FJ Labs

FJ Labs is a venture capital firm based in New York, founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. The firm is stage-agnostic, primarily focusing on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups across various sectors, including B2B, B2C, financial services, mobile technology, advertisement technology, e-commerce, food technology, gaming, health technology, real estate technology, restaurant technology, ridesharing, software as a service, and virtual reality. FJ Labs typically invests in seed and Series A rounds, with investment amounts ranging from $50,000 to $5,000,000.

Matias Barbero

Investor

William Guillouard

Venture Partner

Arne Halleraker

Principal

Christopher Keshian

Investor

Jose Marin

Co-Founder

Past deals in Lending

NymCard

Series B in 2025
NymCard is a payment processing platform founded in 2016, with operations based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and a subsidiary in London, United Kingdom. The company focuses on providing a comprehensive online payments solution that enhances user experience, security, and data management. NymCard offers mobile wallet solutions, card issuance and processing, and cloud-based services, allowing financial institutions in Africa and the Middle East to issue innovative digital payment products. By leveraging open APIs and mobile SDKs, NymCard enables clients to provide plastic, virtual, or tokenized cards to users quickly and efficiently, facilitating access to the digital economy. The platform aims to streamline the account opening process and ensure secure online transactions, addressing the challenges of low payment card penetration in its target regions.

Measured

Seed Round in 2025
Measured provides a platform to make liquidity simple and cost-effective for RIAs, empowering clients and advisors with the tools.

Efficient Capital Labs

Seed Round in 2024
Efficient Capital Labs specializes in providing capital services to B2B SaaS businesses, particularly those with a significant operational presence in India while generating revenue in the US and other leading markets. The firm focuses on offering fast, seamless, and cost-effective financing solutions, including non-dilutive capital that allows businesses to grow without sacrificing equity. As a direct lender, Efficient Capital Labs makes independent underwriting decisions, ensuring clarity and transparency in its financing terms. This approach enables clients to achieve their financial objectives efficiently.

Finvero

Venture Round in 2024
Finvero is a credit marketplace established in January 2021 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal. The company provides a platform that allows merchants to register their businesses and access personalized financing services. By connecting businesses with a pool of lenders, Finvero enables merchants to offer credit options to their customers, thereby increasing average ticket sales. The platform simplifies the management of various credit products, assisting both physical and online stores in enhancing their operations and facilitating daily transactions for their clientele.

UME Financial Services

Series A in 2024
Ume is a credit platform capable of reaching competitive prices and creating an economic environment to make credit simple and democratic.

Scramble

Seed Round in 2024
Scramble is a lending marketplace based in Tallinn, Estonia, that facilitates debt financing for startups by connecting them with busy professionals seeking investment opportunities. Founded in 2020, the platform allows innovative businesses to present their growth capital needs through monthly curated collections, known as 'batches,' featuring consumer goods startups. Investors can allocate capital to these startups via pre-approved credit limits, which are based on the estimated lifetime income of each co-founder. This streamlined process enables private investors to participate in monthly fundraising rounds, typically completing their investments in under five minutes. Scramble's model supports startups in securing high-yield debt financing while offering a convenient investment avenue for professionals.

Reworth

Seed Round in 2024
Reworth is a developer of a payment relationship marketing platform that facilitates interactions between banks and merchants to enhance customer engagement. By leveraging anonymous transactional data, Reworth enables financial institutions to offer personalized merchant-funded cashback programs, which help increase customer loyalty and drive revenue. The platform's API infrastructure supports various services, including credit scoring, fraud prevention, B2B payments, and personal finance management, contributing to the future of Open Finance. Reworth equips its partners with valuable first-party data, real-time business intelligence, and competitor analysis, allowing them to accurately predict consumer behavior and create tailored experiences that resonate with customers.

