Flori Ventures
Venture capitalSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Seed · 8 people tracked
Investment thesis
Community-driven VC investing in about 200 startups annually, distinguished by a community-first approach for founders.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 46 of 69 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×21Fintech ×20AI & Machine Learning ×9Climate Tech ×9SaaS ×8Cleantech ×5Consumer ×4Data & Infrastructure ×4
HQs:United States×9Colombia×3Nigeria×3Argentina×1Kenya×1Paraguay×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 19 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×112 founders×63 founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 14 founders with education data
Yale University ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 15 founders with career history
PipeOps ×3Blueloop ×2Partna (YC W22) ×2Tala ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 69 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAkiba Digital offers a suite of APIs with low-code integration that connects to over 100 datasets, providing identity verification (KYB/KYC), bank account verification, AML/PEP screening, risk scoring, financial insights, and open banking data.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundExpert DOJOFirstCheck AfricaLoftyInc CapitalOui Capital+1 more
Bitmama provides cryptocurrency-related financial products and services, offered in partnership with licensed money transmitters in their respective jurisdictions.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsAdaverseUnicorn Growth Ventures
Blockfence is a crypto news publication that reports on markets, regulation, DeFi, exchanges, infrastructure, stablecoins, and NFTs, with particular strength in security and fraud coverage.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsWWVentures
Canza Finance is a Web3 company combining DeFi, crypto-assets, and traditional financial infrastructure to provide financial products for individuals and businesses in Africa and other emerging markets.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Pascal Ntsama IV(Co-founder & CEO)Oyedeji Oluwoye(Co-founder & CMO)
Co-investorsAdaverseFenbushi CapitalHyperithmMapleblock CapitalStratified CapitalBixin Ventures+3 more
CO:CREATE is a free booking and payments platform for tattoo artists, letting clients book flash designs or submit custom requests, pay deposits and session payments via Stripe, and manage messages and scheduling in one place.
Creator EconomyMarketplacesSaaS
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzRareBreed Ventures
CryptoMate offers payment cards and a blockchain payments API that connects local payments with global settlements, letting developers and businesses set their own margins and deploy sub-accounts.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintechBuenos Aires, AR
Guido De Luca(Founder)
Co-investorsSommet AB
El Dorado is a financial SuperApp built for Latin America, offering USD accounts, currency exchange/P2P, a card, crypto, and yield ("Earn") through a set of miniapps.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Guillermo Goncalvez(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesMulticoin CapitalParadigm
Co-investorsCarao VenturesHoney Island CapitalLatitud VenturesNewlin Ventures
Flux is a mobile financial app that enables users to send and receive money instantly across 40+ countries, create virtual dollar cards for online spending, and manage savings in multiple currencies.
Crypto & Web3FintechLagos, NG
Ben Eluan(Founder)inIsrael Akintunde(Founder)inOsezele Orukpe(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator8VCBain Capital VenturesCalibrate VenturesGlasswing VenturesLiquid Ventures+1 more
FunCraft is a game studio that makes daily word puzzle games for mobile players, including its Wordgrams title, which it aims to grow into a franchise.
ConsumerGamingSan Francisco, US
Michael Martinez(Founder)in
Co-investorsGood FriendsPlay Ventures
Gane offers prepaid mobile plans bundling internet data, call minutes, and SMS with varying validity periods for consumers in Colombia.
Consumer
GreenTrade operates a curated marketplace for nature- and technology-based carbon offset projects, connecting companies seeking to meet net-zero goals with project developers through pre-purchase and offtake agreements.
B2B MarketplacesCleantechClimate Tech
Hedgey provides onchain token infrastructure for crypto teams, including token vesting, investor lockups, grants, airdrops, and distributions for employees, investors, and communities.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Lindsey Winder(Co-founder)
Co-investorsBollinger Investment GroupFocal Ventures
HoneyCoin builds financial infrastructure that helps companies create cross-border payment and money-movement solutions, supporting high-volume trades.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
David N.(Founder)inDavid Nandwa(CEO)
Co-investors4DX VenturesMicrotractionTimon CapitalTLcom CapitalFlourish VenturesMusha Ventures+1 more
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Jambo builds low-cost Web3 smartphones, a multi-chain wallet and dApp store aimed at emerging-market users.
