Nyca Partners

Nyca Partners LLC is a venture capital and advisory firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, United States. The firm specializes in the financial technology sector, focusing on startups and early-stage companies that offer innovative solutions in areas such as merchant payments, alternative credit networks, digital advice, and enhancements to financial services infrastructure. Nyca Partners connects these companies with financial institutions, technology firms, and expert advisors to foster growth and innovation. The firm typically invests between $10 million and $15 million in its portfolio companies, targeting a range of stages from seed to later-stage investments. As a Registered Investment Adviser, Nyca Partners is committed to supporting the fintech ecosystem.

Agastya Gupta

Associate

Jasleen Kaur

Principal

Stephanie Khoo

Partner

Sol Lee

Principal

Max Liebeskind

Principal

Ravi Mohan

COO and Partner

Samriti Pal

Associate

Isabel Steinhaus

Senior Associate

Past deals in Compliance

FairPlay

Venture Round in 2025
FairPlay is a company that offers fairness solutions for financial institutions, focusing on integrating fairness into AI decision-making processes to help clients assess and mitigate algorithmic bias in their models. The platform provides tools for automated fair lending analysis, allowing financial institutions to evaluate their decision-making frameworks against regulatory standards. FairPlay AI also helps organizations identify potential biases in their algorithms, ensuring compliance with fair lending regulations while promoting equitable outcomes in financial services. By leveraging data-driven insights, FairPlay AI enables clients to enhance their decision-making processes and foster greater transparency in their operations.

Findigs

Series B in 2024
Findigs is a property technology company that enhances the rental screening and leasing process for property managers and landlords. The company specializes in digital underwriting and tenant screening, offering a platform that verifies tenant identity and financial information. With tools designed for fraud prevention and streamlined application processing, Findigs aims to simplify decision-making in property management. Its software allows applicants to securely link their bank accounts, enabling instant verification of income and assets. Additionally, Findigs provides a digital rental concierge to assist with various rent-related processes, ultimately saving time and money for both tenants and landlords.

Coverdash

Series A in 2024
Coverdash is a digital business insurance agency that specializes in meeting the insurance needs of startups and small to medium-sized businesses. The company provides a comprehensive range of commercial insurance products, including general liability, business owners policies, workers compensation, directors and officers liability, cyber insurance, and professional liability. By utilizing advanced technology, Coverdash enables partners to deliver customizable insurance solutions that integrate operational, compliance, and financial components within their platforms. The agency focuses on offering tailored service and instant coverage policies to freelancers, consultants, e-commerce merchants, and various small businesses, ensuring they receive appropriate coverage at competitive rates.

Certificial

Series B in 2023
Certificial is an insurance verification platform that streamlines the supplier management and certificate issuance processes. By providing businesses with real-time access to suppliers' insurance coverage, it ensures that companies can easily monitor compliance and updates regarding changes in coverage. The platform integrates seamlessly with brokers' and AMS providers' APIs, making it accessible for both large and small agents and brokers at no cost to insurers. Certificial's features include immediate information retrieval, historical records of business relationships, and compliance alerts, which help mitigate risks associated with fraud, misinformation, and coverage lapses.

OpenFin

Series D in 2023
OpenFin Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing runtime solutions for financial desktops, facilitating the development and deployment of web applications in the financial services sector. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in London, OpenFin enables applications to operate outside the browser, allowing for enhanced features such as real-time notifications, secure communications, and interoperability among various applications. Its platform is designed to meet the stringent security and compliance requirements of financial institutions, streamlining the app distribution process and eliminating costly packaging and deployment cycles. By offering a user experience akin to mobile operating systems, OpenFin enhances the functionality and efficiency of financial applications, ultimately supporting the needs of banks and financial services across the United States and Europe.

Thoropass

Series C in 2022
Thoropass is a compliance automation platform that helps businesses navigate complex regulatory requirements. The company offers a suite of services and tools designed to simplify the compliance process, enabling organizations to manage and store compliance programs effectively. Thoropass provides access to various infosec and privacy frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. By combining intelligent software with expert guidance and continuous monitoring, Thoropass prepares companies for successful audits each year. Its platform facilitates the design of stage-appropriate controls and offers a concierge service to assist clients throughout the certification process. Hundreds of growing companies rely on Thoropass to build scalable security practices and maintain compliance over the long term.