Scramble

Convertible Note in 2023
Scramble is a lending marketplace based in Tallinn, Estonia, that facilitates debt financing for startups by connecting them with busy professionals seeking investment opportunities. Founded in 2020, the platform allows innovative businesses to present their growth capital needs through monthly curated collections, known as 'batches,' featuring consumer goods startups. Investors can allocate capital to these startups via pre-approved credit limits, which are based on the estimated lifetime income of each co-founder. This streamlined process enables private investors to participate in monthly fundraising rounds, typically completing their investments in under five minutes. Scramble's model supports startups in securing high-yield debt financing while offering a convenient investment avenue for professionals.

Nexu

Series B in 2023
Nexu is a financing platform that enables car dealerships to provide a fully digital and real-time financing experience for buyers. The platform employs artificial intelligence and advanced algorithms to facilitate the comparison of automotive loan options, connecting individuals seeking credit with various financial institutions. Users can optimize their search for auto loans through Nexu's portal, where they can review, analyze, and obtain loan offers without incurring any costs. This streamlined approach enhances access to financing for a broader range of car buyers, making the process more efficient and user-friendly.

Scramble

Convertible Note in 2023
Scramble is a lending marketplace based in Tallinn, Estonia, that facilitates debt financing for startups by connecting them with busy professionals seeking investment opportunities. Founded in 2020, the platform allows innovative businesses to present their growth capital needs through monthly curated collections, known as 'batches,' featuring consumer goods startups. Investors can allocate capital to these startups via pre-approved credit limits, which are based on the estimated lifetime income of each co-founder. This streamlined process enables private investors to participate in monthly fundraising rounds, typically completing their investments in under five minutes. Scramble's model supports startups in securing high-yield debt financing while offering a convenient investment avenue for professionals.

FRANQ

Venture Round in 2022
FRANQ is a Brazilian fintech company that operates a financial platform connecting individuals and small to medium-sized enterprises with a diverse range of financial products and services. The platform aggregates offerings from 50 financial institutions and distributes them through a network of 7,000 independent brokers, known as Personal Bankers. This multi-sided marketplace allows banking professionals to serve as one-stop shops for their clients, providing access to over 100 financial products at no cost to consumers. By ensuring the independence of these self-employed bankers and investment advisors, FRANQ promotes transparency and choice in the financial market, enabling clients to select products that best meet their needs.

Paybook

Series A in 2022
Paybook, Inc. operates a cloud-based financial platform designed to streamline money management for individuals, groups, and businesses. Founded in 2011 and based in Austin, Texas, the platform features a manual expense tracking system that facilitates the management of personal, social, and business finances. Users can access various financial accounts, collaborate with others, and efficiently manage company expenses while generating and tracking invoices. Additionally, the platform allows for the categorization of transactions by user-defined themes and provides tools for analyzing income and expenses. Paybook is committed to promoting financial inclusion and enhancing efficiency within traditional finance, particularly in Latin America's financial markets. Its financial API product, Syncfy, enables customers to access financial data from multiple sources, simplifying processes like payments and invoice management. The platform emphasizes security through advanced data protection measures, ensuring that funds cannot be transferred from within the system.

Qanlex

Seed Round in 2022
Qanlex specializes in litigation financing, primarily targeting continental law countries. Founded by Yago Zavalia Gahan and Fernando Folgueiro, the company develops software that facilitates access to capital for pursuing valid legal claims. Qanlex employs a screening algorithm that efficiently tracks, filters, and selects claims, allowing clients to engage in litigation with the potential for high returns that are not directly linked to the performance of other financial assets.

Scramble

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Scramble is a lending marketplace based in Tallinn, Estonia, that facilitates debt financing for startups by connecting them with busy professionals seeking investment opportunities. Founded in 2020, the platform allows innovative businesses to present their growth capital needs through monthly curated collections, known as 'batches,' featuring consumer goods startups. Investors can allocate capital to these startups via pre-approved credit limits, which are based on the estimated lifetime income of each co-founder. This streamlined process enables private investors to participate in monthly fundraising rounds, typically completing their investments in under five minutes. Scramble's model supports startups in securing high-yield debt financing while offering a convenient investment avenue for professionals.

