Clocktower Technology Ventures

Clocktower Technology Ventures invests in the insurance, payments, personal finance, lending, credit, and asset management sectors. The firm’s expertise investing across financial services and its related ecosystem of global institutional allocators, policymakers, and hedge fund managers have created a community that offers a distinct value-add to portfolio companies. Since launching, Clocktower Technology Ventures has invested in 96 fintech companies in North America, Europe, and Latin America. It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

Natalie Charney

Principal

Ned Daoro

Principal

Steve Drobny

Partner

David Lofthouse

Venture Partner

Adriana Saman

Associate

Ben Savage

Partner

Past deals in Personal Finance

Foyer

Seed Round in 2025
Foyer is a developer of a savings account platform aimed at facilitating homeownership for first-time buyers in the United States. The platform integrates market savings accounts with potential state tax benefits and rewards for contributions, creating a comprehensive solution for individuals looking to save for down payments on their new homes. By streamlining the savings process, Foyer seeks to support customers in achieving their homeownership goals and ultimately contribute to the realization of the American Dream.

Mesa

Seed Round in 2024
Mesa is a business focused on making homeownership more affordable and rewarding for its customers. The company operates by offering a rewards program that incentivizes consumers to spend on their homes. Through this initiative, homeowners can earn rewards for every dollar spent, thereby enhancing the overall experience of homeownership. Mesa aims to provide financial benefits that ease the burden of home-related expenses, ultimately contributing to a more accessible and rewarding path to homeownership.

Daylight

Series A in 2022
Daylight is a digital banking platform based in West Hollywood, California, specifically designed for the LGBT+ community. Founded in 2020, Daylight provides a range of financial services, including prepaid cards and an app that offers tools, advice, and cashback for spending at queer bars and allied businesses. The platform aims to empower its members by helping them navigate the financial system, develop smarter financial habits, and connect with a supportive community. By focusing on the unique needs of the LGBT+ population, Daylight fosters financial literacy and encourages users to build a future that aligns with their values.

Brightside

Series B in 2022
Brightside is a financial health company that offers an employer-based platform focused on improving the financial well-being of workers, particularly those living paycheck to paycheck. The platform addresses challenges faced by front-line workers, such as high turnover, healthcare costs, and productivity issues. Brightside provides tailored financial solutions supported by technology-driven financial assistants and a comprehensive app. This approach personalizes services to meet the individual needs of employees and their families, promoting better financial decision-making through behavioral science. By streamlining access to curated financial products, Brightside aims to enhance employee productivity and retention while contributing to a more diverse and equitable workplace.

Rosaly

Seed Round in 2022
Rosaly is a fintech company founded by Arbia Smiti in late 2019, focused on enhancing the financial well-being of employees through its innovative platform. The company offers a solution that automates advance payment requests, allowing businesses to support their staff without negatively impacting cash flow. In addition to managing payment requests, Rosaly provides a comprehensive financial management tool that includes features for on-demand pay, budget management, and financial education, all accessible via a user-friendly app. By addressing the financial stress faced by employees, Rosaly aims to foster a healthier work environment and improve overall employee satisfaction.

Monarch Money

Series A in 2022
Monarch Money is a subscription-based platform that provides a personal finance program to track expenses. The platform aims to help consumers plan and manage their financial lives and adds all the transactions, across all bank accounts and credit cards, into one list, and creates a budget to understand where the money is going.

Copper Banking

Seed Round in 2021
Copper Banking is a financial education platform designed to empower teenagers with financial literacy and banking services. By offering a user-friendly app and debit card, Copper enables teens to manage their money effectively, gaining hands-on experience that traditional banks often overlook. The platform facilitates money transfers, direct deposits, and payments while fostering a connection between parents and teens regarding financial decisions. Additionally, Copper provides exclusive content crafted by financial literacy experts, equipping users with valuable advice and tips to enhance their understanding of personal finance and help them take control of their financial futures. Through these features, Copper seeks to instill responsible financial habits in young users.

M1

Series E in 2021
M1 Holdings operates a personal finance platform that combines automation with user control, allowing individuals to manage and grow their wealth effectively. The platform supports hundreds of thousands of investors, managing over $6 billion in assets. It offers a comprehensive suite of financial tools, including low-cost borrowing, high-interest checking accounts, and cash back rewards through debit and credit cards. Users can create customized stock and ETF portfolios, access affordable lines of credit, and utilize digital banking services that integrate seamlessly with their investments. The platform has received significant recognition for its user-friendly experience, earning high ratings on app stores and accolades from financial publications as one of the best options for investors and digital banking services.

