Citi Ventures

Headquartered in San Francisco with offices globally, Citi Ventures explores, incubates, and invests in innovative ideas across fintech, data analytics, commerce, security, marketing, property tech, distributed ledger technology, and digital assets. It collaborates with Citi colleagues, clients, and the broader innovation community to drive discovery of new value.

Omar Amireh

Cheif Executive Officer / Citi Country Officer

Avi Arnon

Vice President

Krishna Balachanader

Managing Director

Thompson Barro

Vice President

Karine Ben-Simhon

VP Intelligence Partnerships and Innovation

Matt Carbonara

Managing Director

Alex Chen

Vice President

Kateryna Chupryna

Director

Xiaolei Cong

Vice President

Fernando Dammert

COO of Financial Institutions Sales and Solutions

Lauren Gross

Investment Banking Analyst

Ignacio Gutiérrez-Orrantia

CEO, Citibank Europe

Lizzie Guynn

Vice President

Charles Howe

Investor

Darren Jarvis

ICG Chief Administrative Officer

Cagla Kaymaz

Senior Vice President

Lucas Kirshenbaum

Assistant Vice President

Manish Kohli

Global Head of Payments and Receivables

Ian Lee

Director, Innovation Network

Everett Leonidas

Director

Robert Li

Vice President, Citi Ventures

Paul Marshall

Director, Global Finance Product Transformation

Duncan McCredie

Global Head of Strategy - Citi Commercial Bank

Jeff Meyers

Investor

Blaze O'Byrne

Vice President

Margo Pilic

Chief of Staff to the CEO

Arvind Purushotham

Managing Director

Vibhor Rastogi

Managing Director

Meredith Shields

Managing Director

Ornit Shinar

Managing Director

Lee Smallwood

Head of Rates Digital Assets

Clark Smith

CISO Head of Engineering and Architecture Practice, Managing Director

Cece Stewart

President

Kate Sullivan

COO

Alyssa Tam

Judge and Mentor - Citi Mobile Challenge

Avery Tiras

Equity Research Senior Associate

Luis Valdich

Managing Director

Jelena Zec

Director

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Clara

Venture Round in 2025
Clara is a Latin American fintech company specializing in corporate spending management. It offers locally-issued corporate cards, bill pay services, financing solutions, and a software platform designed to streamline expense reporting and provide real-time insights into spending.

Lightrun

Series B in 2025
Lightrun is a company that specializes in developing an observability platform aimed at enhancing the debugging process for developers. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, Lightrun's platform enables developers to securely and effortlessly add logs, performance metrics, and traces to both production and staging environments in real time. This capability allows research and development teams to improve productivity and gain comprehensive code-level observability. The platform can be deployed across various infrastructures, allowing developers to define data collection parameters while applications are actively running. This continuous debugging functionality helps developers address production issues without the need to stop applications, thereby streamlining the debugging process in any environment.

Endor Labs

Series B in 2025
Endor Labs specializes in enhancing application security with a focus on managing open-source software dependencies. The company aids developers in integrating safe Open Source Software (OSS) to expedite development processes while minimizing time spent on security issues. Its Dependency Lifecycle Management Platform targets the vulnerabilities in software supply chain security caused by ungoverned use of open-source software within enterprises.

Belvo

Venture Round in 2025
Belvo is an open finance API platform founded in 2019 and headquartered in Mexico City. The company enables financial innovators to connect their users' accounts to various applications, facilitating the access and interpretation of financial data in a straightforward and scalable manner. Belvo's platform allows developers to gain insights into user behavior and manage financial transactions efficiently, thus helping businesses to streamline operations and create new revenue opportunities through a unified open finance solution.

TransFICC

Series B in 2025
TransFICC specializes in low-latency connectivity solutions for banks and asset managers trading in Fixed Income and Derivatives markets. It offers a unified API that simplifies access to multiple execution venues, ensuring microsecond timestamping of data and comprehensive audit trails to support best execution requirements.

Merama

Debt Financing in 2025
Merama is an e-commerce platform founded in 2020 and headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico, with an additional office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The company partners with brands to enhance their growth by providing exceptional human resources and non-dilutive capital. Merama aims to establish itself as the leading online group of brands in Latin America, focusing on leveraging its resources to support and accelerate the development of its partner brands.

Atomic FI

Venture Round in 2025
Atomic FI is a technology company that builds digital financial products designed to improve consumer engagement in financial services. It aims to launch a series of products, starting with a balance transfer solution for credit cards, home equity lines of credit, and potentially auto loans, all focused on delivering a streamlined user experience and solving friction for financial institutions and fintechs. Its platform enables users to connect their payroll accounts using payroll credentials, reducing fraud and manual processes through multi-step verification, allowing employees and businesses to conduct secure banking transactions efficiently. The system accelerates payoff times by four to five times and emphasizes a user-centered design that prioritizes speed and ease of use.

Capital Markets Gateway

Series C in 2025
Capital Markets Gateway Inc. is a financial technology firm that specializes in modernizing the equity capital markets. Based in Chicago, Illinois, with additional locations in New York and Seattle, CMG offers a platform that provides real-time information and analytics to investors, underwriters, and issuers. Founded in 2015 and officially launched in 2017 by a team of experienced professionals, the platform enhances transparency and workflow efficiencies in capital raising activities. It enables users to monitor the capital raising landscape, conduct due diligence, and make informed investment decisions while facilitating collaboration between stakeholders. Currently, CMG's platform is utilized by over 100 buy-side firms and 10 investment banks, supporting a substantial amount of assets under management.

