Motive Ventures

Motive Ventures is the early-stage investment arm of Motive Partners, focused on fintech investments from pre-seed through Series A in North America, Europe and Israel. It is backed by prominent tech entrepreneurs, industry veterans and leading institutions and venture investors, and operates from Berlin, London and New York.

Hugo Bongers

Partner

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Pliant

Series B in 2025
Pliant is a European fintech that specializes in B2B payment solutions through an API-first platform designed to streamline spending, improve cash flow, and embed payments into financial workflows. It serves industries with complex payment needs, such as travel and fleet, by enabling greater efficiency, control, and profitability. The company targets two primary segments: businesses seeking operational automation and extended credit lines, and financial software platforms, ERP providers, and banks seeking to offer embedded finance and white-label credit card solutions. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Pliant supports over 3,500 businesses and more than 20 partners, and operates as a licensed e-money institution issuing Visa-powered credit cards in 11 currencies across more than 30 countries. The platform provides customizable credit card management, automated transaction tracking, and real-time spending control to enhance financial oversight, reduce administrative workload, and optimize cash flow while maintaining security compliance.

Warren

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Warren seeks to empower individuals to take control of their financial futures by emphasizing the importance of employee well-being in the workplace.

Zocks

Series A in 2025
Zocks, established in 2022 and based in San Francisco, specializes in real-time video call insights and privacy. The company's core product is a communication management platform, which captures and analyzes industry-specific insights from client conversations. Key features include claim code tracking, data entry reduction, session insights, HIPAA compliance, and API references, helping clients streamline workflows and extract valuable data from conversations.

Flanks

Series B in 2025
Flanks is a Barcelona-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in developing an application programming interface (API) platform tailored for the banking sector. The company aims to simplify wealth management by providing a seamless solution for various financial entities, including banks, family offices, and portfolio trackers. Flanks' platform integrates portfolio management tasks, allowing users to automate processes related to custodians, fund administrators, and proprietary data warehouses. With a team of experts in wealth management and technology, Flanks seeks to enhance the user experience between clients and financial investors, thereby reshaping the wealth management landscape.

Nelly

Series B in 2025
Nelly provides a tool for medical practices that digitizes patient onboarding, signatures, and payments to reduce administrative workload. The solution collects patient data via a mobile intake, enables secure e-signatures, and offers flexible payment options. It also allows documents and patient data to be transferred to a practice management system and supports sending treatment contracts by SMS or email for signature. By simplifying documentation and payments, Nelly aims to make clinic visits more efficient for both patients and staff, reducing bureaucratic burdens in healthcare.

Upvest

Series C in 2024
Upvest provides an investment API and blockchain wallet infrastructure that enables businesses and financial institutions to offer investment products and wallet experiences within their apps. Its modular, scalable platform supports portfolios, savings plans and micro-investing features such as roundups, while offering the digital infrastructure needed for licenses, vendor management, and back- and middle-office operations. The API also connects to blockchain networks and tokenized platforms, enabling DApps and exchanges to build wallet-enabled experiences for end users and allowing cross-border, secure access to investment products.

Synthera AI

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Synthera AI specializes in generating synthetic financial data using advanced generative AI. Its platform simulates diverse market scenarios, including those not seen historically, for equities, foreign exchange, and interest rates. This enables financial institutions to stress-test portfolios, identify risks, and discover investment opportunities through adaptable simulations, thereby enhancing their decision-making processes.

Vega

Series A in 2024
Vega is to change wealth management through the application of cutting-edge technology. We aim to bring together the private and institutional sectors with a platform that streamlines wealth creation for high-net-worth individuals and their advisors by using our team's financial and technical knowledge.

Parto

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Parto services include business accounts, accounts with fiduciary custody, and payment cards for staff members and those receiving care. Using our proprietary software, which allows for automated billing of business expenses and digital custody fund administration.

MYNE

Series A in 2024
MYNE Homes is a prop-tech company that specializes in a managed co-ownership model for vacation properties. By allowing multiple owners to share the costs and responsibilities associated with holiday home ownership, MYNE Homes makes this experience more accessible and enjoyable. The company focuses on providing professionally designed and managed properties, ensuring a high-quality experience for co-owners. Additionally, it offers concierge services to facilitate a seamless holiday experience. MYNE Homes aims to simplify the process of purchasing and managing vacation homes in Europe and internationally, enabling individuals to find and acquire their ideal getaway at an affordable price.

bunch

Series A in 2024
Bunch is a fintech company that offers a platform designed to streamline private market investing. It focuses on digital entity creation, seamless investor onboarding, and portfolio management. By addressing challenges such as legacy intermediaries, regulatory complexity, and inefficient administration, Bunch aims to save time, money, and mental energy for its users. The platform operates across various legal structures, asset classes, and jurisdictions, making private markets more accessible for businesses and investors. Through its innovative approach, Bunch seeks to simplify and enhance the efficiency of private market transactions.

