Nyca Partners

Nyca Partners LLC is a venture capital firm based in New York that focuses on investing in startups and early-stage companies within the financial technology sector. Founded in 2014, the firm aims to drive innovation in financial services, targeting areas such as merchant payment services, alternative credit networks, digital advisory tools, and improvements to financial services infrastructure. Nyca Partners typically invests between $10 million and $15 million in its portfolio companies, leveraging its extensive experience and connections in both finance and technology to support entrepreneurs in transforming payment systems, credit models, and financial infrastructure. The firm operates as a Registered Investment Adviser.

Tom Brown

Partner

Agastya Gupta

Associate

Jasleen Kaur

Principal

Stephanie Khoo

Partner

Sol Lee

Principal

Max Liebeskind

Senior Associate

Ravi Mohan

COO and Partner

Hans Morris

Managing Partner

Greta Sacre

Senior Associate

David Sica

Principal

Jeremy Solomon

Partner

Isabel Steinhaus

Senior Associate and Investor

Past deals in InsurTech

Sardine

Series B in 2022
FinTech, RegTech, Fraud Operating System

FairPlay

Series A in 2022
Developer of a fairness consideration platform designed for fair lending compliance. The company's platform automates the fair lending analysis, and decision-making systems, also optimizing the decision model to embed fairness by reducing algorithmic bias, enabling clients to increase both fairness and profits.

IMTC

Venture Round in 2022
IMTC is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) enterprise fintech provider that transforms how asset and wealth management firms handle fixed income assets. The company offers a cloud-native investment management platform that supports buy-side investors with comprehensive analytics and portfolio management applications. This service encompasses the entire investment decision-making process, from idea generation to trade allocation, thereby enhancing operational efficiency and optimizing performance for investment management firms. By focusing on alpha generation, IMTC aims to empower its clients to improve their investment outcomes and better serve their customers.

Sardine

Series A in 2022
FinTech, RegTech, Fraud Operating System

Tint

Series A in 2022
Tint is a data intelligence and insurance technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2018. It offers a platform that empowers businesses to launch, manage, and optimize property and casualty insurance programs. By utilizing API-based technology, Tint provides essential tools and infrastructure that streamline the design, underwriting, and management processes of insurance products. The platform enhances the performance of artificial intelligence models by automating the integration of external data from various vendors and assessing it through machine learning. This approach significantly reduces the engineering and data science resources typically required for developing real-time risk selection and pricing software, ultimately improving the customer experience and maximizing profitability for insurance programs.

Tractiv

Seed Round in 2021
Fintech, Regtech, DLT, Ledger, Blockchain, Encryption, Obfuscation

Thought Machine

Series C in 2021
Thought Machine Group Limited is a fintech company based in London, United Kingdom, that develops Vault, a cloud-native core banking platform designed to modernize the banking industry. Established in 2017, Thought Machine addresses the challenges posed by outdated IT infrastructures commonly found in banks, which hinder innovation and customer service. Vault is built on a microservice API architecture, allowing for flexible configuration to meet the specific requirements of various banking institutions. The platform automates data analytics and regulatory reporting while offering a range of services, including smart contracts, customer data management, and mobile application integration. By enabling banks to update their operating models and enhance their user experience, Thought Machine aims to facilitate a significant transformation in the way banking technology is utilized.

Metrika

Series A in 2021
Developer of a blockchain-based operational intelligence platform designed to monitor, analyze, and provide actionable insights for decentralized systems. The company's platform helps to keep blockchain networks up and running and it identifies the anomalies affecting performance that require action, enabling companies to improve reliability and performance, ultimately contributing to growth worldwide.

Peach

Series A in 2021
Peach Finance, Inc. is a loan management platform headquartered in Oakland, California, that provides software as a service (SaaS) solutions for finance, legal, and operations teams. Founded in 2018, the company specializes in modern, end-to-end loan management and servicing software designed for lenders. The platform incorporates machine-learning algorithms that enhance repayment rates and ensure compliance, enabling organizations to launch credit instruments that reward customers. Peach Finance also offers a white-label website and tailored communications that align with a brand's identity. Additionally, the company provides tools for training, supervision, and success analysis, along with technology-driven oversight that promotes best practices in quality assurance and risk management.

