Clocktower Technology Ventures

Clocktower Technology Ventures is a Santa Monica, California-based venture capital firm founded in 2015. It specializes in financial services and fintech, investing in lending, credit and banking, payments, insurance, capital markets and investments, personal finance, enterprise financial software, and real estate finance. As the technology investing arm of Clocktower Group, it supports fintech companies globally, with a portfolio across North America, Europe, and Latin America. Since its inception, it has invested in 96 fintech companies.

Natalie Charney

Associate

Ned Daoro

Principal

Miles Dowling

Analyst

Steve Drobny

Partner

David Lofthouse

Venture Partner

Ally McCloskey

Principal

Kanishka Narayan

Principal

Adriana Saman

Principal

Ben Savage

Partner

Benjamin Savage

Partner

Charlotte Stephens

Analyst

Danielle Zhang

Associate

Past deals in Latin America

Grupago

Seed Round in 2024
Grupago is an innovative company focused on providing digital microcredit solutions for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in Latin America. By utilizing artificial intelligence, Grupago extends credit to micro-SMBs that have traditionally faced challenges in accessing financial resources from conventional lending sources. The company employs a unique approach that incorporates group collateral and community distribution, effectively broadening access to credit for underserved businesses in the region. Additionally, Grupago operates a payment orchestration platform designed to enhance payment acceptance rates for merchants while minimizing processing costs. This platform leverages AI to optimize transaction retries across multiple payment providers, ensuring that merchants can efficiently receive payments from a diverse customer base.

Momento

Seed Round in 2023
Momento is an insurtech company focused on transforming the insurance landscape in Latin America, particularly in the auto insurance sector. Leveraging technology and data, Momento aims to enhance the user experience by simplifying the purchasing process and offering personalized pricing tailored to individual drivers. The platform provides comprehensive services, including driving behavior analysis, information on fines, theft risk assessments in specific areas, and details about affordable gas stations and parking options. Additionally, Momento streamlines the claims process, making it automated and user-friendly, while also targeting the uninsured demographic in Latin America to broaden its market reach.

Kala

Seed Round in 2023
Kala is a fintech platform dedicated to enhancing financial inclusion for underbanked segments in Latin America. It operates through a B2B2C credit model, providing innovative lending solutions that streamline access to credit for individuals and businesses. The company's initial offering, Pension Deducted Loans, targets the Silver Economy in Colombia, facilitating loan repayments directly through government-backed pension funds. Kala collaborates with various lenders, including banks and credit unions, to create a fully digital credit process that ensures a seamless experience for users. By focusing on the unique needs of its clientele, Kala aims to optimize revenue generation while contributing to the broader goal of financial accessibility in the region.

Caju

Series B in 2022
Founded in 2019, Caju offers a digital platform that enables companies to manage employee benefits efficiently. It provides employees with a single Visa card for various benefit categories such as food, mobility, culture, health, education, and home office.

Naya Homes

Seed Round in 2022
Naya Homes is a property management and hospitality platform focused on enhancing the short-term and vacation rental experience for homeowners in Latin America. The company assists clients in maximizing revenue and alleviating the challenges associated with operating rental properties. Naya Homes provides a range of services including revenue optimization through data-driven insights, multi-channel listing and marketing to increase visibility, financing for furniture and equipment, and interior design solutions. Additionally, the company prioritizes guest satisfaction, ensuring that visitors enjoy a comfortable stay. By offering these comprehensive services, Naya Homes empowers homeowners and real estate developers to improve their financial returns while simplifying property management.

Kushki

Series B in 2022
Kushki is a digital payment platform focused on Latin America, designed to streamline the payments landscape across the region. Founded in 2016 by Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro, the company provides an integrated payments solution that caters to e-commerce, mobile commerce, and physical retail. Kushki’s API standardizes various payment methods, including credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and cash networks, facilitating seamless transactions across over 300,000 physical points of payment. Its platform features capabilities such as a payment box, recurring payments, smart links, and tokenization, enabling real-time multi-channel payment processing. With operations in countries including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the USA, and Canada, Kushki aims to enhance operational efficiencies, reduce costs, and offer businesses comprehensive control and transparency over their payment systems.

Habi

Series C in 2022
Founded in 2019, Habi is a technology-driven real estate company headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia. It simplifies the homeownership lifecycle for middle-class customers throughout Latin America by providing a proprietary pricing algorithm and platform that enables faster and more efficient buying and selling of homes.

