Canapi Ventures

Canapi Ventures, established in 2018 and headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina, is a venture capital firm specializing in early to growth-stage fintech companies. It invests in innovative financial services technologies, driving disruption in outdated business models. Backed by U.S. regulatory experts and financial institutions, Canapi Ventures provides capital, customers, and strategic guidance to founders building the future of digital financial services.

Michael Burns

Investor

Lulu Chang

Investor

Walker Forehand

Co-Founder, President and General Partner

Chip Mahan

Managing Partner

Keenan McCarthy

Vice President, Platform

Richard Miller

Vice President

Connie Qian

Principal

Jeff Reitman

General Partner

Sara Shackelford

CFO

Greg Thome

Principal

Gregory Thome II

Principal

Neil Underwood

Co-Founder and General Partner

43 past transactions

Island

Series E in 2025
Island is a cybersecurity company that specializes in enterprise browser solutions. It offers a web browser tailored for businesses, enabling secure and efficient work environments. Island's platform provides organizations with comprehensive control, visibility, and governance over their online activities, enhancing performance and minimizing cybersecurity risks. The company fosters a collaborative work culture, valuing integrity, quality, and honesty in its interactions with clients.

Ethos

Seed Round in 2025
Ethos is creating an end-to-end platform for model risk management in financial services.

SmartSuite

Series A in 2025
SmartSuite develops a work management platform integrating databases, spreadsheets, documents, collaboration tools, and automation features. The platform is designed to streamline business processes by consolidating essential workflow elements into a single system. It enables teams to manage tasks, organize information, and automate repetitive processes without requiring coding expertise.

Anatomy Financial

Series A in 2024
Anatomy Financial specializes in streamlining financial operations for healthcare organizations that bill insurance. Their core offering is an automation platform that employs AI to convert insurance Explanation of Benefits (EOBs), reconcile financial data, and manage a modern healthcare lockbox. This suite of services aims to enhance efficiency and provide real-time financial insights, allowing healthcare providers to concentrate on delivering quality patient care.

OpenYield

Seed Round in 2024
OpenYield operates a bond marketplace designed to democratize access to the bond market for retail brokerages, advisors, and asset managers. The platform offers an equity-like experience for bonds, sourcing them directly from algorithmic liquidity providers. By leveraging advanced technology, OpenYield enables wealth platforms to enhance their fixed-income offerings while simultaneously reducing costs. The company's innovative approach positions it to support the anticipated growth of direct indexing in fixed income, making bond investments more accessible and efficient for a broader range of investors.

Synply

Seed Round in 2024
Synply is a technology company that provides a user-friendly, cloud-based platform for managing syndicated loans and portfolios. Its platform streamlines the entire process, from origination to servicing, by offering real-time data, system integrations, and workflow tools. This enhances transparency and access to information for both banking partners and borrowers.

Cashmere AI

Seed Round in 2024
Cashmere AI is a private messaging service made with the intention of making fan chats profitable. The company's platform enables easy communication between creators and followers by providing paid direct messages to cut through the clutter and interactive text and voice discussions.

Capitalize

Series B in 2024
Capitalize Money, Inc. is a fintech company based in New York that focuses on retirement savings solutions. Founded in 2019, it offers a digital platform that simplifies the process of managing retirement accounts, including the transfer of 401(k) assets into individual retirement accounts (IRAs). The company aims to assist users in finding and transferring old retirement accounts while facilitating the opening of new ones. By leveraging proprietary technology, Capitalize seeks to minimize barriers in the retirement savings system, enabling individuals to make informed financial decisions and maximize their retirement savings. Capitalize is backed by prominent venture capital firms from New York, the Bay Area, and Los Angeles.

ModernFi

Venture Round in 2024
ModernFi operates a deposit network designed to assist financial institutions in managing and expanding their deposit base. The company offers solutions that enable institutions to sweep funds, source deposits, and provide extended insurance to their depositors through partner institutions. By focusing on attracting and retaining large-value depositors, ModernFi aims to enhance growth and improve balance sheet stability for its clients.