Supermojo

Seed Round in 2022
Supermojo is building the embedded customer lending experiences to power the growth of NFTs as a powerful new asset class.

NymCard

Series A in 2022
NymCard is a payment processing platform founded in 2016, with operations based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and a subsidiary in London, United Kingdom. The company focuses on providing a comprehensive online payments solution that enhances user experience, security, and data management. NymCard offers mobile wallet solutions, card issuance and processing, and cloud-based services, allowing financial institutions in Africa and the Middle East to issue innovative digital payment products. By leveraging open APIs and mobile SDKs, NymCard enables clients to provide plastic, virtual, or tokenized cards to users quickly and efficiently, facilitating access to the digital economy. The platform aims to streamline the account opening process and ensure secure online transactions, addressing the challenges of low payment card penetration in its target regions.

Koban

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Koban is a fintech company focused on transforming financial services in Latin America by addressing the needs of the unbanked population and improving options for existing banking customers. The company provides a secure digital platform that offers a range of user-friendly financial services, including payments, money transfers, budgeting tools, and credit facilities. Koban is dedicated to promoting financial inclusion through innovative technology and design, aiming to empower individuals in managing their financial lives effectively. By prioritizing customer experience, Koban seeks to simplify the complexities of money management and broaden access to essential financial services across the region.

Slope

Series A in 2022
Slope is a financial platform developer that provides a range of payment solutions for businesses. Its platform allows clients to manage various aspects of financial transactions, including loan processing, underwriting, debt collection, and payout management, once goods or services are delivered. By offering options such as credit card acceptance and invoice link generation, Slope enables businesses to facilitate installment payments at checkout. This approach not only helps improve cash flow and financial security for businesses but also reduces administrative burdens and enhances the overall customer experience. The platform is designed for easy integration with existing systems, making it a versatile solution for companies seeking to streamline their financial operations.

HouseHold

Seed Round in 2022
HouseHold provides mortgage services that help Latinos buy properties. The company is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

Boom & Bucket

Seed Round in 2022
Boom & Bucket operates an online marketplace focused on the buying and selling of used heavy equipment for contractors. This business-to-business platform enables equipment owners to list their available machinery while allowing buyers to compare prices and select from multiple listings. The marketplace simplifies the process for construction companies and contractors, facilitating the acquisition of heavy equipment through options for purchase, sale, or rental, as well as providing financing alternatives.

Moove

Series A in 2022
Moove is a mobility fintech company focused on providing revenue-based vehicle financing to entrepreneurs in the mobility sector across Africa. By utilizing embedded alternative credit-scoring technology within ride-hailing, logistics, and delivery platforms, Moove aims to democratize vehicle ownership and improve access to financial services for those previously excluded. The company's innovative approach leverages proprietary performance and revenue analytics to assess and underwrite loans, enabling mobility entrepreneurs to secure the financing needed to grow their businesses. Through this model, Moove addresses the financial barriers faced by individuals in the mobility industry, promoting economic empowerment and expanding opportunities for entrepreneurship.

Nexu

Series A in 2022
Nexu is a financing platform that enables car dealerships to provide a fully digital and real-time financing experience for buyers. The platform employs artificial intelligence and advanced algorithms to facilitate the comparison of automotive loan options, connecting individuals seeking credit with various financial institutions. Users can optimize their search for auto loans through Nexu's portal, where they can review, analyze, and obtain loan offers without incurring any costs. This streamlined approach enhances access to financing for a broader range of car buyers, making the process more efficient and user-friendly.

Kanda

Seed Round in 2022
Kanda is a financial services firm that specializes in providing financing solutions for home improvement projects. The company has developed software that enables tradespeople to create quotes and invoices, facilitating the automation of paperwork and ensuring timely payments. This estimating tool allows contractors to offer financing options, including escrow financing, to clients who may not be able to pay the full amount upfront. By doing so, Kanda enhances the competitiveness of contractors while making home improvement projects more accessible and affordable for homeowners.

