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.
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 peer-to-peer payments, bill payments, and airtime top-ups, all without the need for an internet connection. NALA's platform is designed to enhance financial inclusion by offering services that include money transfers, budgeting tools, and transaction tracking. The application also features advanced security measures such as bank-grade encryption and multi-factor authentication, ensuring safe and reliable transactions, particularly in areas with limited internet access. Through its services, NALA aims to support mobile money transfers for Africans worldwide, promoting seamless international payments and digital financial services.
Qapita
Series B in 2024
Qapita is a software-as-a-service platform specializing in equity and transaction management. It offers a comprehensive equity management system that facilitates capitalization table management, employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) management, and digital ESOP issuance. This platform enables equity stakeholders to efficiently manage their holdings in a digital format, serving clients primarily across South and Southeast Asia. By streamlining these processes, Qapita aims to enhance the efficiency and transparency of equity management for businesses in the region.
Tenet
Series A in 2023
To accelerate the transition to a more sustainable future, we provide fast, affordable, and fully-digital financing for EVs by working with mission-aligned financial institutions and business partners.
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.
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 Inc. specializes in providing runtime technology solutions tailored for financial desktops, enabling web applications to function outside traditional browser environments. Founded in 2010 and based in New York, with an additional office in London, the company serves clients in the financial services sector, including banks in the United States and Europe. OpenFin's platform facilitates real-time application generation, desktop notifications, and seamless communication between applications while adhering to stringent security and compliance standards required by financial institutions. This approach allows users to avoid costly packaging and deployment cycles, promoting rapid and secure application deployment.
Axoni
Venture Round in 2023
Axoni is a technology company that specializes in real-time data replication and distributed ledger software for the financial services industry. Founded in 2017, it serves major financial institutions, including banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and market infrastructure firms globally, with offices in New York and London. Axoni's platform facilitates the seamless integration of traditional financial technologies with blockchain systems, offering market information and deep analysis of trends. Its solutions enable rapid deployment of critical financial networks and automate real-time data sharing among market participants, enhancing the management of legal records, lifecycle events, and cash flow calculations.
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 software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that specializes in providing fintech solutions for asset and wealth management firms. The company offers a cloud-native investment management platform that supports buy-side investors through comprehensive analytics and portfolio management tools. This platform facilitates the entire investment decision-making process, from idea generation to trade allocation, thereby enhancing operational efficiency and optimizing performance. By focusing on alpha generation, IMTC aims to fundamentally transform how firms manage fixed income assets for their clients.
Fidel API
Series B in 2022
Fidel API is a financial infrastructure platform that empowers developers to create programmable experiences in real-time during payment card transactions. By integrating directly with major payment networks like Visa and Mastercard, the platform provides granular transaction data, including amount, location, date, and merchant details. This enables businesses to enhance customer engagement and marketing efforts through real-time, event-driven interactions. Fidel API's technology facilitates the development of advanced loyalty and rewards programs, as well as streamlining processes such as reimbursements and expense management. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in London, Fidel API serves a diverse clientele ranging from startups to large enterprises, including notable organizations like Google and British Airways. The company is supported by significant investors and has a global presence with offices in Lisbon and New York, along with remote employees.
Propel
Series B in 2022
Propel, Inc. is a technology company based in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 2014. It specializes in developing mobile software applications aimed at improving the financial health of low-income Americans. The company's 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 save on essential expenses and earn cash, while offering features that allow them to check their balance and organize budgets around local deals. Propel's focus is on empowering its users to better navigate financial challenges and enhance their economic well-being.
Truv
Series A in 2022
Truv offers a technology platform that simplifies the verification process for users by allowing them to connect their payroll accounts directly. This service enables instant access to essential employment and income data, making it more efficient and cost-effective compared to traditional manual verification methods. By utilizing a JavaScript widget, Truv facilitates various applications, including employment verification, income verification for loans, and rental applications. The platform enhances convenience by streamlining processes such as switching direct deposits and managing loan repayments directly from payroll.
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.