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.

Blooma

Series A in 2021
Blooma is a San Diego-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in artificial intelligence solutions for the lending industry. The firm offers a loan origination platform designed to streamline the loan processing workflow through data-driven intelligent asset scoring and insights into the deal pipeline. By utilizing AI automation and configurable workflows, Blooma enables lenders to enhance their decision-making capabilities while effectively managing risk. The platform aims to simplify and expedite the loan approval process, making it a cost-effective solution for financial institutions seeking to improve efficiency and scalability in their operations.

Trellis

Series A in 2021
Developer of fintech platform intended to make insurance easy for everyone, from consumers to partners to insurers. The company's platform provides a safe and easy way to share private insurance information and for developers to replace complex user journeys with personalized experiences, enabling clients to get suitable insurance at a proper price.

Informed

Series A in 2021
Informed helps banks accelerate their digital transformation with turn-key robotic process automation capable of performing real-time income verification, identity verification, residence verification, and insurance verification tasks. Banks use Informed to reduce their manual costs associated with reviewing documents, catch fraud, and cut down on errors when originating loans and opening accounts.

Tint

Seed Round in 2021
Tint is a data intelligence and insurance technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2018. It offers a platform that empowers businesses to launch, manage, and optimize property and casualty insurance programs. By utilizing API-based technology, Tint provides essential tools and infrastructure that streamline the design, underwriting, and management processes of insurance products. The platform enhances the performance of artificial intelligence models by automating the integration of external data from various vendors and assessing it through machine learning. This approach significantly reduces the engineering and data science resources typically required for developing real-time risk selection and pricing software, ultimately improving the customer experience and maximizing profitability for insurance programs.

Built Technologies

Series C in 2021
Built Technologies, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based construction loan administration and draw management software designed to enhance risk management, productivity, and customer experience in the construction lending sector. The platform offers features such as file management, custom draw workflows, and integration capabilities, allowing lenders, borrowers, builders, developers, consultants, and inspectors to collaborate effectively. By digitizing the draw management process, Built reduces construction loan risks, increases loan profitability, and simplifies compliance for a diverse range of clients, including small, regional, and national lenders across the United States. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, the company was previously known as DataFi, LLC before rebranding in 2015.

Blooma

Seed Round in 2020
Blooma is a San Diego-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in artificial intelligence solutions for the lending industry. The firm offers a loan origination platform designed to streamline the loan processing workflow through data-driven intelligent asset scoring and insights into the deal pipeline. By utilizing AI automation and configurable workflows, Blooma enables lenders to enhance their decision-making capabilities while effectively managing risk. The platform aims to simplify and expedite the loan approval process, making it a cost-effective solution for financial institutions seeking to improve efficiency and scalability in their operations.

Jiko

Series A in 2020
Jiko Technologies, Inc., based in Oakland, California, is a fintech company that provides a unique debit card experience through its Jiko Solid product, which features no name or card number to enhance privacy and security. The company offers cash back on every transaction and provides single-use virtual cards, with no minimum balance requirements, making it an accessible option for consumers. Jiko's platform automatically invests users' funds in liquid US government-backed securities, such as treasury bills, while also serving as a financial portal for digital transactions. Founded in 2016, Jiko enables users to effectively manage their money by keeping track of their expenses and investments in a streamlined manner.

Thought Machine

Series B in 2020
Thought Machine Group Limited is a fintech company based in London, United Kingdom, that develops Vault, a cloud-native core banking platform designed to modernize the banking industry. Established in 2017, Thought Machine addresses the challenges posed by outdated IT infrastructures commonly found in banks, which hinder innovation and customer service. Vault is built on a microservice API architecture, allowing for flexible configuration to meet the specific requirements of various banking institutions. The platform automates data analytics and regulatory reporting while offering a range of services, including smart contracts, customer data management, and mobile application integration. By enabling banks to update their operating models and enhance their user experience, Thought Machine aims to facilitate a significant transformation in the way banking technology is utilized.