Doconomy

Series B in 2024
Doconomy offers digital banking services, focusing on sustainability. It provides the DO app, tracking carbon emissions from online purchases, and the DO Black credit card with a carbon limit. The company aims to inspire sustainable consumption by connecting consumers, producers, retailers, and influencers in a circular ecosystem.

Novata

Venture Round in 2024
Novata is a developer of a technological platform aimed at enhancing corporate governance through measurement, data collection, and benchmarking. Founded in 2021 in New York by Alexander Friedman, the company provides a streamlined reporting framework that consolidates key metrics and features a secure contributory database. This allows private businesses to report their data effectively while benefiting from objective, data-driven benchmarking against both private and public company peers. Novata's platform supports private equity firms and private companies in navigating the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) landscape, thereby empowering them to gain valuable insights from their data and fulfill reporting requirements for investors, regulators, and stakeholders.

Alphastream

Seed Round in 2024
Alphastream develops an artificial intelligence platform that extracts and analyzes unstructured financial and legal data for the credit markets. It offers customizable AI models trained by credit experts, empowering investors and analysts to make informed decisions.

Pliant

Series A in 2024
Pliant is a European fintech that specializes in B2B payment solutions through an API-first platform designed to streamline spending, improve cash flow, and embed payments into financial workflows. It serves industries with complex payment needs, such as travel and fleet, by enabling greater efficiency, control, and profitability. The company targets two primary segments: businesses seeking operational automation and extended credit lines, and financial software platforms, ERP providers, and banks seeking to offer embedded finance and white-label credit card solutions. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Pliant supports over 3,500 businesses and more than 20 partners, and operates as a licensed e-money institution issuing Visa-powered credit cards in 11 currencies across more than 30 countries. The platform provides customizable credit card management, automated transaction tracking, and real-time spending control to enhance financial oversight, reduce administrative workload, and optimize cash flow while maintaining security compliance.

NX Technologies

Series B in 2024
NX Technologies specializes in developing innovative solutions for the energy sector. Its core offering is an advanced energy platform designed to optimize energy consumption in buildings and households, thereby reducing costs and minimizing environmental impact.

bezahl.de

Series B in 2024
Bezahl.de specializes in automating and digitizing the entire receivables process. Its platform handles invoicing, dunning, financial accounting booking, real-time payment processing, invoice digitization, and embedded finance services.

Navro

Venture Round in 2024
Navro specializes in providing payment and banking infrastructure for software companies. Its platform offers tools for real-time insights into payments, efficient tracking of money movements, and streamlined international transactions.

Pliant

Series A in 2024
Pliant is a European fintech that specializes in B2B payment solutions through an API-first platform designed to streamline spending, improve cash flow, and embed payments into financial workflows. It serves industries with complex payment needs, such as travel and fleet, by enabling greater efficiency, control, and profitability. The company targets two primary segments: businesses seeking operational automation and extended credit lines, and financial software platforms, ERP providers, and banks seeking to offer embedded finance and white-label credit card solutions. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Pliant supports over 3,500 businesses and more than 20 partners, and operates as a licensed e-money institution issuing Visa-powered credit cards in 11 currencies across more than 30 countries. The platform provides customizable credit card management, automated transaction tracking, and real-time spending control to enhance financial oversight, reduce administrative workload, and optimize cash flow while maintaining security compliance.

Korr

Seed Round in 2024
Korr is an IT company based in New York City that specializes in developing an insurance management platform. This platform is designed to facilitate the creation and administration of insurance policies, utilizing a cloud-native and API-first approach. By focusing on efficient data processing, risk management, and customer relations, Korr enables its clients to streamline operations, save time, and enhance productivity in managing their insurance products.

DoorFeed

Seed Round in 2023
DoorFeed is a company that specializes in aggregating single-family rental properties into income-generating portfolios, utilizing advanced technology and local expertise. It focuses on providing tailored solutions for private investors, wealth managers, and institutional investors. The company offers a range of services, including deal sourcing, underwriting, asset transformation and management, as well as cash flow management and reporting. By leveraging proprietary algorithms and analytics, DoorFeed enables investors to deploy capital efficiently and achieve stabilized income quickly. Their operations are supported by accessible communication channels for inquiries.

Vega

Seed Round in 2023
Vega is to change wealth management through the application of cutting-edge technology. We aim to bring together the private and institutional sectors with a platform that streamlines wealth creation for high-net-worth individuals and their advisors by using our team's financial and technical knowledge.

TIFIN AMP

Series A in 2023
TIFIN AMP is an AI platform that will modernize distribution for asset management companies.