Nammu21

Venture Round in 2025
Nammu21, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in developing a digitization and analytics platform. This platform is designed to deconstruct, digitize, and analyze complex interconnected transaction documents within the finance ecosystem. By facilitating access to and extraction of data, Nammu21 enables stakeholders to generate new value from previously inaccessible information. The company's tools aim to bridge the gap between traditional business practices and the evolving digital landscape, enhancing the transaction experience and process for clients by transforming intricate data structures into easily accessible formats.

Norm AI

Series B in 2025
Norm AI develops an AI-powered platform for regulatory compliance in legal and compliance industries. It enables teams to delegate tasks to its Regulatory AI via high-level instructions, while validating the resulting work products.

Capital on Tap

Debt Financing in 2025
Capital on Tap specializes in providing a comprehensive small business credit card and spend management platform. It enables entrepreneurs to oversee employee cards, secure business funding, and earn cashback rewards on all purchases. With over a decade of focus on small businesses, Capital on Tap has been recognized for its rapid growth and has served over 200,000 customers who have spent more than $5 billion using their business credit cards.

Finmo

Series A in 2025
Finmo offers a cloud-based platform streamlining global payments and financial operations. It enables businesses to manage cross-border payments, hold funds in multiple currencies, automate cash flow forecasting, and expand into new markets with ease.

Proxymity

Venture Round in 2025
Proxymity Limited is a technology company based in London, United Kingdom, that specializes in developing a digital platform for proxy voting and investor communications. Founded in 2017, Proxymity's platform connects issuers, intermediaries, and investors in real-time, streamlining the proxy voting process and enhancing the flow of information among parties. By automating shareholder disclosure requests and responses in regulatory-compliant formats, Proxymity improves the efficiency, accuracy, and transparency of investor communications. Its digital solution facilitates the real-time exchange of meeting data, votes, and other critical information, eliminating the need for manual data entry and paper-based processes.

FINN

Debt Financing in 2025
FINN offers monthly car subscriptions, providing an all-inclusive, flexible, and transparent alternative to traditional car ownership. Its mission is to promote sustainable mobility by enabling customers to enjoy driving without the commitments and hidden costs associated with owning a vehicle.

Kanastra

Series A in 2025
Kanastra is a technology-driven company specializing in back-office solutions for alternative investments, particularly in private credit and private equity. It has developed an asset management platform aimed at addressing inefficiencies in the securitization market. The platform provides a range of services, including banking, debt issuance, bookkeeping, distribution, and passive management, while also offering real-time analytics and structured data. This allows investors and originators to streamline their investment processes, reducing friction and minimizing the time required for transactions. Kanastra's focus on leveraging technology enhances the overall investment experience, facilitating more effective decision-making in the alternative investment landscape.

Jump

Series A in 2025
Jump is an AI-powered assistant that redefines how wealth advisors manage their client interactions and compliance tasks. Created to turn conversations into actionable tasks, comprehensive notes, and compliance records, Jump offers a complete solution for advisors seeking efficiency and accuracy in their daily operations.

Maalexi

Debt Financing in 2025
Maalexi is a risk management platform designed to facilitate cross-border trade for small agri-businesses, enhancing payment and performance assurance. By offering a proactive risk management ecosystem, Maalexi enables local exporters, processors, and producers to engage in international markets more effectively, achieving higher and more predictable margins. The platform addresses critical trade risks, including counter-party, legal, quality, delivery, and payment issues, making these transactions secure and bankable. Utilizing proprietary risk data tools alongside advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning, Maalexi ensures a high level of automation that minimizes transactional costs. This allows users to conduct small trades securely with thorough due diligence and complete visibility. Additionally, Maalexi’s marketplace streamlines digital contracting, payment, delivery, and settlement processes, empowering clients to connect directly and execute transactions globally. The company aims to strengthen global food security by democratizing cross-border trade for small food and agri-businesses.

NEOM

Debt Financing in 2025
NEOM Company, founded in 2019 and based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is focused on real estate development and aims to create a groundbreaking urban environment. The company seeks to bring together diverse communities and foster growth across various sectors through innovative solutions. By promoting economic development and progressive governance, NEOM aims to establish a foundation for a sustainable and healthy lifestyle, positioning itself as a leader in transformative urban planning.

Quantifind

Venture Round in 2025
Quantifind is a data science company that develops AI-powered platforms for marketing insight and financial crime risk management. Its Signum suite merges internal data with public information to reveal revenue drivers, explain what and who influences brand performance, and measure sponsorship impact on awareness and sales across automotive, consumer goods, entertainment, financial services, pharmaceutical, retail, and telecom sectors. The company also provides financial crime intelligence solutions for anti-money laundering and fraud detection, delivering real-time risk assessments, uncovering hidden threats, and reducing false positives by leveraging unstructured external data alongside internal records. Quantifind serves financial institutions and other organizations seeking faster, more precise risk detection, improved compliance, and scalable, data-driven decision support.

Validis

Venture Round in 2025
Validis Holdings Ltd. is a FinTech company based in London, with an additional office in Austin, Texas, that specializes in financial data transmission software. Its primary product, Validis, facilitates secure and efficient access to clients' financial data, specifically targeting accountancy firms, financial institutions, and commercial businesses. The software connects directly to mid-tier accounting packages, allowing for high-speed data retrieval and automated extraction of financial information. Validis generates standardized reports and detailed analytics, enabling lenders to review client data quickly and accurately. This streamlined process not only accelerates the onboarding of clients for funding applications but also enhances the ongoing monitoring of client performance and compliance. Established in 2007, Validis aims to improve the efficiency of financial data management and support lenders in making informed decisions.

Databricks

Debt Financing in 2025
Databricks offers a unified data analytics platform that simplifies data integration, enables real-time experimentation, and facilitates robust deployment of production applications for developers and data scientists. Serving diverse industries worldwide, Databricks' platform supports collaborative data science, machine learning workflows, and integrates with various cloud services.