Alterya

Seed Round in 2022
Simple, safe, and compliant access to web3

FairPlay

Series A in 2022
FairPlay is a company that offers fairness solutions for financial institutions, focusing on integrating fairness into AI decision-making processes to help clients assess and mitigate algorithmic bias in their models. The platform provides tools for automated fair lending analysis, allowing financial institutions to evaluate their decision-making frameworks against regulatory standards. FairPlay AI also helps organizations identify potential biases in their algorithms, ensuring compliance with fair lending regulations while promoting equitable outcomes in financial services. By leveraging data-driven insights, FairPlay AI enables clients to enhance their decision-making processes and foster greater transparency in their operations.

Zero Hash

Series D in 2022
Zero Hash LLC is a B2B embedded infrastructure platform that facilitates the seamless integration of digital assets into customer experiences for various businesses. Founded in 2017 and based in Chicago, Illinois, the company provides comprehensive post-trade settlement services, including the storage of digital assets, settlements, institutional custody, and compliance with regulatory requirements. Its offerings encompass a money transmitter platform and an API that simplifies access to digital asset services. Zero Hash caters to a diverse clientele, including neo-banks, broker-dealers, and payment service providers, allowing them to offer digital asset trading, custody, and related products. By managing backend complexities and compliance, Zero Hash enables clients to focus on developing user-friendly crypto products, thereby broadening access to digital assets across various markets.

Thoropass

Series B in 2021
Thoropass is a compliance automation platform that helps businesses navigate complex regulatory requirements. The company offers a suite of services and tools designed to simplify the compliance process, enabling organizations to manage and store compliance programs effectively. Thoropass provides access to various infosec and privacy frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. By combining intelligent software with expert guidance and continuous monitoring, Thoropass prepares companies for successful audits each year. Its platform facilitates the design of stage-appropriate controls and offers a concierge service to assist clients throughout the certification process. Hundreds of growing companies rely on Thoropass to build scalable security practices and maintain compliance over the long term.

Zero Hash

Series C in 2021
Zero Hash LLC is a B2B embedded infrastructure platform that facilitates the seamless integration of digital assets into customer experiences for various businesses. Founded in 2017 and based in Chicago, Illinois, the company provides comprehensive post-trade settlement services, including the storage of digital assets, settlements, institutional custody, and compliance with regulatory requirements. Its offerings encompass a money transmitter platform and an API that simplifies access to digital asset services. Zero Hash caters to a diverse clientele, including neo-banks, broker-dealers, and payment service providers, allowing them to offer digital asset trading, custody, and related products. By managing backend complexities and compliance, Zero Hash enables clients to focus on developing user-friendly crypto products, thereby broadening access to digital assets across various markets.

Peach Finance

Series A in 2021
Peach Finance, Inc. is a technology company based in Oakland, California, that specializes in developing a comprehensive loan management platform designed for finance, legal, and operations teams. Founded in 2018, Peach offers a software as a service (SaaS) solution that employs machine learning algorithms to enhance repayment rates while ensuring compliance with regulations. The platform is API-first and fully configurable, enabling lenders to efficiently launch and scale lending products across various asset classes. Its robust end-to-end servicing technology includes features such as a loan management system, borrower and agent portals, customer relationship management, omnichannel communications, payment processing, and reporting tools. Additionally, Peach Finance provides a unique Self-Service Portfolio Migration capability, aiming to empower lenders to innovate and improve the financial experiences of their customers.

Trace

Seed Round in 2021
Trace is a cloud-based platform focused on enhancing business spend management for finance teams. It offers real-time visibility into spending, facilitates faster and more accurate financial closing processes, and empowers employees while minimizing risk. By providing flexible purchase workflows tailored to contemporary business needs, Trace manages the entire transaction lifecycle from purchase request through to payment and reconciliation. The platform aims to improve the financial health of organizations, fostering collaboration between finance teams and other departments to enable informed decision-making. With a commitment to creating efficient and insightful financial operations, Trace leverages its team's extensive expertise in the financial management sector to deliver simple yet effective solutions for budgeting, spending, and hiring.

OpenFin

Venture Round in 2020
OpenFin Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing runtime solutions for financial desktops, facilitating the development and deployment of web applications in the financial services sector. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in London, OpenFin enables applications to operate outside the browser, allowing for enhanced features such as real-time notifications, secure communications, and interoperability among various applications. Its platform is designed to meet the stringent security and compliance requirements of financial institutions, streamlining the app distribution process and eliminating costly packaging and deployment cycles. By offering a user experience akin to mobile operating systems, OpenFin enhances the functionality and efficiency of financial applications, ultimately supporting the needs of banks and financial services across the United States and Europe.

Sliderule (formerly Modern Logic)

Seed Round in 2020
Sliderule is the no-code rules engine for fraud, compliance, and customer risk at fintech companies Sliderule helps risk teams build automated decisioning logic from drag-and-drop blocks, including rules, data connectors, and analytics - without calling in the engineers. Sliderule is the modern rules engine fintech companies need to fight financial crime, reduce risk, and make smart decisions about their customers. The company was founded in 2020, and formerly known as Modern Logic.

