Citi Ventures

Headquartered in San Francisco with offices globally, Citi Ventures explores, incubates, and invests in innovative ideas across fintech, data analytics, commerce, security, marketing, property tech, distributed ledger technology, and digital assets. It collaborates with Citi colleagues, clients, and the broader innovation community to drive discovery of new value.

Omar Amireh

Cheif Executive Officer / Citi Country Officer

Avi Arnon

Vice President

Krishna Balachanader

Managing Director

Thompson Barro

Vice President

Karine Ben-Simhon

VP Intelligence Partnerships and Innovation

Matt Carbonara

Managing Director

Alex Chen

Vice President

Kateryna Chupryna

Director

Xiaolei Cong

Vice President

Lauren Gross

Investment Banking Analyst

Ignacio Gutiérrez-Orrantia

CEO, Citibank Europe

Lizzie Guynn

Vice President

Charles Howe

Investor

Cagla Kaymaz

Senior Vice President

Lucas Kirshenbaum

Assistant Vice President

Ian Lee

Director, Innovation Network

Everett Leonidas

Director

Robert Li

Vice President, Citi Ventures

Paul Marshall

Director, Global Finance Product Transformation

Jeff Meyers

Investor

Blaze O'Byrne

Vice President

Margo Pilic

Chief of Staff to the CEO

Arvind Purushotham

Managing Director

Vibhor Rastogi

Managing Director

Meredith Shields

Managing Director

Ornit Shinar

Managing Director

Cece Stewart

President

Kate Sullivan

COO

Avery Tiras

Equity Research Senior Associate

Luis Valdich

Managing Director

Jelena Zec

Director

Past deals in Corporate Round

United Fintech

Corporate Round in 2024
United Fintech acquires and scales innovative fintech companies specializing in capital market technologies. It offers a centralized platform combining fintech, regtech, and captech options, enabling banks, hedge funds, and asset managers to automate workflows, ease onboarding, deliver efficiencies, and save costs.

Rextie

Corporate Round in 2023
Rextie is a specialized currency exchange service that focuses on facilitating the buying and selling of dollars online. The company's platform allows individuals to register their dollar exchange transactions and execute them through bank transfers quickly and efficiently. Rextie offers competitive exchange rates, enabling users to safely exchange currency without the need for cash, thereby reducing the risks associated with robberies and counterfeit bills.

LiquidX

Corporate Round in 2022
LiquidX Inc. is a leading electronic marketplace based in New York that facilitates the exchange of trade finance assets. Established in 2015, the company operates a technology-driven platform that allows corporations, banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and insurers to trade risks and invest in various financial instruments, including receivables, payables, and letters of credit. By providing a transparent environment for tapping into capital markets, LiquidX enables participants to achieve optimal pricing for trade finance assets. The company also serves as a complementary funding source to traditional banking, enhancing access to capital for its diverse client base, which includes both large global companies and smaller financial institutions. With additional offices in London and Singapore, LiquidX continues to expand its global footprint and facilitate efficient trade finance transactions.

SIMON Markets

Corporate Round in 2022
SIMON Markets LLC is a financial technology company headquartered in New York City that specializes in providing an online distribution platform tailored for financial professionals. Incorporated in 2017, the company focuses on structured investments and has developed a comprehensive suite of digital wealth management tools. The platform features on-demand education, intuitive marketplaces, real-time analytics, and lifecycle management capabilities. This innovative approach aims to simplify complex financial challenges and streamline the delivery of structured investment and annuity solutions for professionals in the financial sector.

Genesis Global

Corporate Round in 2020
Genesis Global Technology Limited specializes in developing custom software and solutions tailored for the capital markets. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, with an additional office in New York, the company provides a range of platforms designed to enhance trading and operational efficiency. Its offerings include an automated quoting system for managing requests for quotes, an order execution management system, and a trade allocation manager that facilitates various trading processes. Additionally, Genesis Global offers tools for data management and reconciliation, such as a short/long code manager and a matcher. The company is led by a team of industry veterans with substantial experience in trading technologies across multiple asset classes, aiming to deliver innovative solutions that align with the evolving needs of clients in the financial sector.

Solidatus

Corporate Round in 2020
Solidatus is a leading provider of data lineage and conceptual modeling solutions, focused on helping organizations manage their metadata, data, and processes effectively. The company offers software that enables businesses to visualize data flows within their systems, facilitating regulatory compliance, improving governance, and optimizing data landscapes. Solidatus builds interconnected digital maps of organizations, which simplifies complexity and enhances operational efficiency. Its unique approach validates the integrity of AI-generated data and supports transformational change initiatives, making it an essential tool for data-rich and regulated sectors such as finance, pharmaceuticals, and utilities. With a growing global presence, Solidatus operates from its headquarters in London and an office in Singapore, with plans for expansion into the US, Europe, and the Middle East.

Proxymity

Corporate Round in 2020
Proxymity is a London-based digital platform for investor communications and proxy voting. It provides an end-to-end solution that connects issuers, intermediaries, and investors in real time, enabling efficient, accurate, and transparent proxy voting and shareholder disclosure. The platform automates requests and responses in regulatory-compliant formats and timeframes, supports a digital proxy voting process, and transmits meeting data and votes in real time, reducing manual data entry and eliminating paper-based transfer.

Contour

Corporate Round in 2020
Contour is developing a decentralized trade finance network aimed at simplifying collaboration within the global trade ecosystem. By utilizing advanced technologies, the company seeks to eliminate barriers that hinder seamless trade, facilitating the instant flow of trusted data among banks, corporations, and various service providers. Contour's platform integrates with leading digital document systems and other digital networks, promoting a frictionless exchange of information across fragmented trade routes. This innovative approach enhances efficiency and transparency in trade finance, ultimately supporting a more interconnected global market.

