Nyca Partners

Nyca Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2014, headquartered in New York. It specializes in investing in early-stage financial technology companies, focusing on areas such as merchant payments services, alternative credit networks, digital advice, and improving financial services infrastructure.

Agastya Gupta

Associate

Jasleen Kaur

Principal

Stephanie Khoo

Partner

Sol Lee

Principal

Max Liebeskind

Principal

Ravi Mohan

Partner

Hans Morris

Managing Partner

Samriti Pal

Associate

Jeffrey Reitman

Principal

David Sica

Principal

Isabel Steinhaus

Senior Associate

Past deals in FinTech

Sympera AI

Seed Round in 2025
Sympera AI is a technology company that provides a platform for relationship managers in the banking sector. This platform uses artificial intelligence to analyze client behavior, predict client needs, and offer tailored sales strategies. It helps bankers identify suitable clients, engage in meaningful conversations, and grow their client portfolios. Sympera's team specializes in developing AI-based solutions specifically for the banking industry to address gaps in relationship management.

Utila

Series A in 2025
Utila is an institutional digital asset operations platform that enables organizations to securely manage and transact across digital assets. It is chain-agnostic and non-custodial, providing an enterprise-grade wallet powered by multiparty computation key management and a granular policy engine. The platform supports asset management across multiple blockchains, wallets, and teams from a single interface, with robust APIs and integrations for developers to build customized offerings on top of the multi-chain wallet infrastructure. Utila aims to simplify institutional crypto operations while prioritizing security and usability.

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.

Sardine

Series C in 2025
Sardine is a financial technology company that specializes in providing a risk and fraud infrastructure tailored for the online economy. It has developed a device intelligence platform that leverages artificial intelligence and advanced risk engine software. This platform enhances fraud detection while minimizing sign-up friction by analyzing multiple real-time data points, including device information, browser details, and behavioral biometrics. By integrating this technology, Sardine enables businesses to establish a robust risk and fraud management framework, ultimately reducing costs within the fintech ecosystem.

Duetti

Venture Round in 2024
Duetti is a music fintech company that provides financial solutions for independent musicians by purchasing catalog rights and monetizing them through data-driven pricing and social media marketing. It enables artists to access quick catalog sales and unlock new investment opportunities, offering data-supported prices for established tracks and the option to sell individual tracks or fractions thereof. By leveraging data insights and targeted marketing, Duetti supports artists in monetizing their catalogs while pursuing professional or personal goals.

NALA

Series A in 2024
NALA Incorporation Company Limited is a FinTech firm based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, founded in 2017. The company develops a mobile payments application that facilitates various financial transactions, including bill payments, peer-to-peer transfers, and airtime top-ups, all without requiring an internet connection. NALA's platform is designed to enhance financial inclusion by providing services that cater to users in regions with limited internet access. The application incorporates bank-grade security encryption and multi-factor authentication to ensure the safety of transactions. Additionally, NALA offers budgeting tools and transaction history tracking, enabling users to manage their finances effectively. Through its services, NALA aims to simplify mobile money transfers for Africans worldwide and support international payments.

Findigs

Series B in 2024
Findigs is a property technology company that provides rent management and tenant screening solutions for property managers and landlords. Its platform supports digital underwriting, tenant identity and income verification, fraud prevention, application processing, and leasing decision support, enabling faster, more secure screening for rental applications. It also offers a digital rental concierge and tools to securely link applicants' bank data to verify income and assets, streamlining the leasing process for both renters and landlords and reducing time and costs.

Duetti

Venture Round in 2024
Duetti is a music fintech company that provides financial solutions for independent musicians by purchasing catalog rights and monetizing them through data-driven pricing and social media marketing. It enables artists to access quick catalog sales and unlock new investment opportunities, offering data-supported prices for established tracks and the option to sell individual tracks or fractions thereof. By leveraging data insights and targeted marketing, Duetti supports artists in monetizing their catalogs while pursuing professional or personal goals.

Tenet

Series A in 2023
Tenet operates a climate-focused financing marketplace that specializes in home and auto loans, particularly for electric vehicles. The platform aims to facilitate a transition to sustainable living by offering innovative and accessible financing options. By helping consumers save money while pursuing their climate goals, Tenet supports the adoption of electric vehicles and tracks carbon emission savings and vehicle performance. Additionally, the company provides institutional investors with access to high-quality environmental, social, and governance (ESG) assets, promoting a financial system that aligns with positive environmental impact.

