Motive Partners
Private equityNew York · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 2 people tracked
Also known as MOTIVE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Investment thesis
Motive Partners invests in financial technology opportunities, sourcing deals through deep networks, sector insight, and disciplined underwriting. The firm backs market-leading technology, data, and service providers redefining investment products, payments, insurance, capital markets, and financial infrastructure. Focus areas include software and services that democratize wealth and asset management, payment technologies that modernize commerce, next-generation insurance software, solutions transforming issuance and trade workflows, clean data foundations that make organizations AI-ready, and technology-enabled services for financial services. The firm pairs investment expertise with operational leadership, deploying proven operators to enhance, manage, and scale portfolio companies across go-to-market, data, and operations.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 2 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 31 of 67 portfolio companiesFintech ×26SaaS ×22Enterprise Software ×15AI & Machine Learning ×7Data & Infrastructure ×6InsurTech ×3Cloud Computing ×2HR Tech ×2
HQs:United States×12United Kingdom×2Switzerland×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×14+ founders×1
Investments · 67 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 42025 · 32023 · 12022 · 12021 · 12020 · 111 dated
Electric Mind provides AI-led digital transformation services for enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
FNZ provides a technology platform for wealth management, serving financial institutions and their end investors.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSLondon, GB
Adrian Durham(Founder & Group CEO)in
Co-investorsCPP InvestmentsGeneral AtlanticTemasekFin CapitalH.I.G. CapitalH.I.G. Growth Partners+2 more
Insurify operates an online insurance-comparison marketplace that pulls real-time, personalized quotes from 120-plus insurers (including GEICO, Allstate, and Progressive) for auto, home, renters, and pet insurance, letting shoppers compare policies and buy online or with a licensed agent.
FintechInsurTechMarketplacesCambridge, US
Giorgos Zacharia(Co-founder)inSnejina Zacharia(Founder)Tod Kiryazov(Co-founder)Chang Jo(Executive Officer)Gene Shkolnik(Mr. Shkolnik is the Chief Technology Officer of the Issuer.)
BoardDaniel Tsiddon(Director)
Co-investorsMTECH CAPITALViola FinTechMassMutual VenturesMoneta VCR136 VenturesViola Ventures
Anchorage Digital is a global cryptocurrency platform providing institutions with custody, staking, trading, governance, and settlement services, along with security infrastructure.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US
Diogo Mónica(Co-Founder and President)inNathan McCauley(CEO and Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzGICa16z cryptoAmplify PartnersBlockchain CapitalDelta Blockchain+13 more
Aufinity provides an "Autonomous Finance" platform that automates payments, reminders, and reconciliation for car dealerships and OEMs, sending customers digital payment invitations with modern payment methods and real-time payment status.
FintechMobility & TransportationSaaS
Co-investorsBlackFin Capital Partners
Corastone operates a platform for accessing and managing private market investments, aimed at helping firms handle more investors, counterparties, and complex investments.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Hamid Gayibov(Founder)in
Co-investorsApolloFidelity InvestmentsFranklin TempletonHamilton Lane
DoorFeed is a platform for residential real estate investment that combines market intelligence, property analysis, and automated financial modelling, letting institutional investors, developers, brokers, and asset managers go from market screening to investment decision.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaS
Flanks is an AI-powered wealth data platform that automates the aggregation and standardization of client financial data for financial advisors and wealth managers.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintech
Alvaro Morales(Founder)
Co-investorsEarlybird Venture CapitalSeedRocketJME Ventures
Getro is a network-based recruiting platform that helps companies hire faster by leveraging employee referrals and professional networks.
HR TechMarketing TechSaaSBoulder, US
Evan Walden(Founder)
Co-investorsAcadian Ventures Management, LlcBlindspot Ventures Management CoEmbedded CapitalOIF VenturesOur Innovation FundSamaipata+4 more
Beverly Hills, US
John Wise(Executive Officer, Director)Colin Close(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRichard Garman(Director)J.P. Whelan(Director)
Co-investorsFTV CapitalKern Capital, LLC
Pollinate builds AI agents for supply chain operations, starting with procurement automation that extracts supplier invoices from email and reconciles them against purchase orders and receipts across ERP systems.
Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSan Francisco, US
Adeep Mitra(Founder)inCorey Berther(Founder)inNam Le(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investors77 PartnersY CombinatorInsight Partners
Korr is a cloud-native software platform for insurance carriers, replacing legacy systems to help insurers launch products faster and operate in the cloud.
Cloud ComputingInsurTechSaaSNew York, US
Co-investorsPlug and Play VenturesTokio Marine Future Fund
Monnai provides an AI-driven data and analytics platform that builds a 360-degree view of customer identity and behavior for identity verification, fraud detection, and risk assessment.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerData & InfrastructureFintechSanta Monica, US
Daniel Kurgan(Director)Pierre DemarcheRavish Patel
Co-investors500 GlobalBetter Tomorrow VenturesEmphasis VenturesSouth QuadCommerce VenturesTiger Global Management
Navro provides payment infrastructure for cross-border payroll, handling salary, statutory, and tax payments through a single API or file-based flow across 200+ territories and 130+ currencies.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechHR TechSaaSLondon
Aran Brown(Co-founder & CEO)Eddie Harrison(Co-founder)Neil Kinnon(Chief Product Officer)inJames Deane(Executive Officer)Kelly Hartman(Executive Officer)George Alexander Davies(Director)
Co-investorsBetter Tomorrow VenturesClocktower VenturesUnusual VenturesBain Capital VenturesJump CapitalSignalRank
Novata offers a software platform for private companies to collect, store, and report sustainability and ESG data, including carbon emissions (Scope 1, 2, 3), regulatory reporting, risk monitoring, and supply chain data management.
Climate TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSMantoloking, US
Alexander Friedman(Executive Officer, Director)Tasha Matharu(Director)Scott Kennedy(Executive Officer)Pavani Thagirisa(Director)Christina Alfonso-Ercan(Executive Officer)Chris Jurgens(Director)
Co-investorsHamilton LaneMMC Ventures
Pliant is a B2B credit card platform that lets businesses issue and manage corporate cards, control spending, and automate finance and accounting operations.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsAlstin CapitalFin CapitalMolten VenturesMS&AD VenturesNina CapitalSBI Ventures Europe GmbH+5 more
Splitit provides embedded card-linked installment payments that let consumers split purchases using their existing credit rather than taking on new debt.
E-commerceFintechRetail Tech
Co-investorsAltaIR Capital
Pocono Pines, US
Yevgeniy Feldman(Secretary and Co-Founder)Rene van Kesteren(Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer)Michael Steinberg(Director)Stephane De Baets(Director)
ThreatFabric provides fraud prevention software combining mobile threat intelligence and a real-time fraud risk suite to detect scams, account takeover, device takeover, and hybrid fraud across web and mobile channels.
CybersecurityFintechSaaS
Co-investors10x Founders
TIFIN builds AI-driven fintech platforms for wealth management, asset management, and insurance, serving home offices, advisors, and end clients.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsFINTOP CapitalThirdstream PartnersBroadridgeFranklin TempletonHamilton Lane
Trumid operates an electronic trading platform for fixed income and corporate bond (credit) markets, serving buy- and sell-side institutions such as asset managers, banks, credit hedge funds, and liquidity providers.
B2B MarketplacesData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York, US
Ronnie Mateo(Founder & Co-CEO)inMichael SobelinRonald M Mateo(Managing Member and Chief Executive Officer)Mike Sobel(Co-CEO & President)inDan Siracuse(Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer)inTony Schiavo(Chief Technology Officer)in
Co-investorsArbor VenturesRunway Venture PartnersSenaHill PartnersShumway Capital
Valstro provides a cloud-based, front-office order management system (OMS) for sell-side broker-dealers and investment banks operating in equity markets.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsEJF Ventures
Versana operates a centralized platform that digitally captures loan data from agent servicing systems via APIs, providing real-time transparency into global lender-level loan details, portfolio positions, and transaction history.
Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
Scott McMunn(Chief Executive Officer)
Co-investorsMassMutual VenturesApolloBank of AmericaBNP Paribas
With Intelligence provides proprietary data, editorial insights, and events covering private markets and alternative asset classes such as hedge funds, private credit, private equity, infrastructure, and real estate.
Data & InfrastructureFintechMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsPNCSteelSky Ventures
Zocks is an AI assistant for financial advisors that automates administrative work such as meeting notes, intake and account forms, client email replies, and CRM updates.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Ákos Ratku(CTO and Co-founder)inMark Gilbert(CEO and Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAscend Venture CapitalEntrée Capital14Peaks CapitalIlluminate FinancialLightspeed Venture PartnersQED Investors
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioLMRKTSacq. by Capitolis
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesTitanbay · wealthbriefing.com · Aug 13, 2026
Wilshire · finance.yahoo.com · Aug 11, 2026
Versana · fintechfutures.com · Aug 10, 2026
Backbase · fintechfutures.com · Aug 6, 2026
FNZ · privatebankerinternational.com · Aug 5, 2026
Novata · esgtoday.com · Jul 30, 2026
Anchorage · cryptobriefing.com · Jul 14, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Motive Partners made?
- Motive Partners has 64 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 5 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Motive Partners invest at?
- Motive Partners invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is Motive Partners's typical check size?
- Motive Partners typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
- What sectors does Motive Partners focus on?
- Motive Partners focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, InsurTech, SaaS.
- Where is Motive Partners located?
- Motive Partners is headquartered in New York, US.
- Does Motive Partners lead rounds?
- Yes, Motive Partners leads investment rounds.
- Who does Motive Partners co-invest with?
- Motive Partners most often shares deals with Better Tomorrow Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, among 57 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 21
Fin Capital is an investment firm that backs B2B technology companies serving the financial services industry across the full company lifecycle.
BCV Labs is the platform and hands-on support arm of Bain Capital Ventures, providing portfolio founders with go-to-market strategy, brand development, hiring assistance, and customer introductions.
Unusual Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs enterprise and infrastructure founders from initial insight through market leadership, providing a proprietary playbook for finding product-market fit.
Entrée Capital is a venture firm run by former serial founders, managing $1.5bn across multiple funds with offices in Tel Aviv, London and New York.
MS&AD Ventures is the corporate venture arm that invests in early-stage companies, partnering with entrepreneurs to build innovative solutions across insurance-adjacent and technology sectors.
Earlybird Venture Capital is a European venture capital investor that backs early-stage technology founders with capital, strategic support, and access to an international network.
A fintech-focused investment firm that invests in financial technology, payments, insurance, capital markets infrastructure, and data/AI solutions serving the financial services industry.
JME Ventures is a Spain-focused seed-stage venture capital firm that backs founders building world-class solutions, having invested in over 70 startups since 2012.
Craft Ventures is a venture capital firm run by a team of former founders, operators, and investors who partner closely with founders to help build and scale technology companies.
Battery Ventures is a global investment firm that has backed more than 450 companies over its 40-year history, operating its investment staff as a single global unit.
ACME Capital is a venture firm that backs deep-tech founders combining technical ambition with decisive execution, supporting companies through every phase of growth.
Picus Capital is a privately financed venture capital investor focused on early-stage technology ventures, having backed over 170 companies with a long-term, entrepreneur-aligned approach.
▶9 more co-investors
Antler8-Bit CapitalPassion CapitalLocalGlobePossible VenturesAngel InvestSalica InvestmentsJoin CapitalCoastCap
Firms observed investing alongside Motive Partners, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Motive Partners's recorded portfolio.
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