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Venture capitalRye · Pre-Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
Also known as WILLOWTREE VENTURES MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Investment thesis
WillowTree Ventures backs exceptional AI founders at the earliest stages, focusing on companies building autonomous intelligence for financial services and commerce. The firm invests from pre-seed to Series A with check sizes between $500K and $3M, and emphasizes hands-on value beyond capital — offering enterprise connections, account strategy, mapping, and introductions drawn from deep experience in the financial industry. It positions itself as having been an early investor in notable startups over the past decade.
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Team · 3 people
from curated & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 18 of 30 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×11Fintech ×9SaaS ×8Enterprise Software ×7Marketplaces ×3Crypto & Web3 ×2Cybersecurity ×2E-commerce ×2
HQs:United States×13Brazil×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×12 founders×43 founders×34+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 15 founders with education data
Harvard Business School ×3Stanford University ×3University of California, Berkeley ×3Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Technical University of Munich ×2Tel Aviv University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 16 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×8Computer Science ×5Business & Management ×2Economics ×2Physics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 17 founders with career history
Intuit ×3Microsoft ×3MIT Media Lab ×3Geoblink ×2Juniper Networks ×2Mercury ×2
Investments · 30 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 42021 · 15 dated
BILL is a unified financial operations platform that automates accounts payable, receivables, and spend management for businesses.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Jose, US
René Lacerte(Founder)inBora Chung(Executive Officer)inThomas J. Clayton(Executive Officer)inJohn R. Rettig(Executive Officer)inRajesh A. Aji(Executive Officer)Rene Lacerte(Founder)
Co-investorsAugust CapitalBling CapitalBYU Cougar CapitalCommerce Venturescoreteq venturesCross Creek Advisors+11 more
Instacart operates a marketplace connecting grocery retailers with customers who order food and household items for same-day delivery or in-store pickup, serving millions of households across North America through partnerships with over 350 retailers.
ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechSan Francisco, US
Apoorva Mehta(Founder)inBrandon Leonardo(Founder)inMax Mullen(Founder)inChris Rogers(Chief Executive Officer)inEmily Reuter(Chief Financial Officer)in
BoardMichael Moritz(Director)in
Co-investorsA*Andreessen HorowitzAvenue Growth PartnersBACKGROUND CAPITALBling CapitalBright Pixel Capital+54 more
Fibr AI is an agentic web experience platform that turns a company's existing URLs into adaptive pages, using AI agents with human-in-the-loop oversight to personalize content based on visitor intent, ad source, and audience.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSDelaware, US
Ankur Goyal(Founder)inPritam Roy(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelMVP VenturesJetty VenturesSprint Vc2am VC
Alpen Labs builds a Bitcoin layer-2 network that enables financial applications through a ZK rollup with optimistic bridge architecture.
Crypto & Web3FintechNew York City, US
Abishkar Chhetri(Chief Operating Officer)inPramod Kandel(Chief Technology Officer)inSimanta Gautam(Chief Executive Officer)inChandan Sharma Subedi(Co-Founder)inJohn LightinTrey Del Bonis
Co-investorsAccelmed PartnersAsymmetricCastle Island VenturesHivemind Ventures, LlcLaunchpad CapitalMirana Ventures+8 more
Belvo provides an open finance platform that enables financial companies in Latin America to connect with customer financial data, understand behavior, and initiate account-to-account payments.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechSaaSSão Paulo, BR
Oriol Tintoré(Founder)inPablo Viguera(Founder)inPablo Viguera Altolaguirre(Executive Officer, Director)Oriol Tintore Gazulla(Executive Officer, Director)Uri Tintoré(Founder & CEO)inPablo Viguera Oriol Tintore(Founder)
Co-investorsConexo VenturesD4 VenturesExpansion CapitalFJ LabsFlucas VenturesKaszek Ventures+28 more
BigCommerce is an ecommerce platform that enables businesses to build, manage, and scale online stores with built-in storefront hosting, checkout, payment processing, and multi-channel selling capabilities.
E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareMarketplacesRetail TechSaaSAustin, US
Co-investorsGeneral CatalystNotable CapitalRevolutionTenaya CapitalTitanium VenturesAmerican Express Ventures (Amex)+1 more
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BioCatch develops behavioral biometric authentication technology for fraud detection and identity verification.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech
Avi Turgeman(Co-founder)inBenny Rosenbaum(Co-founder)Uri Rivner(Co-founder)inGadi Mazor(CEO)inP. Howard Edelsteinin
Co-investorsAlanda Capital Holding LimitedBain Capital Tech OpportunitiesBlumberg CapitalEpisode1Joule VenturesMaccabee Ventures+7 more
Capchase provides AI-powered vendor financing for enterprise technology deals, acting as both the lender and the lending infrastructure with embedded software and its own balance sheet.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSCambridge, US
Miguel Fernandez(Founder)inLuis Basagoiti(Founder)inGuli Moreno(Co-founder)Przemek Gotfryd(Founder)inMiguel Fernandez Larrea(Founder)inPRZEMYSLAW GOTFRYD(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsInvesco01 AdvisorsBling CapitalBoxGroupConstruct CapitalDefy Partners+9 more
FalconX is a digital assets prime brokerage providing institutional clients with 24/7 access to liquidity and capital solutions through proprietary technology designed for risk management in volatile markets.
