Valar Ventures

Valar Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City, specializing in investments in start-up and early-stage technology companies. Founded in 2010 and backed by Peter Thiel, Valar Ventures focuses on partnering with entrepreneurs around the world, particularly those outside of Silicon Valley. The firm emphasizes the belief that transformative technology companies are increasingly emerging from diverse locations and recognizes the unique challenges and opportunities faced by their founders. Valar Ventures has a particular interest in financial technology and is committed to supporting innovative ideas that can drive significant change in the industry.

Amina Abrahams

Principal

James Fitzgerald

Founding Partner

Andrew McCormack

Founding and General Partner

Erin Porterfield

Associate

Reuben Kobulnik

Operating Partner

Michael Roth

Principal

Sahar Shirazi

Principal

Peter Thiel

Founder

Past deals in Personal Finance

MAJORITY

Series B in 2024
MAJORITY is a fintech company that provides an app-based platform tailored for migrants seeking accessible financial services. For a monthly fee, members in the United States gain access to essential banking features, including an FDIC-secured account and a VISA debit card. The platform allows users to utilize over 55,000 ATMs across North America and offers services such as remittances, international calling, and mobile top-ups. Additionally, MAJORITY emphasizes community engagement by providing access to local meet-up spaces, discounts, and events, along with support from advisors fluent in various native languages. This comprehensive approach aims to address the unique financial needs of individuals who have crossed borders.

Panacea Financial

Series B in 2024
Panacea is a financial services company created for doctors, by doctors that provides tailored product offerings and service delivery designed specifically for physicians, dentists, and veterinarians throughout their career: from school, through training, and into practice. Panacea’s products cover the full suite of banking needs for this unique population, including PRN personal loans, student loan refinancing, and practice loans.

albo

Series C in 2023
Albo is a prominent challenger bank in Mexico that provides a financial platform designed to simplify money management. The company offers a mobile banking app and a Mastercard, allowing users to easily spend, save, and invest their money. Its platform enables clients to track monetary movements in real-time and facilitates both online and in-store purchases. Additionally, Albo provides features such as categorized expense and income reports, helping users manage their finances more effectively and adapt their banking experience to their individual lifestyles. Through these innovative services, Albo aims to deliver an honest and user-friendly banking experience.

MAJORITY

Series A in 2021
MAJORITY is a fintech company that provides an app-based platform tailored for migrants seeking accessible financial services. For a monthly fee, members in the United States gain access to essential banking features, including an FDIC-secured account and a VISA debit card. The platform allows users to utilize over 55,000 ATMs across North America and offers services such as remittances, international calling, and mobile top-ups. Additionally, MAJORITY emphasizes community engagement by providing access to local meet-up spaces, discounts, and events, along with support from advisors fluent in various native languages. This comprehensive approach aims to address the unique financial needs of individuals who have crossed borders.

Kuda

Series B in 2021
Kuda is a digital-only bank established in 2019 by Babs Ogundeyi and Musty Mustapha, headquartered in London. The bank aims to provide accessible banking services to every African globally, promoting healthier financial lives through its platform. Kuda offers free banking services, enabling users to open digital accounts without incurring unnecessary charges. Its features include tools for smart budgeting, saving, and spending, allowing customers to earn interest on their savings and access low-interest loans. By eliminating the need for physical banking, Kuda simplifies financial management for its users, making saving easy and rewarding.

fortú

Seed Round in 2021
fortú is the personal finance platform for Latinos and Hispanics

Kuda

Series A in 2021
Kuda is a digital-only bank established in 2019 by Babs Ogundeyi and Musty Mustapha, headquartered in London. The bank aims to provide accessible banking services to every African globally, promoting healthier financial lives through its platform. Kuda offers free banking services, enabling users to open digital accounts without incurring unnecessary charges. Its features include tools for smart budgeting, saving, and spending, allowing customers to earn interest on their savings and access low-interest loans. By eliminating the need for physical banking, Kuda simplifies financial management for its users, making saving easy and rewarding.

albo

Series B in 2020
Albo is a prominent challenger bank in Mexico that provides a financial platform designed to simplify money management. The company offers a mobile banking app and a Mastercard, allowing users to easily spend, save, and invest their money. Its platform enables clients to track monetary movements in real-time and facilitates both online and in-store purchases. Additionally, Albo provides features such as categorized expense and income reports, helping users manage their finances more effectively and adapt their banking experience to their individual lifestyles. Through these innovative services, Albo aims to deliver an honest and user-friendly banking experience.