Transcend Street Solutions

Series A in 2020
Transcend Street Solutions Inc. is a technology company focused on developing real-time inventory and collateral management optimization solutions for the capital markets. Established in 2013 and headquartered in Piscataway, New Jersey, the company provides a comprehensive platform that includes global inventory optimization, digitized eligibility management, transfer pricing models, and intraday liquidity management. It serves a diverse clientele of leading banks and financial institutions, positioning itself as a standard-bearer in the optimization of firm-wide management of inventory, funding, and liquidity. With a workforce of over 75 employees globally, Transcend Street Solutions effectively addresses various regulatory and capital challenges in the financial industry through its user-friendly Software as a Service (SaaS) and on-premises solutions.

Thoropass

Series A in 2020
Thoropass is a compliance automation platform that helps businesses navigate complex regulatory requirements. The company offers a suite of services and tools designed to simplify the compliance process, enabling organizations to manage and store compliance programs effectively. Thoropass provides access to various infosec and privacy frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. By combining intelligent software with expert guidance and continuous monitoring, Thoropass prepares companies for successful audits each year. Its platform facilitates the design of stage-appropriate controls and offers a concierge service to assist clients throughout the certification process. Hundreds of growing companies rely on Thoropass to build scalable security practices and maintain compliance over the long term.

Peach Finance

Venture Round in 2019
Peach Finance, Inc. is a technology company based in Oakland, California, that specializes in developing a comprehensive loan management platform designed for finance, legal, and operations teams. Founded in 2018, Peach offers a software as a service (SaaS) solution that employs machine learning algorithms to enhance repayment rates while ensuring compliance with regulations. The platform is API-first and fully configurable, enabling lenders to efficiently launch and scale lending products across various asset classes. Its robust end-to-end servicing technology includes features such as a loan management system, borrower and agent portals, customer relationship management, omnichannel communications, payment processing, and reporting tools. Additionally, Peach Finance provides a unique Self-Service Portfolio Migration capability, aiming to empower lenders to innovate and improve the financial experiences of their customers.

Thoropass

Seed Round in 2019
Thoropass is a compliance automation platform that helps businesses navigate complex regulatory requirements. The company offers a suite of services and tools designed to simplify the compliance process, enabling organizations to manage and store compliance programs effectively. Thoropass provides access to various infosec and privacy frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. By combining intelligent software with expert guidance and continuous monitoring, Thoropass prepares companies for successful audits each year. Its platform facilitates the design of stage-appropriate controls and offers a concierge service to assist clients throughout the certification process. Hundreds of growing companies rely on Thoropass to build scalable security practices and maintain compliance over the long term.

Scratch

Venture Round in 2018
Scratch Services, LLC, established in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in developing innovative loan servicing solutions. It offers a proprietary loan accounting system, payments infrastructure, and a user-friendly web application, all designed to enhance borrowers' understanding and management of their loans. Scratch aims to transform the debt experience by prioritizing the borrower's needs, ultimately improving repayment outcomes and fostering a more efficient service ecosystem for both borrowers and lenders.

SigFig

Series E in 2018
SigFig is a wealth management company that focuses on providing personalized investment advice to investors of all wealth levels. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company leverages a blend of design, data science, and technology to empower users with the information and guidance necessary for achieving their financial goals. Through partnerships with major financial institutions, SigFig enhances the investment management process by offering accessible and affordable guidance tailored to individual needs. Its enterprise technology is designed to be secure, scalable, and compliant, allowing partners to accelerate their time to market. Additionally, SigFig's innovation initiatives support product development and client engagement, further solidifying its commitment to improving the investment experience for both investors and financial advisors.

EverC

Corporate Round in 2018
EverC Ltd. is a developer of cloud-based cyber risk intelligence and merchant fraud detection solutions, aimed at enhancing the safety and integrity of the e-commerce ecosystem. The company offers MerchantView, a monitoring tool for acquiring banks and payment service providers to manage merchant-related fraud and cyber risks, as well as MarketView, which tracks illicit listings in online marketplaces. Additionally, EverC provides professional services, including the detection of violating merchants and transaction laundering verification. Founded in 2007 and based in New York City, with offices in Shanghai and Tel Aviv, EverC utilizes advanced AI-driven technology to identify and mitigate risks associated with high-risk merchants, online money laundering, and counterfeit products. The company was previously known as EverCompliant Ltd. until its name change in September 2020.