Covr Financial Technologies

Convertible Note in 2020
Covr Financial Technologies, Inc. is a digitally enabled brokerage general agency that specializes in providing life, long-term care, and disability insurance solutions for financial institutions and their clients. Founded in 2016 and based in Boise, Idaho, Covr offers a range of digital platforms, including Covr Advisor for financial advisors, Covr Consumer for banks and credit unions to sell insurance online, and Covr Insights for managing in-force life insurance policies. The company serves over 24,000 financial advisors and approximately 13 million customers across 30 financial institutions, such as wealth management firms and credit unions. Covr's technology empowers financial professionals to address their clients' insurance needs effectively while facilitating direct access to products for consumers. The company has garnered the support of prominent venture capital firms and boasts an advisory board composed of notable leaders from the financial services sector.

Ladder

Series C in 2020
Ladder Financial Inc. is an online platform that specializes in term life insurance services, operating from Palo Alto, California since its incorporation in 2015. The company offers instant, fully underwritten life insurance policies directly to consumers, simplifying the application process by removing the need for commissioned sales agents. Ladder aims to address the significant life insurance gap in the United States by providing competitive pricing, transparency, and flexible coverage options that can be adjusted or canceled at any time. By leveraging advanced technology and a direct-to-consumer model, Ladder seeks to enhance accessibility and fairness in life insurance, ultimately supporting underinsured families and communities.

Peach

Venture Round in 2019
Peach Finance, Inc. is a loan management platform headquartered in Oakland, California, that provides software as a service (SaaS) solutions for finance, legal, and operations teams. Founded in 2018, the company specializes in modern, end-to-end loan management and servicing software designed for lenders. The platform incorporates machine-learning algorithms that enhance repayment rates and ensure compliance, enabling organizations to launch credit instruments that reward customers. Peach Finance also offers a white-label website and tailored communications that align with a brand's identity. Additionally, the company provides tools for training, supervision, and success analysis, along with technology-driven oversight that promotes best practices in quality assurance and risk management.

Zendrive

Series B in 2019
Zendrive Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that develops a mobile application designed to track various driving metrics, including speed, location, direction, and acceleration, using smartphone sensors. Founded in 2013 and initially known as Inner Circle Technologies, Zendrive focuses on enhancing road safety through data analytics. The company's platform employs artificial intelligence algorithms to analyze sensor data, delivering actionable insights related to driving behaviors such as speeding, hard braking, phone usage, and collision events. By leveraging this data, Zendrive aims to improve safety for passengers and drivers globally, offering behavioral coaching and incentives to encourage safer driving practices. As the transportation landscape shifts towards shared and on-demand services, Zendrive plays a crucial role in addressing the evolving safety needs within this context.

Trellis

Seed Round in 2019
Developer of fintech platform intended to make insurance easy for everyone, from consumers to partners to insurers. The company's platform provides a safe and easy way to share private insurance information and for developers to replace complex user journeys with personalized experiences, enabling clients to get suitable insurance at a proper price.

Built Technologies

Series B in 2019
Built Technologies, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based construction loan administration and draw management software designed to enhance risk management, productivity, and customer experience in the construction lending sector. The platform offers features such as file management, custom draw workflows, and integration capabilities, allowing lenders, borrowers, builders, developers, consultants, and inspectors to collaborate effectively. By digitizing the draw management process, Built reduces construction loan risks, increases loan profitability, and simplifies compliance for a diverse range of clients, including small, regional, and national lenders across the United States. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, the company was previously known as DataFi, LLC before rebranding in 2015.