Engine by MoneyLion

Corporate Round in 2019
Engine by MoneyLion is a financial technology company that specializes in embedded finance and marketplace platforms for financial services. The company offers a comprehensive suite of tools, including a search, comparison, and recommendation engine for various financial products, as well as tools for offer management and optimization. These services empower businesses to integrate financial products into their operations, enabling them to deliver personalized financial offers to their clients. Additionally, Engine by MoneyLion provides a diverse range of financial services, including loans, credit, insurance, and savings account solutions.

T-REX

Corporate Round in 2019
T-Rex Group, Inc., established in 2012, is a technology company specializing in enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions. Based in New York, with offices in San Francisco and Tel Aviv, the company develops platforms tailored to the finance, renewables, and technology sectors. Its flagship product, T-REX Analytics, is an advanced SaaS analytics platform designed to analyze and manage solar asset acquisitions and sales, structure renewable energy-backed deals, and portfolio management. The platform enables solar developers and asset managers to stress test production and credit risk parameters, model customized debt tranches, and value securitization transactions. By digitizing and standardizing data, and automating workflows, T-Rex aims to facilitate capital flow into complex assets, fostering innovation in the renewable energy sector.

Factory_OS

Corporate Round in 2019
Factory OS, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells modular re-locatable apartment buildings and residential homes, specializing in off-site construction. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Vallejo, California, the company offers a wide range of modular solutions, including multi-family residential homes, prefabricated townhouses, modular apartments, and various commercial structures such as office buildings and retail locations. Factory OS employs an integrated and tech-enabled approach to streamline the housing development process, focusing on reducing waste, controlling energy consumption, and enhancing building efficiency. The company is committed to innovation through an active research and development program that incorporates advancements in design, technology, and construction methods.

Cosaic

Corporate Round in 2019
Cosaic, Inc. is a software developer specializing in charting and data visualization solutions tailored for the capital markets. The company focuses on creating HTML5 financial charting tools that serve brokerages, individual traders, institutional trading desks, financial portals, and independent trading platforms. Its flagship product, ChartIQ, is a professional-grade financial visualization platform that enables clients to design responsive and interactive charting experiences for their end users. Additionally, Cosaic offers the Term Structure Graph, a real-time interactive chart for fixed income and derivatives markets. The company's technology is designed to integrate seamlessly across multiple devices and frameworks, enhancing user efficiency and allowing financial firms to connect third-party applications within their systems. Founded in 2012 and based in Charlottesville, Virginia, Cosaic was previously known as ChartIQ, Inc. until its name change in July 2020.

Privitar

Corporate Round in 2018
Privitar Ltd. is an enterprise software company specializing in privacy-preserving data mining and advanced data anonymization solutions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, the company serves a diverse global client base across North America, Europe, and Asia. Privitar's product suite includes Privitar Publisher, which allows organizations to securely manage and audit data access, and Privitar Lens, which facilitates the creation of privacy-preserving APIs for reporting and analytics. Additionally, its SecureLink system focuses on data de-identification, while the Privitar Data Privacy Platform enhances data utilization while safeguarding sensitive information. The company's technologies enable clients to analyze potentially sensitive data in compliance with regulations such as GDPR, CPRA, and HIPAA, thereby fostering data-driven innovation and maintaining customer privacy across various sectors, including finance, healthcare, telecommunications, and marketing.

Ondot Systems

Corporate Round in 2018
Ondot Systems, Inc. is a technology company based in San Jose, California, founded in 2011, that specializes in providing digital card service platforms for financial institutions, including banks and credit unions. The company's offerings encompass various tools designed to enhance cardholder engagement and transaction management. Key products include CardControl, which allows consumers to activate or deactivate their cards and set usage preferences; CardAlerts, which enables users to receive customizable transaction alerts; and Self Service, which provides detailed access to card and transaction information. Additionally, Ondot offers mConsole for product managers, Fraud Watch for monitoring and managing card fraud risks, and a Card App that delivers spending insights. With its comprehensive suite of solutions, Ondot aims to improve the customer experience by offering greater control and transparency over both physical and virtual cards, ultimately driving engagement and value for card issuers. The company also provides professional services to support consumer adoption and customer service efforts.

TransFICC

Corporate Round in 2018
TransFICC specializes in low-latency connectivity solutions for banks and asset managers trading in Fixed Income and Derivatives markets. It offers a unified API that simplifies access to multiple execution venues, ensuring microsecond timestamping of data and comprehensive audit trails to support best execution requirements.

Crux Informatics

Corporate Round in 2018
Crux Informatics operates a cloud platform that connects data users with data suppliers to enable external data automation. The platform concentrates on integration, transformation, and observability of third-party data, automating the development of data pipelines, ongoing data quality validation, and management of data workflows between suppliers, consumers, and cloud environments at scale. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, Crux Informatics serves as a bridge for efficient external data delivery.

Unimark Remedies

Corporate Round in 2007
Unimark Remedies is a healthcare company that specializes in the development and manufacturing of generic medicines across a range of therapeutic areas, including respiratory, cardiovascular, anti-infective, and central nervous system disorders. The company aims to serve clients and customers globally by providing affordable generic formulations. In addition to its core offerings of generic medicines, Unimark Remedies also produces a variety of healthcare products, which include diagnostics, medical devices, finished formulations, cosmeceuticals, animal healthcare products, and active pharmaceutical ingredients. Through its diverse portfolio, Unimark Remedies strives to establish a strong presence in the global pharmaceutical market.
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