Citi Ventures

Citi Ventures, established in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, serves as the venture capital arm of Citigroup. The firm focuses on investing in innovative companies across various sectors, including fintech, data analytics, machine learning, security, and digital assets. With a global presence that includes offices in New York, London, Palo Alto, Tel Aviv, and Singapore, Citi Ventures aims to leverage the resources and expertise of Citigroup to discover and nurture new sources of value. The investment team, composed of over 45 professionals, actively collaborates with Citi colleagues, clients, and the broader innovation ecosystem to explore, incubate, and invest in promising ideas that can drive technological change and benefit communities and businesses. Currently, Citi Ventures manages approximately $4.3 billion in equity investments and committed capital, emphasizing its commitment to emerging markets and the evolution of the financial landscape.

Avi Arnon

Senior Vice President

Thompson Barro

Senior Vice President, Venture Investing

Matt Carbonara

Managing Director, Venture Investing

Rowena Chung

Venture Director

Ramneek Gupta

Managing Director, Co-head Global Venture Investing

Cagla Kaymaz

Senior Vice President

Ian Lee

Director, Innovation Network

Everett Leonidas

Director

Paul Marshall

Director, Global Finance Product Transformation

Blaze O'Byrne

Vice President, Venture Investing

Ornit Shinar

Managing Director

Luis Valdich

Managing Director, Venture Investing

Jelena Zec

Director

Past deals in Credit Bureau

Altro (fka Perch)

Series A in 2022
Altro, formerly known as Perch, is a fintech company based in Los Angeles, California, that offers a mobile platform designed to help users enhance their credit scores. Founded in 2019, the app enables users to convert common recurring expenses, such as subscriptions and rent, into creditworthy data points that contribute to their credit history. Currently available on iOS, Altro plans to launch an Android version in the near future. The company recently graduated from Y Combinator's Summer 2020 batch and has successfully raised $2.5 million in its latest funding round.

Trulioo

Series D in 2021
Trulioo Information Services Inc. is a global leader in identity verification, providing an online portal tailored for the online payments industry. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with additional offices in Dublin and San Francisco, Trulioo operates a Digital Identity Network that enables businesses to verify identities efficiently and securely. Their GlobalGateway solution offers access to a vast array of data sources, covering over 5 billion individuals and 250 million companies, facilitating compliance with anti-money laundering and know-your-customer regulations. The platform employs both traditional data, like public records and credit files, and alternative data from social networks and mobile applications to ensure accuracy and reliability in identity verification. Trulioo serves a variety of sectors, including e-commerce, finance, banking, retail, insurance, gaming, and social media, while adhering to stringent security and privacy standards.

Socure

Series D in 2021
Socure Inc. specializes in digital identity verification solutions through its Socure ID+ platform, which utilizes predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to authenticate identities in real-time. The platform aggregates data from various online and offline sources, such as emails, phone numbers, and social media, to support compliance with customer identification programs, know your customer guidelines, and anti-money laundering regulations. In addition to the Socure ID+ platform, the company offers tools like Aida, an AI-driven bot for identity validation, Docv for document verification, and Sigma Synthetic Fraud, which addresses synthetic identity fraud. Socure enhances financial inclusion by approving a significant percentage of millennial and thin-file consumers while substantially reducing fraud in online account openings. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, Socure serves a diverse clientele, including software firms, financial institutions, and integration partners, and has established a strategic partnership with ForgeRock.

Regalii

Venture Round in 2020
Arcus Financial Intelligence, Inc. operates a versatile application program interface (API) platform that supports banks and financial institutions in managing consumer bills and financial data. Founded in 2012 and based in New York, the company initially aimed to provide cross-border bill payment solutions under the name Regalii. However, it evolved to focus on domestic bill pay data, launching products like xData and xChange. Arcus offers real-time bill management and payment services, enabling users to gain insights into their financial obligations, including the number of bills, amounts owed, and due dates. The platform is widely used by notable fintech mobile payment applications, enhancing the accessibility and integration of financial services for consumers. Through its innovative fintech-as-a-service model, Arcus has raised significant investment from various venture capital firms and continues to drive advancements in payment solutions.