Intrinio

Series A in 2019
Intrinio is a financial data company that offers platform consists of an application programming interface. Intrinio's mission is to help investors save money and make time so they can live more meaningful lives. We believe investors waste time on data collection, data entry, and data analysis because traditional financial data providers stifle innovation through high prices and restrictive technology. The Intrinio Fintech marketplace solves this problem by making financial data affordable and easy to access for developers, unleashing their creative potential to build the next generation of financial analytics products. Dozens of data feeds are currently available at disruptively low prices, providing data types such as FDIC bank data, real time IEX stock prices, fundamental US 10Q and 10K data, and insider transactions. Dozens of applications built with that data are also available, applications that free up investors to focus on what really matters- testing assumptions, conducting research, and generating insight. By uniting data providers, developers, and investors around a new model for financial innovation, the Intrinio Fintech marketplace promises to refocus the financial data industry on the developers and investors that make meaning out of data.

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.

Embroker

Series B in 2018
Embroker, Inc. is a digital insurance brokerage that specializes in providing insurance services for small and mid-sized businesses. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in Chicago and Boston, the company utilizes an online platform that enables clients to buy, manage, and analyze their commercial insurance policies efficiently. This platform allows users to share, request, and track proof of coverage through digital certificates of insurance and provides tools for real-time claims tracking. Embroker offers a variety of insurance products, including Commercial General Liability, property insurance, professional liability, and employee benefits, among others. The company also facilitates peer comparison, helping clients benchmark their policies against industry standards. By combining technology with brokerage expertise, Embroker aims to simplify the insurance process and enhance value for its clients in the competitive property and casualty insurance market.
Covr Financial Technologies, Inc. is a digitally enabled brokerage general agency that specializes in providing life, long-term care, and disability insurance solutions for financial institutions and their clients. Founded in 2016 and based in Boise, Idaho, Covr offers a range of digital platforms, including Covr Advisor for financial advisors, Covr Consumer for banks and credit unions to sell insurance online, and Covr Insights for managing in-force life insurance policies. The company serves over 24,000 financial advisors and approximately 13 million customers across 30 financial institutions, such as wealth management firms and credit unions. Covr's technology empowers financial professionals to address their clients' insurance needs effectively while facilitating direct access to products for consumers. The company has garnered the support of prominent venture capital firms and boasts an advisory board composed of notable leaders from the financial services sector.

EverC

Corporate Round in 2018
EverC provides cyber intelligence that enables acquiring banks and payment service providers to manage merchant-based fraud and cyber risk. The startup company uses artificial intelligence to look into its client’s portfolios and identify links with potential criminals using its cyber intelligence capabilities. It is engaged in providing a range of solutions that give acquirers and payment service providers with the necessary relevant information to check ongoing and newly boarded merchants while guiding them through the process of managing online risk, detecting transaction launderers, hidden transaction tunnels, and fraud detection. EverC's products include MerchantView for detecting online money laundering and MarketView for keeping marketplaces clean from illegal products. Founded in 2008 by Ron Teicher, Noam Rabinovich, and Raz Abramov, the firm is headquartered in New York, New York.

Ladder

Series B in 2018
Ladder Financial Inc. is an online platform that specializes in term life insurance services, operating from Palo Alto, California since its incorporation in 2015. The company offers instant, fully underwritten life insurance policies directly to consumers, simplifying the application process by removing the need for commissioned sales agents. Ladder aims to address the significant life insurance gap in the United States by providing competitive pricing, transparency, and flexible coverage options that can be adjusted or canceled at any time. By leveraging advanced technology and a direct-to-consumer model, Ladder seeks to enhance accessibility and fairness in life insurance, ultimately supporting underinsured families and communities.

Built Technologies

Series A in 2017
Built Technologies, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based construction loan administration and draw management software designed to enhance risk management, productivity, and customer experience in the construction lending sector. The platform offers features such as file management, custom draw workflows, and integration capabilities, allowing lenders, borrowers, builders, developers, consultants, and inspectors to collaborate effectively. By digitizing the draw management process, Built reduces construction loan risks, increases loan profitability, and simplifies compliance for a diverse range of clients, including small, regional, and national lenders across the United States. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, the company was previously known as DataFi, LLC before rebranding in 2015.

