American Express Ventures

American Express Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of American Express, focused on investing in startups to expand American Express's capabilities in consumer commerce and B2B services. The firm is stage agnostic after seed and seeks opportunities both domestically and internationally. It targets areas including consumer commerce with emphasis on mobile, consumer payments, marketplaces, lending, loyalty and digital marketing products; business-to-business services such as business payments, process automation, lending and small business services; and core capabilities such as servicing, customer acquisition, fraud detection, security, data analytics and underwriting. It invests in fintech and related sectors to enhance American Express's core platform. It is based in Palo Alto with an additional office in New York.

Marta Arellano

Associate

Julia Brown

Associate

Sharon Chew

Vice President and General Manager of Global Merchant Services Asia

Sarah Kreifus

Principal

Anatoly Kvitnitsky

Principal

Margaret Lim

Managing Director

Brett Mooney

President and CEO of Amex Bank of Canada and Amex Canada

Mona Pezeshki

Investor

Ope Runsewe

Managing Director

Vincenzo Salina-Amorini

Principal

Harshul Sanghi

Managing Partner

Parin Shah

Investment Director

Anirudh Singh

Investment Manager

Matt Sueoka

Vice President

Michal Edelman Tepper

Investment Manager

Kevin Tsang

Managing Director

Past deals in Compliance

Center

Acquisition in 2025
Center is a software company that focuses on enhancing visibility and management of employee spending for businesses. Its primary product, Center Expense, is an integrated corporate card and expense solution designed for small and medium-sized enterprises. This solution helps organizations streamline their operations, improve compliance, and save time by providing real-time insights to finance teams, facilitating better decision-making. Additionally, Center offers web development, cloud, and project management services, broadening its impact on business efficiency and operational effectiveness.

Sedric.ai

Series A in 2024
Sedric is a compliance excellence platform tailored for fintech companies, focusing on enhancing risk management and regulatory compliance. Utilizing AI for real-time monitoring and analysis, Sedric captures and assesses customer interactions across various channels, including voice, chat, email, and social media. This technology allows compliance teams to swiftly implement new laws and regulations, prioritizing high-value events that could impact the business. By extracting nuanced language understanding and contextual signals, Sedric helps clients identify and mitigate potential compliance and privacy violations, ultimately reducing regulatory threats and monitoring costs while fostering business growth.

Handle

Venture Round in 2023
Handle is a construction software company that provides an end-to-end platform to streamline payments and project administration. Its tools automate tasks related to late payments, lien management, deadline tracking, mailings, and document management, enabling contractors and material suppliers to be paid faster. The software supports credit and finance teams with online payments, waivers, and access to capital, consolidating workflows for invoices and documents. By digitizing owner verification, required documents, electronic signatures, and related communications, Handle helps construction projects run smoothly and reduce payment delays. Based in La Jolla, California.

DataGrail

Series C in 2022
DataGrail develops a privacy management platform that enables businesses to ensure compliance with various privacy laws. It integrates sales, marketing, and support systems with third-party systems, providing control over communication preferences.

Trulioo

Series D in 2021
Trulioo operates a digital identity network that enables instant online identity, document, and business verification services. The company provides electronic identity verification platforms designed for businesses to assess risks associated with digital identities, combining traditional methods for identity confirmation with modern data from social and online sources. This approach supports companies in verifying customers and entities across borders, helping them comply with anti-money laundering and know-your-customer requirements.

EverC

Series B in 2020
EverC is a provider of cloud-based cyber risk intelligence and merchant fraud detection solutions for the online seller ecosystem. The company offers MerchantView, a monitoring platform for acquiring banks and payment service providers to manage merchant-based fraud and cyber risk, and MarketView, which tracks illicit marketplace listings. Its services include detection of violating merchants, transaction laundering verification, card compliance consulting, and web analyst verification. Founded in 2015, EverC combines risk intelligence, data science, fintech, and payments expertise to power cross-channel risk management. The platform rapidly detects high-risk merchants, online money laundering, and fake or illegal products, while ongoing monitoring mitigates evolving risk. EverC aims to help marketplaces, global payment providers, and online sellers grow safely by transforming the internet into a transparent, trusted environment.

Trulioo

Series C in 2019
Trulioo operates a digital identity network that enables instant online identity, document, and business verification services. The company provides electronic identity verification platforms designed for businesses to assess risks associated with digital identities, combining traditional methods for identity confirmation with modern data from social and online sources. This approach supports companies in verifying customers and entities across borders, helping them comply with anti-money laundering and know-your-customer requirements.

DataGrail

Series A in 2019
DataGrail develops a privacy management platform that enables businesses to ensure compliance with various privacy laws. It integrates sales, marketing, and support systems with third-party systems, providing control over communication preferences.

EverC

Corporate Round in 2018
EverC is a provider of cloud-based cyber risk intelligence and merchant fraud detection solutions for the online seller ecosystem. The company offers MerchantView, a monitoring platform for acquiring banks and payment service providers to manage merchant-based fraud and cyber risk, and MarketView, which tracks illicit marketplace listings. Its services include detection of violating merchants, transaction laundering verification, card compliance consulting, and web analyst verification. Founded in 2015, EverC combines risk intelligence, data science, fintech, and payments expertise to power cross-channel risk management. The platform rapidly detects high-risk merchants, online money laundering, and fake or illegal products, while ongoing monitoring mitigates evolving risk. EverC aims to help marketplaces, global payment providers, and online sellers grow safely by transforming the internet into a transparent, trusted environment.

VISOR ADL

Seed Round in 2017
Visor ADL, S.A.P.I. de C.V. is a Mexico City-based company that specializes in developing a loan originator and customer management platform tailored for financial institutions. Founded in 2015, the company provides a range of services including customer management, dynamic risk analytics, proactive loan placement, and dynamic portfolio management. Visor ADL aims to empower enterprises by offering data and insights to facilitate critical financing and trade decisions related to private companies. The company is focused on building a comprehensive Enterprise Health Bureau in e-invoicing countries and operates in both Mexico and Brazil. It is backed by several venture capital firms, highlighting its commitment to innovation in the financial sector.

Trulioo

Series B in 2015
Trulioo operates a digital identity network that enables instant online identity, document, and business verification services. The company provides electronic identity verification platforms designed for businesses to assess risks associated with digital identities, combining traditional methods for identity confirmation with modern data from social and online sources. This approach supports companies in verifying customers and entities across borders, helping them comply with anti-money laundering and know-your-customer requirements.
Spot something off? Help us improve by flagging any incorrect or outdated information. Just email us at support@teaserclub.com. Your feedback is most welcome.