N26

Series D in 2020
N26 is a digital banking platform based in Berlin, Germany, that provides mobile banking solutions to customers across the European Union. Founded in 2013, the company offers a range of financial services, including international money transfers, investment options, overdraft facilities, and the ability to withdraw and deposit cash at retail locations. Its mobile banking application allows users to manage their current and fixed accounts, as well as other banking services, with ease and convenience. By focusing on user-friendly technology, N26 aims to enhance the banking experience for its customers, enabling them to control their financial activities directly from their smartphones.

Taxfix

Series C in 2020
Taxfix GmbH is a digital tax assistance company based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2016. It specializes in simplifying tax declarations through its mobile application, which serves as a digital tax assistant for users across Europe. Taxfix enables individuals to secure unclaimed tax refunds by offering a user-friendly interface that includes a dynamic questionnaire and machine learning technology. The platform supports tax filing through various channels, including web browsers and mobile applications for iOS and Android. With over 6 million tax returns submitted, Taxfix also provides a range of services through its brands, including self-filing options and expert services where independent tax advisors manage the entire tax return process for clients. The company's mission is to empower users to navigate their finances with confidence.

albo

Series A in 2019
Albo is a prominent challenger bank in Mexico that provides a financial platform designed to simplify money management. The company offers a mobile banking app and a Mastercard, allowing users to easily spend, save, and invest their money. Its platform enables clients to track monetary movements in real-time and facilitates both online and in-store purchases. Additionally, Albo provides features such as categorized expense and income reports, helping users manage their finances more effectively and adapt their banking experience to their individual lifestyles. Through these innovative services, Albo aims to deliver an honest and user-friendly banking experience.

Starship

Series A in 2019
Starship specializes in simplifying health savings accounts. The company automates health spending, savings, and investing in one place. They make health savings accounts accessible to everyone. They build a healthcare savings account platform that combines a mobile-first signup process, overflow investing into index funds, easy reimbursements, and a chat service for advice.

N26

Series D in 2019
N26 is a digital banking platform based in Berlin, Germany, that provides mobile banking solutions to customers across the European Union. Founded in 2013, the company offers a range of financial services, including international money transfers, investment options, overdraft facilities, and the ability to withdraw and deposit cash at retail locations. Its mobile banking application allows users to manage their current and fixed accounts, as well as other banking services, with ease and convenience. By focusing on user-friendly technology, N26 aims to enhance the banking experience for its customers, enabling them to control their financial activities directly from their smartphones.

Taxfix

Series B in 2019
Taxfix GmbH is a digital tax assistance company based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2016. It specializes in simplifying tax declarations through its mobile application, which serves as a digital tax assistant for users across Europe. Taxfix enables individuals to secure unclaimed tax refunds by offering a user-friendly interface that includes a dynamic questionnaire and machine learning technology. The platform supports tax filing through various channels, including web browsers and mobile applications for iOS and Android. With over 6 million tax returns submitted, Taxfix also provides a range of services through its brands, including self-filing options and expert services where independent tax advisors manage the entire tax return process for clients. The company's mission is to empower users to navigate their finances with confidence.

Stash

Series E in 2019
Stash develops a personal finance application to combine banking, investing, and advice into one platform. Its application's services include personal investment accounts, retirement accounts, and custodial accounts for minors. It also provides the option to buy fractional shares of stocks, bonds, and funds with no add-on trading commissions to help users save small sums of money and make micro-investments.

