Willoughby Capital

Willoughby Capital is a New York-based investment firm and single-family office founded in 2009 by Daniel Och. It manages a global portfolio across venture capital, private equity, public markets, and real estate, and focuses on partnering with growth companies across private and public markets. The firm operates with permanent capital and provides long-term support through a dedicated team of investment professionals.

Morgan Rutman

President

21 past transactions

Kernel Foods

Series A in 2023
Kernel Foods is a robot-powered fast food startup that aims to operate with as few as three employees. The company intends to revolutionize technology, labor, real estate, and menu, and implement automation with a human touch.

Tegus

Venture Round in 2022
Tegus provides a qualitative research platform for buy-side investors, featuring a smart-searchable database of peer-led expert call transcripts produced for investors by investors and on-demand transcripts that speed up due diligence. The platform delivers qualitative insights for idea screening and enables custom-sourced calls with industry experts, former employees, customers, and competitors, including white-glove connections to top experts. Clients can access 1:1 expert conversations at the adviser’s cost, avoiding typical markups, to inform investment decisions and reduce risk.

Burritowallet

Venture Round in 2022
Burritowallet is a financial services company that offers a secure and user-friendly mobile wallet for managing crypto assets. It supports 15 mainnets and over 1,000 cryptocurrencies, providing a comprehensive platform for the exploration of Web3. Users can send NFTs and tokens to their contacts with ease, making it a convenient tool for crypto transactions. The company also provides support for decentralized finance, positioning itself at the forefront of this emerging financial landscape. In addition, Burritowallet is a subsidiary of Bithumb Korea, further solidifying its presence in the crypto industry.

Scalapay

Series B in 2022
Scalapay, founded in 2019 by Simone Mancini and Johnny Mitrevski, is a financial technology company based in Milan, Italy, that specializes in "Buy Now, Pay Later" (BNPL) services. The company has quickly expanded its presence across Europe, offering a payment platform that enables consumers to shop both online and in-store. Scalapay allows customers to split their purchases into three interest-free installments, providing a convenient and flexible payment solution. By simplifying the payment process, Scalapay aims to enhance the shopping experience for consumers, making purchases more accessible and manageable.

Cazoo

Post in 2022
Cazoo Limited is an online marketplace that revolutionizes the car buying experience for consumers in the UK and Europe. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in London, Cazoo offers a platform where customers can buy, finance, or rent used cars entirely online. The service allows users to select their desired vehicle and have it delivered to their doorstep within hours, making the process efficient and convenient. By streamlining car purchases and rentals, Cazoo aims to simplify the traditionally complex experience of buying a car.

TRLab

Seed Round in 2022
TR Lab is a blank slate platform for discovering and collecting NFT art from the artists. The company offers NFT works to collectors and art lovers.

Paradox

Series C in 2021
Founded in 2016, Paradox develops an AI-based platform that automates administrative tasks for HR teams. Its flagship product, Olivia, captures and screens candidates, improves conversions, handles interview scheduling, and answers candidate queries. Serving a wide range of clients from local retailers to Fortune 100 organizations globally, Paradox enables talent acquisition professionals to focus on human interaction while the platform handles experience, automation, and intelligence.

100 Thieves

Series C in 2021
100 Thieves is an American esports organization and lifestyle brand that combines competitive gaming with apparel and entertainment. It fields a professional esports team that competes in major leagues and championships and operates an online store selling apparel and merchandise such as t-shirts and jerseys. The company also focuses on gaming content and a branded lifestyle experience, connecting fans through competition and merchandise.

Tegus

Series B in 2021
Tegus provides a qualitative research platform for buy-side investors, featuring a smart-searchable database of peer-led expert call transcripts produced for investors by investors and on-demand transcripts that speed up due diligence. The platform delivers qualitative insights for idea screening and enables custom-sourced calls with industry experts, former employees, customers, and competitors, including white-glove connections to top experts. Clients can access 1:1 expert conversations at the adviser’s cost, avoiding typical markups, to inform investment decisions and reduce risk.

Sword Health

Series D in 2021
Sword Health specializes in digital health solutions for physical rehabilitation. It employs artificial intelligence to deliver personalized care globally, enabling patients to perform interactive exercises at home under remote physiotherapist supervision.

Dutchie

Series D in 2021
Founded in 2017, Dutchie is a comprehensive technology platform that streamlines cannabis dispensary operations, facilitates safe consumer access, and promotes societal change through cannabis legalization.