RQD Clearing

Series A in 2023
RQD Clearing delivers the technology, solutions, and business model brokers expect from a correspondent clearing. They are built entirely on cloud-native, real-time technology and offer an implementation that scales as clients.

Arkifi

Seed Round in 2023
Arkifi is an artificial intelligence company that specializes in creating AI-powered financial analyst tools aimed at enhancing workflow efficiency for financial professionals. By utilizing a novel architectural framework, Arkifi minimizes dependence on traditional generative AI, thereby reducing the risk of factual inaccuracies typically associated with such technologies. This innovative approach allows financial analysts to concentrate on subjective analysis while relying on consistently accurate data, fostering a high level of confidence in the results produced by its tools. Ultimately, Arkifi seeks to empower enterprises with reliable analytics, streamlining their operations and decision-making processes in the financial sector.

Bequest Finance

Seed Round in 2023
Bequest Finance, a fintech firm, provides an innovative, non-custodial digital asset management solution designed to meet the trusts and estates industry's difficulties. Bequest offers a user-friendly experience by leveraging cutting-edge certified smart contracts, enabling a frictionless process that respects privacy and promotes autonomy, thereby revolutionizing the legal framework of digital asset management

OpenFin

Series D in 2023
OpenFin provides runtime technology solutions for financial desktops. Its platform enables web applications to run outside the browser, generating real-time notifications, communicating with other applications, and meeting strict security standards. Serving financial services industries globally.

Axoni

Venture Round in 2023
Axoni is a technology company specializing in real-time data replication solutions tailored for the financial industry. Established in 2017, it focuses on serving major financial institutions, including banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and market infrastructure firms worldwide, with offices located in New York and London. The company's platform facilitates the rapid and reliable deployment of critical financial networks, ensuring automated, real-time data replication among market participants. Additionally, Axoni develops distributed ledger software that integrates traditional financial technologies with blockchain capabilities, enhancing market information, trend analysis, and communication networks. This innovative approach allows financial entities to modernize their systems related to legal records, lifecycle events, and cash flow calculations, thereby improving operational efficiency and data management.

Sardine

Series B in 2022
Sardine is a financial technology company that specializes in providing a risk and fraud infrastructure tailored for the online economy. It has developed a device intelligence platform that leverages artificial intelligence and advanced risk engine software. This platform enhances fraud detection while minimizing sign-up friction by analyzing multiple real-time data points, including device information, browser details, and behavioral biometrics. By integrating this technology, Sardine enables businesses to establish a robust risk and fraud management framework, ultimately reducing costs within the fintech ecosystem.

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.

april

Series A in 2022
Taxes aren’t just another feature — they’re the key to delivering a complete and connected financial experience. april’s suite of smarter tax products is designed to be embedded and white labeled into existing digital platforms: Filing suite – A comprehensive range of services, including DIY tax filing software, tax pro reviews and consultations, and tax pro-led filing Tax planning suite – Built to address key unmet tax needs, from paycheck optimization to tax liability calculations for liquidity events Onboarding acceleration – Simplifies client onboarding with robust historical data via tax transcript retrieval By integrating tax intelligence at every financial touchpoint, firms can build loyalty, drive differentiation, and own every financial moment.

IMTC

Venture Round in 2022
IMTC is a SaaS-based enterprise fintech company that transforms how asset and wealth management firms handle fixed income assets for their clients. Its cloud-native platform offers comprehensive analytics and portfolio management applications, enabling investment management firms to improve operational efficiency and optimize performance.

Fidel API

Series B in 2022
Fidel API is a financial infrastructure platform that allows developers to create programmable experiences during transaction events on payment cards. Established in 2018 and headquartered in London, with additional offices in Lisbon and New York, Fidel API provides tools that enhance interactions between merchants and consumers by facilitating real-time, event-driven engagements. The platform is designed to integrate seamlessly with major payment networks, such as Visa and Mastercard, to deliver detailed transaction data, including amount, location, date, and merchant. This capability supports improved marketing strategies and customer engagement through tailored loyalty and rewards programs, as well as streamlined processes for reimbursements and expense management. The company serves a diverse clientele, ranging from startups to large enterprises, and has established partnerships with prominent firms across various sectors.

Cowbell Cyber

Series B in 2022
Cowbell Cyber develops an artificial intelligence powered platform that quantifies cyber risk for small and mid-sized businesses. It provides standalone cyber insurance designed to adapt to evolving threats, increase insurability, and give clear visibility into risk exposure. The platform combines inside-out data and advanced machine learning to assess insurable threats and support continuous underwriting, mapping risk exposures to potential losses. The company delivers a closed loop risk management approach that includes risk prevention, mitigation, incident preparedness and response services, helping policyholders manage cyber risk over time. Cowbell serves a range of industries and focuses on SMEs seeking easy to understand, individualized coverage that evolves with their risk profile.