ModernFi

Series A in 2024
ModernFi operates a deposit network designed to assist financial institutions in managing and expanding their deposit base. The company offers solutions that enable institutions to sweep funds, source deposits, and provide extended insurance to their depositors through partner institutions. By focusing on attracting and retaining large-value depositors, ModernFi aims to enhance growth and improve balance sheet stability for its clients.

Island

Series C in 2023
Island is a cybersecurity company that specializes in enterprise browser solutions. It offers a web browser tailored for businesses, enabling secure and efficient work environments. Island's platform provides organizations with comprehensive control, visibility, and governance over their online activities, enhancing performance and minimizing cybersecurity risks. The company fosters a collaborative work culture, valuing integrity, quality, and honesty in its interactions with clients.

Nova Credit

Series C in 2023
Nova Credit Inc. is a credit reporting agency based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2016. The company specializes in providing alternative credit data and analytics, focusing on improving credit access for individuals, particularly immigrants. Nova Credit's platform facilitates cross-border consumer credit services, allowing lenders and property managers to make informed decisions regarding credit applications. Its proprietary solutions, including the Credit Passport® and Cash Atlas™, utilize a unique set of data sources and compliance frameworks to enhance traditional credit analytics. Major organizations such as American Express, Verizon, and HSBC use Nova Credit’s services to navigate the complexities of credit scoring in the open finance landscape. The company is supported by prominent investors and industry executives, emphasizing its role in bridging gaps in credit access and fostering responsible growth for businesses.

Dynamo AI

Series A in 2023
DynamoFL empowers enterprises to deploy Gen AI solutions in a safe, private, and compliant manner. Our tools offer a scalable and efficient solution for defense against adversarial AI threats, ensuring the integrity and security of ML models throughout their lifecycle. Our suite of proactive AI model defense solutions can be deployed to both identify and remediate security and robustness risks in Generative AI systems. We enable organizations to deploy state-of-the-art LLMs on substantially cheaper hardware, even including CPU resources.

Crux

Seed Round in 2023
Crux is the capital markets technology company changing the way clean energy and manufacturing projects are financed in the U.S. Crux’s platform, market intelligence, and expert team help developers and manufacturers raise capital through all stages of project development and operation. The company’s first offering is the leading platform for tax credit transfers. Since its launch in 2023, Crux has raised more than $27 million in funding from venture capital and strategic investors. Crux’s world-class team brings together expertise from energy, tax, finance, government, and technology to power an abundant, resilient, and secure energy future. For more information, visit https://www.cruxclimate.com/.

Thoropass

Series C in 2022
Thoropass is a compliance automation platform that helps businesses navigate various infosec and privacy frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. The platform offers tools for storing, sharing, and managing compliance programs, as well as designing controls tailored to different stages of development. With a focus on continuous monitoring and expert guidance, Thoropass enables companies to prepare for audits effectively, ensuring they meet compliance requirements year after year. The service is utilized by numerous growing businesses that seek to establish scalable security practices and achieve necessary certifications. Through its combination of intelligent software and expert support, Thoropass simplifies the compliance process, allowing companies to concentrate on their core operations.

Elpha Secure

Series A in 2022
Elpha Secure specializes in providing cybersecurity solutions and software protection tailored for small and medium-sized businesses. The company employs advanced telemetry tools to detect and mitigate cyber threats in real-time, ensuring that clients remain one step ahead of potential attacks. Its platform offers on-demand data backup and restoration services, along with intelligent insights to enhance security measures. Elpha Secure also provides comprehensive cyber insurance coverage, which is supported by a reputable carrier and complemented by a skilled team of incident response professionals. All cybersecurity software is developed and validated in-house, ensuring high standards of security and reliability.