Bolt

Series D in 2021
Founded in 2014, Bolt enhances online shopping by offering a seamless checkout platform. It enables secure, logged-in, one-click purchases for shoppers, benefiting retailers like REVOLVE and Casper who use it to reduce cart abandonment and improve customer experience.

Orca Security

Series C in 2021
Orca Security is a company that specializes in cloud-native security solutions. Founded in 2019 with headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel, Orca Security offers a platform that secures both cloud-native applications and legacy systems migrated to the cloud without requiring agents. The platform integrates into the cloud infrastructure layer to assess the security state of all discovered assets, including the cloud control plane, operating system, applications, and business data. It provides visibility into compromised resources, vulnerable software, and misconfigurations using read-only access, ensuring no impact on performance or availability. This approach allows IT security teams to avoid agent deployment and network scanning, streamlining the process of maintaining cloud security and compliance across various platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle Cloud.

Talkdesk

Series D in 2021
Talkdesk Inc., founded in 2011 by Cristina Fonseca and Tiago Paiva, specializes in browser-based cloud contact center software for small businesses. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices across Europe and North America, Talkdesk offers an end-to-end solution that optimizes customer engagement, workforce management, and analytics. Its platform enables users to identify callers before answering, provides comprehensive customer insights from various sources, monitors call performance in real-time, and offers intelligent customer self-service data for agents. With over 1,400 enterprise clients worldwide, including IBM and Acxiom, Talkdesk helps businesses enhance customer satisfaction, productivity, and cost savings through its adaptable platform.

FTX

Series B in 2021
FTX is a cryptocurrency exchange company that develops platforms for professional trading firms, offering intuitive interfaces suitable for both experienced traders and beginners. It supports quarterly and perpetual futures for all major cryptocurrencies, leveraged tokens, and OTC derivatives.

Flipkart

Private Equity Round in 2021
Flipkart is an Indian e-commerce marketplace offering over 30 million products across 70-plus categories, including books, electronics, home goods, and health care items. Headquartered in Bengaluru, it serves about 75 million registered users with around 10 million daily visits and ships roughly 8 million orders each month. Founded in 2007 by Binny and Sachin Bansal, Flipkart grew into a leading online retailer and was acquired by Walmart in 2018. The platform leverages technology and a large-scale logistics network to enable buyers and sellers to transact across a broad range of consumer goods.

Bitwise

Series B in 2021
Bitwise is a crypto-specialist asset manager serving individuals, investment managers, and institutions seeking exposure to the cryptocurrency market. The firm offers a broad platform of investment solutions focused on crypto assets, including cryptocurrency index funds and single-asset funds designed to be liquid, low-cost, and secure. It provides yield and alpha strategies, multi-strategy approaches, and separately managed accounts, as well as onchain staking and bitcoin-related investment products, enabling clients to access opportunities aligned with their objectives. By combining specialized crypto expertise with rigorous risk controls, Bitwise acts as a specialist partner that helps diverse investors navigate the crypto space with rules-based exposure and efficient administration.

ManyPets

Series D in 2021
ManyPets is a pet insurance provider offering dog and cat insurance, comprehensive pet health plans, multi-pet coverage, and lifetime policies. The company delivers accessible pet health insurance and preventive wellness services through subscription-driven technology, providing pet owners with a personalized experience supported by human connections. It aims to improve outcomes for pets and their owners by combining flexible coverage with preventive care and easy-to-use digital tools.

Rock The Bells

Series A in 2021
Rock The Bells is an online retailer specializing in merchandise celebrating hip-hop culture. It offers curated news, exclusive products, and festival experiences, fostering a community for enthusiasts of classic hip-hop.

ID.me

Series C in 2021
ID.me provides secure identity verification solutions for individuals and businesses across various sectors. It offers services such as identity proofing, authentication, multi-factor authentication, document verification, compliance monitoring, and group affiliation verification. ID.me's platform enables users to prove their identity securely online, access benefits and services, and avail discounts.

Talkdesk

Series C in 2020
Talkdesk Inc., founded in 2011 by Cristina Fonseca and Tiago Paiva, specializes in browser-based cloud contact center software for small businesses. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices across Europe and North America, Talkdesk offers an end-to-end solution that optimizes customer engagement, workforce management, and analytics. Its platform enables users to identify callers before answering, provides comprehensive customer insights from various sources, monitors call performance in real-time, and offers intelligent customer self-service data for agents. With over 1,400 enterprise clients worldwide, including IBM and Acxiom, Talkdesk helps businesses enhance customer satisfaction, productivity, and cost savings through its adaptable platform.
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