Propel

Series B in 2022
Propel, Inc. is a software development company based in Brooklyn, New York, established in 2014. The company focuses on creating mobile applications aimed at improving the financial health of low-income Americans. Its primary product, Providers, is a free app designed for EBT cardholders, enabling them to manage their government benefits, such as SNAP and rental assistance. The app also helps users track their finances, save on essential purchases, and earn cash through various incentives. Propel's mission is to empower individuals by providing tools that facilitate better budgeting and financial management.

Sardine

Series A in 2022
Sardine is a financial technology company that specializes in providing a risk and fraud infrastructure tailored for the online economy. It has developed a device intelligence platform that leverages artificial intelligence and advanced risk engine software. This platform enhances fraud detection while minimizing sign-up friction by analyzing multiple real-time data points, including device information, browser details, and behavioral biometrics. By integrating this technology, Sardine enables businesses to establish a robust risk and fraud management framework, ultimately reducing costs within the fintech ecosystem.

Personetics

Private Equity Round in 2022
Personetics Technologies Ltd. is a provider of customer interaction technology designed specifically for the financial services sector. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in White Plains, New York, the company also has a research and development center in Nazareth, Israel, and additional offices in Tel Aviv, Israel, and Singapore. Personetics offers a range of solutions, including the Personetics Digital Banker, which facilitates customer-centric processes across various digital channels, and Personetics Anywhere, which enables personalized assistance through messaging platforms. The company’s Self-Driving Finance platform engages retail and small business customers by providing tailored guidance in financial management. By leveraging real-time analytics and a library of banking-specific predictions, Personetics empowers financial institutions to enhance customer experiences, convert passive users into active participants, and streamline operations.

april

Seed Round in 2022
Taxes aren’t just another feature — they’re the key to delivering a complete and connected financial experience. april’s suite of smarter tax products is designed to be embedded and white labeled into existing digital platforms: Filing suite – A comprehensive range of services, including DIY tax filing software, tax pro reviews and consultations, and tax pro-led filing Tax planning suite – Built to address key unmet tax needs, from paycheck optimization to tax liability calculations for liquidity events Onboarding acceleration – Simplifies client onboarding with robust historical data via tax transcript retrieval By integrating tax intelligence at every financial touchpoint, firms can build loyalty, drive differentiation, and own every financial moment.

Zero Hash

Series D in 2022
Zero Hash is a B2B embedded infrastructure platform that enables businesses to integrate digital assets into their customer experience via API endpoints. It offers secure custody for both fiat and digital assets, handles regulatory compliance, and provides turnkey solutions for digital asset trading, crypto-backed rewards, and round-ups programs.

CHAI

Series B in 2021
CHAI is a company focused on developing infrastructure technologies aimed at enhancing the efficiency of the digital economy. It offers a fintech platform that includes a debit card, a merchant-facing payment API, and an e-wallet that utilizes blockchain technology. This platform allows merchants and individual users to integrate a diverse array of payment options quickly and easily, often in less than an hour. Users can pay for items online by linking their bank accounts, streamlining the payment process. Through its innovative solutions, CHAI aims to facilitate seamless financial transactions and improve the overall digital payment landscape.

Tractiv

Seed Round in 2021
Tractiv provides a cloud-native platform that enables secure, high-speed distribution and verifiable tracking of digital data for enterprises handling sensitive data. The platform supports immutable records, real-time auditing, and permission-based access to help organizations maintain control, transparency, and trust across digital file interactions.

Thought Machine

Series C in 2021
Thought Machine develops cloud-native technology to revolutionize core banking, aiming to address the industry's reliance on outdated IT infrastructure. Its flagship product, Vault, is a configurable retail banking platform built from scratch as a microservice API architecture.

LÜK

Seed Round in 2021
LÜK is a fintech-enabled B2B marketplace designed for the creative industry, which includes models, photographers, stylists, and hair and makeup artists. The company provides a platform that aggregates agency-represented talent, allowing brands to easily discover, book, and contact professionals from multiple talent agencies simultaneously. By streamlining the booking process, LÜK enhances workflow efficiency and reduces the time it typically takes for talent agencies and their representatives to receive payments, which previously could extend to 150 days. With its innovative approach, LÜK offers immediate payments through invoice factoring, positioning itself as a vertical payment facilitator within the creative talent sector. This model not only simplifies talent management for brands but also fosters a more efficient and timely financial transaction process for creative professionals.