Alloy

Venture Round in 2022
Alloy Digital LLC is a prominent media company focused on the 12-34 demographic, recognized for its digital media and video network that creates and delivers original content across various platforms. In addition to its media operations, Alloy has developed an identity verification platform designed to enhance security and streamline fraud prevention for banks and financial institutions. This platform offers a single API and dashboard that simplifies the management of customer data, enabling organizations to automate their identity compliance and fraud decision processes. By integrating multiple data sources and providing tools for case management and reporting, Alloy supports financial institutions and FinTech companies in effectively addressing identity and compliance challenges.

Asset Class

Series A in 2022
Asset Class is a financial technology company that specializes in developing innovative investment management software tailored for various sectors, including private equity, venture capital, financial advisory, and commercial lending. The firm’s software solutions encompass a wide range of functionalities such as salesforce management, customer relationship management (CRM), investment banking support, and business intelligence tools. By offering features like workflow automation and document management, Asset Class aims to streamline financial operations and help clients identify growth opportunities.

Able

Series A in 2022
Able is a digital lending platform that facilitates the collection and processing of borrower information for commercial lenders. By automating the often time-consuming tasks associated with gathering and structuring loan application data, Able enables lenders to streamline the loan process and expedite funding for businesses. This efficiency not only accelerates loan booking but also enhances the ability of lenders to build stronger relationships with their clients. Through its innovative approach, Able aims to improve the overall experience for both lenders and borrowers in the commercial lending space.

Middesk

Series B in 2022
Middesk, Inc. is an identity platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company offers automated business verification services and provides essential contextual information about various businesses. Its platform allows organizations to capture, verify, and monitor business credentials effectively, facilitating compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements. Additionally, Middesk notifies service providers of changes within their customer base, enabling them to maintain an accurate understanding of their clients and better address their needs. By centralizing the credentialing process, Middesk helps companies streamline onboarding and enhance operational efficiency while managing risk and compliance.

Codat

Series C in 2022
Codat Limited is a London-based company that specializes in financial and accounting software integrations. Established in 2016, Codat operates a universal API platform that facilitates real-time connectivity for software providers and financial institutions. This enables them to create integrated products tailored for small business customers. The platform simplifies the extraction of data from various sources, such as cloud accounting packages and payment terminals, and supports data mapping to improve operational efficiency. By handling the complexities of integrations, Codat allows its clients to concentrate on enhancing their offerings. The company serves a diverse range of sectors, including banking, insurance, and e-commerce, and has a presence in New York, New York. Codat is supported by notable investors, including Tiger Global, PayPal Ventures, Index Ventures, and American Express Ventures.

Posh AI

Series A in 2022
Posh develops a conversational AI platform for the banking industry. Its platform creates AI assistants that help frontline staff and customer interactions. Purpose-built for financial services, Posh’s AI spans voice, digital, and knowledge channels, offering conversational customer service, 24/7 self-service, and increased employee efficiency.

Capitolis

Series D in 2022
Capitolis Inc. is a financial technology company that provides an online software-as-a-service platform designed for banks and financial institutions. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in London and Tel Aviv, Capitolis focuses on enhancing the efficiency and safety of capital markets. Its platform allows financial institutions to optimize their balance sheets and improve liquidity by facilitating the rapid sourcing of capital for trades from other institutions with substantial balance sheets. By connecting global banks with institutional investors, Capitolis enables access to diversified capital and investment opportunities, ultimately transforming the efficiency of market participants and supporting their growth objectives.

