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FinTech Ventures

Venture capital

Atlanta · Pre-Seed–Seed · 1 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Fintech Ventures Fund focuses exclusively on early-stage fintech, investing at the pre-seed and seed stages as a high-conviction, first-check investor. It prefers companies using B2B or B2B2C customer acquisition models and located in North America outside Silicon Valley. Beyond equity, the firm structures the first institutional credit facilities for portfolio companies, leads rounds, and often takes board seats. The team draws on deep financial services experience, having founded and exited financial services companies, acquired a community banking license, served on SEC-regulated boards, and completed a take-private of a listed portfolio company. Portfolio companies have exited to strategic acquirers and raised follow-on capital from leading institutional investors.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
Check
$250K – $2M
HQ
Atlanta, NY, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity · Debt
Founded
2016
Tracked investments
27
Acquisitions
1

Team · 1 people

from public directories

What they invest in

from 22 of 27 portfolio companies

Fintech ×17SaaS ×8Enterprise Software ×6AI & Machine Learning ×5InsurTech ×5PropTech ×5Logistics & Supply Chain ×3Consumer ×2

HQs:United States×11Spain×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 9 portfolio companies
67%
solo founders
6 of 9 mapped founding teams

Founding team size:solo founder×62 founders×3

Investments · 27 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2024 · 12021 · 22016 · 12015 · 15 dated

Groundfloor Financegroundfloor.comin𝕏Nov 2015

Groundfloor is a private markets investing platform offering professionally managed products across fixed income, real estate-backed loans, and emerging alternative asset classes, with low minimums (from $10) aimed at everyday and accredited investors.

FintechPropTechAtlanta, US

Nikhil Bhargava(Executive Officer, Director)Brian Dally(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardBRUCE BOEHM(Director)MICHAEL D. OLANDER(Director)RICHARD TULEY(Director)

Board seatSergei Kouzmine· per SEC Form D

Aiologicaiologic.ioin

AIO Logic provides an AI-powered loan origination platform for commercial lenders that automates data entry, document management, and risk assessment.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Battlefacebattleface.comin𝕏

battleface provides travel insurance and 24/7 travel assistance services for travelers, including adventure travelers heading to unique destinations, with coverages such as trip cancellation, emergency medical evacuation, and baggage protection.

FintechInsurTechTravel & HospitalityColumbus, US

"Alexander ""Sasha""" Gainullin(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher Paul Catrambone(Director)

BoardMolly Bonakdarpour(Director)inAndrew Sagon(Director)inLucas Timberlake(Director)inSusan Sufen(Director)

Co-investorsDrive CapitalHudson Structured Capital Management

Colchis Capitalcolchiscapital.com

Colchis Capital is a technology and data-driven alternative investment firm focused on real estate credit and specialty finance strategies, including residential bridge loans and single-family rentals.

FintechPropTech

Finizensfinizens.comin𝕏

Finizens is a roboadvisor that builds and automatically manages diversified portfolios of index funds for retail investors, starting from 1,000€.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Giorgio Semenzato(Founder)in

Co-investorsAxon Partners Group

Groundfloorgroundfloor.usin𝕏

Groundfloor is a private markets investing platform that lets everyday and accredited investors put money into real estate-backed loans, fixed-income notes, and other private-market alternatives with low minimums.

FintechPropTech

Brian Dally(Founder)in

Co-investorsOlive Tree Capital

IOU Financialioufinancial.comin𝕏Oct 2016

IOU Financial is an online lender founded in 2009 that provides fast, short-term financing to small businesses across the United States, including retailers, restaurants, medical practices, and service providers.

FintechMontreal, US

Philippe Marleau(Executive Officer, Director)inJason Cawley(Director)Yves Roy(Director)David Kennedy(Executive Officer)Evan Price(Director)

BoardSerguei Kouzmine(Director)

Kredittrykredit.comin

Kredit operates a digital clearing house that facilitates debt resolution by connecting financial institutions, debt advisors, and consumers, streamlining the repayment and resolution process.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Dave Hanrahan(Chief Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsAltari VenturesGreen Egg VenturesMaccabee VenturesRosecliff VenturesImpression Ventures

MARBLEmarblepay.com

Marble is a platform that helps customers manage and optimize their insurance policies by comparing quotes from multiple insurance providers and reducing costs.

ConsumerFintechInsurTechSaaSNew York City, US

Co-investorsBlue CollectiveDistributed VenturesMS&AD VenturesIA Capital Group

Max Rewardsmaxrewards.co

MaxRewards is an app that helps credit card holders optimize their rewards by recommending the best card for each purchase, auto-activating bonus categories, and tracking merchant offers.

ConsumerFintech

David G.(Founder)in

Co-investorsDundee Venture Capital

Momntmomnt.comin𝕏

Momnt is a fintech platform that enables merchants to offer point-of-sale financing to customers and helps consumers access installment loans for purchases.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Tom Anderson(Chief Executive Officer)

Co-investorsTruStage VenturesYamaha Motor Ventures

Neuberger Bermannb.com

Neuberger Berman is a New York-based, employee-owned investment management firm founded in 1939, managing equities, fixed income, private equity, and hedge funds for institutional and individual clients.