Zero Hash

Series C in 2021
Zero Hash is a B2B embedded infrastructure platform that enables businesses to integrate digital assets into their customer experience via API endpoints. It offers secure custody for both fiat and digital assets, handles regulatory compliance, and provides turnkey solutions for digital asset trading, crypto-backed rewards, and round-ups programs.

Catch

Venture Round in 2021
Catch is a Boston-based company that designs a personal benefits platform aimed at freelancers, contractors, and workers without employer-sponsored benefits. Established in 2016, Catch provides a range of financial solutions, including tax withholding, retirement savings plans, health insurance, and student loan refinancing. The platform allows users to conduct benefit checkups, link bank accounts, and create personalized financial plans, helping individuals build a comprehensive safety net for their financial stability and security. By leveraging data-driven insights, Catch enables users to take control of their financial needs and manage their wealth effectively in an evolving work landscape.

Array

Seed Round in 2021
Array is a technology company specializing in software development for financial innovation. It offers platforms that enable digital brands, institutions, and fintechs to launch consumer products swiftly, driving revenue growth and enhancing digital engagement.

Informed

Series A in 2021
Informed, Inc., established in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, operates a platform that connects buyers and sellers of pre-owned cars while also providing solutions for banks to enhance their digital transformation. The company offers turn-key robotic process automation that performs essential verification tasks, including income, identity, residence, and insurance verification. These services help banks minimize manual costs associated with document reviews, reduce the risk of fraud, mitigate bias, and decrease errors during loan origination and account openings. Additionally, Informed's consumer auto financing platform utilizes a digital assistant and machine learning with optical character recognition to streamline the collection and analysis of loan documents, thereby facilitating automated loan origination for auto lenders.

FinLync

Venture Round in 2021
FinLync is a fintech company that specializes in addressing complex financial requirements through its ERP native applications and API connectivity. The company aims to transform corporate finance and treasury operations by aggregating global banking APIs, which facilitate embedded real-time payments and cash management. This innovation enables treasurers to optimize cash flow, streamline decision-making, and reduce the resources necessary for managing intricate financial tasks. FinLync serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune 2000 and Fortune 500 companies, and has a global presence with employees from 11 countries and offices located in Singapore, Los Angeles, New York, and Paris.

Array

Series A in 2021
Array is a technology company specializing in software development for financial innovation. It offers platforms that enable digital brands, institutions, and fintechs to launch consumer products swiftly, driving revenue growth and enhancing digital engagement.

Personetics

Private Equity Round in 2021
Personetics Technologies Ltd. is a provider of customer interaction technology designed specifically for the financial services sector. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in White Plains, New York, the company also has a research and development center in Nazareth, Israel, and additional offices in Tel Aviv, Israel, and Singapore. Personetics offers a range of solutions, including the Personetics Digital Banker, which facilitates customer-centric processes across various digital channels, and Personetics Anywhere, which enables personalized assistance through messaging platforms. The company’s Self-Driving Finance platform engages retail and small business customers by providing tailored guidance in financial management. By leveraging real-time analytics and a library of banking-specific predictions, Personetics empowers financial institutions to enhance customer experiences, convert passive users into active participants, and streamline operations.

Axoni

Series B in 2021
Axoni is a technology company specializing in real-time data replication solutions tailored for the financial industry. Established in 2017, it focuses on serving major financial institutions, including banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and market infrastructure firms worldwide, with offices located in New York and London. The company's platform facilitates the rapid and reliable deployment of critical financial networks, ensuring automated, real-time data replication among market participants. Additionally, Axoni develops distributed ledger software that integrates traditional financial technologies with blockchain capabilities, enhancing market information, trend analysis, and communication networks. This innovative approach allows financial entities to modernize their systems related to legal records, lifecycle events, and cash flow calculations, thereby improving operational efficiency and data management.

Syncapay

Private Equity Round in 2020
Syncapay, Inc. is a holding company based in Plano, Texas, that specializes in acquiring and managing high-growth companies in the digital payments sector through its subsidiary, daVinci Payments, Inc. Established in 2017, Syncapay offers a range of digital payment solutions, including virtual prepaid cards, classic prepaid options, disbursement services, real-time funding, and application programming interface integration. The company's strategy involves leveraging synergies among its portfolio companies to enhance innovation and competitiveness in the market. Syncapay’s expertise stems from its leadership's background with influential firms in the payments industry, and it seeks to expand its influence by acquiring companies that provide or facilitate payment solutions to consumers and businesses globally. The company made its first acquisition in late 2017 by purchasing Swift Prepaid Solutions, marking the beginning of its growth in the financial technology landscape.