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 LLC is a Chicago-based company that provides post-trade settlement services for digital assets, including derivatives and loans. Established in 2017, it offers a range of services such as digital asset storage, settlements, institutional custody, and regulatory compliance, all facilitated through an application programming interface (API). Zero Hash serves various clients, including neo-banks, broker-dealers, and payment groups, enabling them to seamlessly integrate digital asset trading and custody into their platforms. Its turnkey solution simplifies the complexities associated with regulatory licensing and back-end operations, allowing businesses to focus on enhancing customer experiences. Zero Hash’s clients include notable names like MoneyLion, Transak, and MoonPay. The company is supported by investors such as Point72 Ventures and Bain Capital Ventures, emphasizing its role in making digital assets accessible to a broader audience.
CHAI
Series B in 2021
CHAI is a fintech company focused on developing infrastructure technologies aimed at enhancing the digital economy. The company offers a comprehensive platform that includes a debit card, a merchant-facing payment API, and an e-wallet, all of which utilize blockchain technology. This platform enables both merchants and individual users to access a variety of payment options quickly and efficiently, allowing merchants to integrate these solutions in under an hour. Additionally, users can conveniently make online purchases by linking their bank accounts.
Tractiv
Seed Round in 2021
Tractiv is a fintech company that specializes in developing a market data audit tool aimed at enhancing the management of market information by financial exchanges. Its software platform offers increased visibility, distribution, and control over data transactions through the use of encryption and immutable ledger technology. This enables large financial exchanges and consolidated vendors to effectively prevent the illicit redistribution of data, ensuring integrity and security in market operations.
Thought Machine
Series C in 2021
Thought Machine is a fintech company focused on transforming core banking through innovative cloud-native technology. The company addresses the challenges posed by outdated IT infrastructure that many banks rely on, which hinders their capacity for innovation and customer service. Its primary product, Vault, is a comprehensive retail banking platform designed with a microservice API architecture that can be easily configured to meet the specific needs of various banks. By enabling banks to modernize their systems, improve user experiences, and enhance data analysis capabilities, Thought Machine aims to facilitate a significant evolution in the banking sector, fostering a more efficient and responsive financial environment.
LÜK
Seed Round in 2021
LÜK is a fintech-enabled B2B marketplace that serves the creative industry, which includes models, photographers, stylists, and hair and makeup artists. The platform aggregates talent from various agencies, providing brands with a streamlined way to discover, book, and contact professional creative talent. By consolidating agency-represented talent into one accessible platform, LÜK simplifies the casting process, allowing brands to connect with models and other professionals from multiple premium agencies simultaneously. Additionally, LÜK enhances the payment experience by offering immediate payments through invoice factoring, significantly reducing the traditional payment timeline of 60 to 150 days that talent agencies typically face. This positions LÜK as a key facilitator of payments within the creative talent industry.
Qapita
Series A in 2021
Qapita is a software-as-a-service platform specializing in equity and transaction management. It offers a comprehensive equity management system that facilitates capitalization table management, employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) management, and digital ESOP issuance. This platform enables equity stakeholders to efficiently manage their holdings in a digital format, serving clients primarily across South and Southeast Asia. By streamlining these processes, Qapita aims to enhance the efficiency and transparency of equity management for businesses in the region.
Zero Hash
Series C in 2021
Zero Hash LLC is a Chicago-based company that provides post-trade settlement services for digital assets, including derivatives and loans. Established in 2017, it offers a range of services such as digital asset storage, settlements, institutional custody, and regulatory compliance, all facilitated through an application programming interface (API). Zero Hash serves various clients, including neo-banks, broker-dealers, and payment groups, enabling them to seamlessly integrate digital asset trading and custody into their platforms. Its turnkey solution simplifies the complexities associated with regulatory licensing and back-end operations, allowing businesses to focus on enhancing customer experiences. Zero Hash’s clients include notable names like MoneyLion, Transak, and MoonPay. The company is supported by investors such as Point72 Ventures and Bain Capital Ventures, emphasizing its role in making digital assets accessible to a broader audience.
Informed
Series A in 2021
Informed, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, established in 2016. It operates a platform designed to facilitate the connection between buyers and sellers of pre-owned cars while also providing services that enhance the digital transformation of banks. The company offers a robotic process automation solution that performs essential verification tasks, including income, identity, residence, and insurance verifications. This automation helps banks minimize manual costs related to document reviews, mitigate fraud, reduce bias, and decrease errors during loan origination and account opening processes. Additionally, Informed's consumer auto financing platform features a digital assistant that gathers necessary documents from borrowers and employs machine learning and optical character recognition to streamline and automate the loan origination process for auto lenders.