Buhler Industries

Post in 2024
Founded in 1932, Buhler Industries produces agricultural equipment, including tractors, sprayers, front-end loaders, augers, and seeding equipment. It operates manufacturing plants in Canada and the United States, distributing products under brands like Farm King, Allied, Inland, and Versatile.

Sublime Security

Series B in 2024
Sublime Security provides an adaptive, AI-powered cloud email security platform that combines high effectiveness with exceptional visibility and control. It offers customization options for advanced teams, allowing them to extend the platform into their SIEM or SOAR systems and collaborate with other teams.

Quantix Technology

Debt Financing in 2024
Quantix Technology provides technical services and computer system design.

Phoenix Aviation Capital

Debt Financing in 2024
Phoenix Aviation Capital is a global aircraft lessor, specializing in financing modern, high-demand aircraft to meet the diverse financing needs of its airline clients worldwide, with a particular focus on the European market, operating from Dublin, Ireland.

Pylon

Venture Round in 2024
Pylon offers a digital mortgage-lending platform that enables businesses to integrate mortgage services into their products. Based in New York, it provides APIs, UI components, and capital markets stack for origination, underwriting, processing, funding, and closing of loans.

Capitolis

Funding Round in 2024
Capitolis develops an online SaaS platform that connects global banks with institutional investors. Its technology enhances the efficiency of capital markets by facilitating seamless transactions, improving access to diversified capital, and optimizing risk management.

SeQura

Venture Round in 2024
SeQura provides an eCommerce payment solution for retailers that improves conversion and secures certainty of payment. The company offers a range of payment methods, including Pay Now, Buy Now Pay Later, and Pay in 3. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, SeQura delivers flexible and accessible credit payment services across diverse sectors to boost customer acquisition, conversion, and retention. It uses risk scoring to extend credit access to underserved shoppers and provides tailored services for different industries, including options such as interest-free credit and installments, enabling businesses to optimize sales and appeal to value-conscious shoppers with convenient payment experiences.

Writer

Series C in 2024
Writer is a full-stack generative AI platform that enables organizations to build, deploy, and manage AI-powered writing and content across departments such as operations, products, sales, human resources, and marketing. The platform combines an integrated suite of large language models, graph-based retrieval-augmented generation, AI guardrails, and development tools to create customizable applications for content generation, digital assistants, and data analysis, while ensuring secure and compliant operations and rapid deployment to improve productivity and drive innovation and return on investment.

iwoca

Debt Financing in 2024
Iwoca is a London-based provider of small business finance offering unsecured and short-term loans to UK retailers, restaurants, hotels and service providers. The company furnishes financing for working capital, inventory, technology, staff and expansion, with flexible repayment terms from 1 day to 24 months and no penalties for early repayment. Access to funding is available through an online application, enabling businesses to bridge cashflow gaps and pursue growth opportunities. Founded in 2011, Iwoca focuses on helping small businesses manage cash flow and invest in their operations.

Finix

Series C in 2024
Finix develops a B2B payment processing platform that enables businesses to own, manage, and monetize their payments. The platform uses modular architecture and real-time tracking to consolidate payment data and facilitate global money transfers.

DailyPay

Debt Financing in 2024
DailyPay is a worktech company specializing in earned wage access solutions. It uses an award-winning platform to help employers strengthen employee relationships while supporting workers' financial well-being outside the workplace.

Concentric AI

Series B in 2024
Concentric AI provides a data sensitivity and risk discovery platform that analyzes an organization’s documents in cloud and on premises to identify sensitive or business-critical information, assess the risk each item poses, and highlight urgent security concerns. Using deep learning, the system examines document content and context to enable discovery, monitoring, and protection of unstructured data such as confidential files and financial statements. The platform aims to help enterprises secure valuable information, simplify deployment, and reduce time to value by delivering clear, actionable insights across the full inventory of documents. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Stream Security

Series B in 2024
Lightlytics specializes in cloud deployment technologies that assist SRE and DevOps teams in managing infrastructure updates and developments. The company provides a continuously updated model of cloud environments by tracking behavior and configuration changes. Its technology enables teams to automatically predict, pre-empt, and prevent potential failures, downtime, and business disruptions by simulating all possible dependencies and assessing their impact on operations prior to deployment. This capability allows organizations to code and deploy configurations efficiently and securely, ensuring smooth operations from code to cloud.

Galileo

Series B in 2024
Galileo.ai is a technology company specializing in AI application management. It offers a suite of services including development, testing, monitoring, and security for AI applications. The core product is an AI platform designed to enhance machine learning processes by automatically identifying errors and data gaps, thereby improving efficiencies, reducing costs, and mitigating biases across various industries such as healthcare, finance, and insurance.

REsurety

Series C in 2024
REsurety, Inc. is a risk transfer intermediary focused on enhancing the profitability of wind power projects through innovative risk management solutions. Founded in 2012 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company specializes in providing data, analytics, and related services that help clients evaluate, quantify, and optimize the value of wind volume hedging. By streamlining the process of risk transfer, REsurety supports wind project developers, owners, and financial underwriters in effectively managing the inherent risks associated with renewable energy investments. The company's technology integrates physical science, big data, and financial engineering, enabling clients to make informed decisions that maximize the resilience and sustainability of clean energy projects.

Boeing

Post in 2024
Founded in 1916, Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company. It designs, manufactures, and sells fixed-wing aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and provides leasing and product support services. With operations in over 70 countries, Boeing employs around 170,000 people and supports airlines and governments worldwide.

CoreWeave

Debt Financing in 2024
CoreWeave develops a cloud infrastructure platform specializing in GPU-powered computing for blockchain initiatives. Its platform offers efficient scaling, tailored compute resources, and automated management tools to support advanced AI infrastructure.

