(Co-founder)inRichard Einhorn(Co-founder)in

Co-investors468 Capital

Narminarmi.comin𝕏

Narmi provides digital banking technology and tools to community banks and credit unions, enabling them to compete with larger financial institutions.

FintechSaaSNew York City, US

Nikhil Lakhanpal(Co-Founder and Co-President)inChris Griffin(Co-Founder and Co-President)inSean Gray(COO & President)

BoardJill Castilla(CEO & President)

Co-investorsContour Venture PartnersGreycroftNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Patriot Financial PartnersPICUS CAPITALTechstars

Omni HRomnihr.coin

Omni HR provides an all-in-one HRIS platform with a centralized employee database that stores personnel records, tracks document expirations, and manages compliance across 80+ countries.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSSingapore, SG

Brian Ip(Founder)in

Co-investorsFEBE VenturesPICUS CAPITALAlpha JWC VenturesBasis Set VenturesHorizons VenturesJanuary Capital

Pasitojoinpasito.comin

Pasito builds an AI-powered workspace that helps organizations manage the full employee benefits lifecycle, from initial quotes through claims processing.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR Tech

Pauline Roteta, CFA, CFP®(Founder)in

Co-investorsCore Venture CapitalInsight PartnersMTECH CAPITALY Combinator

Pry Financialspry.coin𝕏acquired by Brex

Pry Financials made financial planning software that gave startups budgeting, forecasting, and scenario modeling tied to their accounting data.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Andy Su(Founder)inTiffany Wong(Founder)inHayden Jensen(Founder)inAlex Sailer(Founder)inHenrique Dubugras(Co-CEO)

Co-investorsY CombinatorDST GlobalIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Kleiner PerkinsRibbit CapitalTiger Global Management+6 more

Saplingsaplinghr.com

Co-investorsGradient Ventures

SaygeOct 2021

Brooklyn, US

Katie Stricker(Executive Officer, Director)James Bryan(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsRSCM

Trueworktruework.comin

Truework provides income and employment verification services, offering a data platform used for verification decisions.

Data & InfrastructureFintechHR TechPropTechSaaS

Ryan Sandler(Founder)inEthan Winchell(Founder)in

Co-investorsActivant CapitalCrunchFundEarl Grey CapitalFounder CollectiveG SquaredIndustrious Ventures+9 more

Tutorwithpearltutorwithpearl.comin

Pearl Education offers a Student Support Platform that consolidates implementation, participation, assessment, outcomes, and investment data across district-run and vendor-supported programs.

Data & InfrastructureEdTechSaaS

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.

Exits · 2

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

Dioptraacq. by iCertis, Inc.Pry Financialsacq. by Brex

Portfolio news

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has FiDi Ventures made?
FiDi Ventures has 19 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
What stage does FiDi Ventures invest at?
FiDi Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Growth stages.
What sectors does FiDi Ventures focus on?
FiDi Ventures focuses on AdTech, Data & Infrastructure, Fintech, Future of Work, HR Tech, PropTech.
Where is FiDi Ventures located?
FiDi Ventures is headquartered in New York, US.
Does FiDi Ventures lead rounds?
FiDi Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does FiDi Ventures co-invest with?
FiDi Ventures most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Lorimer Ventures, PICUS CAPITAL, among 63 tracked co-investors.

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Co-investors · 2

Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.

Both backed · 1
$500K – $50M
Spark Capital

Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders, known for early investments including leading Twitter's Series B in 2008.

$500K – $25M

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