FinLync
Venture Round in 2021
Finlync is a FinTech company focused on transforming corporate finance and treasury operations through its ERP native applications and API connectivity. By aggregating global banking APIs, Finlync provides solutions that facilitate embedded real-time payments and effective cash management. This enables treasurers to optimize cash flow and streamline the management of complex financial needs, thereby enhancing decision-making and resource efficiency. The company serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune 2000 and Fortune 500 companies, and employs a global workforce across 11 countries, with offices located in key financial hubs such as Singapore, Los Angeles, New York, and Paris.
Axoni
Series B in 2021
Axoni is a technology company that specializes in real-time data replication and distributed ledger software for the financial services industry. Founded in 2017, it serves major financial institutions, including banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and market infrastructure firms globally, with offices in New York and London. Axoni's platform facilitates the seamless integration of traditional financial technologies with blockchain systems, offering market information and deep analysis of trends. Its solutions enable rapid deployment of critical financial networks and automate real-time data sharing among market participants, enhancing the management of legal records, lifecycle events, and cash flow calculations.
Syncapay
Private Equity Round in 2020
Syncapay formed with a vision to acquire a family of high growth, leading edge Payments companies with disruptive technology and solutions, leveraging the many synergies between them. With their heritage and expertise in Payments with companies such as Parago/Blackhawk, Ecount/Citi Prepaid, American Express, AvidXchange, Flywire, iPay and more, they knew there was an opportunity to create something substantial and meaningful. Their focus is on companies who provide, facilitate or issue Payments to consumers, employees or other businesses in growth markets around the world. In late 2017, they made their first acquisition - Swift Prepaid Solutions.
OpenFin
Venture Round in 2020
OpenFin Inc. specializes in providing runtime technology solutions tailored for financial desktops, enabling web applications to function outside traditional browser environments. Founded in 2010 and based in New York, with an additional office in London, the company serves clients in the financial services sector, including banks in the United States and Europe. OpenFin's platform facilitates real-time application generation, desktop notifications, and seamless communication between applications while adhering to stringent security and compliance standards required by financial institutions. This approach allows users to avoid costly packaging and deployment cycles, promoting rapid and secure application deployment.
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 is a leading provider of optimization solutions for collateralized businesses. With a growing roster of world-class banks and other financial institutions as clients, the firm is poised to become the gold standard for the real-time, firm-wide management of inventory, funding, and liquidity. With more than 75 employees globally, Transcend addresses an array of regulatory and capital challenges that are facing the industry with a user-friendly, SaaS-based, or on-prem collateral and liquidity management platform.
Thought Machine
Series B in 2020
Thought Machine is a fintech company focused on transforming core banking through innovative cloud-native technology. The company addresses the challenges posed by outdated IT infrastructure that many banks rely on, which hinders their capacity for innovation and customer service. Its primary product, Vault, is a comprehensive retail banking platform designed with a microservice API architecture that can be easily configured to meet the specific needs of various banks. By enabling banks to modernize their systems, improve user experiences, and enhance data analysis capabilities, Thought Machine aims to facilitate a significant evolution in the banking sector, fostering a more efficient and responsive financial environment.
Covr Financial Technologies
Convertible Note in 2020
Covr Financial Technologies, Inc. operates as a digital brokerage general agency, providing life, long-term care, and disability insurance solutions tailored for financial institutions, their advisors, and clients. The company's offerings include the Covr Advisor platform, which enables financial advisors to efficiently meet their clients' insurance needs by selecting appropriate products, and the Covr Consumer platform that allows banks and credit unions to sell insurance directly to customers online. Additionally, Covr Insights assists in managing and analyzing existing life insurance policies. Founded in 2013 and based in Boise, Idaho, Covr serves over 24,000 financial advisors and 13 million customers across various financial institutions, including wealth management firms, banks, and credit unions. The company is supported by notable venture capital investors and features an advisory board that includes prominent figures from the financial services industry.
