Insiders Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingSt. Helier · Seed–Series A · 2 people tracked
Investment thesis
Insiders Ventures positions itself as more than capital, providing founder-driven support from a selective network of proven builders and operators who have exited or scaled companies. The fund emphasizes real, practical value, warm introductions, and helping founders convert early signals into traction and growth from seed to scale. Rooted in Europe but operating globally, it aims to support founders wherever they are. It was founded by Niccolo Maisto and Michele Attisani, the entrepreneurs behind FACEIT, who now back the next generation of founders driving a shift from hype to value.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 2 people
from the firm's websiteFounder mafia
2 people who came through Insiders Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 27 of 31 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×16Fintech ×10SaaS ×10Developer Tools ×7Enterprise Software ×7Cloud Computing ×4EdTech ×3Marketing Tech ×3
HQs:United Kingdom×6United States×6Canada×1Ireland×1Italy×1Singapore×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 15 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×72 founders×53 founders×24+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 10 founders with education data
University of Melbourne ×4
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 31 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAirwallex operates a global banking platform that provides cross-border payments, financial infrastructure, and AI-powered financial software for businesses.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSingapore, SG
Jack Zhang(CEO)inJacob Dai(Founder)inMax Li(Co-Founder and Head of Design)inLucy Yueting Liu(Co-Founder and President)inXijing Dai (Jacob Dai)(Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer)inKi-Lok Wong(Co-Founder and Principal Architect)
Co-investorsActivant CapitalAEF Greater Bay Area FundAirTree VenturesAthletic VenturesBlackbird VenturesBowery Capital+19 more
Alfie is a home services platform that connects homeowners with vetted local tradespeople for repairs and renovations, managing communication and keeping jobs on track.
ConsumerMarketplacesPropTech
Co-investorsClearance Venture PartnersTorch CapitalY Combinator
Architect provides an AI agent that installs on a company's website with one line of code to answer visitor questions, personalize pages in real time, and help convert visitors into buyers.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSLondon, GB
Chris Nicolas(Founder)Ted Eltringham(Founder)
Co-investorsProject A VenturesRLC VenturesCoinbase VenturesGalaxy VenturesRace CapitalStrobe Ventures+4 more
Atria is an AI-powered advertising platform whose agent "Raya" analyzes a brand's ads, data, and competitor intelligence to generate creative briefs, produce and batch-upload ad creatives to platforms like Meta and TikTok, and grade ad performance.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech
Ceartas uses AI to scan millions of websites and platforms for leaked content, deepfakes, and impersonator accounts using a customer's likeness, then issues takedowns across DMCA and other legal frameworks.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyCybersecurityDublin, IE
Dan Purcell(Founder)Daniel Purcell(Founder)
Co-investorsEarlybird Venture Capital
Clera is a talent agent service that matches job seekers with startup roles, using their experience, preferences, and dealbreakers to recommend fits and make direct introductions to founders and hiring managers.
Future of WorkHR TechMarketplaces
Co-investorsBlue Wire Capital
Emerge builds a privacy-first AI personalization layer that gives products tailored, context-aware user experiences without lengthy onboarding quizzes.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Griffin is a banking-as-a-service platform offering API-based banking infrastructure for fintechs and other businesses to embed banking and financial products.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSLondon, GB
David Jarvis(Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inAllen Rohner(Founder & Chief Technology Officer)Phoebe Wallis(Chief Revenue Officer)Ed Carter(Chief Operating Officer)Dora Grant(Chief Risk Officer)Rob VanBreda(Interim Chief Financial Officer)
Co-investorsNotion CapitalCrane Venture PartnersDG Daiwa VenturesNordicNinjaOutrun VenturesPortfolio Ventures+1 more
Inceptron provides a platform for deploying, optimizing, and scaling AI models in production, offering compiler-driven performance optimization and inference infrastructure for machine learning teams.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Steffen Malkowsky(Founder)in
Co-investors42CAPLU InnovationDreamcraft
Karoo is a financial services company operating in Canada that aims to provide fairer and more customer-focused financial products and services.
FintechToronto, CA
Hugo Markland(Founder)inJeanot Dawson(Founder)inOliver Lambson(Founder)in
Co-investorsNeer Venture PartnersY Combinator
Leasy provides vehicle financing and leasing solutions, offering auto credit that lets customers select a vehicle, receive it quickly, and choose a payment plan to eventually own it.
FintechMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsDeBa Ventures
Radiant builds compute infrastructure and services designed to operate as a utility, providing the foundational platform for AI and intelligence applications at scale.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & Infrastructure
Mahdi Yahya(President)Vishal Padiyar(Executive Chairman)
Co-investorsBanyan VenturesEpisode1Invariantes FundMDSV CAPITALSparq Capital (SFO)Flucas Ventures
Pavo offers a platform and embedded applied-science teams that run a "continual improvement loop" for production software systems, connecting production evidence, ranking improvement opportunities by expected lift, and validating changes against benchmarks.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Praktika is an AI-powered language learning app that provides conversational practice with lifelike AI tutors, offering real-time feedback on pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary along with personalized study plans.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTech
Adam(Co-founder & CEO)Adam Turaev(Founder)inIlya Chernyakov
Co-investors500 GlobalBlossom CapitalBlue Wire CapitalCreator VenturesOnstageYellow Rocks!
Qomodo is a digital payment platform offering merchants a smart POS that accepts card payments and lets customers pay in installments (2 to 12 payments, up to €5,000) while the merchant is paid immediately.
FintechRetail TechSaaSMilan, IT
Gaetano de Maio(Founder)in
Co-investorsLumen VenturesPrimo VenturesProximity CapitalRTP GlobalFasanara CapitalLMDV Capital
Replit is a platform for software development that aims to make app creation accessible to non-programmers through intuitive tools and AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsEdTechEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Haya Abdalla(Founder)inAmjad Masad(Co-founder & CEO)inHaya Odeh(Co-Founder, Design)inLuis Héctor Chávez(CTO)
Co-investors137 Ventures7BC Venture CapitalA.Capital VenturesAbstract VenturesAllied Venture PartnersAmino Capital+31 more
Requesty is an AI gateway that routes requests across 600+ LLM models with intelligent routing, cost optimization, and real-time analytics.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareLondon, GB
Daniel Trugman(Founder)
Co-investorsTapestry VC
SAPI provides payment-linked financing that advances funds to small businesses and collects repayments as a pre-agreed share of card and account-to-account revenue.
FintechSaaSLondon, GB
Co-investorsDigital HorizonDigital Horizon VCStart CapitalSyndicate One
Semaloop provides AI agents that run end-to-end tests on mobile apps by interacting with them like real users across text, visual, and audio flows on real devices.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSLondon, GB
Rory Smith(Founder)
Sintra is a platform offering role-based AI "employees" — chatbot-style digital workers that handle tasks like social media, customer support, email, content creation, and business operations.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS
Chris Sidlauskas(Founder)in
Co-investorsEarlybird Venture CapitalInovo VCPractica Capital
Smallest AI develops small, efficient multi-modal voice AI models, including text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and a sub-3B language model, along with an agentic platform for building and deploying voice agents.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Akshat Mandloi(Founder)Sudarshan Kamath(Founder)
Co-investorsBetter CapitalpeerchequeSierra VenturesUpsparks Capital3one4 Capital
Seattle, US
Taylor Daynes(Director)Joshua Rosen(Director)Louis Fasulo(Executive Officer, Director)Lou Fasulo(Founder)
Co-investorsBitkraft Esports VenturesPlay VenturesvgamesBITKRAFT VenturesDune VenturesGlobal Founders Capital
Stelia builds an operating layer and infrastructure for running production-grade AI systems, aimed at organizations deploying AI at scale.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsRedbus Ventures
TrueLayer operates a Pay by Bank payment network enabling businesses to accept direct bank payments instead of card-based transactions.
FintechLondon, GB
Francesco Simoneschi(Founder)inLuca Martinetti(Founder)
Co-investorsAnthemis VentureCNIConnect VenturesGraph VenturesIsomer CapitalMouro Capital+3 more
Zinco is a business advisory firm that combines accounting, tax, labor, and legal services under one coordinated team, with proprietary technology that shows clients their financials in real time.
FintechLegalTechSaaS
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAlfie · theatreweekly.com · Aug 21, 2026

Replit · techcrunch.com · Jul 30, 2026
Airwallex · ynetnews.com · Jun 29, 2026
Architect · ascendants.in · Jun 20, 2026
SAPI · fintechfutures.com · Nov 20, 2025
Sintra · piraiee.com · Jun 10, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Insiders Ventures made?
- Insiders Ventures has 31 tracked investments.
- What stage does Insiders Ventures invest at?
- Insiders Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- Where is Insiders Ventures located?
- Insiders Ventures is headquartered in St. Helier.
- Who does Insiders Ventures co-invest with?
- Insiders Ventures most often shares deals with Blue Wire Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, G Squared, among 106 tracked co-investors.
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