Posh

Series A in 2021
Posh is a conversational AI and NLP technology development company that enables developers to deliver a new way to interact with users. With Posh, website actions that takes minutes to complete can be sped up to just seconds with a simple message from bots. Companies in finanical services, healthcare, utilities, and beyond are using the Posh platform to re-create call centers and automate routine requests for both customers and staff while saving time and money. The company wants to make the internet experience easier and more enjoyable. Posh was launched on 2015 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Fireblocks

Series E in 2021
Fireblocks Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in blockchain-based security solutions for digital asset management. Its platform is designed to securely transfer digital assets between exchanges, wallets, custodians, and counterparties, catering primarily to financial institutions such as banks, fintech companies, and hedge funds. The company employs advanced technologies, including a patent-pending chip isolation security and model predictive control (MPC), to enhance the security of assets in transit. Fireblocks enables its clients to manage and streamline their digital asset operations effectively, ensuring the protection of funds while facilitating their movement across various platforms. Additionally, Fireblocks has an operational presence in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Neuro-ID

Series B in 2021
Neuro-ID, Inc. develops prescriptive analytics solutions aimed at the risk industry, focusing on fraud detection and improving customer experiences. The company's flagship product, Neuro-CS, offers real-time analytics that assesses applicant behavior patterns and measures responses to inquiries, enabling organizations to identify suspicious activities. Serving clients in the banking, financial services, insurance, and e-commerce sectors, Neuro-ID's platform enhances fraud detection and conversion optimization while facilitating a smoother customer journey. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Whitefish, Montana, the company also operates a science and research center in Tucson, Arizona, and a development and analytics center in Provo, Utah.

Thoropass

Series B in 2021
Thoropass is a compliance automation platform that helps businesses navigate various infosec and privacy frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. The platform offers tools for storing, sharing, and managing compliance programs, as well as designing controls tailored to different stages of development. With a focus on continuous monitoring and expert guidance, Thoropass enables companies to prepare for audits effectively, ensuring they meet compliance requirements year after year. The service is utilized by numerous growing businesses that seek to establish scalable security practices and achieve necessary certifications. Through its combination of intelligent software and expert support, Thoropass simplifies the compliance process, allowing companies to concentrate on their core operations.

Alloy

Series C in 2021
Alloy Digital LLC is a prominent media company focused on the 12-34 demographic, recognized for its digital media and video network that creates and delivers original content across various platforms. In addition to its media operations, Alloy has developed an identity verification platform designed to enhance security and streamline fraud prevention for banks and financial institutions. This platform offers a single API and dashboard that simplifies the management of customer data, enabling organizations to automate their identity compliance and fraud decision processes. By integrating multiple data sources and providing tools for case management and reporting, Alloy supports financial institutions and FinTech companies in effectively addressing identity and compliance challenges.

Peach Finance

Series A in 2021
Peach Finance, Inc. is a technology company based in Oakland, California, that specializes in developing a loan management platform tailored for finance, legal, and operations teams. Founded in 2018, Peach offers a software as a service (SaaS) solution that utilizes machine-learning algorithms to enhance repayment rates while ensuring compliance. Its API-first, fully configurable platform enables lenders to efficiently launch and scale lending products across various asset classes. The comprehensive service includes a loan management system, borrower and agent portals, customer relationship management (CRM), omnichannel communications, payment processing, reporting, and the unique Self-Service Portfolio Migration capability. Peach Finance aims to empower lenders with innovative tools to improve their operations and the lives of their customers.

Orum.io

Series B in 2021
Orum is a financial technology company that provides a platform designed to facilitate real-time money movement and instant payment solutions. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in New York, Orum leverages machine learning and proprietary data science to enhance financial transactions. Its flagship product, Foresight, is an automated programming interface that predicts fund availability and assesses transaction risks, allowing banks and financial institutions to move money instantaneously. By offering a single API integration, Orum enables businesses across various industries to embed its infrastructure, optimizing payment processes for speed, cost, and risk management. The company's innovative approach supports the development of new financial products while ensuring seamless transaction experiences.