OpenAI

Debt Financing in 2024
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops general-purpose artificial intelligence technologies and applies them to real-world problems. It conducts machine learning research and builds systems such as large-scale language models, multimodal input handling, and code generation to support automation, data analysis, content generation, and interactive problem solving across industries including technology, healthcare, and education. The organization offers platforms and APIs that enable enterprises, developers, and researchers to build, test, and deploy intelligent systems, with plug-in extensibility and ongoing model updates to improve performance and safety.

UJET

Series D in 2024
UJET, Inc. is a customer support software company that develops a cloud contact center platform tailored for modern customer experiences. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York and Seoul, UJET focuses on optimizing customer communications through voice and chat solutions. The platform integrates seamlessly with popular services like Salesforce, Zendesk, and Kustomer, enabling a unified approach to customer service that minimizes the need for customers to switch between different channels. By incorporating artificial intelligence, UJET enhances automation and boosts efficiency in customer interactions. Features such as online messaging, mobile capabilities, and a wait time messaging tool provide real-time updates, empowering agents to manage incoming calls effectively and resolve client issues promptly.

Point.me

Series B in 2024
Point.me is a travel technology company that helps loyalty program members find better flights for fewer points. Its proprietary algorithm searches over 150 airlines to uncover the best deals, including first and business-class travel. Point.me works with over 30 loyalty programs, enabling users to filter search results based on their preferred programs, airlines, routes, and balances.

Wealth.com

Series A in 2024
Wealth.com is a digital platform empowering individuals to create, manage, and visualize their estate plans securely. It aggregates assets, offers guidance for updates, and provides emergency access to beneficiaries. The platform also serves as an employee benefit for companies aiming to enhance financial wellness.

Versana

Venture Round in 2024
Versana is a company that specializes in providing a loan data platform designed to enhance transparency and efficiency within the syndicated loan market. By offering real-time insights into loan-level details and portfolio positions, Versana enables its clients to eliminate discrepancies through direct digital access to agent banks' reference data. The company focuses on various aspects of the financial market, including loan syndication, corporate credit, leveraged finance, and investment-grade and high-yield loans. Through its innovative financial technology and data management solutions, Versana aims to streamline processes and improve overall market dynamics for its clients.

BuyerLink

Debt Financing in 2024
BuyerLink operates an online marketing platform that enables advertisers and publishers to acquire locally targeted, category-specific consumers through cost-per-click or cost-per-lead campaigns. The platform provides widgets for automotive, real estate, home improvement, mortgage, travel, and insurance, serving businesses of all sizes by eliminating the need for complex and expensive online marketing infrastructures and offering a cost-efficient alternative to major search engines and ad networks. Founded in 2001 and based in Walnut Creek, California, the company originated as Reply.com and rebranded to BuyerLink in 2015, focusing on making internet marketing accessible for local and category-specific campaigns and facilitating efficient lead generation for advertisers.

Independence Realty Trust

Post in 2024
Independence Realty Trust is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that specializes in the acquisition, ownership, operation, improvement, and management of multifamily apartment communities in non-gateway U.S. markets. The company owns and operates properties in cities such as Louisville, Memphis, Atlanta, and Raleigh. It is dedicated to enhancing the living experience for residents while fostering a positive work environment for its employees. Independence Realty Trust focuses on expanding its presence in key amenity-rich submarkets that provide access to quality school districts, retail options, and diverse employment centers.

Zeta Global Holdings

Post in 2024
Zeta Global Holdings is a data and analytics company that offers a comprehensive cloud-based marketing platform designed to help brands acquire, grow, and retain customers. Established in 2007 by David A. Steinberg and John Sculley, Zeta employs advanced analytics, machine learning, and extensive consumer intelligence to support enterprises across various industries, including financial services, telecommunications, and retail. Its flagship product, the Zeta Marketing Platform (ZMP), leverages identity data to analyze vast amounts of structured and unstructured data, enabling businesses to predict consumer intent and optimize marketing efforts. Headquartered in New York City, Zeta has over 1,000 employees and maintains Centers of Excellence in key locations such as Silicon Valley, Boston, London, and Hyderabad, alongside numerous other global offices. The company competes with major players in the marketing technology space, including Oracle, IBM, Salesforce, and Adobe.

Pemex

Debt Financing in 2024
Petróleos Mexicanos, commonly known as Pemex, is a state-owned petroleum company in Mexico established in 1938 through the nationalization of the oil industry. It is the largest enterprise and taxpayer in Mexico, as well as one of the biggest companies in Latin America. Pemex manages the entire value chain of the oil industry, from exploration to distribution and commercialization of end products, including petrochemicals. The company operates refineries, petrochemical complexes, and gas processing facilities, producing millions of barrels of oil daily and over 6 million cubic feet of natural gas. Recent years have seen stable crude oil production and significant discoveries in deepwater basins, confirming the petroleum potential in areas like the Gulf of Mexico. Pemex's business strategy aims to achieve operational efficiency, growth, corporate responsibility, and management modernization to ensure long-term sustainability.

Setpoint.io

Series B in 2024
Setpoint is building trust in our credit system. An operating system for capital markets functions that drives capital and operational efficiency, while offering peace-of-mind to Capital Providers. Our platform unlocks speed, efficiency and accuracy for borrowers and lenders.

Sepio

Series B in 2024
Sepio is a developer of an asset risk management platform focused on protecting organizations from hardware-based attacks. The company's innovative solution operates on asset existence rather than activity, utilizing physical layer asset DNA profiling to deliver actionable visibility and policy enforcement. This platform enables security teams to gain comprehensive insights into their hardware assets and monitor their behavior in real-time. With the ability to define granular device usage rules, Sepio allows administrators to continuously oversee and safeguard their infrastructure. The solution is asset agnostic, accommodating various environments including IT, OT, and IoT, and can report on existing assets and their associated risk factors within 24 hours. Ultimately, Sepio aims to enhance clients' cybersecurity posture by providing robust control over hardware assets and mitigating the risks posed by rogue devices.