OpenFin

Venture Round in 2020
OpenFin provides runtime technology solutions for financial desktops. Its platform enables web applications to run outside the browser, generating real-time notifications, communicating with other applications, and meeting strict security standards. Serving financial services industries globally.

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.

Jiko

Series A in 2020
Jiko is a fintech company that offers debit cards and a digital money platform designed to combine everyday payments with treasury-based investing. Its debit product includes cash back on purchases, single-use virtual cards, and no minimum balance, delivered through a mobile app. Jiko positions itself as a bank-like service built on safe assets, notably U.S. Treasury bills, enabling users to hold cash and earn yield while maintaining liquidity. The platform supports direct investing in treasury bills and provides an embedded finance API that facilitates sending, receiving, and spending money digitally, effectively serving as a financial portal for users to manage and grow their money. The company focuses on safety and speed, integrating banking and brokerage functions to custody cash in Treasuries and offer scalable, accessible financial services.

Thought Machine

Series B in 2020
Thought Machine develops cloud-native technology to revolutionize core banking, aiming to address the industry's reliance on outdated IT infrastructure. Its flagship product, Vault, is a configurable retail banking platform built from scratch as a microservice API architecture.

Savi

Series A in 2020
Savi is a financial wellness platform focused on student loan management. It assists employees in understanding, optimizing, and repaying their student debt through technology. The platform provides a comprehensive comparison of repayment options, allowing users to explore various strategies for managing their loans. Additionally, Savi helps individuals discover potential loan forgiveness opportunities, facilitating a more informed approach to debt repayment. By streamlining the process and offering tailored solutions, Savi aims to empower users to save money and expedite their loan repayment journey.

Fidel API

Series A in 2019
Fidel API is a financial infrastructure platform that allows developers to create programmable experiences during transaction events on payment cards. Established in 2018 and headquartered in London, with additional offices in Lisbon and New York, Fidel API provides tools that enhance interactions between merchants and consumers by facilitating real-time, event-driven engagements. The platform is designed to integrate seamlessly with major payment networks, such as Visa and Mastercard, to deliver detailed transaction data, including amount, location, date, and merchant. This capability supports improved marketing strategies and customer engagement through tailored loyalty and rewards programs, as well as streamlined processes for reimbursements and expense management. The company serves a diverse clientele, ranging from startups to large enterprises, and has established partnerships with prominent firms across various sectors.

Acorns

Venture Round in 2019
Acorns is a financial technology company founded in 2012 and based in Irvine, California. The company offers a mobile application that enables individuals to automate micro-investments by rounding up their everyday purchases and investing the spare change into a diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds. Acorns employs a proprietary financial engine to facilitate these micro-investments, allowing users to invest small amounts of money effortlessly. In addition to its investment services, Acorns provides debit card, personal checking, investment, and retirement account options, making it easier for users to manage their finances and grow their savings over time.

Brigit

Series A in 2019
Brigit develops a financial platform offering tools for cash advances, credit building, and financial management. Its tools help individuals track bills and budgets, understand spending habits, and access credit with lower interest costs.

LeapYear

Series B in 2019
LeapYear Technologies, Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, specializes in developing a platform that enables enterprises to securely extract value from their most sensitive data. The platform employs differential privacy, a mathematically proven standard, to protect data while allowing it to be leveraged for machine learning purposes. This allows domain experts, data scientists, and partner organizations to create automated machine learning applications and APIs, monetizing previously inaccessible or restricted data sources. LeapYear has collaborated with major companies across various sectors, including financial services, healthcare, technology, and insurance, to combine, analyze, and securely utilize previously siloed information.

Catch

Seed Round in 2019
Catch is a Boston-based company that designs a personal benefits platform aimed at freelancers, contractors, and workers without employer-sponsored benefits. Established in 2016, Catch provides a range of financial solutions, including tax withholding, retirement savings plans, health insurance, and student loan refinancing. The platform allows users to conduct benefit checkups, link bank accounts, and create personalized financial plans, helping individuals build a comprehensive safety net for their financial stability and security. By leveraging data-driven insights, Catch enables users to take control of their financial needs and manage their wealth effectively in an evolving work landscape.