ThreatFabric

Seed Round in 2023
ThreatFabric is a cybersecurity company that specializes in protecting banks and their customers from fraud and malware threats. The company offers two primary solutions: Mobile Threat Intelligence (MTI) and Client Side Detection (CSD). MTI combines dark-web investigations and malware analysis to empower users with the necessary tools to detect and mitigate known and unknown threats. CSD provides a balanced approach to risk assessment and malware detection, ensuring secure online transactions for various financial services. Through these solutions, ThreatFabric aims to simplify the response to complex cyber threats, making it efficient and effective for banks to protect their customers from fraudulent activities.

bezahl.de

Series A in 2023
Bezahl.de specializes in automating and digitizing the entire receivables process. Its platform handles invoicing, dunning, financial accounting booking, real-time payment processing, invoice digitization, and embedded finance services.

Februar

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Februar is an information technology company specializing in payment solutions tailored for Web3 projects. The company has developed a platform that enables seamless integration of fiat payments within Web3 environments, facilitating direct purchases of tokens into user wallets. By providing a straightforward on-ramp for wallets and checkout infrastructure, Februar simplifies the process for users to invest in decentralized finance (DeFi) projects and engage with non-fungible tokens and token sales. This approach offers Web3 companies enhanced flexibility and comprehensive guidance on integrating their projects, fostering a more efficient transaction experience within the evolving digital landscape.

bunch

Seed Round in 2022
Bunch is a fintech company that offers a platform designed to streamline private market investing. It focuses on digital entity creation, seamless investor onboarding, and portfolio management. By addressing challenges such as legacy intermediaries, regulatory complexity, and inefficient administration, Bunch aims to save time, money, and mental energy for its users. The platform operates across various legal structures, asset classes, and jurisdictions, making private markets more accessible for businesses and investors. Through its innovative approach, Bunch seeks to simplify and enhance the efficiency of private market transactions.

Hero

Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 2021 by Roland Jais-Nielsen, Hero aims to bridge the funding gap for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Europe. It offers a range of instantly available financing and payment options to alleviate working capital constraints faced by SMEs.

MYNE

Seed Round in 2022
MYNE Homes is a prop-tech company that specializes in a managed co-ownership model for vacation properties. By allowing multiple owners to share the costs and responsibilities associated with holiday home ownership, MYNE Homes makes this experience more accessible and enjoyable. The company focuses on providing professionally designed and managed properties, ensuring a high-quality experience for co-owners. Additionally, it offers concierge services to facilitate a seamless holiday experience. MYNE Homes aims to simplify the process of purchasing and managing vacation homes in Europe and internationally, enabling individuals to find and acquire their ideal getaway at an affordable price.

Getquin

Series A in 2022
Getquin is a financial technology company that offers a comprehensive platform for investors to manage and track their entire net worth in one location. The platform is designed to facilitate the creation and management of exchange-traded fund portfolios, allowing users to analyze their assets and make informed investment decisions. By providing tools to monitor investments continuously, Getquin fosters a community of like-minded investors, enhancing the decision-making process through shared insights and information. This integrated approach aims to empower individuals to take control of their financial futures.

Nelly

Seed Round in 2022
Nelly provides a tool for medical practices that digitizes patient onboarding, signatures, and payments to reduce administrative workload. The solution collects patient data via a mobile intake, enables secure e-signatures, and offers flexible payment options. It also allows documents and patient data to be transferred to a practice management system and supports sending treatment contracts by SMS or email for signature. By simplifying documentation and payments, Nelly aims to make clinic visits more efficient for both patients and staff, reducing bureaucratic burdens in healthcare.

luca

Seed Round in 2022
Luca is a developer of a digital wallet designed to enhance the gastronomy sector through digitization. The company provides a fintech and identification system that streamlines the processes of booking, ordering, and paying in restaurants, as well as facilitating hotel check-ins. By integrating these services into a single application, Luca aims to simplify user experiences in the gastronomy industry, making it easier for customers to manage their bookings and transactions. The company's innovative approach positions it as a key player in the evolving landscape of digital solutions for the hospitality and dining sectors.

bezahl.de

Seed Round in 2022
Bezahl.de specializes in automating and digitizing the entire receivables process. Its platform handles invoicing, dunning, financial accounting booking, real-time payment processing, invoice digitization, and embedded finance services.

Nelly

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Nelly provides a tool for medical practices that digitizes patient onboarding, signatures, and payments to reduce administrative workload. The solution collects patient data via a mobile intake, enables secure e-signatures, and offers flexible payment options. It also allows documents and patient data to be transferred to a practice management system and supports sending treatment contracts by SMS or email for signature. By simplifying documentation and payments, Nelly aims to make clinic visits more efficient for both patients and staff, reducing bureaucratic burdens in healthcare.
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