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Neil Underwood

Investor

General Partner at Canapi Ventures

Miami, FL (native)

FoundedModernFi

About

Cofounder and General Partner of Canapi Ventures. He cofounded Live Oak Bank (where he was previously President) and nCino, and cofounded Live Oak Ventures and Apiture; he sits on numerous fintech company boards. He holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech.

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Invests in

Cloud ComputingFintech

Experience

  1. Canapi VenturesCo-Founder, General Partnercurrent2018 — presentWilmington, North Carolina, United States
  2. Live Oak BankCo-Founder, Board Membercurrent2008 — presentWilmington, NC
  3. nCino, Inc.Co-Founder, former Board Membercurrent2011 — presentWilmington, NC
  4. CandescentBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  5. Greenlight Financial TechnologyBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
  6. IslandBoard Observercurrent2023 — present
  7. CascaBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  8. ModernFiBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  9. Anatomy FinancialBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  10. ProofBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  11. Posh TechnologiesBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  12. APITURECo-Founder, former Board Membercurrent2017 — presentWilmington, North Carolina Area
  13. DefenseStormFormer Board Membercurrent2015 — presentGreater Atlanta Area
  14. PayrailzFormer Board Member2017 — 2022
  15. FinxactFormer Board Observer2016 — 2022
  16. BlendFormer Board Observer2020 — 2021
  17. S1 CorporationGeneral Manager2001 — 2010Atlanta, GA
  18. TST/BrokatChief Operating Officer1992 — 2001Atlanta, GA

Education

  1. Georgia Institute of TechnologyBS, Industrial Engineering1987 — 1992

Skills & more

Strategy99Leadership52SaaS93Enterprise Software45Executive Management99Start-ups69Banking88Payments25

From Neil's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Georgia Institute of Technology206

Brando De CourtenData Engineer at P101 VenturesTom DyalCo-Founder at Redpoint VenturesWouter Van de PutteInvestment Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersWill McGinnisEntrepreneur and data science executive working at the intersection of AI/ML, technology, and business strategyJaya GuptaInvestor at Foundation CapitalJames WangGeneral Partner at Creative Ventures

+ 200 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Greenlight Financial Technology5

Doug SpearManaging Director at Service Provider CapitalIan ChiuManaging Partner at Owl VenturesGardiner W. GarrardCo-Founder and Managing Partner at TTV CapitalWalker ForehandPresident and General Partner at Canapi VenturesTJ DembinskiPartner at Drive Capital

Also worked at Proof4

Jesse WedlerInvestor at CapitalGDave BarrettSenior Advisory Partner at Polaris PartnersElizabeth GrahamBoard Member at MassChallenge MexicoJack KlinckInvestor at Hyperplane Venture Capital

Also worked at DefenseStorm4

Kevin CovertCo-Founder & Managing Director at BTECH CONSORTIUMJeff LunsfordVenture Partner at Revel PartnersDave TuckerPartner at Next Level VenturesNick ChenPrincipal at Golden Ventures

Investments

Board seats

AnatomyApitureAsset ClassBlendDefenseStormFinxactGreenlightIslandLive Oak BankModernFinCinoPayrailzPoshProof (formerly Notarize)

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Canapi Ventures

Amogh Bhalerao
Associate at Canapi Ventures
Austin Nembach
Associate at Canapi Ventures
Brittany Stewart
Executive Assistant at Canapi Ventures
Chip Mahan
Managing Partner at Canapi Ventures
Connie Qian
Principal at Canapi Ventures
Danielle David Parks
Head of Talent at Canapi Ventures
Emily Keener Silverman
Vice President, Platform at Canapi Ventures
Eric Schwartz
Operating Partner at Canapi Ventures