Adani Energy Solutions

Post in 2024
Adani Energy Solutions is a private sector power transmission and retail distribution company based in India. It primarily focuses on the transmission of electric energy and operates several segments, including power transmission, trading of agricultural commodities, and smart metering. The company's Transmission segment is central to its operations, while the majority of its revenue is generated from the Generation, Transmission, and Distribution (GTD) Business segment. Adani Energy Solutions is committed to enhancing energy infrastructure and providing reliable electricity services across the region.

Lakera

Series A in 2024
Lakera is a real-time GenAI security company focused on the safe and responsible development of artificial intelligence technologies. It provides mission-critical software that emphasizes safety and compliance in AI application development. The company's machine learning development kit allows organizations to create Generative AI applications while minimizing security and safety risks. Lakera's solutions empower development teams to identify flaws in computer vision systems, thereby preventing critical failures during operation and enhancing trust in AI products. Additionally, Lakera has developed Gandalf, an educational tool that has informed over one million users about AI security, reflecting its commitment to facilitating the secure adoption of AI technologies and staying ahead of emerging threats.

Trans-Oil Group

Debt Financing in 2024
Trans-Oil Group specializes in the production of sunflower oil, serving primarily Chisinau, Moldova. The company operates in oilseed crushing, grain handling and storage, international commodities trading, and offers bottled oil alongside related services.

Endor Labs

Venture Round in 2024
Endor Labs specializes in enhancing application security with a focus on managing open-source software dependencies. The company aids developers in integrating safe Open Source Software (OSS) to expedite development processes while minimizing time spent on security issues. Its Dependency Lifecycle Management Platform targets the vulnerabilities in software supply chain security caused by ungoverned use of open-source software within enterprises.

Paywatch

Debt Financing in 2024
Paywatch is a company that has developed a platform allowing employees to access their earned wages before the official payday. By partnering with major banks, Paywatch facilitates low-cost financing for workers seeking immediate access to their earnings. The platform assesses how much work an employee has completed and allows them to withdraw funds accordingly. This service not only provides quick financial relief but also aids employees in becoming banked, establishing credit, and achieving financial stability. Through its innovative approach, Paywatch aims to empower workers to lead healthier financial lives.

Numerated

Venture Round in 2024
Numerated is a fintech company that simplifies business banking for financial institutions and their clients through its innovative digital lending platform. This platform enables banks and credit unions to enhance customer experience by leveraging data to streamline the origination of various business banking products, facilitating the entire process from application to decision and closure. The software includes features such as pre-filled digital applications, decision automation, and sales and marketing tools, thereby making it easier for businesses to obtain financial products. With over 400,000 businesses and 30,000 financial institution associates utilizing the platform, Numerated has processed $50 billion in lending. Financial institutions with a collective asset base of $1 trillion employ Numerated's solutions, which have garnered recognition in the fintech industry for their effectiveness and innovation.

Colendi

Series B in 2024
Colendi offers embedded finance solutions, including alternative credit scoring based on secure on-device data, microcredit options, global investment instruments, and personalized AI tools. It aims to provide accessible banking services for individuals and small businesses in emerging markets.

1863 Ventures

Grant in 2024
Founded in 2016, 1863 Ventures is a business development program designed to support new majority entrepreneurs. It accelerates early-stage and growth-stage ventures from high potential to high growth.

Cicada

Venture Round in 2024
Cicada is a fintech company that specializes in developing a bond trading platform aimed at enhancing efficiency, transparency, and fairness in financial systems. By leveraging technology and intuitive design, Cicada offers a user-friendly trading solution that transforms how market participants connect and conduct transactions. The platform facilitates connectivity and access to bond securities in emerging markets, simplifying the investment process for investors interested in these assets. Through its innovative approach, Cicada seeks to redefine the bond trading experience and provide greater opportunities for market engagement.

Abound

Debt Financing in 2024
Abound is a consumer lending startup based in London, United Kingdom, that aims to provide low-cost personal credit as an alternative to expensive payday loans. Founded in 2020, the company leverages the UK’s Open Banking standard to analyze consumers' historical bank statement data. This approach allows Abound to develop a detailed understanding of customers' financial situations, enabling them to assess affordability more accurately while reducing dependence on traditional credit reference agency scores. By focusing on individuals with low credit scores, Abound seeks to expand access to affordable credit, thereby promoting financial inclusion.

iwoca

Debt Financing in 2024
Iwoca is a London-based provider of small business finance offering unsecured and short-term loans to UK retailers, restaurants, hotels and service providers. The company furnishes financing for working capital, inventory, technology, staff and expansion, with flexible repayment terms from 1 day to 24 months and no penalties for early repayment. Access to funding is available through an online application, enabling businesses to bridge cashflow gaps and pursue growth opportunities. Founded in 2011, Iwoca focuses on helping small businesses manage cash flow and invest in their operations.

Bolt

Debt Financing in 2024
Bolt Technology OÜ is a transportation platform based in Tallinn, Estonia, that provides ride-hailing, micromobility, and food delivery services. Founded in 2013, Bolt operates a smartphone application that allows users to book taxis directly, selecting options based on price and quality ratings, while also tracking the driver's arrival in real time. The platform aims to enhance urban mobility by offering a reliable and accessible alternative to traditional transportation methods, contributing to reduced traffic congestion and pollution in cities. With over 50 million customers across more than 40 countries, Bolt is recognized as one of the fastest-growing startups globally, striving to create a future with less reliance on car ownership.

