Visa Ventures

Visa Ventures is the corporate venture investment function of Visa, Inc. With a global focus, the team engages with innovative payments, fintech, and technology companies and seeks to identify and invest in the most attractive opportunities that give Visa early access to innovative technologies and emerging themes.

Kevin Jacques

Vice President and Head of Corporate Ventures

8 past transactions

Volante Technologies

Debt Financing in 2023
Volante Technologies, Inc. is a global financial technology company that specializes in developing solutions for payments and financial messaging automation. Established in 2001 and headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, the company offers a range of services including VolPay, which fosters payments innovation and digital transformation, and Volante Designer, designed to simplify financial messaging and data integration. Volante's solutions encompass payments modernization—covering real-time, instant, domestic, and cross-border payments—as well as Payments as a Service for cloud-based payment processing and financial messaging services, such as message translation and orchestration. With a diverse client base that includes over 85 financial institutions and corporates across 26 countries, Volante aims to enhance business agility in the digital payments landscape by addressing complex challenges and enabling rapid adaptation to new opportunities. The company’s commitment to innovation is reflected in its extensive library of international and domestic message standards, which facilitates quicker project completion while minimizing disruption to core systems.

Volante Technologies

Venture Round in 2023
Volante Technologies, Inc. is a global financial technology company that specializes in developing solutions for payments and financial messaging automation. Established in 2001 and headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, the company offers a range of services including VolPay, which fosters payments innovation and digital transformation, and Volante Designer, designed to simplify financial messaging and data integration. Volante's solutions encompass payments modernization—covering real-time, instant, domestic, and cross-border payments—as well as Payments as a Service for cloud-based payment processing and financial messaging services, such as message translation and orchestration. With a diverse client base that includes over 85 financial institutions and corporates across 26 countries, Volante aims to enhance business agility in the digital payments landscape by addressing complex challenges and enabling rapid adaptation to new opportunities. The company’s commitment to innovation is reflected in its extensive library of international and domestic message standards, which facilitates quicker project completion while minimizing disruption to core systems.

GoodData

Venture Round in 2020
GoodData Corporation operates a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform focused on business intelligence and analytics, catering to the needs of organizations seeking to enhance their data-driven decision-making processes. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, GoodData offers a comprehensive analytics platform that consolidates data from various sources, including internal systems and cloud services. This platform enables businesses to manage data governance, security, and self-service data discovery effectively. GoodData’s solutions cover a wide range of analytics applications, including enterprise analytics for sales, marketing, and customer service. Additionally, the company provides support, training, and consulting services to assist clients in leveraging their data. Its clientele spans multiple industries, including e-commerce, financial services, media, and technology, both in the United States and internationally. GoodData's mission is to empower enterprises to create Smart Business Applications that enhance performance and drive competitive advantage by integrating analytics into everyday business operations.

VGS

Corporate Round in 2020
Very Good Security, Inc. (VGS) specializes in data security solutions, focusing on payment tokenization and the protection of sensitive information across various industries, including finance and healthcare. The company provides VGS Vault, a data vaulting solution that enhances compliance and security during data transfer and tokenization. Additionally, VGS Proxy facilitates intelligent tokenization and secure interactions with various institutions. Their offerings include VGS Compliance, which aids businesses in navigating audit processes and managing compliance-related vendors. VGS also supplies custom data capture tools and secure forms for mobile and web applications. With a strong emphasis on protecting customer data, VGS enables organizations to securely manage payment information, medical records, and internal communications while minimizing the risk of data breaches. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, VGS has established itself as a leader in payment tokenization, managing over four billion tokens globally and serving a range of clients, including Fortune 500 companies.

Hive

Series C in 2020
Hive is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in cloud-based artificial intelligence solutions aimed at enhancing business processes through deep learning and computer vision. It offers a range of products, including Hive Media, an analytics platform for broadcasters and advertisers; Hive Security, which provides video analytics and visual intelligence software; Hive Auto, focusing on visual perception for autonomous vehicles; and Hive Retail, which delivers custom deep learning solutions for retail operations. With a significant portfolio of pre-trained AI models, Hive supports billions of API requests monthly and addresses critical business needs such as content moderation, brand protection, and ad targeting. The company has raised substantial capital from prominent investors and employs over 175 full-time staff, complemented by a global network of contributors for data labeling operations. Hive was incorporated in 2013 and has established itself as a leader in AI technology for diverse enterprise applications.

Dock

Corporate Round in 2018
Dock is a provider of modern financial technology infrastructure in Latin America. Dock unlocks business value, innovation, and scalability for its customers by integrating card issuing and core banking services on one comprehensive platform. Dock’s modular solutions enable mission-critical processes that accelerate a company’s ability to bring new digital payments and banking services to market. The end result is a wider array of innovative products, greater consumer access to financial services, and improved customer experiences. Dock’s cloud-based platform reduces the operational and regulatory burden on clients while offering other valuable tools through its partner ecosystem.

Behalf

Series C in 2016
Behalf, Inc. is a financing provider headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel. Founded in 2011, the company facilitates commerce between B2B merchants and their business customers by offering automated payment solutions that include instant credit and flexible payment terms at the point of sale. Behalf integrates seamlessly into merchants' sales and invoicing processes, allowing for access to financing regardless of the invoice or transaction size. By paying merchants upfront, Behalf enhances sales and improves cash flow for both merchants and their business customers. The company focuses on providing short-term financing to small businesses, enabling them to efficiently manage payments to suppliers while increasing operational effectiveness through automation.
NovoPayment Inc. operates a cloud-based banking platform that provides a range of financial and transactional services, including mass payout and cash-in capabilities. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Miami, Florida, the company also has offices in Mexico City, Bogota, Lima, and Quito. NovoPayment specializes in banking as a service, leveraging application programming interfaces (APIs) to offer White-Label Platform-as-a-Service, open banking solutions, and custom offerings. Its services are designed for banks, financial institutions, merchants, and other financial service providers, enabling them to enhance their existing systems and create new revenue streams. The company maintains a strategic partnership with Visa Inc. to further its mission of accelerating financial innovation globally.
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