Clocktower Ventures

Clocktower Ventures is a venture capital investment firm founded in 2015 and based in Santa Monica, California. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on fintech companies across various sectors, including lending, payments, insurance, asset management, personal finance, and capital markets. Clocktower Ventures partners with entrepreneurs who possess the vision and drive to transform financial services, supporting businesses from their inception through to scaling for growth. In addition to fintech, the firm has recently expanded its investment strategy to include seed-stage climate startups and managers. Clocktower Ventures operates through a curated network of global macroeconomic thinkers and investors, enabling it to leverage insights for successful investments worldwide.

Natalie Charney

Principal

Ned Daoro

Managing Director

Steven Drobny

Partner

David Lofthouse

Venture Partner

Ally McCloskey

Principal

Shaneez Mohinani

Principal

Kanishka Narayan

Principal

Adriana Saman

Managing Director

Benjamin Savage

Partner

Ben Savage

Partner

Charlotte Stephens

Associate

Danielle Zhang

Senior Associate

Past deals in FinTech

Caju

Series B in 2022
At Caju we are creating a benefits platform for the teams of the future. Starting with benefits used every day by most employees, we want teams to use products and services they like and that are fair to merchants and partners. We'll launch soon!

Kanastra

Seed Round in 2022
Kanastra operates as a technology-driven back office for alternative investments, focusing on private credit and private equity. The company has developed an asset management platform that addresses inefficiencies in the securitization market. This platform provides a range of services, including bank services, debt issuance, bookkeeping, and distribution. It also supports passive management and mirroring while offering real-time analytics and structured data. By leveraging technology, Kanastra aims to facilitate a seamless investment experience, allowing investors and originators to operate more efficiently and with greater freedom.

Naya Homes

Seed Round in 2022
Proptech, real estate, vacation and short-term rentals, consumer finance

Kushki

Series B in 2022
Kushki is a payment platform specifically designed for the Latin American market, enabling seamless integration and local pricing strategies. Founded in New York City in 2016 by entrepreneurs Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro, Kushki connects various payment methods across the region, including credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and cash networks, utilizing over 300,000 physical payment points. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of solutions for e-commerce, mobile commerce, and physical retail, featuring services such as a payment box, recurring payments, smart links, and tokenization. By standardizing the fragmented payment landscape, Kushki enhances operational efficiency, reduces costs, and provides businesses with greater control and transparency in managing their digital payment processes. The company operates in multiple countries, including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the USA, and Canada.

Carmoola

Seed Round in 2022
Carmoola is transforming the way consumers experience car finance, enabling more people to get access to safe, fair, personal transport.

Kamino

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a financial platform designed to automate the company's accounts payable. The company's platform offers features such as automatic invoice capture, data extraction, approval workflows, and payment processing, all integrated into a single, cloud-based platform, enabling startups to streamline invoice processing, improve cash flow, and reduce errors.

Koxa

Venture Round in 2022
Developer of a fintech API platform designed to connect ERPs and accounting software with corporate bank accounts. The company's platform offers cloud-based tools such as identifying and access management, permission and approvals of customer requests as well as handles all the security, identity, and other banking operations, enabling banks and financial institutions to perform treasury-related operations efficiently.

Gaia

Series A in 2022
Gaia is a provider of medical insurance services focused on in vitro fertilization (IVF). The company aims to make IVF treatments more accessible and affordable by combining reproductive health data with financial technology. Gaia offers personalized success predictions and tailored insurance plans that address the outcome risks associated with IVF. By integrating these aspects, Gaia enables individuals to access treatments while protecting them from unexpected costs, thereby enhancing the overall affordability and personalization of reproductive health services.

Nexu

Series A in 2022
Nexu is a financing platform used by car dealerships to offer financing to more car buyers in a 100% digital and real-time experience. Nexu's platform uses AI, statistical algorithms and technology automation.

Nowsta

Series B in 2022
Nowsta, Inc. is a technology company founded in 2014 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. The company offers an all-in-one software platform designed for hourly and event-based workforces, which includes features for scheduling, time tracking, and financial technology solutions. By leveraging advancements in machine learning and payment technologies, Nowsta aims to enhance the management capabilities of employers, enabling them to efficiently oversee their hourly workforce. The platform focuses on improving communication and payment processes for hourly wage employees, thereby transforming the way companies manage labor.

Resolve

Series A in 2021
Resolve is a B2B payments platform that facilitates risk-free net terms for merchants, allowing them to enhance sales and optimize cash flow. By leveraging non-traditional underwriting data to assess financing applications, Resolve enables manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors to offer automated extended payment options to their customers. The platform is applicable across various sales channels, including e-commerce checkouts, making it a versatile solution for businesses seeking to streamline their payment processes. Resolve is supported by prominent investors, including the co-founder of PayPal, Max Levchin.