Traceable

Venture Round in 2024
Traceable Inc. is a security solutions provider focused on protecting cloud-native applications, particularly through comprehensive API security. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, the company offers an end-to-end application security monitoring platform that safeguards application activity from users to APIs and code. Its innovative approach includes an API Data Lake at the core of its platform, enabling intelligent and context-aware security management. Traceable’s solutions encompass threat protection, security posture management, and insights for forensic analysis, all designed to minimize risks and enhance the value of APIs within organizations' software development lifecycles. By leveraging machine learning technology, Traceable analyzes user interactions and application behavior to detect anomalies and assess attack attempts, thereby enabling businesses to strengthen their security operations effectively.

Island

Series D in 2024
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.

FMX

Venture Round in 2024
FMX is committed to providing best-in-class solutions that satisfy all of our clients' needs.

Imandra

Convertible Note in 2024
Imandra Inc. is a company that specializes in cloud-based automated reasoning, focusing on the governance and analysis of critical algorithms. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Imandra's platform utilizes artificial intelligence and verified functional programming to deliver automated testing for functional languages. This technology aids developers in ensuring the safety, transparency, and correctness of complex algorithms while also addressing software bugs. By providing tools that analyze algorithm specifications for both internal and client-facing trading systems, Imandra enhances the rigor and governance of algorithmic processes in various applications.

BlaBlaCar

Debt Financing in 2024
BlaBlaCar is a leading long-distance carpooling community that connects drivers with empty seats to passengers seeking affordable travel options. The platform facilitates shared rides, allowing members to reduce transportation costs and minimize their environmental impact. Users can create detailed profiles and specify their preferred level of conversation during the journey, which fosters a secure and trust-based community. Operating in 22 countries, including various regions in Europe, Russia, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, and India, BlaBlaCar offers a user-friendly website and mobile applications that streamline the connection between drivers and passengers. Headquartered in Paris, the company has established a global network that emphasizes community trust and shared travel experiences.

Datavolo

Series A in 2024
Datavolo is a Software as a Service (SaaS) company that empowers organizations to leverage their unstructured data effectively. Its core product is a dataflow infrastructure platform, which enables access to all types of data, including unstructured files. This platform captures unstructured data, replaces single-use, point-to-point code with flexible, reusable pipelines, allowing clients to focus on generative AI tasks.

Thinkive

Venture Round in 2024
Thinkive is a financial technology company that specializes in providing online and networked solutions for the financial sector, particularly in China. The company offers a comprehensive platform that delivers data analysis and decision support services tailored for securities, banks, funds, and trusts. With a strong emphasis on technology and innovation, Thinkive has developed over 200 financial solutions, serving more than 80% of brokers and over 20 banks in the industry. By enabling financial institutions to make informed and profitable decisions, Thinkive positions itself as a key player in the evolving landscape of financial services.

Tuum

Series B in 2024
Tuum is a cloud-native banking platform that is spearheading the next generation of digital innovation in the financial services industry. Built around a microservices architecture, the platform consists of flexible and independent modules covering all retail and business banking capabilities. The platform is API-based for quick and easy integration and can run on all major cloud providers, as well as on private clouds. Founded by a team of banking and technology experts in 2019, Tuum combines technological excellence with in-depth banking knowledge and packages it into a sophisticated, cutting-edge platform. Tuum currently employs over 60 people with offices in Tallinn, Berlin and Malaga.

PPRO

Private Equity Round in 2024
PPRO is a fintech company specializing in digital payments infrastructure, enabling businesses and banks to streamline their payment processes through a single connection. The company offers a comprehensive platform that includes credit card processing, alternative payment methods, local cash collection, e-money accounts, and e-wallet facilities. PPRO's solutions allow payment platforms, acquirers, and merchants to access essential services, such as fraud screening tools, without the need for complex coding. Its orchestration layer efficiently manages process flows and data, ensuring that partners can deliver seamless end-to-end services to their customers. Notable clients, including Citi, PayPal, and Stripe, utilize PPRO's infrastructure to enhance their operations, improve conversion rates, and simplify the complexities associated with digital payments.

ofi

Debt Financing in 2024
Olam International Limited is a prominent agri-business established in 1989 and headquartered in Singapore. The company operates across 70 countries, providing a diverse range of agricultural products and industrial raw materials to over 16,200 customers. Olam has built a strong presence in various sectors, including cocoa, coffee, cashew, rice, and cotton, offering 47 different products across multiple platforms. Its business segments include Edible Nuts and Spices, Confectionery and Beverage Ingredients, Food Staples and Packaged Foods, Industrial Raw Materials, Infrastructure and Logistics, and Commodity Financial Services. The company sources, processes, packages, and merchandises products such as cocoa, coffee, edible nuts, grains, sugar, spices, and various raw materials. Employing approximately 62,500 individuals, Olam International has established itself as a leader in the agricultural sector, committed to sustainability and innovation in its operations.

CapStack Technologies

Venture Round in 2024
CapStack Technologies is a financial technology company that provides an integrated operating system for banks and financial services providers. Its platform facilitates collaboration among these institutions, enabling them to manage loan and deposit exposure more effectively, mitigate risks, and ultimately drive profitability and asset diversification.

Qapita

Series B in 2024
Qapita is a software-as-a-service platform that specializes in equity and transaction management services. The company offers an equity management platform that facilitates the management of capitalization tables, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), and the digital issuance of ESOPs. This platform is designed to assist equity stakeholders in efficiently managing their holdings throughout South and Southeast Asia. By digitizing these processes, Qapita aims to streamline the complexities associated with equity management, enabling users to work more effectively and with greater accuracy.