Moni

Series C in 2022
Moni is a microloans platform based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, founded in September 2013 by Alejandro Estrada and Juan Pablo Bruzzo. The platform allows users to apply for cash advances online, facilitating immediate financial assistance without the need for extensive paperwork or formalities. In addition to providing loans, Moni also enables customers to pay for telecom and utility bills through its mobile application, thereby streamlining access to essential financial services.

Reworth

Seed Round in 2021
Reworth is a developer of a payment relationship marketing platform that facilitates interactions between banks and merchants to enhance customer engagement. By leveraging anonymous transactional data, Reworth enables financial institutions to offer personalized merchant-funded cashback programs, which help increase customer loyalty and drive revenue. The platform's API infrastructure supports various services, including credit scoring, fraud prevention, B2B payments, and personal finance management, contributing to the future of Open Finance. Reworth equips its partners with valuable first-party data, real-time business intelligence, and competitor analysis, allowing them to accurately predict consumer behavior and create tailored experiences that resonate with customers.

Ripio

Series B in 2021
Ripio, formerly known as Bitpagos, is a financial payments company that specializes in electronic payment solutions for businesses in Latin America. Utilizing blockchain technology, Ripio aims to create a more accessible financial system in emerging markets. The company enables merchants to process international transactions using credit cards or bitcoins, significantly reducing costs. Additionally, Ripio allows consumers to purchase bitcoins instantly with cash. Its platform supports bitcoin and credit card payments and provides merchants the option to receive payouts in local currency or bitcoins. The company also offers a digital wallet feature and a credit line service to facilitate installment payments, catering to clients in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador.

Solaris

Venture Round in 2021
Solarisbank operates as a Banking-as-a-Service platform, holding a full German banking license and specializing in embedded finance. The company enables businesses to seamlessly integrate a range of financial services, including digital bank accounts, payment cards, consumer and SME lending, and identification services, through a suite of APIs. By leveraging blockchain technology, Solarisbank allows companies to customize their banking solutions, facilitating cashless payments and enhancing customer engagement. With a significant investment backing from notable shareholders, Solarisbank is committed to increasing accessibility and efficiency in the financial sector, driving innovation to empower businesses with comprehensive digital financial solutions.

Scramble

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Scramble is a lending marketplace based in Tallinn, Estonia, that facilitates debt financing for startups by connecting them with busy professionals seeking investment opportunities. Founded in 2020, the platform allows innovative businesses to present their growth capital needs through monthly curated collections, known as 'batches,' featuring consumer goods startups. Investors can allocate capital to these startups via pre-approved credit limits, which are based on the estimated lifetime income of each co-founder. This streamlined process enables private investors to participate in monthly fundraising rounds, typically completing their investments in under five minutes. Scramble's model supports startups in securing high-yield debt financing while offering a convenient investment avenue for professionals.

TradeBay

Seed Round in 2021
TradeBay is a global trading community that operates an online platform facilitating the efficient connection and trade between buyers and sellers of fruit. By enabling members to expand their networks of trusted business partners, TradeBay provides opportunities for reaching new markets and enhancing trade safety. The platform also offers tailored financing services, cash flow solutions, credit insurance, and loans, which enhance liquidity within the fruit trading industry. Through these services, TradeBay aims to foster a more transparent marketplace, supporting businesses in their trading endeavors.

BXblue

Series A in 2021
bxblue is a marketplace for personal loans in Brazil explicitly targeting pensioners and Government workers because they can they take loans secured by their guaranteed income. Because of that banks can deduct the payment directly from the paycheck, leading to an apr 10x lower than credit cards. Payroll secured loans are the most affordable personal loan in Brazil, and they represent 60% of the personal loans in the country. It is a 40bn dollar/year marke, completely offline. We are taking this entire market online.