Regalii

Venture Round in 2020
Arcus Financial Intelligence, Inc. operates a versatile application program interface (API) platform that supports banks and financial institutions in managing consumer bills and financial data. Founded in 2012 and based in New York, the company initially aimed to provide cross-border bill payment solutions under the name Regalii. However, it evolved to focus on domestic bill pay data, launching products like xData and xChange. Arcus offers real-time bill management and payment services, enabling users to gain insights into their financial obligations, including the number of bills, amounts owed, and due dates. The platform is widely used by notable fintech mobile payment applications, enhancing the accessibility and integration of financial services for consumers. Through its innovative fintech-as-a-service model, Arcus has raised significant investment from various venture capital firms and continues to drive advancements in payment solutions.

Socure

Series C in 2020
Socure Inc. specializes in digital identity verification solutions through its Socure ID+ platform, which utilizes predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to authenticate identities in real-time. The platform aggregates data from various online and offline sources, such as emails, phone numbers, and social media, to support compliance with customer identification programs, know your customer guidelines, and anti-money laundering regulations. In addition to the Socure ID+ platform, the company offers tools like Aida, an AI-driven bot for identity validation, Docv for document verification, and Sigma Synthetic Fraud, which addresses synthetic identity fraud. Socure enhances financial inclusion by approving a significant percentage of millennial and thin-file consumers while substantially reducing fraud in online account openings. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, Socure serves a diverse clientele, including software firms, financial institutions, and integration partners, and has established a strategic partnership with ForgeRock.

Trulioo

Series C in 2019
Trulioo Information Services Inc. is a global leader in identity verification, providing an online portal tailored for the online payments industry. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with additional offices in Dublin and San Francisco, Trulioo operates a Digital Identity Network that enables businesses to verify identities efficiently and securely. Their GlobalGateway solution offers access to a vast array of data sources, covering over 5 billion individuals and 250 million companies, facilitating compliance with anti-money laundering and know-your-customer regulations. The platform employs both traditional data, like public records and credit files, and alternative data from social networks and mobile applications to ensure accuracy and reliability in identity verification. Trulioo serves a variety of sectors, including e-commerce, finance, banking, retail, insurance, gaming, and social media, while adhering to stringent security and privacy standards.

1st Stop Group

Debt Financing in 2017
1st Stop Group Limited is a financial services provider based in Blackpool, United Kingdom. Established in 2004, the company offers a diverse array of financial products aimed at the retail marketplace. Its offerings include unsecured personal loans, secured loans for homeowners, car finance, and hire purchase services available for both homeowners and tenants. Through its various subsidiary companies, 1st Stop Group caters to the financial needs of consumers, facilitating access to credit and financing options.

Bluevine

Series D in 2016
BlueVine Capital Inc. is a financial technology company based in Redwood City, California, that specializes in providing working capital solutions to small businesses in the United States. Founded in 2013, BlueVine offers a variety of financial products including lines of credit, term loans, and invoice factoring, aimed at addressing the diverse financial needs of small and medium-sized enterprises. The company has developed an advanced online platform that enables business owners to access financing quickly and easily, featuring fast approvals and a user-friendly dashboard. Since its inception, BlueVine has facilitated nearly $2 billion in financing, helping businesses manage their cash flow challenges effectively. In addition to its financial products, BlueVine also offers a Business Checking Account to further support small business owners.

Kk

Venture Round in 2011
Formerly Billing Revolution, Buck is an express lane for mobile checkout, providing single-click mobile credit card purchases for goods on the go. Buck delivers mobile credit card payments without limits. Pay once with Buck and a consumer's mobile device becomes their digital wallet and works with all Buck powered merchants - no accounts, usernames or passwords required. In addition to being easy, Buck earns more money for merchants by delivering twice the conversion of other checkouts at half the price. Buck works with any device, network, location, amount and currency. Visit: www.gobuck.com, follow us on Twitter @go_buck

LiveByTouch

Series B in 2011
Live By Touch Holdings Ltd. provides electronic payment terminal with biometrics authentication system which recognizes the fingerprint and take money from the respective bank accounts.

Bundle

Series A in 2009
Bundle rates merchants based on actual credit card spending by millions of people at that location. Bundle has built a data and analytical solution that structures and sorts through billions of spending transactions in order to rate the merchants.
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