Paxafepaxafe.comin𝕏

PAXAFE is a logistics orchestration platform that helps cold chain manufacturers and logistics service providers reduce monitoring costs and automate lane validation and risk assessments using IoT device data and prescriptive recommendations.

Data & InfrastructureHealthtechIoTLogistics & Supply ChainCarmel, US

ILYA PRESTON(Executive Officer, Director)inAshok Seetharam(Founder)in

BoardPETER MISEK(Director)inMATTHEW LAUTZ(Director)

Co-investorsElevate VenturesFramework Venture PartnersM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Rosecliff VenturesTech Square VenturesGaingels+1 more

Pull Logicpulllogic.comin𝕏Jun 2024

Pull Logic builds availability intelligence software that shifts enterprise supply chains from static planning to continuous, real-time readiness to protect product availability, capture demand, and reduce excess inventory.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply Chain

Karl Swensen(Founder)in

Co-investorsNewBuild.VCSilicon Road Ventures

QuEra Computingquera.comin𝕏

QuEra develops neutral-atom quantum computers, building both the quantum hardware and the classical control systems that operate them, along with related software and applications.

Deep TechHardwareQuantum Computing

Nate Gemelke(Co-founder, Chief Technology Strategist)inVladan Vuletić(Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer)inMikhail Lukin(Co-founder & Chief Scientist)Markus Greiner(Co-founder)Takuya Kitagawa(President)inDean Bogdanovic(SVP Engineering)in

Co-investorsCarbide VenturesSafar PartnersSoftBank Vision FundNVenturesValor Equity Partners

Redkikredkik.comin𝕏

Redkik provides embedded, transactional insurance software that integrates via API at the point of sale, using AI and machine learning to analyze data points and generate dynamic quotes and risk-management tools for cargo, warehouse, gap, and spike coverage.

AI & Machine LearningInsurTechLogistics & Supply ChainEaston, US

Chris Kalinski(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsMS&AD VenturesGreenlight ReRedstone

StartSurestartsure.coin𝕏

StartSure provides business insurance coverage and advisory services for companies at various growth stages, connecting clients with 80+ carriers and digital tools to manage policies, certificates of insurance, and billing.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechSaaS

Co-investorsEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)

Steady Rentsteadyrent.com

Steady is a technology platform that delivers financial and insurance products to property managers and single-family rental home owners.

FintechInsurTechPropTech

Co-investorsAltari Ventures

Tinktink.comin𝕏acquired by Visa

Tink operates a cloud-based open banking platform accessed through a single API, offering payment initiation and account data aggregation/enrichment services under its own PSD2 license.

Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaSStow, US

Daniel Kjellén(Founder)inThomas J. Chevalier(President)

Co-investorsDawn CapitalInsight PartnersOpera Tech VenturesABN AMRO VenturesEurazeoHeartcore Capital+1 more

Upright Real Estate Investing Platformupright.usin𝕏

Upright (Fund That Flip, Inc.) operates a real estate investment fund that invests in short-duration, first-position residential bridge loans through a REIT structure, offering passive income to accredited investors.

FintechPropTech

Co-investorsEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)GPO Fund

Vero Technologiesvero-technologies.comin

Vero builds VeroOS, a platform for asset-backed lenders to manage wholesale finance workflows including funding, servicing, titles, and audit operations.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York, US

Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.BankTech Ventures

Vintvint.co𝕏Nov 2021Defunct

Vint is an investment platform that provides access to fine wine and spirits as an asset class, and also operates a retail marketplace at vintmarketplace.com.

FintechMarketplaces

Co-investorsAllied Venture PartnersGoat Rodeo CapitalMS&AD VenturesService Provider CapitalirrvrntVCMontage Ventures+1 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Momnt Technologies, Inc.AvinewThe ZebraVouch Insurance

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 · 1

1 acquisitions

Tinkacq. by Visa

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has FinTech Ventures made?
FinTech Ventures has 27 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
What stage does FinTech Ventures invest at?
FinTech Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What is FinTech Ventures's typical check size?
FinTech Ventures typically writes checks of $250K – $2M.
What sectors does FinTech Ventures focus on?
FinTech Ventures focuses on Fintech, InsurTech.
Where is FinTech Ventures located?
FinTech Ventures is headquartered in Atlanta, US.
Does FinTech Ventures lead rounds?
Yes, FinTech Ventures leads investment rounds.
Who does FinTech Ventures co-invest with?
FinTech Ventures most often shares deals with MS&AD Ventures, Altari Ventures, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA), among 41 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

Interview with Lucas Timberlake, General Partner at Fintech Ventures Fund

Andres Sandate · Lucas Timberlake

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CMFG Ventures Discovery Fund

The TruStage Ventures Discovery Fund invests in early-stage fintech companies led by underrepresented founders building solutions for financial inclusion.

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