Blooma

Series A in 2021
Blooma provides a digital underwriting platform designed to enhance the commercial real estate lending process. By leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, Blooma's platform simplifies loan processing decisions and streamlines various aspects of deal origination, including configurable workflows, risk settings, document management, and underwriting management. This innovative approach enables lenders to reduce loan origination time and costs while conducting thorough analyses of their transactions. Ultimately, Blooma aims to improve productivity for banking firms by allowing them to prioritize the most suitable deals and effectively monitor their portfolios.

GreenLight

Series D in 2021
GreenLight is a financial technology company that offers a comprehensive debit card and money management app designed for families. The platform allows parents and children to earn, save, spend wisely, give, and invest money effectively. Parents can establish flexible spending controls, oversee chores, automate allowances, and invest for their children's futures. Additionally, GreenLight provides up to 3% unlimited cash back on all purchases, with the option for parents to automatically invest those cash rewards in stocks and ETFs for family-related expenses. Founded in 2014 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, GreenLight has become a valuable resource for millions of families seeking to enhance their financial literacy and management.

Proof

Series D in 2021
Proof is an identity verification platform that focuses on enhancing the security of business transactions. By verifying identities, it ensures that digital transactions are conducted with a high level of trust and security. This platform aims to protect both businesses and their customers by providing a reliable framework for identity assurance and transaction management. Through its services, Proof facilitates secure interactions in an increasingly digital landscape.

Capitalize

Series A in 2021
Capitalize Money, Inc. is a fintech company based in New York that focuses on retirement savings solutions. Founded in 2019, it offers a digital platform that simplifies the process of managing retirement accounts, including the transfer of 401(k) assets into individual retirement accounts (IRAs). The company aims to assist users in finding and transferring old retirement accounts while facilitating the opening of new ones. By leveraging proprietary technology, Capitalize seeks to minimize barriers in the retirement savings system, enabling individuals to make informed financial decisions and maximize their retirement savings. Capitalize is backed by prominent venture capital firms from New York, the Bay Area, and Los Angeles.

MX Technologies

Series C in 2021
MX is a fintech data company that aims to connect people with their financial data in a way that automates their money experience. It enables fintech and all financial institutions with aggregating, enhancing, analyzing, presenting, and acting on financial data. MX enables banks and credit unions to achieve record-breaking growth by winning their competitor's most profitable account holders. As one of the fastest-growing fintech providers, MX drives customer-centric banking relationships by gathering and providing data upon which online and mobile banking partners and financial institutions can create and deliver next-generation banking applications and solutions. Founded in 2010, MX delivers data aggregation, data cleansing, auto-categorization, classification, money management, custom API, data analytics, marketing, UI, and more. In addition, MX offers an extensive array of client services, ranging from training to custom marketing services. MX currently partners with more than 600 financial institutions and more than 30 digital, online, and mobile banking providers — designating MX as a proven powerhouse in the fintech space.

Neuro-ID

Series A in 2020
Neuro-ID, Inc. develops prescriptive analytics solutions aimed at the risk industry, focusing on fraud detection and improving customer experiences. The company's flagship product, Neuro-CS, offers real-time analytics that assesses applicant behavior patterns and measures responses to inquiries, enabling organizations to identify suspicious activities. Serving clients in the banking, financial services, insurance, and e-commerce sectors, Neuro-ID's platform enhances fraud detection and conversion optimization while facilitating a smoother customer journey. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Whitefish, Montana, the company also operates a science and research center in Tucson, Arizona, and a development and analytics center in Provo, Utah.

Moov

Series A in 2020
Moov Financial, Inc. is a financial technology company that specializes in developing an open-source platform designed to embed banking services within various applications. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Moov is focused on rebuilding banking infrastructure for a cloud-native environment, free from legacy technology constraints. The platform offers a developer-friendly approach, allowing for customization and portability across cloud providers or on-premises environments. Moov's services include ACH processing, customer accounts, KYC and OFAC compliance, wire transfers, and image cash letters. By providing a modular and decoupled banking-as-a-service solution, Moov enables organizations to integrate transactional banking capabilities seamlessly into their software, thereby enhancing user experiences and simplifying money management.

