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Venture capitalAtlanta · 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.
Team · 1 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 21 of 28 portfolio companiesFintech ×17SaaS ×8AI & Machine Learning ×6Enterprise Software ×5InsurTech ×5PropTech ×4Consumer ×3Logistics & Supply Chain ×3
HQs:United States×13Spain×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 8 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×52 founders×3
Investments · 28 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12024 · 12022 · 22021 · 32020 · 12016 · 12015 · 110 dated
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
Co-investorsOlive Tree Capital
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-investorsAlumni VenturesBascom VenturesDrive CapitalStrawberry Creek VenturesHudson Structured Capital Management
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
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
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)
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
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-investorsAlumni VenturesBlue CollectiveDistributed VenturesMS&AD VenturesIA Capital Group
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
MaxRewards is an app that helps credit card holders optimize their spending by recommending which card to use for different purchases, tracking rewards across multiple cards, and auto-activating merchant offers.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintechAtlanta, US
Anik Khan(Executive Officer, Director)inRon Watson(Director)David Gao(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsCalano VenturesService Provider CapitalTechstarsDundee Venture Capital
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 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.
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
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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 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 ComputingBoston, US
Nate Gemelke(Co-founder, Chief Technology Strategist)inVladan Vuletić(Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer)inMikhail Lukin(Co-founder & Chief Scientist)Markus Greiner(Co-founder, Professor of Physics, Harvard University)Nathan Gemelke, Ph.D.(Co-founder, Chief Technology Strategist)inMikhail Lukin, Ph.D.(Co-founder and Chief Scientist, Professor of Physics, Harvard University)
Co-investorsCarbide VenturesSafar PartnersSoftBank Vision FundValor Equity PartnersNVentures
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 VenturesRedstoneGreenlight Re
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 is a technology platform that delivers financial and insurance products to property managers and single-family rental home owners.
FintechInsurTechPropTech
Co-investorsAltari Ventures
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+2 more
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 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 VenturesBerkeley Angel Network
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 CapitalGreat Oaks Venture CapitalMS&AD VenturesService Provider CapitalFiat Ventures+4 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Kredit FinancialMomnt Technologies, Inc.AvinewSteady TechnologiesThe 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 acquisitionsTinkacq. by Visa
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesNeuberger Berman · coindesk.com · May 11, 2026
QuEra Computing · finsmes.com · Dec 9, 2025
IOU Financial · ioufinancial.com · Nov 27, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has FinTech Ventures made?
- FinTech Ventures has 28 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- 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 42 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamInterview with Lucas Timberlake, General Partner at Fintech Ventures Fund
Andres Sandate · Lucas Timberlake
Co-investors · 1
The TruStage Ventures Discovery Fund invests in early-stage fintech companies led by underrepresented founders building solutions for financial inclusion.
Firms observed investing alongside FinTech Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with FinTech Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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