Covr Financial Technologies

Venture Round in 2017
Covr Financial Technologies, Inc. is a digitally enabled brokerage general agency that specializes in providing life, long-term care, and disability insurance solutions for financial institutions and their clients. Founded in 2016 and based in Boise, Idaho, Covr offers a range of digital platforms, including Covr Advisor for financial advisors, Covr Consumer for banks and credit unions to sell insurance online, and Covr Insights for managing in-force life insurance policies. The company serves over 24,000 financial advisors and approximately 13 million customers across 30 financial institutions, such as wealth management firms and credit unions. Covr's technology empowers financial professionals to address their clients' insurance needs effectively while facilitating direct access to products for consumers. The company has garnered the support of prominent venture capital firms and boasts an advisory board composed of notable leaders from the financial services sector.

EverC

Series A in 2016
EverC provides cyber intelligence that enables acquiring banks and payment service providers to manage merchant-based fraud and cyber risk. The startup company uses artificial intelligence to look into its client’s portfolios and identify links with potential criminals using its cyber intelligence capabilities. It is engaged in providing a range of solutions that give acquirers and payment service providers with the necessary relevant information to check ongoing and newly boarded merchants while guiding them through the process of managing online risk, detecting transaction launderers, hidden transaction tunnels, and fraud detection. EverC's products include MerchantView for detecting online money laundering and MarketView for keeping marketplaces clean from illegal products. Founded in 2008 by Ron Teicher, Noam Rabinovich, and Raz Abramov, the firm is headquartered in New York, New York.

Ladder

Series A in 2016
Ladder Financial Inc. is an online platform that specializes in term life insurance services, operating from Palo Alto, California since its incorporation in 2015. The company offers instant, fully underwritten life insurance policies directly to consumers, simplifying the application process by removing the need for commissioned sales agents. Ladder aims to address the significant life insurance gap in the United States by providing competitive pricing, transparency, and flexible coverage options that can be adjusted or canceled at any time. By leveraging advanced technology and a direct-to-consumer model, Ladder seeks to enhance accessibility and fairness in life insurance, ultimately supporting underinsured families and communities.

Embroker

Series A in 2016
Embroker, Inc. is a digital insurance brokerage that specializes in providing insurance services for small and mid-sized businesses. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in Chicago and Boston, the company utilizes an online platform that enables clients to buy, manage, and analyze their commercial insurance policies efficiently. This platform allows users to share, request, and track proof of coverage through digital certificates of insurance and provides tools for real-time claims tracking. Embroker offers a variety of insurance products, including Commercial General Liability, property insurance, professional liability, and employee benefits, among others. The company also facilitates peer comparison, helping clients benchmark their policies against industry standards. By combining technology with brokerage expertise, Embroker aims to simplify the insurance process and enhance value for its clients in the competitive property and casualty insurance market.

Ladder

Seed Round in 2015
Ladder Financial Inc. is an online platform that specializes in term life insurance services, operating from Palo Alto, California since its incorporation in 2015. The company offers instant, fully underwritten life insurance policies directly to consumers, simplifying the application process by removing the need for commissioned sales agents. Ladder aims to address the significant life insurance gap in the United States by providing competitive pricing, transparency, and flexible coverage options that can be adjusted or canceled at any time. By leveraging advanced technology and a direct-to-consumer model, Ladder seeks to enhance accessibility and fairness in life insurance, ultimately supporting underinsured families and communities.

EverC

Series A in 2015
EverC provides cyber intelligence that enables acquiring banks and payment service providers to manage merchant-based fraud and cyber risk. The startup company uses artificial intelligence to look into its client’s portfolios and identify links with potential criminals using its cyber intelligence capabilities. It is engaged in providing a range of solutions that give acquirers and payment service providers with the necessary relevant information to check ongoing and newly boarded merchants while guiding them through the process of managing online risk, detecting transaction launderers, hidden transaction tunnels, and fraud detection. EverC's products include MerchantView for detecting online money laundering and MarketView for keeping marketplaces clean from illegal products. Founded in 2008 by Ron Teicher, Noam Rabinovich, and Raz Abramov, the firm is headquartered in New York, New York.
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