Crypto & Web3FintechSan Mateo, US
Raghu Yarlagadda(Founder)inAustin ReidinSuzy WaltherinBrian CristinVanessa ZhanginPrabhakar Reddy(Founder)
Co-investorsAccelAccompliceB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBlockchain CoinvestorsCleo Capital+21 more
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Menlo Security provides a browser security platform that protects both human users and AI agents through a hybrid architecture combining local security controls with cloud-based threat protection.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US
Amir Ben-Efraim(Founder)inPoornima DeBolle(Founder)in
Co-investorsBaruch Future VenturesEngineering CapitalGeneral CatalystJuniperoOUP (Osage University Partners)Vista Equity Partners+3 more
Mulligan provides AI automation software for commercial insurance brokers to handle quoting, policy verification, proposals, and related tasks at scale.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechSan Francisco, US
Aman Raghuvanshi(Founder)inEmily Dorsey(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzSandhill (ex Stonks)Singularity VenturesSouth Quad
NEXT Insurance (ERGO NEXT) sells small-business insurance online, including general liability policies with product liability coverage for retailers, online sellers, wholesalers, and product makers.
FintechInsurTechSaaSPalo Alto, US
Guy Goldstein(Founder)Alon Huri(Founder)inNissim Tapiro(Founder)in
BoardNick Shalek(Director)inEitan Bek(Director)inMatthew McElhattan(Director)
Co-investors1435 CapitalAllianz XBattery VenturesCapitalGG SquaredGroup 11+36 more
Orum is a global biopharmaceutical company developing cancer therapies that combine protein degraders with antibodies.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtech
SJ Lee(CEO)inOlaf Christensen(CMO)inChad May(CSO)in
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Clocktower VenturesIMM Investment JapanLB InvestmentSolidus Investment+3 more
Turo is a peer-to-peer car sharing platform that allows individuals to rent vehicles from local car owners for trips and travel needs.
MarketplacesMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
Shelby Clark(Founder)inAndre Haddad(Chief Executive Officer & Chairperson)inNabeel Al-Kady(Founder)Tara Reeves(Founder)
Co-investors137 VenturesAdit Ventures Management, LlcAllied Venture PartnersAugust CapitalAurumCanaan Partners+24 more
Valence builds AI-powered coaching and talent development tools for enterprise HR and talent leaders, aimed at developing employee judgment and skills as organizations adopt AI.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS
Parker Mitchell(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsHigh AlphaLong Journey VenturesPruVen Capital PartnersResolute VenturesSemperVirens Venture CapitalBessemer Venture Partners+2 more
Valence provides a trading terminal that unifies execution across prediction markets including Kalshi and Polymarket, routing orders intelligently across multiple venues to achieve optimal pricing.
FintechMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Neo Wang(Founder)inDaniel Kasabov-Nouvion(Founder)inArthur Zhou(Founder)inParker Mitchell(Founder)
Co-investorsY CombinatorAlpha PartnersAmplitude Venture CapitalANIMO VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersDifferential Ventures+2 more
Valence is a wealth management firm building an integrated, client-centric platform that connects a family's accounts, assets, entities, documents, and decisions, using AI agents to monitor markets, tax, estate, and life events.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsFinTech CollectiveBessemer Venture PartnersDifferential Ventures
Valence is a mental health platform connecting patients and psychologists, where patients log their emotional state via quick check-ins based on Plutchik's wheel, keep a journal, and chat with V-Ally, an AI companion built by psychologists, between sessions.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMental Health
Co-investors500 GlobalBessemer Venture PartnersDifferential Ventures
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
ClipCurietech AIDistributionalExtendFirmlyGrowwGuidelinePlaidSignifydStripeToastTrulioo
Exits · 4
3 IPOs · 1 acquisitions · showing 2Bill.com Holdings, Inc.NYSE: BILLInstacartNASDAQ: CART
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesCapchase · fintech.global · May 28, 2026
Valence · ycombinator.com · Mar 5, 2026
Fibr · prnewswire.com · Feb 4, 2026
Mulligan · ycombinator.com · Oct 22, 2025
Valence · finsmes.com · Sep 26, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has WillowTree Ventures made?
- WillowTree Ventures has 30 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does WillowTree Ventures invest at?
- WillowTree Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is WillowTree Ventures's typical check size?
- WillowTree Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $3M.
- What sectors does WillowTree Ventures focus on?
- WillowTree Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, Fintech.
- Where is WillowTree Ventures located?
- WillowTree Ventures is headquartered in Rye, US.
- Who does WillowTree Ventures co-invest with?
- WillowTree Ventures most often shares deals with Accel, August Capital, Cross Creek Advisors, among 111 tracked co-investors.
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