GreenLight

Series C in 2020
GreenLight is a financial technology company that offers a comprehensive debit card and money management app designed for families. The platform allows parents and children to earn, save, spend wisely, give, and invest money effectively. Parents can establish flexible spending controls, oversee chores, automate allowances, and invest for their children's futures. Additionally, GreenLight provides up to 3% unlimited cash back on all purchases, with the option for parents to automatically invest those cash rewards in stocks and ETFs for family-related expenses. Founded in 2014 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, GreenLight has become a valuable resource for millions of families seeking to enhance their financial literacy and management.

Thoropass

Series A in 2020
Thoropass is a compliance automation platform that helps businesses navigate various infosec and privacy frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. The platform offers tools for storing, sharing, and managing compliance programs, as well as designing controls tailored to different stages of development. With a focus on continuous monitoring and expert guidance, Thoropass enables companies to prepare for audits effectively, ensuring they meet compliance requirements year after year. The service is utilized by numerous growing businesses that seek to establish scalable security practices and achieve necessary certifications. Through its combination of intelligent software and expert support, Thoropass simplifies the compliance process, allowing companies to concentrate on their core operations.

Alloy

Series B in 2020
Alloy Digital LLC is a prominent media company focused on the 12-34 demographic, recognized for its digital media and video network that creates and delivers original content across various platforms. In addition to its media operations, Alloy has developed an identity verification platform designed to enhance security and streamline fraud prevention for banks and financial institutions. This platform offers a single API and dashboard that simplifies the management of customer data, enabling organizations to automate their identity compliance and fraud decision processes. By integrating multiple data sources and providing tools for case management and reporting, Alloy supports financial institutions and FinTech companies in effectively addressing identity and compliance challenges.

Blend

Series F in 2020
Blend is a digital lending platform based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2012 by Erin Collard, Eugene Marinelli, Nima Ghamsari, and Rosco Hill. The company provides a cloud-based software solution that simplifies the application process for mortgages, consumer loans, and deposit accounts. By optimizing the customer journey, Blend enables financial institutions to enhance their services from application to closing. Its platform is utilized by over 285 leading banks, including Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank, facilitating the processing of more than $4 billion in loans daily. The company's offerings include a suite of products that streamline the entire origination process and a Title segment designed to improve the title, settlement, and closing procedures for various mortgage-related products. Blend's focus is on helping lenders acquire more customers, increase productivity, and strengthen customer relationships.

Nova Credit

Series B in 2020
Nova Credit Inc. is a credit reporting agency based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2016. The company specializes in providing alternative credit data and analytics, focusing on improving credit access for individuals, particularly immigrants. Nova Credit's platform facilitates cross-border consumer credit services, allowing lenders and property managers to make informed decisions regarding credit applications. Its proprietary solutions, including the Credit Passport® and Cash Atlas™, utilize a unique set of data sources and compliance frameworks to enhance traditional credit analytics. Major organizations such as American Express, Verizon, and HSBC use Nova Credit’s services to navigate the complexities of credit scoring in the open finance landscape. The company is supported by prominent investors and industry executives, emphasizing its role in bridging gaps in credit access and fostering responsible growth for businesses.

Built Technologies

Series B in 2019
Built Technologies, Inc. is an enterprise technology company that specializes in a cloud-based construction loan administration and draw management platform. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, the company aims to mitigate risk and enhance productivity in the construction lending process. Its platform provides features such as file management, custom draw workflows, reporting, and risk management, allowing for real-time visibility into construction portfolios. By streamlining the complex loan administration process, Built Technologies enables various stakeholders—including lenders, borrowers, builders, developers, consultants, and inspectors—to reduce construction loan risk, improve loan profitability, and simplify compliance. The company, originally known as DataFi, LLC, rebranded to Built Technologies in 2015.
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