NALA

Seed Round in 2019
NALA Incorporation Company Limited is a FinTech firm based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, founded in 2017. The company develops a mobile payments application that facilitates various financial transactions, including bill payments, peer-to-peer transfers, and airtime top-ups, all without requiring an internet connection. NALA's platform is designed to enhance financial inclusion by providing services that cater to users in regions with limited internet access. The application incorporates bank-grade security encryption and multi-factor authentication to ensure the safety of transactions. Additionally, NALA offers budgeting tools and transaction history tracking, enabling users to manage their finances effectively. Through its services, NALA aims to simplify mobile money transfers for Africans worldwide and support international payments.

Propel

Series A in 2018
Propel, Inc. is a software development company based in Brooklyn, New York, established in 2014. The company focuses on creating mobile applications aimed at improving the financial health of low-income Americans. Its primary product, Providers, is a free app designed for EBT cardholders, enabling them to manage their government benefits, such as SNAP and rental assistance. The app also helps users track their finances, save on essential purchases, and earn cash through various incentives. Propel's mission is to empower individuals by providing tools that facilitate better budgeting and financial management.

Embroker

Series B in 2018
Embroker, Inc. is a digital insurance brokerage that specializes in providing insurance services to small and mid-sized businesses. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in Chicago, Boston, Denver, and New York, Embroker utilizes an online platform to streamline the process of purchasing, managing, and analyzing commercial insurance policies. The platform allows clients to automate the sharing, requesting, and tracking of proof of coverage, as well as monitor claims in real-time. Embroker offers a wide range of insurance products, including Commercial General Liability, property insurance, professional liability, and employee benefits, among others. The company also provides tools for peer comparison, enabling clients to benchmark their policies against industry standards. By combining technology with broker expertise, Embroker aims to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the $800 billion property and casualty insurance market, helping businesses save time and secure optimal coverage.

Level

Venture Round in 2018
Level, operating under the name Zero Financial, Inc., is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, that offers a modern mobile banking experience. The company's primary products include a mobile banking application, a debit card known as Zerocard, and a checking account called Zero Checking. The app provides users with real-time insights into their finances, displaying debit card purchases alongside other transactions to help manage their budgets effectively. Unlike traditional banking options, Zerocard combines the convenience of a debit card with the benefits of a credit card, offering users unlimited cash back rewards ranging from 1.0% to 3.0% on expenditures, as well as competitive annual interest rates on account balances. Level aims to eliminate common banking fees, striving to simplify personal finance management for its users.

Fluidly

Series A in 2018
Fluidly, established in 2016 and based in London, specializes in cash flow management and forecasting software. It leverages data science, accounting expertise, and machine learning to provide intuitive, AI-powered cash flow forecasting and management solutions. Fluidly's software automates cash flow forecasting using transaction data from accounting systems, offering small and medium enterprises real-time, invoice-level insights to optimize their financial future and make informed decisions.

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.

Axoni

Series B in 2018
Axoni is a technology company specializing in real-time data replication solutions tailored for the financial industry. Established in 2017, it focuses on serving major financial institutions, including banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and market infrastructure firms worldwide, with offices located in New York and London. The company's platform facilitates the rapid and reliable deployment of critical financial networks, ensuring automated, real-time data replication among market participants. Additionally, Axoni develops distributed ledger software that integrates traditional financial technologies with blockchain capabilities, enhancing market information, trend analysis, and communication networks. This innovative approach allows financial entities to modernize their systems related to legal records, lifecycle events, and cash flow calculations, thereby improving operational efficiency and data management.

Veem

Series B in 2018
Veem Inc. is a payment service provider that specializes in simplifying the process of sending and receiving funds for businesses. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a platform that allows small and medium-sized enterprises to conduct transactions in local currencies. By utilizing blockchain technology as its payment rail, Veem eliminates the need for intermediary banks, which reduces costs and improves transaction efficiency. The platform enables real-time payment tracking, invoice generation, and the ability to upload mass documents, enhancing the overall user experience. Additionally, Veem provides integration services with accounting platforms, further streamlining financial operations for its users. The company also has offices in Kanata, Canada, and Shanghai, China.

Mines

Series A in 2018
Mines.io, Inc. is a financial analytics company that operates a platform focused on mobile data. Its flagship product, Mteka, is an in-memory analytics solution capable of processing vast amounts of mobile carrier data rapidly, allowing for the creation and deployment of predictive models in real time. The company's services are designed to assist mobile operators in monetizing their data while enabling financial institutions to expand their customer reach. Among its offerings are a credit scoring service that evaluates consumer credit risk based on mobile behavior, a fraud detection system that identifies suspicious activities in real time, and behavior modeling tools that enhance customer identity verification. Additionally, the company employs risk analysis and machine learning techniques to help insurance providers tailor premiums based on consumer risk profiles. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, Mines.io aims to leverage mobile data to improve financial services and consumer access to credit.