Daylight

Seed Round in 2021
Daylight is a digital banking platform based in West Hollywood, California, specifically designed for the LGBT+ community. Founded in 2020, Daylight provides a range of financial services, including prepaid cards and an app that offers tools, advice, and cashback for spending at queer bars and allied businesses. The platform aims to empower its members by helping them navigate the financial system, develop smarter financial habits, and connect with a supportive community. By focusing on the unique needs of the LGBT+ population, Daylight fosters financial literacy and encourages users to build a future that aligns with their values.

Crediverso

Seed Round in 2021
Crediverso operates a financial marketplace designed to assist the Hispanic community in the United States in achieving financial independence. The platform offers a range of services, including access to credit cards, credit checks, loans, and international money transfers. By providing essential financial information and products, Crediverso bridges the cultural gap for both Spanish- and English-speaking users, ensuring they can make informed decisions about their finances. The company aims to empower its users with the tools and knowledge necessary to navigate financial choices effectively.

Z1

Seed Round in 2021
Z1 is a digital banking application tailored for teenagers and young adults, focusing on fostering financial independence among its users. Founded in 2020 by a team with experience in education and fintech, including João Pedro Thompson, Thiago Achatz, Sophie Secaf, and Mateus Craveiro, the platform provides financial education alongside gamified features and digital banking services. The application enables users to manage their finances responsibly, offering transparency with no hidden fees. Z1 has attracted significant investment from notable backers, including Maya Capital and prominent founders, and has recently secured support from the American accelerator Y Combinator, which has a reputation for nurturing successful startups.

Z1

Seed Round in 2021
Z1 is a digital banking application tailored for teenagers and young adults, focusing on fostering financial independence among its users. Founded in 2020 by a team with experience in education and fintech, including João Pedro Thompson, Thiago Achatz, Sophie Secaf, and Mateus Craveiro, the platform provides financial education alongside gamified features and digital banking services. The application enables users to manage their finances responsibly, offering transparency with no hidden fees. Z1 has attracted significant investment from notable backers, including Maya Capital and prominent founders, and has recently secured support from the American accelerator Y Combinator, which has a reputation for nurturing successful startups.

M1

Series D in 2021
M1 Holdings operates a personal finance platform that combines automation with user control, allowing individuals to manage and grow their wealth effectively. The platform supports hundreds of thousands of investors, managing over $6 billion in assets. It offers a comprehensive suite of financial tools, including low-cost borrowing, high-interest checking accounts, and cash back rewards through debit and credit cards. Users can create customized stock and ETF portfolios, access affordable lines of credit, and utilize digital banking services that integrate seamlessly with their investments. The platform has received significant recognition for its user-friendly experience, earning high ratings on app stores and accolades from financial publications as one of the best options for investors and digital banking services.

M1

Series C in 2020
M1 Holdings operates a personal finance platform that combines automation with user control, allowing individuals to manage and grow their wealth effectively. The platform supports hundreds of thousands of investors, managing over $6 billion in assets. It offers a comprehensive suite of financial tools, including low-cost borrowing, high-interest checking accounts, and cash back rewards through debit and credit cards. Users can create customized stock and ETF portfolios, access affordable lines of credit, and utilize digital banking services that integrate seamlessly with their investments. The platform has received significant recognition for its user-friendly experience, earning high ratings on app stores and accolades from financial publications as one of the best options for investors and digital banking services.

M1

Series B in 2020
M1 Holdings operates a personal finance platform that combines automation with user control, allowing individuals to manage and grow their wealth effectively. The platform supports hundreds of thousands of investors, managing over $6 billion in assets. It offers a comprehensive suite of financial tools, including low-cost borrowing, high-interest checking accounts, and cash back rewards through debit and credit cards. Users can create customized stock and ETF portfolios, access affordable lines of credit, and utilize digital banking services that integrate seamlessly with their investments. The platform has received significant recognition for its user-friendly experience, earning high ratings on app stores and accolades from financial publications as one of the best options for investors and digital banking services.

Starship

Series A in 2019
Starship specializes in simplifying health savings accounts. The company automates health spending, savings, and investing in one place. They make health savings accounts accessible to everyone. They build a healthcare savings account platform that combines a mobile-first signup process, overflow investing into index funds, easy reimbursements, and a chat service for advice.