Aprila Bank

Series B in 2020
Aprila Bank is a technology-driven financial services provider focused on delivering automated lending solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company utilizes an API-based platform, which connects with approximately 130,000 SMEs through partnerships with prominent online accounting systems and other relevant service providers. By leveraging in-house developed machine learning models, Aprila Bank predicts lending outcomes and assesses risk using both real-time data and traditional credit information. This approach enables the company to offer credit lines that enhance the borrowing experience for SMEs, ensuring efficiency and accessibility in the lending process.

Ripio

Seed Round in 2020
Ripio, formerly known as Bitpagos, is a financial payments company that specializes in electronic payment solutions for businesses in Latin America. Utilizing blockchain technology, Ripio aims to create a more accessible financial system in emerging markets. The company enables merchants to process international transactions using credit cards or bitcoins, significantly reducing costs. Additionally, Ripio allows consumers to purchase bitcoins instantly with cash. Its platform supports bitcoin and credit card payments and provides merchants the option to receive payouts in local currency or bitcoins. The company also offers a digital wallet feature and a credit line service to facilitate installment payments, catering to clients in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador.

Velocity

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Velocity is a prominent financial solution provider in India, specifically catering to digitally native businesses. Founded in 2020 by Abhiroop Medhekar, Atul Khichariya, and Saurav Swaroop, the company seeks to reshape the landscape of banking and financial services for modern enterprises. Velocity offers a diverse array of financial services, including term loans, revenue-based financing, overdrafts, and payment solutions. It distinguishes itself by providing funding options that do not require equity dilution or personal guarantees, allowing clients to repay loans as a fixed percentage of their future revenues. This innovative approach presents an alternative to traditional venture capital and standard loans, enabling businesses to access necessary funds while maintaining greater control over their financial obligations.

Aprila Bank

Venture Round in 2019
Aprila Bank is a technology-driven financial services provider focused on delivering automated lending solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company utilizes an API-based platform, which connects with approximately 130,000 SMEs through partnerships with prominent online accounting systems and other relevant service providers. By leveraging in-house developed machine learning models, Aprila Bank predicts lending outcomes and assesses risk using both real-time data and traditional credit information. This approach enables the company to offer credit lines that enhance the borrowing experience for SMEs, ensuring efficiency and accessibility in the lending process.

Kueski

Series B in 2019
Kueski is a prominent buy now, pay later (BNPL) and online consumer lending company in Latin America, primarily serving the Mexican market. Founded in 2012, Kueski aims to simplify financial access for consumers through its innovative product offerings. The company's ecosystem includes Kueski Pay, a BNPL solution that facilitates purchases both online and in physical stores, and Kueski Cash, which provides personal loans. By utilizing advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data, Kueski efficiently assesses credit and fraud risks, enabling rapid approval or rejection of loan applications within minutes. This approach helps clients meet their short-term financial needs. Kueski has successfully raised over $300 million in equity and debt financing and has been recognized in industry rankings, underscoring its significant impact on the financial landscape in Mexico.

LÜK

Seed Round in 2019
LÜK is a fintech-enabled B2B marketplace that serves the creative industry, which includes models, photographers, stylists, and hair and makeup artists. The platform aggregates talent from various agencies, providing brands with a streamlined way to discover, book, and contact professional creative talent. By consolidating agency-represented talent into one accessible platform, LÜK simplifies the casting process, allowing brands to connect with models and other professionals from multiple premium agencies simultaneously. Additionally, LÜK enhances the payment experience by offering immediate payments through invoice factoring, significantly reducing the traditional payment timeline of 60 to 150 days that talent agencies typically face. This positions LÜK as a key facilitator of payments within the creative talent industry.

Clearco

Series A in 2018
Clearco is an online financial platform that specializes in providing growth capital to e-commerce and B2B companies. It leverages proprietary software and data science models to identify funding opportunities for high-growth businesses. Clearco offers financing in exchange for a share of future revenue, allowing startups to access capital without diluting their equity. This model enables entrepreneurs to focus on scaling their operations while repaying the funding based on their revenue performance.