Brigit

Venture Round in 2018
Brigit develops a financial platform offering tools for cash advances, credit building, and financial management. Its tools help individuals track bills and budgets, understand spending habits, and access credit with lower interest costs.

Blend Labs

Series D in 2017
Founded in 2012, Blend Labs designs and develops digital lending platforms that streamline mortgage, consumer loan, and deposit account applications. Serving over 300 financial institutions, including Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank, the company processes billions in loans daily, helping millions of consumers access credit.

Acorns

Series D in 2017
Acorns is a financial technology company founded in 2012 and based in Irvine, California. The company offers a mobile application that enables individuals to automate micro-investments by rounding up their everyday purchases and investing the spare change into a diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds. Acorns employs a proprietary financial engine to facilitate these micro-investments, allowing users to invest small amounts of money effortlessly. In addition to its investment services, Acorns provides debit card, personal checking, investment, and retirement account options, making it easier for users to manage their finances and grow their savings over time.

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 provides runtime technology solutions for financial desktops. Its platform enables web applications to run outside the browser, generating real-time notifications, communicating with other applications, and meeting strict security standards. Serving financial services industries globally.

Level

Seed Round in 2016
Level, operating under the name Zero Financial, Inc., is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, that offers a modern mobile banking experience. The company's primary products include a mobile banking application, a debit card known as Zerocard, and a checking account called Zero Checking. The app provides users with real-time insights into their finances, displaying debit card purchases alongside other transactions to help manage their budgets effectively. Unlike traditional banking options, Zerocard combines the convenience of a debit card with the benefits of a credit card, offering users unlimited cash back rewards ranging from 1.0% to 3.0% on expenditures, as well as competitive annual interest rates on account balances. Level aims to eliminate common banking fees, striving to simplify personal finance management for its users.

LeapYear

Series A in 2016
LeapYear Technologies, Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, specializes in developing a platform that enables enterprises to securely extract value from their most sensitive data. The platform employs differential privacy, a mathematically proven standard, to protect data while allowing it to be leveraged for machine learning purposes. This allows domain experts, data scientists, and partner organizations to create automated machine learning applications and APIs, monetizing previously inaccessible or restricted data sources. LeapYear has collaborated with major companies across various sectors, including financial services, healthcare, technology, and insurance, to combine, analyze, and securely utilize previously siloed information.

Embroker

Series A in 2016
Embroker, Inc. is a digital insurance brokerage that specializes in providing insurance services to small and mid-sized businesses. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in Chicago, Boston, Denver, and New York, Embroker utilizes an online platform to streamline the process of purchasing, managing, and analyzing commercial insurance policies. The platform allows clients to automate the sharing, requesting, and tracking of proof of coverage, as well as monitor claims in real-time. Embroker offers a wide range of insurance products, including Commercial General Liability, property insurance, professional liability, and employee benefits, among others. The company also provides tools for peer comparison, enabling clients to benchmark their policies against industry standards. By combining technology with broker expertise, Embroker aims to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the $800 billion property and casualty insurance market, helping businesses save time and secure optimal coverage.

Mines

Seed Round in 2016
Mines.io, Inc. is a financial analytics company that operates a platform focused on mobile data. Its flagship product, Mteka, is an in-memory analytics solution capable of processing vast amounts of mobile carrier data rapidly, allowing for the creation and deployment of predictive models in real time. The company's services are designed to assist mobile operators in monetizing their data while enabling financial institutions to expand their customer reach. Among its offerings are a credit scoring service that evaluates consumer credit risk based on mobile behavior, a fraud detection system that identifies suspicious activities in real time, and behavior modeling tools that enhance customer identity verification. Additionally, the company employs risk analysis and machine learning techniques to help insurance providers tailor premiums based on consumer risk profiles. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, Mines.io aims to leverage mobile data to improve financial services and consumer access to credit.

Mirador

Series A in 2015
Mirador is a leading front-end platform for small business lending. It supports established lenders by streamlining the borrowing process, enhancing user experience, and improving profitability. Mirador offers modules for lead generation and second-look programs, enabling lenders to implement or expand small business loan programs efficiently.