Fidel API
Series A in 2019
Fidel API is a financial infrastructure platform that empowers developers to create programmable experiences in real-time during payment card transactions. By integrating directly with major payment networks like Visa and Mastercard, the platform provides granular transaction data, including amount, location, date, and merchant details. This enables businesses to enhance customer engagement and marketing efforts through real-time, event-driven interactions. Fidel API's technology facilitates the development of advanced loyalty and rewards programs, as well as streamlining processes such as reimbursements and expense management. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in London, Fidel API serves a diverse clientele ranging from startups to large enterprises, including notable organizations like Google and British Airways. The company is supported by significant investors and has a global presence with offices in Lisbon and New York, along with remote employees.
Acorns
Venture Round in 2019
Acorns is a financial technology company founded in 2012 and based in Irvine, California. It offers an application that automates micro-investments by rounding up users' everyday purchases to invest the spare change into a diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds. These funds are managed by reputable asset managers, providing users with exposure to a variety of investment options. In addition to this core feature, Acorns also provides services such as debit cards, personal checking accounts, investment accounts, and retirement accounts, enabling individuals to invest small amounts of money regularly. The platform aims to make investing accessible and straightforward for everyday users.
Brigit
Series A in 2019
Brigit is a financial platform that focuses on promoting financial health and well-being for its users. The platform offers tools for cash advances, credit building, and financial management, allowing individuals to monitor their bills and budgets effectively. By providing insights into spending habits, Brigit helps users manage their finances more prudently and access credit options without incurring heavy interest costs. This approach aims to enhance users' financial stability and sustainability.
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 peer-to-peer payments, bill payments, and airtime top-ups, all without the need for an internet connection. NALA's platform is designed to enhance financial inclusion by offering services that include money transfers, budgeting tools, and transaction tracking. The application also features advanced security measures such as bank-grade encryption and multi-factor authentication, ensuring safe and reliable transactions, particularly in areas with limited internet access. Through its services, NALA aims to support mobile money transfers for Africans worldwide, promoting seamless international payments and digital financial services.
Propel
Series A in 2018
Propel, Inc. is a technology company based in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 2014. It specializes in developing mobile software applications aimed at improving the financial health of low-income Americans. The company's 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 save on essential expenses and earn cash, while offering features that allow them to check their balance and organize budgets around local deals. Propel's focus is on empowering its users to better navigate financial challenges and enhance their economic well-being.
Level
Venture Round in 2018
Level is a neobank and mobile banking app that provides next-level banking for modern consumers consisting of an app, a cashback debit card called Level Debit Card, and an interest-bearing deposit account called Level Bank Account, offered through Evolve Bank & Trust, Member FDIC. The level is a product of Zero Financial.
Fluidly
Series A in 2018
Fluidly Limited, founded in 2016 and headquartered in London, UK, specializes in cash flow management and forecasting software. The company leverages data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to revolutionize the way businesses plan and manage their cash flow. Fluidly's intuitive platform automates cash flow forecasting, allowing businesses to gain a detailed, real-time understanding of their financial future based on transaction data from their accounting systems. This approach eliminates the inefficiencies of traditional spreadsheet models, which are often time-consuming and insufficient for daily cash flow management. By providing accurate, invoice-level forecasts, Fluidly empowers small and medium enterprises to make informed financial decisions, whether for hiring, expansion, or managing expenses, ultimately aiming to alleviate one of the significant pain points in business operations.
Covr Financial Technologies
Series A in 2018
Covr Financial Technologies, Inc. operates as a digital brokerage general agency, providing life, long-term care, and disability insurance solutions tailored for financial institutions, their advisors, and clients. The company's offerings include the Covr Advisor platform, which enables financial advisors to efficiently meet their clients' insurance needs by selecting appropriate products, and the Covr Consumer platform that allows banks and credit unions to sell insurance directly to customers online. Additionally, Covr Insights assists in managing and analyzing existing life insurance policies. Founded in 2013 and based in Boise, Idaho, Covr serves over 24,000 financial advisors and 13 million customers across various financial institutions, including wealth management firms, banks, and credit unions. The company is supported by notable venture capital investors and features an advisory board that includes prominent figures from the financial services industry.