Merlon Intelligence

Seed Round in 2017
Merlon Intelligence, Inc. is a compliance technology company based in San Francisco, California, established in 2016. It specializes in providing risk management and compliance solutions tailored for the financial industry. The company's offerings include Merlon Intelligent Screening, which automates customer screening by analyzing news and information from various sources; Merlon Intelligent List Management, which assists in managing sanction lists to address financial crimes; Merlon Intelligent Assessment, a platform designed to enhance the customer risk assessment process; and Merlon Intelligent Triage, which aggregates customer-related information for compliance analysts. By servicing banks, Merlon Intelligence aims to reduce risk and combat money laundering effectively.

OpenFin

Series B in 2017
OpenFin Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing runtime solutions for financial desktops, facilitating the development and deployment of web applications in the financial services sector. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in London, OpenFin enables applications to operate outside the browser, allowing for enhanced features such as real-time notifications, secure communications, and interoperability among various applications. Its platform is designed to meet the stringent security and compliance requirements of financial institutions, streamlining the app distribution process and eliminating costly packaging and deployment cycles. By offering a user experience akin to mobile operating systems, OpenFin enhances the functionality and efficiency of financial applications, ultimately supporting the needs of banks and financial services across the United States and Europe.

EverC

Series A in 2016
EverC Ltd. is a developer of cloud-based cyber risk intelligence and merchant fraud detection solutions, aimed at enhancing the safety and integrity of the e-commerce ecosystem. The company offers MerchantView, a monitoring tool for acquiring banks and payment service providers to manage merchant-related fraud and cyber risks, as well as MarketView, which tracks illicit listings in online marketplaces. Additionally, EverC provides professional services, including the detection of violating merchants and transaction laundering verification. Founded in 2007 and based in New York City, with offices in Shanghai and Tel Aviv, EverC utilizes advanced AI-driven technology to identify and mitigate risks associated with high-risk merchants, online money laundering, and counterfeit products. The company was previously known as EverCompliant Ltd. until its name change in September 2020.

CENTRL

Series B in 2016
CENTRL Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing a comprehensive platform for privacy and risk management. Founded in 2015 and based in Mountain View, California, CENTRL offers a shared environment for businesses to securely exchange critical information, manage vendor reports, and automate assessments. Its Privacy360 solution is designed to address evolving global privacy management requirements, ensuring compliance with regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and LGPD. The platform is scalable and adaptable, catering to organizations of all sizes with minimal configuration needed. CENTRL's tools support various privacy compliance initiatives, including data subject access requests and data mapping, while also facilitating third-party and vendor risk management throughout the vendor lifecycle. This enables organizations to enhance oversight and mitigate risks effectively.

CENTRL

Series A in 2015
CENTRL Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing a comprehensive platform for privacy and risk management. Founded in 2015 and based in Mountain View, California, CENTRL offers a shared environment for businesses to securely exchange critical information, manage vendor reports, and automate assessments. Its Privacy360 solution is designed to address evolving global privacy management requirements, ensuring compliance with regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and LGPD. The platform is scalable and adaptable, catering to organizations of all sizes with minimal configuration needed. CENTRL's tools support various privacy compliance initiatives, including data subject access requests and data mapping, while also facilitating third-party and vendor risk management throughout the vendor lifecycle. This enables organizations to enhance oversight and mitigate risks effectively.

EverC

Series A in 2015
EverC Ltd. is a developer of cloud-based cyber risk intelligence and merchant fraud detection solutions, aimed at enhancing the safety and integrity of the e-commerce ecosystem. The company offers MerchantView, a monitoring tool for acquiring banks and payment service providers to manage merchant-related fraud and cyber risks, as well as MarketView, which tracks illicit listings in online marketplaces. Additionally, EverC provides professional services, including the detection of violating merchants and transaction laundering verification. Founded in 2007 and based in New York City, with offices in Shanghai and Tel Aviv, EverC utilizes advanced AI-driven technology to identify and mitigate risks associated with high-risk merchants, online money laundering, and counterfeit products. The company was previously known as EverCompliant Ltd. until its name change in September 2020.

OpenFin

Convertible Note in 2015
OpenFin Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing runtime solutions for financial desktops, facilitating the development and deployment of web applications in the financial services sector. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in London, OpenFin enables applications to operate outside the browser, allowing for enhanced features such as real-time notifications, secure communications, and interoperability among various applications. Its platform is designed to meet the stringent security and compliance requirements of financial institutions, streamlining the app distribution process and eliminating costly packaging and deployment cycles. By offering a user experience akin to mobile operating systems, OpenFin enhances the functionality and efficiency of financial applications, ultimately supporting the needs of banks and financial services across the United States and Europe.
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