Dolado

Series A in 2022
Dolado is a company that provides a retail management platform aimed at enhancing the operational capabilities of small businesses in Latin America, particularly in suburban areas and tier-2 cities where technology adoption is relatively low. The platform enables merchants to buy and sell a variety of products, including cell phone accessories, food items, automotive parts, and toys. By offering a comprehensive suite of e-commerce and financial services, Dolado helps these businesses improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance their sales processes. Through its innovative solutions, Dolado seeks to empower small business owners and facilitate their growth in a competitive marketplace.

Kamino

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Kamino is a comprehensive financial management platform tailored for medium-sized businesses in Brazil. It offers embedded B2B payments, real-time data access, and a rigorous approval system for secure payment processing. By automating accounts payable and reconciliation, Kamino has significantly saved businesses time and improved operational efficiency.

Sumer

Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 2021, Sumer is a technology company based in Bogotá, Colombia with offices in Mexico City. It empowers micro small businesses by providing simple digital tools to grow sales and improve management. The company's core offering is a '15-second store' feature that enables businesses to create an online storefront rapidly, along with a digital ledger and advertising tool to reach new audiences.

BHub

Series A in 2021
BHub is a Latin American company specializing in providing financial back-office solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Their AI-based platform is designed to relieve entrepreneurs and accountants by allowing the full outsourcing of finance and administrative tasks. The platform includes AI agents and automations for accounts payable/receivable, accounting, taxes, and payroll. By utilizing BHub's services, clients can significantly reduce the time, costs, and labor associated with these functions.

Kala

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Kala is a fintech platform dedicated to enhancing financial inclusion for underbanked segments in Latin America. It operates through a B2B2C credit model, providing innovative lending solutions that streamline access to credit for individuals and businesses. The company's initial offering, Pension Deducted Loans, targets the Silver Economy in Colombia, facilitating loan repayments directly through government-backed pension funds. Kala collaborates with various lenders, including banks and credit unions, to create a fully digital credit process that ensures a seamless experience for users. By focusing on the unique needs of its clientele, Kala aims to optimize revenue generation while contributing to the broader goal of financial accessibility in the region.

BHub

Pre Seed Round in 2021
BHub is a Latin American company specializing in providing financial back-office solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Their AI-based platform is designed to relieve entrepreneurs and accountants by allowing the full outsourcing of finance and administrative tasks. The platform includes AI agents and automations for accounts payable/receivable, accounting, taxes, and payroll. By utilizing BHub's services, clients can significantly reduce the time, costs, and labor associated with these functions.

Caju

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2019, Caju offers a digital platform that enables companies to manage employee benefits efficiently. It provides employees with a single Visa card for various benefit categories such as food, mobility, culture, health, education, and home office.

Kushki

Series B in 2021
Kushki is a digital payment platform focused on Latin America, designed to streamline the payments landscape across the region. Founded in 2016 by Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro, the company provides an integrated payments solution that caters to e-commerce, mobile commerce, and physical retail. Kushki’s API standardizes various payment methods, including credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and cash networks, facilitating seamless transactions across over 300,000 physical points of payment. Its platform features capabilities such as a payment box, recurring payments, smart links, and tokenization, enabling real-time multi-channel payment processing. With operations in countries including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the USA, and Canada, Kushki aims to enhance operational efficiencies, reduce costs, and offer businesses comprehensive control and transparency over their payment systems.

Graviti

Seed Round in 2021
Graviti offers the products needed the most, financed for months. No credit or debit card, no initial payment, no arrears, and with credit approved immediately. It wants to make sure every family in LATAM is able to buy basic appliances for the home by offering fair and accessible financing to acquire them. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Mexico.

Habi

Series A in 2020
Founded in 2019, Habi is a technology-driven real estate company headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia. It simplifies the homeownership lifecycle for middle-class customers throughout Latin America by providing a proprietary pricing algorithm and platform that enables faster and more efficient buying and selling of homes.

Kushki

Series A in 2020
Kushki is a digital payment platform focused on Latin America, designed to streamline the payments landscape across the region. Founded in 2016 by Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro, the company provides an integrated payments solution that caters to e-commerce, mobile commerce, and physical retail. Kushki’s API standardizes various payment methods, including credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and cash networks, facilitating seamless transactions across over 300,000 physical points of payment. Its platform features capabilities such as a payment box, recurring payments, smart links, and tokenization, enabling real-time multi-channel payment processing. With operations in countries including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the USA, and Canada, Kushki aims to enhance operational efficiencies, reduce costs, and offer businesses comprehensive control and transparency over their payment systems.
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