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Insiders Ventures

Venture capitalActively deploying

St. Helier · Seed–Series A · 6 people tracked

Also known as insiders

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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.

Stage
Seed–Series A
HQ
St. Helier
Founded
2025
Tracked investments
32
Unicorns
2

Team · 6 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Mark Jeremy Collins· General Partner
Raul de Guzman Ramos· General Partner
Harvey Sax· Directorin

Founder mafia

2 people who came through Insiders Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 28 of 32 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×18SaaS ×12Fintech ×10Developer Tools ×9Enterprise Software ×8Cloud Computing ×5Marketing Tech ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3

HQs:United Kingdom×7United States×7Canada×1Ireland×1Italy×1Peru×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 24 portfolio companies
46%
solo founders
11 of 24 mapped founding teams
29%
repeat founders
of 34 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×112 founders×73 founders×34+ founders×3

Where their founders studiedfrom 30 founders with education data

University of Melbourne ×4Columbia University ×2Damascus University ×2Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati ×2Università Bocconi ×2University of Cambridge ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 28 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×12Engineering ×6Economics ×5Business & Management ×3Finance & Accounting ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 34 founders with career history

Bosch ×3Apple ×2Boss Consulting SA ×2Goldman Sachs ×2HSBC ×2IBM ×2Lendable ×2National Australia Bank ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×2

Investments · 32 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2025 · 12022 · 12 dated

Airwallexairwallex.comin𝕏

Airwallex 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)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)inJacob Dai(Founder)in

Co-investors20VCActivant CapitalAEF Greater Bay Area FundAirTree VenturesAthletic VenturesBlackbird Ventures+26 more

Alfieheyalfie.comin

An AI-powered home and property management platform that digitizes property details, anticipates homeowner needs, and connects users to services like insurance and repairs.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerMarketplacesPropTech

Nigel(Founder and CEO)Natasha(Co-Founder and CFO)Nick(Co-Founder and B2B lead)

Co-investorsClearance Venture PartnersTorch Capital

Architecttryarchitect.comin𝕏

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)inTed Eltringham(Founder)in

Co-investorsProject A VenturesRLC VenturesRace CapitalTogether FundTq Ventures Llc

Atriatryatria.comin𝕏

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

Ray Jang(Founder)in

Co-investorsFuel Ventures

Axonlabsaxonlabs.coin

Axon Labs builds brain-inspired AI that runs on small, efficient world models at the edge to make sub-second predictions, with its first application in high-frequency trading and capital markets.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechFintech

Ayush B Shah(Founder)in

Ceartasceartas.ioin𝕏

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)in

Co-investorsAirbridge Equity PartnersEarlybird Venture CapitalUpside Ventures

Cleragetclera.comin𝕏

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

Alexander Farr(Founder)inSebastian Scott(Founder)in

Co-investorsBlue Wire Capital

Emergedataemergedata.ai

Emerge builds a privacy-first AI personalization layer that gives products tailored, context-aware user experiences without lengthy onboarding quizzes.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSLondon, GB

Griffin Bank Ltdgriffin.comin𝕏

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)inPhoebe Wallis(Chief Revenue Officer)inEd Carter(Chief Operating Officer)inDora Grant(Chief Risk Officer)inRob VanBreda(Interim Chief Financial Officer)

Co-investorsNotion CapitalCrane Venture PartnersDG Daiwa VenturesNordicNinjaOutrun VenturesPortfolio Ventures+3 more

Inceptroninceptron.ioin𝕏

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

Karookaroo.cain

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 CombinatorBand of AngelsBatch VenturesGarage CapitalInflect Health+3 more

Leasyautoleasyauto.comin

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 & TransportationLima, PE

Co-investorsDeBa Ventures

ORIori.co𝕏

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)inVishal Padiyar(Executive Chairman)

Co-investors6 Degrees CapitalArtem VenturesAsahi Kasei Corporate Venture CapitalBanyan VenturesEpisode1Humans Of The Internet+5 more

Pavogetpavo.aiin𝕏

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

Pixaerapixaera.comin

Pixaera transforms written incident reports into interactive, scenario-based learning experiences where workers make decisions within simulated workplace conditions to develop judgment rather than passive document review.

EdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Mousa Yassin(Founder)in

Co-investorsLocalGlobeYork IELatitud Ventures

Praktika AIpraktika.aiin𝕏

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 Turaev(Founder)in

Co-investors500 GlobalBlossom CapitalBlue Wire CapitalCreator VenturesOnstageYellow Rocks!

Qomodoqomodo.mein

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-investorsLMDV CapitalLumen VenturesPrimo VenturesProximity CapitalRTP GlobalFasanara Capital

Replitreplit.comin𝕏Mar 2022

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 EconomyData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEdTechEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan 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 VenturesAIspace VenturesAllied Venture Partners+63 more

Requestyrequesty.aiin𝕏

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)inThibault Jaigu(Founder)in

Co-investors20VCTapestry VC

SAPIsapi.comin𝕏

SAPI provides payment-linked financing where repayments are collected directly from card and account-to-account payment flows, serving small business owners—including many immigrant and woman-owned businesses—often excluded by banks.

FintechSaaSLondon, GB

Mai Le(Founder)in

Co-investorsDigital HorizonDigital Horizon VCPassion CapitalStart CapitalSyndicate One

Scalapayscalapay.comin

Scalapay offers a buy-now-pay-later service that lets shoppers split purchases into three interest-free monthly instalments while receiving orders immediately, usable both online and in-store.

E-commerceFintechRetail Tech

Raffaele Terrone(Founder)in

Co-investorsYadayTiger Global ManagementWilloughby Capital

Semaloopsemaloop.comin𝕏

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)in

Co-investorsFJ LabsAndreessen HorowitzWEEKEND

Sintrasintra.aiin𝕏

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 AIsmallest.aiin𝕏Aug 2025

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)inSudarshan Kamath(Founder)in

Co-investorsBetter CapitalDeVCpeerchequeSierra VenturesUpsparks Capital3one4 Capital

Sparklessparkles.devin𝕏Seed

Sparkles provides a platform for teams to run AI coding agents that connect to GitHub repositories and generate pull requests.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Ai Daniil Bekirov(Founder)in

Co-investorsDMZ VenturesMoonfire VenturesScribble VenturesY CombinatorChapter One

Starformstarform.co

Seattle game studio behind Metalstorm, a free-to-play 5v5 air-combat arena shooter for PC and mobile.

Seattle, US

Lou Fasulo(Founder)inTaylor Daynes(Director)Joshua Rosen(Director)

Co-investorsBitkraft Esports VenturesPlay VenturesvgamesBITKRAFT VenturesDune VenturesGlobal Founders Capital

Steliastelia.aiin𝕏

Stelia provides a sovereign, production-ready platform for building, deploying, and scaling AI agents in enterprise environments with built-in governance and security.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsEpisode1Redbus Ventures

TrueLayertruelayer.comin𝕏

TrueLayer operates a Pay by Bank payment network enabling businesses to accept direct bank payments instead of card-based transactions.

FintechLondon, GB

Luca Martinetti(Founder)inFrancesco Simoneschi(Founder)in

Co-investorsAnthemis VentureCNIConnect VenturesGraph VenturesIsomer CapitalMouro Capital+9 more

Twin1twin1.ai

Twin1 is an AI company backed by Bessemer Venture Partners.

Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersF-Prime CapitalDawn CapitalNotable CapitalTribeca Venture Partners

Xoxo.marketin𝕏

Permissionless “conviction” / prediction-market protocol where users create, trade, and resolve yes/no markets on real-world events, with adaptive liquidity (LS-LMSR) instead of a fully curated Polymarket/Kalshi-style catalog.

San Francisco, US

Ali Habbabeh(Founder)inWalid Al Habboul(Co-Founder & CTO)in

Co-investors20VCPICUS CAPITAL

Zincozinco.aiin

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

Other

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

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Insiders Ventures made?
Insiders Ventures has 32 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
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 20VC, Earlybird Venture Capital, Episode1, among 141 tracked co-investors.

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