United Fintech

Corporate Round in 2024
United Fintech acquires and scales innovative fintech companies specializing in capital market technologies. It offers a centralized platform combining fintech, regtech, and captech options, enabling banks, hedge funds, and asset managers to automate workflows, ease onboarding, deliver efficiencies, and save costs.

Sotherly Hotels

Post in 2024
Sotherly Hotels is a lodging real estate investment trust that specializes in owning, acquiring, renovating, and repositioning full-service, upscale, and upper-upscale hotel properties. The company focuses on high-quality hotels primarily situated in high-growth markets across the Southern United States and the mid-Atlantic region. Sotherly Hotels generates revenue through various services, including room bookings, food, and beverages. Its portfolio spans several states, including Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia, reflecting a strategic commitment to operating in primary markets with robust demand for hospitality services.

Exponential Markets

Seed Round in 2024
Exponential Markets develops innovative tradable financial instruments for risk management across various asset classes. Its flagship product is the Exponential Used Vehicle Index, enabling hedging of used vehicle price risk for automotive sector participants.

Nasdaq Private Market

Series B in 2024
Nasdaq Private Market facilitates trading of private company stocks through its platform. It offers liquidity solutions such as tender offers, auctions, and block trades to companies, employees, shareholders, banks, broker-dealers, and investors. Since inception, it has facilitated over $44 billion in transactional volume.

Sunbit

Debt Financing in 2024
Sunbit, Inc., incorporated in 2015 and based in Los Angeles, California, specializes in financing services that allow consumers to split purchases into manageable payments. The company develops a pay-over-time platform that utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to approve a majority of applicants, making financial services accessible to a broad audience. Sunbit offers point-of-sale lending technology applicable to various service sectors, including auto dealership service centers, optical practices, dental offices, and specialty healthcare services. Their commitment to reducing financial stress for consumers is reflected in the convenience of their services, which are also accessible through mobile applications on both major platforms. Additionally, Sunbit provides tablets, scanners, signs for stores, and informational sheets for customers to enhance their offerings in retail environments.

Silverfort

Series D in 2024
Founded in 2016, Silverfort specializes in enterprise authentication and access security. Its agentless and proxyless platform extends Multi-Factor Authentication, Risk-Based Authentication, and Zero Trust policies across all corporate users, devices, and systems, both on-premise and in the cloud, without requiring endpoint modifications.

DailyPay

Debt Financing in 2024
DailyPay is a worktech company specializing in earned wage access solutions. It uses an award-winning platform to help employers strengthen employee relationships while supporting workers' financial well-being outside the workplace.

Everphone

Debt Financing in 2024
Everphone specializes in providing mobile devices and management solutions for businesses. Founded in 2016, it offers smartphones, tablets, and laptops on a rental basis, along with repair, replacement, and exchange services. The company also facilitates device procurement, logistics, and mobile device management.

ZILO

Series A in 2024
ZILO is transforming global asset management by replacing outdated technology with its innovative platform. It unifies transfer agency, fund platforms, and fund accounting into a single solution, reducing costs, risk, and user friction. ZILO's experienced team aims to become the market leader in global asset management.

Ampla

Debt Financing in 2023
Ampla Technologies is a financial technology company that specializes in delivering tech-enabled financial solutions aimed at fostering business growth. Its comprehensive platform offers a range of services including growth capital solutions, modern banking services, and data analytics. By streamlining access to capital and providing essential financial tools, Ampla addresses the cash flow challenges faced by omnichannel businesses. The company's focus is on facilitating efficient growth through brand-friendly services that support operational needs and enhance financial management.

Prevu

Series A in 2023
Prevu, Inc. is a real estate technology company based in New York, founded in 2015. It operates a digital platform designed to enhance the homebuying experience by providing users with control, transparency, and cost savings. Prevu enables homebuyers to browse listings and receive expert advice from dedicated salaried agents, facilitating a seamless end-to-end process. The platform allows buyers to receive a commission rebate based on their purchase price, thereby reducing their overall expenditures when buying or selling real estate. Through its innovative approach, Prevu aims to empower homebuyers and make the real estate transaction process more efficient and affordable.

SellersFi

Debt Financing in 2023
SellersFi is a financial technology company that specializes in providing funding and financial solutions for online marketplace sellers. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York, the company has developed a platform that offers automated working capital tailored specifically for e-commerce entrepreneurs. Utilizing machine-learning models, SellersFi analyzes data generated from the business activities of online sellers, enabling them to gain access to growth capital and actionable insights. This approach not only facilitates easy access to funding but also helps improve cash flow and streamline operations for e-commerce businesses.

SellersFi

Venture Round in 2023
SellersFi is a financial technology company that specializes in providing funding and financial solutions for online marketplace sellers. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York, the company has developed a platform that offers automated working capital tailored specifically for e-commerce entrepreneurs. Utilizing machine-learning models, SellersFi analyzes data generated from the business activities of online sellers, enabling them to gain access to growth capital and actionable insights. This approach not only facilitates easy access to funding but also helps improve cash flow and streamline operations for e-commerce businesses.

Supra

Venture Round in 2023
Supra is a fintech company that specializes in providing cross-border payment and treasury solutions for businesses engaged in international trade. Its platform caters to companies of all sizes, enabling seamless transactions in multiple currencies. By offering services that facilitate foreign exchange and manage international treasury operations, Supra supports small and medium-sized businesses in navigating the complexities of global commerce. The company's focus on streamlined payment processes allows its clients to efficiently pay or receive payments across borders, enhancing their ability to operate in a competitive international market.