Co-investorsEdessa CapitalHypersphere VenturesPantera CapitalParadigmParaFi CapitalYolo Investments+3 more
Jia provides financing and capital access to small businesses in emerging markets, helping local enterprises grow and strengthen their communities economically.
Fintech
Zach(Co-founder)inCheng(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsA100X VenturesCoinbase VenturesSaison CapitalHashed Emergent
One of the largest community commerce platforms for creative projects worldwide.
Co-investorsBetaworksGMG VenturesMercuri.vc
Kotani Pay provides last-mile payout services that convert digital assets and blockchain-based funds into local payments, such as mobile money accounts, for end users.
Crypto & Web3FintechNairobi, KE
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupLava Ventures Ltd.P1 VenturesWuri Ventures
KYVE is a Cosmos SDK-based Web3 data lake protocol for validating and permanently archiving blockchain data streams.
Co-investorsCerulean VenturesCoinbase VenturesD1 VenturesIOSG VenturesLemniscap
Learn.xyz is a corporate learning platform that uses AI to convert documents such as handbooks, policies, and slide decks into gamified, bite-sized micro lessons.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechHR Tech
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesEarl Grey Capital
Liquidstar builds a global network of modular micro data centers powered by solar energy to provide compute, connectivity, water, and internet services to remote and frontier regions.
CleantechClimate TechCloud ComputingCrypto & Web3EnergyLos Angeles, US
Co-investorsTechstars
Loam is an AI-enabled platform that helps investors—including pension funds, 401K plans, and family offices—find, broker, and manage farmland deals, positioning land as an alternative portfolio asset.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningFintech
Co-investorsCerulean VenturesDigital Currency Group
Mekan offers a product related to automobiles ("Autos") and auto parts ("Repuestos"), presented in Spanish with a demo booking flow via WhatsApp and email.
ConsumerE-commerceMobility & TransportationSaaSBogotá, CO
Camila Ramirez Solano(Founder)Alejandra Gonzalez RodriguezCamila Ramirez
Co-investors500 GlobalBroom VenturesNido Ventures
Co-investorsAcre Venture PartnersArrington CapitalCapria VenturesArrington XRP Capital
THRKU is an Indonesian-language online gambling platform offering slot games from providers such as Pragmatic Play, PG Soft, and Habanero, along with member bonus and voucher promotions.
Gaming
OppZo is an AI-powered fund manager that deploys debt and equity capital into small and medium-sized businesses located in federally designated Opportunity Zones, using AI-driven underwriting to pursue returns and tax advantages for investors.
AI & Machine LearningFintechImpact & Social GoodBrooklyn, US
Warren R(Founder)Warren Reed(Managing Partner)Randy Lee Garrett(Director)James Warren Reed(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAspira Capital
Tally is an online form builder that works like a text document, letting users create forms by typing and inserting blocks without code.
Future of WorkMarketing TechSaaS
Marie Martens(Founder)in
Co-investors1991 VenturesAnchorless BangladeshAscensionBloom / Giesen Family OfficeDay One CapitalFoundership Ventures+8 more
Partna provides payment infrastructure for cross-border transactions across Africa using stablecoins as the settlement layer.
Crypto & Web3FintechWilmington, US
Bashir Aminu(Founder)inHakeem Adeyemi Orewole(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorVentures Platform
Paxton is an AI assistant for legal professionals that conducts legal research, drafts documents, and analyzes documents, identifying relevant case law and regulations.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
Co-investors25MadisonKyber Knight CapitalUnusual VenturesVoyager CapitalIdentity.vc
Ponto is a financial infrastructure company that builds software powering its regulated subsidiary, Bridge Trust.
FintechSaaSCarlsbad, US
Joseph Marquis(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsSummit Peak Ventures
Questbook offers a decentralized application that lets blockchain ecosystems and protocols run grant and builder programs on-chain, with open source code and data accessible to builders.