Scratch
Venture Round in 2018
Scratch is changing the way people experience debt.
Veem
Series B in 2018
Veem is a payment service provider that helps simplify the way businesses send and receive funds. It offers a platform that enables small businesses to send and receive payments in local currency. Using blockchain as a payment rail, the company eliminates the need for intermediary banks, reducing costs for small- and medium-sized businesses. It converts the sender’s funds into bitcoin, selling the digital currency at an exchange for the desired currency of the recipient. Aldo Carrascoso and Marwan Forzley co-founded the company in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Axoni
Series B in 2018
Axoni is a technology company that specializes in real-time data replication and distributed ledger software for the financial services industry. Founded in 2017, it serves major financial institutions, including banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and market infrastructure firms globally, with offices in New York and London. Axoni's platform facilitates the seamless integration of traditional financial technologies with blockchain systems, offering market information and deep analysis of trends. Its solutions enable rapid deployment of critical financial networks and automate real-time data sharing among market participants, enhancing the management of legal records, lifecycle events, and cash flow calculations.
Mines
Series A in 2018
Mines specializes in mobile-money-as-a-service platform built to address the consumer financial services gap in emerging markets. Leveraging partnerships with mobile carriers and financial switches, along with a technology stack built around artificial intelligence, cloud, and mobile technologies, the company offers banks a plug-and-play answer to the needs of the mobile consumer.
Brigit
Venture Round in 2018
Brigit is a financial platform that focuses on promoting financial health and well-being for its users. The platform offers tools for cash advances, credit building, and financial management, allowing individuals to monitor their bills and budgets effectively. By providing insights into spending habits, Brigit helps users manage their finances more prudently and access credit options without incurring heavy interest costs. This approach aims to enhance users' financial stability and sustainability.
Roofstock
Series C in 2018
Roofstock is an online marketplace for investing in leased single-family rental homes in a transparent and low-friction way. The company provides its clients with research, analytics, and insights to evaluate and purchase independently certified properties at set prices. It enables its investors to treat their real estate investments more like stock portfolios, focusing on asset allocation, rather than researching, and buying vacant homes that need to be repaired and leased. Founded in 2015, Roofstock gets its funding from Bain Capital, Ron Conway, Khosla Ventures, Marc Benioff, and other investment companies. It is headquartered in Oakland, California.
Roofstock
Series C in 2017
Roofstock is an online marketplace for investing in leased single-family rental homes in a transparent and low-friction way. The company provides its clients with research, analytics, and insights to evaluate and purchase independently certified properties at set prices. It enables its investors to treat their real estate investments more like stock portfolios, focusing on asset allocation, rather than researching, and buying vacant homes that need to be repaired and leased. Founded in 2015, Roofstock gets its funding from Bain Capital, Ron Conway, Khosla Ventures, Marc Benioff, and other investment companies. It is headquartered in Oakland, California.
RevolutionCredit
Seed Round in 2017
RevolutionCredit is a behavioral data and analytics firm in consumer credit. Its products deliver real-time behavioral scores to creditors at the point of transaction. These scores improve lenders’ ability to risk-segment consumers and nudge consumers toward measurable improvements in their financial behaviors. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
Blend
Series D in 2017
Blend is a digital lending platform based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2012 by Erin Collard, Eugene Marinelli, Nima Ghamsari, and Rosco Hill. The company provides a cloud-based software solution that simplifies the application process for mortgages, consumer loans, and deposit accounts. By optimizing the customer journey, Blend enables financial institutions to enhance their services from application to closing. Its platform is utilized by over 285 leading banks, including Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank, facilitating the processing of more than $4 billion in loans daily. The company's offerings include a suite of products that streamline the entire origination process and a Title segment designed to improve the title, settlement, and closing procedures for various mortgage-related products. Blend's focus is on helping lenders acquire more customers, increase productivity, and strengthen customer relationships.
Acorns
Series D in 2017
Acorns is a financial technology company founded in 2012 and based in Irvine, California. It offers an application that automates micro-investments by rounding up users' everyday purchases to invest the spare change into a diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds. These funds are managed by reputable asset managers, providing users with exposure to a variety of investment options. In addition to this core feature, Acorns also provides services such as debit cards, personal checking accounts, investment accounts, and retirement accounts, enabling individuals to invest small amounts of money regularly. The platform aims to make investing accessible and straightforward for everyday users.