Z1

Series A in 2021
Developer of a financial application designed to offer digital banking services for teenagers and young adults. The company's application offers financial education, gamification, and digital banking cards, enabling users to manage and spend their money responsibly and without hidden fees.

Copper Banking

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a financial education platform intended to provide financial literacy and baking services to teenagers. The company's platform educates teens on how to make financial decisions by developing patterned behaviors in a supervised app experience, allowing the transfer of money, direct deposits, and payments, enabling teenagers to become financially literate and parents and teens to achieve financial freedom.

Flink

Series B in 2021
FLINK, S.A.P.I. de C.V. operates as a NeoBank. It offers an application from which user can open account. The application helps to receive and send money. It also offers International MasterCard with customized modules to make purchases and transactions in any establishment. FLINK, S.A.P.I. de C.V. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.

Carmoola

Seed Round in 2021
Carmoola is transforming the way consumers experience car finance, enabling more people to get access to safe, fair, personal transport.

Caju

Series A in 2021
At Caju we are creating a benefits platform for the teams of the future. Starting with benefits used every day by most employees, we want teams to use products and services they like and that are fair to merchants and partners. We'll launch soon!

M1 Finance

Series E in 2021
M1 Finance is a developer of a money management platform used to automate the investing process. Its platform allows users to invest automatically for free in a custom stock and ETF portfolio, helps to borrow a low-cost line of credit, and also provides digital banking that integrates with investments that enable users to manage their money in sophisticated ways.

Z1

Seed Round in 2021
Z1 was created to scan and automate the way decision-making for innovation investments is made. The company has a method to qualify new businesses, in a totally digital way. Inspired and based on acceleration programs that already exist throughout the world and that have already proven their success. During this process the entrepreneur can perform tasks and absorb content that will help him to develop a successful business, saving time and reducing the chance of failures.

Daylight

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a digital banking platform designed to serve LGBTQ+ people. The company's platform offers prepaid cards, tools, advice, and cashback for spending at queer bars and allied businesses, enabling users to expand their financial skills and plan for their future while helping the LGBTQ+ community.

Bequest

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a life-administration platform intended to help clients with wills and life insurance. The company's platform provides a single dashboard to manage plans, including pay-as-you-go life insurance plans, and also automates savings and connects with advisors, providing users with insurance solutions to protect themselves and their families.

Orum

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.

Crediverso

Seed Round in 2021
Operator of a personal finance platform intended to help the United States of America's Hispanic community achieve financial independence. The company's platform offers access to financial information and financial products such as credit information, credit cards, loans money transfer features and credit scores, enabling both Spanish- and English-speaking communities to access financial product advice.

Kushki

Series B in 2021
Kushki is a payment platform specifically designed for the Latin American market, enabling seamless integration and local pricing strategies. Founded in New York City in 2016 by entrepreneurs Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro, Kushki connects various payment methods across the region, including credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and cash networks, utilizing over 300,000 physical payment points. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of solutions for e-commerce, mobile commerce, and physical retail, featuring services such as a payment box, recurring payments, smart links, and tokenization. By standardizing the fragmented payment landscape, Kushki enhances operational efficiency, reduces costs, and provides businesses with greater control and transparency in managing their digital payment processes. The company operates in multiple countries, including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the USA, and Canada.

Kushki

Series B in 2021
Kushki is a payment platform specifically designed for the Latin American market, enabling seamless integration and local pricing strategies. Founded in New York City in 2016 by entrepreneurs Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro, Kushki connects various payment methods across the region, including credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and cash networks, utilizing over 300,000 physical payment points. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of solutions for e-commerce, mobile commerce, and physical retail, featuring services such as a payment box, recurring payments, smart links, and tokenization. By standardizing the fragmented payment landscape, Kushki enhances operational efficiency, reduces costs, and provides businesses with greater control and transparency in managing their digital payment processes. The company operates in multiple countries, including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the USA, and Canada.

Resolve

Venture Round in 2021
Resolve Innovations, Inc. operates a financial management platform aimed at assisting individuals in financial distress. Founded in 2017 and based in Oakland, California, the platform enables users to compare various debt relief options and connect with providers. It offers a range of tools designed to enhance credit scores, reduce expenses, increase income, manage and consolidate debt, lower interest rates, and negotiate with creditors. Additionally, Resolve provides free settlement estimates and consultations, empowering users to explore debt settlement alternatives and receive tailored estimates for their specific debts. The company's mission is to deliver affordable and unbiased support to those seeking financial relief.

Tilled

Series A in 2021
Tilled, Inc. operates a payments platform that facilitates the integration of payment processing into software applications, allowing businesses to quickly start accepting various forms of payment, including credit and debit cards, ACH transactions, and health savings account payments. Founded in 2019 and based in Boulder, Colorado, Tilled provides services such as hosted payment forms, recurring payments, and split payments. The platform is designed to enable clients to monetize payments through modern APIs and SDKs, eliminating the need for upfront costs or additional staffing. This approach allows businesses to concentrate on their core operations while generating revenue from payment processing.