Crypto & Web3Developer Tools
Sriharsha Karamchati(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesDragonflyHashedLemniscapMirana Ventures
Quipu is a fully digital lending platform in Colombia that uses AI to evaluate informal workers and small entrepreneurs ("gente camelladora") based on their daily activity, photos, and videos of their work rather than traditional credit history.
AI & Machine LearningFintechImpact & Social GoodBogotá, CO
Releaf Earth produces biochar from organic and agricultural waste in Nigeria, providing carbon sequestration, improved soil fertility, and rural jobs.
AgTechCircular EconomyClimate Tech
Co-investorsAngaza CapitalConsonance Investment ManagersFINCA Ventures
Releaf builds climate-resilient agriculture solutions for smallholder farmers in Africa through supply chain, agronomic expertise, and hardware-software integration.
Advanced ManufacturingAgTechCircular EconomyClimate TechImpact & Social GoodLagos, NG
Kenna Nzewi(Founder/CEO)inUzoma Ayogu(Founder/CTO)in
Co-investorsDuke Capital PartnersY CombinatorMetis Capital
Co-investorsCapria VenturesValor Capital Group
PilotGPT is an AI copilot for pilots that uses official FAA sources, aircraft POHs, and approved manuals to provide sourced answers on airport data, VFR/IFR maps, route planning, weather briefs, and cockpit checklists.
AI & Machine LearningMobility & TransportationPalo Alto, US
Ali Moiz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
Co-investorsDraper AssociatesExpansion Venture CapitalFounderPartnersKube VCRoot and Shoot VenturesVibe Capital
Streamline offers a platform for finding government funding opportunities, evaluating their fit and eligibility, and building grant applications, with AI tools to analyze solicitations and RFIs.
Climate TechGovTechSaaS
Lisbon-founded builder-reputation platform behind Builder Score, acquired by recruiting firm IPTS in August 2026.
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesGood News VenturesProtocol Labs
Lewes, US
Daniel Jacobs(Chief Executive Officer and Director)Gerard Hernandez(Chief Financial Officer)
BoardRobert Israel(Director)
Co-investorsVery Serious Ventures
Valora builds financial tools and education to provide access to wealth-building opportunities and information across markets.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Fintech
Jackie Bona(CEO)in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzNFXValor Capital GroupScout Fund
Co-investorsTDeFi
Xternity is a platform that lets game developers integrate Web3 and blockchain functionality into their games across any coding language, handling tokenization, smart contract deployment, and related in-game asset features.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsGaming
Sagi Maman(CEO, Co-founder)Shahar Asher(CTO, Co-founder)
Co-investorsCollider Ventures
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Learn · techcrunch.com · Aug 20, 2026

Flux · finsmes.com · Jun 10, 2026
Jia · fintechfutures.com · May 22, 2026
HoneyCoin · fintechfutures.com · Aug 15, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Flori Ventures made?
- Flori Ventures has 70 tracked investments.
- What stage does Flori Ventures invest at?
- Flori Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Flori Ventures's typical check size?
- Flori Ventures typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What sectors does Flori Ventures focus on?
- Flori Ventures focuses on Climate Tech, Crypto & Web3, Fintech, Impact & Social Good.
- Where is Flori Ventures located?
- Flori Ventures is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Flori Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Flori Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does Flori Ventures co-invest with?
- Flori Ventures most often shares deals with Coinbase Ventures, Y Combinator, a16z crypto, among 101 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamEpisode 7: Flori Ventures with Tomer Bariach
ReFi DAO · Tomer Bariach
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Co-investors · 4
Inovia Capital is a full-stack venture capital firm based in Canada with a presence in the EU, partnering with founders to build global technology companies.
cLabs is a Berlin-based organization working to build a regenerative digital economy aimed at broad-based prosperity. It operates as a technology builder rather than a traditional investment firm.
Orange DAO is a founder community and fellowship program for crypto startups, offering mentorship, resources, and access to a broad network of investors and experienced entrepreneurs.
Firms observed investing alongside Flori Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Flori Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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