N26

Series D in 2019
N26 is a digital banking platform based in Berlin, Germany, that provides mobile banking solutions to customers across the European Union. Founded in 2013, the company offers a range of financial services, including international money transfers, investment options, overdraft facilities, and the ability to withdraw and deposit cash at retail locations. Its mobile banking application allows users to manage their current and fixed accounts, as well as other banking services, with ease and convenience. By focusing on user-friendly technology, N26 aims to enhance the banking experience for its customers, enabling them to control their financial activities directly from their smartphones.

Taxfix

Series A in 2018
Taxfix GmbH is a digital tax assistance company based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2016. It specializes in simplifying tax declarations through its mobile application, which serves as a digital tax assistant for users across Europe. Taxfix enables individuals to secure unclaimed tax refunds by offering a user-friendly interface that includes a dynamic questionnaire and machine learning technology. The platform supports tax filing through various channels, including web browsers and mobile applications for iOS and Android. With over 6 million tax returns submitted, Taxfix also provides a range of services through its brands, including self-filing options and expert services where independent tax advisors manage the entire tax return process for clients. The company's mission is to empower users to navigate their finances with confidence.

N26

Series C in 2018
N26 is a digital banking platform based in Berlin, Germany, that provides mobile banking solutions to customers across the European Union. Founded in 2013, the company offers a range of financial services, including international money transfers, investment options, overdraft facilities, and the ability to withdraw and deposit cash at retail locations. Its mobile banking application allows users to manage their current and fixed accounts, as well as other banking services, with ease and convenience. By focusing on user-friendly technology, N26 aims to enhance the banking experience for its customers, enabling them to control their financial activities directly from their smartphones.

Stash

Series D in 2018
Stash develops a personal finance application to combine banking, investing, and advice into one platform. Its application's services include personal investment accounts, retirement accounts, and custodial accounts for minors. It also provides the option to buy fractional shares of stocks, bonds, and funds with no add-on trading commissions to help users save small sums of money and make micro-investments.

Stash

Series C in 2017
Stash develops a personal finance application to combine banking, investing, and advice into one platform. Its application's services include personal investment accounts, retirement accounts, and custodial accounts for minors. It also provides the option to buy fractional shares of stocks, bonds, and funds with no add-on trading commissions to help users save small sums of money and make micro-investments.

Stash

Series B in 2016
Stash develops a personal finance application to combine banking, investing, and advice into one platform. Its application's services include personal investment accounts, retirement accounts, and custodial accounts for minors. It also provides the option to buy fractional shares of stocks, bonds, and funds with no add-on trading commissions to help users save small sums of money and make micro-investments.

Stash

Series A in 2016
Stash develops a personal finance application to combine banking, investing, and advice into one platform. Its application's services include personal investment accounts, retirement accounts, and custodial accounts for minors. It also provides the option to buy fractional shares of stocks, bonds, and funds with no add-on trading commissions to help users save small sums of money and make micro-investments.

N26

Series B in 2016
N26 is a digital banking platform based in Berlin, Germany, that provides mobile banking solutions to customers across the European Union. Founded in 2013, the company offers a range of financial services, including international money transfers, investment options, overdraft facilities, and the ability to withdraw and deposit cash at retail locations. Its mobile banking application allows users to manage their current and fixed accounts, as well as other banking services, with ease and convenience. By focusing on user-friendly technology, N26 aims to enhance the banking experience for its customers, enabling them to control their financial activities directly from their smartphones.

Stash

Seed Round in 2016
Stash develops a personal finance application to combine banking, investing, and advice into one platform. Its application's services include personal investment accounts, retirement accounts, and custodial accounts for minors. It also provides the option to buy fractional shares of stocks, bonds, and funds with no add-on trading commissions to help users save small sums of money and make micro-investments.

N26

Series A in 2015
N26 is a digital banking platform based in Berlin, Germany, that provides mobile banking solutions to customers across the European Union. Founded in 2013, the company offers a range of financial services, including international money transfers, investment options, overdraft facilities, and the ability to withdraw and deposit cash at retail locations. Its mobile banking application allows users to manage their current and fixed accounts, as well as other banking services, with ease and convenience. By focusing on user-friendly technology, N26 aims to enhance the banking experience for its customers, enabling them to control their financial activities directly from their smartphones.
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