Chipper

Convertible Note in 2018
Chipper, Inc. is a company that develops a student loan management application designed to help students analyze, manage, and repay their student debt. Founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas, Chipper's platform aims to lower payments, assist users in qualifying for loan forgiveness, and facilitate faster debt repayment. The company focuses on creating modern financial products tailored to address the challenges faced by individuals burdened by student loans.

Plastiq

Series B in 2018
Plastiq Inc. is an online payment service that allows users to make payments via credit and debit cards, irrespective of whether the recipient typically accepts card payments. The company processes these card payments and transfers the funds in a format that recipients can accept, such as electronic bank transfers or checks. Founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, California, Plastiq serves a wide range of customers, including businesses and individuals in the United States and Canada, enabling them to pay for various expenses like tuition, taxes, rent, utilities, and insurance. The platform facilitates flexible payment options, allowing users to earn credit card rewards and utilize cash more effectively. Plastiq aims to streamline payment processes and has expanded its services to over 150 countries.

Aprila Bank

Venture Round in 2017
Aprila Bank is a technology-driven financial services provider focused on delivering automated lending solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company utilizes an API-based platform, which connects with approximately 130,000 SMEs through partnerships with prominent online accounting systems and other relevant service providers. By leveraging in-house developed machine learning models, Aprila Bank predicts lending outcomes and assesses risk using both real-time data and traditional credit information. This approach enables the company to offer credit lines that enhance the borrowing experience for SMEs, ensuring efficiency and accessibility in the lending process.

Archblock

Convertible Note in 2017
Archblock is a financial technology company that focuses on bridging institutional capital to decentralized finance (DeFi) by enhancing modern financial infrastructure. As a key contributor to TrueFi, Archblock facilitates the involvement of institutional lenders and fund managers in blockchain-based lending, promoting transparency and accessibility in global lending markets. The company develops web3-enabled products that improve trading volume and liquidity for trusted stablecoins. Its platform ensures that fiduciaries adhere to smart contract instructions, backed by civil and criminal law, while providing legal recognition of ownership through financial institutions. This modular suite of products allows institutions and asset managers to create and manage stablecoins, tokenize real-world assets, and oversee portfolios, thereby enabling clients to generate asset-backed tokens and process digital payments in real-time. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, Archblock aims to redefine financial infrastructure for a more efficient and accessible global economy.

Aprila Bank

Venture Round in 2017
Aprila Bank is a technology-driven financial services provider focused on delivering automated lending solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company utilizes an API-based platform, which connects with approximately 130,000 SMEs through partnerships with prominent online accounting systems and other relevant service providers. By leveraging in-house developed machine learning models, Aprila Bank predicts lending outcomes and assesses risk using both real-time data and traditional credit information. This approach enables the company to offer credit lines that enhance the borrowing experience for SMEs, ensuring efficiency and accessibility in the lending process.

Plastiq

Series B in 2017
Plastiq Inc. is an online payment service that allows users to make payments via credit and debit cards, irrespective of whether the recipient typically accepts card payments. The company processes these card payments and transfers the funds in a format that recipients can accept, such as electronic bank transfers or checks. Founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, California, Plastiq serves a wide range of customers, including businesses and individuals in the United States and Canada, enabling them to pay for various expenses like tuition, taxes, rent, utilities, and insurance. The platform facilitates flexible payment options, allowing users to earn credit card rewards and utilize cash more effectively. Plastiq aims to streamline payment processes and has expanded its services to over 150 countries.

Plastiq

Series B in 2016
Plastiq Inc. is an online payment service that allows users to make payments via credit and debit cards, irrespective of whether the recipient typically accepts card payments. The company processes these card payments and transfers the funds in a format that recipients can accept, such as electronic bank transfers or checks. Founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, California, Plastiq serves a wide range of customers, including businesses and individuals in the United States and Canada, enabling them to pay for various expenses like tuition, taxes, rent, utilities, and insurance. The platform facilitates flexible payment options, allowing users to earn credit card rewards and utilize cash more effectively. Plastiq aims to streamline payment processes and has expanded its services to over 150 countries.
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