Covr Financial Technologies
Venture Round in 2017
Covr Financial Technologies, Inc. operates as a digital brokerage general agency, providing life, long-term care, and disability insurance solutions tailored for financial institutions, their advisors, and clients. The company's offerings include the Covr Advisor platform, which enables financial advisors to efficiently meet their clients' insurance needs by selecting appropriate products, and the Covr Consumer platform that allows banks and credit unions to sell insurance directly to customers online. Additionally, Covr Insights assists in managing and analyzing existing life insurance policies. Founded in 2013 and based in Boise, Idaho, Covr serves over 24,000 financial advisors and 13 million customers across various financial institutions, including wealth management firms, banks, and credit unions. The company is supported by notable venture capital investors and features an advisory board that includes prominent figures from the financial services industry.
OpenFin
Series B in 2017
OpenFin Inc. specializes in providing runtime technology solutions tailored for financial desktops, enabling web applications to function outside traditional browser environments. Founded in 2010 and based in New York, with an additional office in London, the company serves clients in the financial services sector, including banks in the United States and Europe. OpenFin's platform facilitates real-time application generation, desktop notifications, and seamless communication between applications while adhering to stringent security and compliance standards required by financial institutions. This approach allows users to avoid costly packaging and deployment cycles, promoting rapid and secure application deployment.
Roofstock
Series B in 2016
Roofstock is an online marketplace for investing in leased single-family rental homes in a transparent and low-friction way. The company provides its clients with research, analytics, and insights to evaluate and purchase independently certified properties at set prices. It enables its investors to treat their real estate investments more like stock portfolios, focusing on asset allocation, rather than researching, and buying vacant homes that need to be repaired and leased. Founded in 2015, Roofstock gets its funding from Bain Capital, Ron Conway, Khosla Ventures, Marc Benioff, and other investment companies. It is headquartered in Oakland, California.
Level
Seed Round in 2016
Level is a neobank and mobile banking app that provides next-level banking for modern consumers consisting of an app, a cashback debit card called Level Debit Card, and an interest-bearing deposit account called Level Bank Account, offered through Evolve Bank & Trust, Member FDIC. The level is a product of Zero Financial.
Mines
Seed Round in 2016
Mines specializes in mobile-money-as-a-service platform built to address the consumer financial services gap in emerging markets. Leveraging partnerships with mobile carriers and financial switches, along with a technology stack built around artificial intelligence, cloud, and mobile technologies, the company offers banks a plug-and-play answer to the needs of the mobile consumer.
Mirador
Series A in 2015
Mirador is a leading front-end small business lending platform that assists established lenders in borrower acquisition, digital application processing, decision-making, and communication with borrowers. By providing a streamlined user experience, Mirador enhances profitability and efficiency in the lending process, enabling traditional lenders to remain competitive. The core lending platform can be augmented with additional modules for lead generation and second-look programs, allowing lenders to either implement or expand their small business loan offerings with a single partner. Lenders utilizing Mirador's platform have experienced a 69% increase in efficiency and an average reduction of $1,550 in loan origination costs, contributing to greater profitability. The platform supports a variety of small business lending products, including term loans, collateralized loans, SBA guaranteed loans, commercial real estate loans, and quick decision loans, ranging from $1,000 to over $20 million. Additionally, Mirador collaborates with banks, credit unions, non-profits, and specialty finance companies to enhance risk management and borrower experiences in small business lending.
AvidXchange
Private Equity Round in 2015
AvidXchange, Inc. is a leading provider of accounts payable and payment automation software tailored for midsize businesses across various industries, including healthcare, construction, and real estate. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, AvidXchange offers a comprehensive suite of solutions, including software for purchase orders, invoice management, and payment processing. The company processes over $140 billion in transactions annually through a network of more than 680,000 suppliers, serving approximately 6,000 customers in North America. With a workforce of 1,500 employees and additional offices in several states, AvidXchange continues to innovate and streamline financial operations for its clients, establishing itself as a prominent player in the fintech sector.