Clearmatics Technologies

Seed Round in 2015
Clearmatics Technologies develops a blockchain-based clearing and settlement platform for over-the-counter financial markets. The platform connects custodians, dealers, trading venues, buy-side firms, and data providers to settle securities trades and automate the performance of derivatives and other financial contracts using Decentralized Clearing Network technology. It offers a distributed asset ledger that records ownership and supports programmable assets, including smart contracts and event-driven programs on a replicated ledger, enabling custody and automated processing of financial transactions. The company focuses on capital markets infrastructure to reduce settlement cycles, lower friction, and improve security and interoperability across networks. It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in London, with an office in Geneva.

AvidXchange

Private Equity Round in 2015
AvidXchange provides accounts payable and payment automation software for midsize and mid-market businesses and their suppliers. The software suite includes purchase order management, invoice processing, payments, check printing, and utility-bill management delivered via a web-based platform that automates purchase orders and payment workflows while helping control costs. The company serves industries such as banking, construction, healthcare and social services, hospitality, real estate, technology, and software across North America. It processes more than $140 billion in annual transactions across a supplier network of over 680,000 and serves about 6,000 customers. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, AvidXchange has roughly 1,500 employees and seven offices.

Artivest

Series A in 2015
Artivest operates an online investment platform that connects individual investors and financial advisors with opportunities in private equity and hedge funds, which are typically accessible only to institutional investors. By leveraging technological, financial, and operational expertise, Artivest offers a seamless investment experience while ensuring high security through advanced encryption technology. This platform allows a broader audience to participate in top-quality investment opportunities, thus democratizing access to private investments and enhancing the scalability for fund managers.

Veem

Seed Round in 2015
Veem Inc. is a payment service provider that specializes in simplifying the process of sending and receiving funds for businesses. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a platform that allows small and medium-sized enterprises to conduct transactions in local currencies. By utilizing blockchain technology as its payment rail, Veem eliminates the need for intermediary banks, which reduces costs and improves transaction efficiency. The platform enables real-time payment tracking, invoice generation, and the ability to upload mass documents, enhancing the overall user experience. Additionally, Veem provides integration services with accounting platforms, further streamlining financial operations for its users. The company also has offices in Kanata, Canada, and Shanghai, China.

OpenFin

Convertible Note in 2015
OpenFin provides runtime technology solutions for financial desktops. Its platform enables web applications to run outside the browser, generating real-time notifications, communicating with other applications, and meeting strict security standards. Serving financial services industries globally.

Fundbox

Series B in 2015
Founded in 2013, Fundbox operates a payments network that facilitates transactions between businesses. It provides credit and payment solutions to small businesses serving other businesses (SMB2B), empowering them with fast and intuitive access to business credit.

Poynt

Series A in 2014
Poynt Co. is a technology company that operates a payment terminal and open commerce platform, designed to enhance the commerce infrastructure for merchants and distributors. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Poynt offers the Poynt Smart Terminal, which integrates basic register functionality with PoyntOS, allowing developers to create tools that help merchants manage their operations effectively. The company also provides Poynt 5, a mobile payment solution that facilitates transactions in various environments, such as festivals and conferences. Poynt's platform supports an ecosystem of applications that enable a new app economy for merchants, allowing developers to create solutions that can be distributed widely. By focusing on security, reliability, and certification, Poynt aims to connect businesses and streamline secure transactions in the evolving landscape of connected commerce.

Axioma

Seed Round in 2014
Axioma, Inc., founded in 1998 and based in New York, develops and markets portfolio optimization solutions tailored for portfolio managers to implement their investment strategies. The company offers tools such as Axioma Portfolio Optimizer, Performance Attribution, Backtester, Portfolio Analytics, and Risk management systems. These solutions support various investment approaches and provide insights into portfolio performance, risk modeling, and regulatory reporting. Axioma serves a global clientele including asset managers, hedge funds, insurance companies, pension funds, wealth managers, and investment banks, with clients managing over $10 trillion in assets. The company operates as a subsidiary of Qontigo GmbH.

Affirm

Series A in 2014
Affirm is a financial technology company that offers consumer installment loans at the point of sale through its Buy with Affirm platform. Shoppers can select Affirm at checkout and pay for purchases in fixed monthly installments with real-time decisioning and upfront, transparent terms, avoiding hidden fees. The company provides a digital and mobile‑first platform that includes a point‑of‑sale payment solution for merchants and a consumer app, and it partners with thousands of merchants across categories such as home, travel, electronics, apparel, and beauty. Revenue comes from merchant networks and related services, including virtual card networks, with the majority of business generated in the United States, and ongoing activity in Canada and other regions. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco with an additional office in Chicago, Affirm aims to offer an accessible alternative to traditional credit that improves budgeting and financial clarity for consumers.
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