Icon Solutions

Debt Financing in 2023
Icon Solutions Ltd., founded in 2009 and based in London, is an IT consultancy that specializes in payment platforms and enterprise software for the financial services sector. The company combines consultancy expertise, project delivery experience, and in-depth knowledge of technology to address its clients' challenges. Icon Solutions is recognized for its proficiency in instant payments and has a proven track record in delivering critical banking systems, fostering long-term relationships with major global financial institutions. The firm focuses on innovating technology within finance while minimizing complexity, working to seamlessly integrate modern technologies with legacy systems. By prioritizing optimal and flexible solutions, Icon Solutions aims to enhance operational efficiency for its clients, ultimately helping them reduce costs and increase revenues.

Transcend Street Solutions

Venture Round in 2023
Transcend Street Solutions Inc. is a technology company focused on developing real-time inventory and collateral management optimization solutions for the capital markets. Established in 2013 and headquartered in Piscataway, New Jersey, the company provides a comprehensive platform that includes global inventory optimization, digitized eligibility management, transfer pricing models, and intraday liquidity management. It serves a diverse clientele of leading banks and financial institutions, positioning itself as a standard-bearer in the optimization of firm-wide management of inventory, funding, and liquidity. With a workforce of over 75 employees globally, Transcend Street Solutions effectively addresses various regulatory and capital challenges in the financial industry through its user-friendly Software as a Service (SaaS) and on-premises solutions.

Defacto

Series A in 2023
Defacto is a fintech company that specializes in providing credit infrastructure through an API aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises. The company has developed an invoice financing platform that addresses the working capital needs of businesses engaged in B2B transactions. This platform enables companies to finance their invoices and offers the flexibility to repay loans when their customers settle their payments. By facilitating early payments to suppliers and automating payout and reconciliation processes, Defacto helps businesses manage their cash flow efficiently and streamline their financial operations.

BondbloX

Series B in 2023
BondbloX is a Singapore-based fintech company specializing in digitalizing Asian bond markets. It aims to democratize access to live bond prices, previously unavailable to private bank clients due to outdated systems.

Arch

Series A in 2023
Arch manages private investment operations for leading investors and investment advisors, reinventing private portfolio management through a digital solution that replaces traditionally paper based processes.

Volante Technologies

Debt Financing in 2023
Volante Technologies, Inc. is a global financial technology company specializing in payments and financial messaging automation. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, the company provides a suite of services including VolPay, which accelerates payments innovation and digital transformation, and Volante Designer, aimed at simplifying financial messaging and data integration. Volante's solutions encompass payments modernization, real-time payment processing, message translation, and financial messaging services, addressing the complexities involved in these areas. With over 85 clients across 26 countries, Volante Technologies enables financial institutions and corporates to enhance their business agility, respond effectively to evolving market demands, and complete projects rapidly while minimizing disruptions to their core systems. Its extensive library of international and domestic message standards further supports clients in navigating the landscape of digital payments and financial messaging.

Volante Technologies

Venture Round in 2023
Volante Technologies, Inc. is a global financial technology company specializing in payments and financial messaging automation. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, the company provides a suite of services including VolPay, which accelerates payments innovation and digital transformation, and Volante Designer, aimed at simplifying financial messaging and data integration. Volante's solutions encompass payments modernization, real-time payment processing, message translation, and financial messaging services, addressing the complexities involved in these areas. With over 85 clients across 26 countries, Volante Technologies enables financial institutions and corporates to enhance their business agility, respond effectively to evolving market demands, and complete projects rapidly while minimizing disruptions to their core systems. Its extensive library of international and domestic message standards further supports clients in navigating the landscape of digital payments and financial messaging.

Kasa Living

Series C in 2023
Kasa Living is a real estate platform that partners with owners of multifamily and boutique hospitality properties to convert underutilized real estate into professionally managed rentals and hotels. The platform provides online booking for apartments and boutique accommodations, hotel check-in, and property management services aimed at business and leisure travelers. It operates with a network across numerous states in the United States from its base in San Francisco, offering home-like, affordable stays by transforming suitable properties into professionally managed, guest-ready units.

Arteria AI

Series B in 2023
Arteria AI develops a contract lifecycle management platform for end-to-end digital contracting in large organizations. Its platform enables users to generate, negotiate contracts, and convert executed contracts into data for analysis, helping clients identify issues, opportunities, and drive organizational value.

OEG Offshore

Debt Financing in 2023
OEG Offshore designs, manufactures, and supplies offshore cargo carrying units and A60 cabins for the oil and gas industry.

Vibrant Planet

Series A in 2023
Vibrant Planet is a company focused on enhancing land management through innovative technology solutions aimed at accelerating land restoration efforts. Founded in 2004 by Allison Wolff and headquartered in Incline Village, Nevada, the company develops a cloud-based planning and monitoring tool that assists communities and ecosystems in adapting to climate change. By collaborating with scientists, land management professionals, and policymakers, Vibrant Planet creates a platform that facilitates collaborative planning and informed decision-making. Their technology is designed to help save lives, prevent infrastructure loss, and restore natural systems that provide essential services such as carbon storage, clean water, and biodiversity support, ultimately fostering a more resilient and equitable future for society.

Vega

Seed Round in 2023
Vega is to change wealth management through the application of cutting-edge technology. We aim to bring together the private and institutional sectors with a platform that streamlines wealth creation for high-net-worth individuals and their advisors by using our team's financial and technical knowledge.

Fleximize

Debt Financing in 2023
Fleximize is a UK-based alternative business lender established in 2013 by Peter Tuvey. The company provides small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with access to flexible funding options ranging from £5,000 to £500,000, with terms extending from one to sixty months. Fleximize's funding solutions are designed to accommodate the diverse needs of businesses across various sectors, including professional services and hospitality. Each financing facility features flexible terms such as repayment holidays, top-ups, and no early repayment fees. To ensure personalized service, each client is assigned a dedicated relationship manager who collaborates with them to create a tailored funding package that aligns with their specific growth plans.
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