Artivest
Series A in 2015
Artivest offers a digital platform for private investment managers and investors. Artivest connect a wider audience of suitable investors with investment opportunities in top-quality private equity and hedge funds that are typically available only at institutional minimum investment sizes. Our technological, financial, and operational expertise powers a seamless experience for individual investors and a scalable point of access for financial advisors and fund managers.
Veem
Seed Round in 2015
Veem is a payment service provider that helps simplify the way businesses send and receive funds. It offers a platform that enables small businesses to send and receive payments in local currency. Using blockchain as a payment rail, the company eliminates the need for intermediary banks, reducing costs for small- and medium-sized businesses. It converts the sender’s funds into bitcoin, selling the digital currency at an exchange for the desired currency of the recipient. Aldo Carrascoso and Marwan Forzley co-founded the company in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
OpenFin
Convertible Note in 2015
OpenFin Inc. specializes in providing runtime technology solutions tailored for financial desktops, enabling web applications to function outside traditional browser environments. Founded in 2010 and based in New York, with an additional office in London, the company serves clients in the financial services sector, including banks in the United States and Europe. OpenFin's platform facilitates real-time application generation, desktop notifications, and seamless communication between applications while adhering to stringent security and compliance standards required by financial institutions. This approach allows users to avoid costly packaging and deployment cycles, promoting rapid and secure application deployment.
Fundbox
Series B in 2015
Fundbox is an AI-powered financial platform based in San Francisco, established in 2013 by co-founders Eyal Shinar, Tomer Michaeli, and Yuval Ariav. The company provides small businesses with quick and intuitive access to credit, aiming to enhance customer growth within the small business economy. Fundbox utilizes machine learning and deep data analytics to offer invoice financing and lines of credit, allowing small and mid-sized enterprises to efficiently accelerate cash flow against outstanding invoices. This approach not only improves payment terms but also helps increase average order volumes and close rates for its clients.
Poynt
Series A in 2014
Poynt Co. operates an innovative payment terminal and open commerce platform, designed to enhance the commerce infrastructure for merchants. Founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company offers the Poynt Smart Terminal, which includes basic register functionality and runs on PoyntOS. This operating system allows developers to create applications that help merchants manage their businesses more efficiently. Additionally, Poynt provides the Poynt 5, an enterprise-grade mobile payment solution suitable for various environments, including festivals and conferences. With a focus on connecting distributors and merchants, Poynt's multipurpose terminal facilitates secure transactions while supporting a growing ecosystem of third-party applications. The company is backed by several prominent venture capital firms and operates on a global scale, with offices in India and Singapore, aiming to equip merchants worldwide with advanced technology to transform their operations.
Payoneer
Series D in 2014
Payoneer Inc. is a financial technology company that operates a cross-border payments platform, facilitating transactions for businesses and professionals across various countries and currencies. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in New York, Payoneer offers a range of services, including its Global Payment Service, which allows users to receive local bank transfers from the United States, European Union, and Japan directly into their Payoneer accounts. Additionally, the platform supports mass payouts, enabling Indian companies and marketplaces to transfer funds internationally. Payoneer primarily serves freelancers, e-commerce businesses, and the online advertising sector, and has formed strategic partnerships with various organizations to enhance its service offerings.
Axioma
Seed Round in 2014
Axioma, Inc. specializes in developing and marketing portfolio optimization and risk management solutions for financial institutions globally. The company offers a suite of tools, including the Axioma Portfolio Optimizer for portfolio construction, Axioma Performance Attribution for analyzing the effectiveness of investment strategies, and Axioma Backtester for reporting returns after transaction costs. Additionally, Axioma provides Axioma Portfolio Analytics, which delivers insights into portfolio risk and returns, and Axioma Risk, a flexible system for multi-asset class risk modeling. Its services also encompass implementation, custom training, and applied research. Axioma's clients include asset managers, hedge funds, insurance companies, pension funds, wealth managers, and investment banks, collectively managing over $10 trillion in assets. Founded in 1998 and based in New York, Axioma operates as a subsidiary of Qontigo GmBH and maintains a strategic partnership with S&P Dow Jones Indices.
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