Stackin'

Series A in 2019
Stackin' is the simplest entry point into finance with over one million subscribers and a mission to empower people to improve their financial lives via text message. Stackin' provides the necessary tools & curated products for a younger generation of consumers to build healthy financial habits over time in a fun, entertaining, judgement-free relationship. Powered by a custom messaging platform, data, machine learning and human touch, their personalized messages educate subscribers on how to save money, reduce debt and start investing.

Borrowell

Series B in 2019
Borrowell Inc., founded in 2014 and based in Toronto, Canada, is a financial technology company that specializes in providing credit education and personal financial services. The company offers free credit scores, credit monitoring, and personalized financial product recommendations through its online marketplace-lending platform. Borrowell helps Canadians access various financial products, including personal loans, credit cards, and mortgages, while also providing tools for debt management and financial improvement. By integrating innovative digital solutions such as personalized credit coaching and AI-driven recommendations, Borrowell aims to enhance the financial well-being of its customers and promote responsible borrowing practices.

Steady

Series A in 2018
Steady removes barriers to earn through its income intelligence that supports over 3 million hourly, 1099 and mixed-earners in earning more, an average of over $5,500 per year. Steady's view of income also applies its technology for purposes of income measurement that fills the wage data gap for public and private sector entities that service this worker population in areas such as the administration of public sector benefits. Steady was founded in 2017.

Trim

Series A in 2018
Trim is a financial health company that empowers customers across the United States to improve their financial lives. Trim's mission is to make Americans financially healthy at scale. Our customers benefit from automated savings, decreased bills and bank fees negotiated by Trim, canceled subscriptions, and spending analysis and recommendations. We've saved our users more than $60M and we’re continuing to grow and add features to improve financial health. Our team has previous experience at organizations like Cisco, Eventbrite, Goldman Sachs, Google, LearnVest, Patreon, Rackspace, and Stripe. Trim is backed by venture investors including Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), OCA Ventures, Eniac Ventures, Version One Ventures, and Core Innovation Capital. Come work with us to create the future of personal finance.

Chime

Series B in 2017
Chime is a mobile banking and finance platform that provides users with convenient banking services designed for modern financial needs. The platform allows users to access bank accounts with fee-free overdrafts and offers the opportunity for early access to paychecks. Chime's unique savings feature automatically sets aside a predetermined amount of money after each transaction, promoting better financial habits and helping members save. The company earns revenue through transaction fees paid by merchants, aligning its interests with those of its users. By focusing on user-friendly services, Chime aims to empower individuals to gain greater control and flexibility over their finances while avoiding traditional banking fees.

Tomorrow Ideas

Seed Round in 2017
Tomorrow Ideas develops an application that helps in protecting family’s financial future. Its application includes last will and testament for the family and the laws of the state, a revocable living trust, guardianship for children and pets, net worth and life insurance calculator, term life insurance comparison, and a complimentary insurance policy. Tomorrow Ideas' application can be downloaded from iOS and Android. David Hanley, Erik Berg, Joshua Heckathorn, and Wayne Rambo founded it in 2015, with its headquarters in Seattle in Washington.

Stackin'

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Stackin' is the simplest entry point into finance with over one million subscribers and a mission to empower people to improve their financial lives via text message. Stackin' provides the necessary tools & curated products for a younger generation of consumers to build healthy financial habits over time in a fun, entertaining, judgement-free relationship. Powered by a custom messaging platform, data, machine learning and human touch, their personalized messages educate subscribers on how to save money, reduce debt and start investing.

Trim

Seed Round in 2016
Trim is a financial health company that empowers customers across the United States to improve their financial lives. Trim's mission is to make Americans financially healthy at scale. Our customers benefit from automated savings, decreased bills and bank fees negotiated by Trim, canceled subscriptions, and spending analysis and recommendations. We've saved our users more than $60M and we’re continuing to grow and add features to improve financial health. Our team has previous experience at organizations like Cisco, Eventbrite, Goldman Sachs, Google, LearnVest, Patreon, Rackspace, and Stripe. Trim is backed by venture investors including Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), OCA Ventures, Eniac Ventures, Version One Ventures, and Core Innovation Capital. Come work with us to create the future of personal finance.

Monarch Money

Monarch Money is a subscription-based platform that provides a personal finance program to track expenses. The platform aims to help consumers plan and manage their financial lives and adds all the transactions, across all bank accounts and credit cards, into one list, and creates a budget to understand where the money is going.
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