Resolve

Seed Round in 2021
Resolve is a B2B payments platform that facilitates risk-free net terms for merchants, allowing them to enhance sales and optimize cash flow. By leveraging non-traditional underwriting data to assess financing applications, Resolve enables manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors to offer automated extended payment options to their customers. The platform is applicable across various sales channels, including e-commerce checkouts, making it a versatile solution for businesses seeking to streamline their payment processes. Resolve is supported by prominent investors, including the co-founder of PayPal, Max Levchin.

Z1

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a financial application designed to offer digital banking services for teenagers and young adults. The company's application offers financial education, gamification, and digital banking cards, enabling users to manage and spend their money responsibly and without hidden fees.

Graviti

Seed Round in 2021
Graviti offers you the products you need the most, financed for months. No credit or debit card, no initial payment, no arrears, and with your credit approved immediately. Graviti 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.

MANTL

Series B in 2021
Mantl is the first customer-centric outer core ecosystem that gives banks and credit unions the flexibility to innovate using modern technology, while owning their brand throughout the entire customer lifecycle.

Orum

Series A 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.

M1 Finance

Series D in 2021
M1 Finance is a developer of a money management platform used to automate the investing process. Its platform allows users to invest automatically for free in a custom stock and ETF portfolio, helps to borrow a low-cost line of credit, and also provides digital banking that integrates with investments that enable users to manage their money in sophisticated ways.

Flink

Series A in 2021
FLINK, S.A.P.I. de C.V. operates as a NeoBank. It offers an application from which user can open account. The application helps to receive and send money. It also offers International MasterCard with customized modules to make purchases and transactions in any establishment. FLINK, S.A.P.I. de C.V. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.

Finch

Seed Round in 2020
Finch is a developer of an application programming interface (API) that facilitates access to payroll and human resources systems. Founded in 2020 and based in Mountain View, California, the company's software allows administrators to connect their organizations to various applications in a compliant and secure manner. Finch's API integrates across multiple providers, enabling developers to access previously closed systems and serve as the source of truth for employee data and financial transactions. The platform supports a range of use cases, including lending, insurance, benefits, financial planning and analysis, and HR applications. Additionally, Finch's technology streamlines processes such as income verification, direct deposit transitions, and background checks for prospective employees.

Paceline

Seed Round in 2020
Paceline is a fitness rewards platform that integrates financial incentives with physical activity, aiming to enhance consumer engagement in the wellness sector. Founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, the company has developed a retail wellness ecosystem that connects users' health and fitness activities to their credit cards. By doing so, it offers tailored rewards related to brands and purchases that users already make, encouraging individuals to achieve their fitness goals while enjoying financial benefits. Paceline's innovative approach seeks to transform the financial landscape by making it more technology-driven and consumer-focused.

Tilled

Seed Round in 2020
Tilled, Inc. operates a payments platform that facilitates the integration of payment processing into software applications, allowing businesses to quickly start accepting various forms of payment, including credit and debit cards, ACH transactions, and health savings account payments. Founded in 2019 and based in Boulder, Colorado, Tilled provides services such as hosted payment forms, recurring payments, and split payments. The platform is designed to enable clients to monetize payments through modern APIs and SDKs, eliminating the need for upfront costs or additional staffing. This approach allows businesses to concentrate on their core operations while generating revenue from payment processing.

Railsr

Private Equity Round in 2020
Railsbank Technology Ltd is a London-based company that offers an open banking API and banking-as-a-service platform, enabling both regulated and unregulated businesses to access global banking solutions. Founded in 2016, the platform connects a network of partner banks with companies, allowing them to leverage wholesale banking services through a simplified integration process. Users can create bank accounts, manage transactions, issue cards, and handle various financial operations using a comprehensive set of APIs. Railsbank's services are designed to assist fintech companies and other businesses in developing, launching, and scaling financial products efficiently. With additional offices in Singapore, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka, Railsbank is positioned to support a diverse range of clients in navigating the complexities of modern banking and compliance.

M1 Finance

Series C in 2020
M1 Finance is a developer of a money management platform used to automate the investing process. Its platform allows users to invest automatically for free in a custom stock and ETF portfolio, helps to borrow a low-cost line of credit, and also provides digital banking that integrates with investments that enable users to manage their money in sophisticated ways.

Orum

Seed Round in 2020
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.

TaxScouts

Series A in 2020
TaxScouts is a tax preparation platform based in London, England, founded in 2017 by Mart Abramov, Kaupo Kõrv, and Daniel Karger. It simplifies the tax filing process for individuals by providing an online tool that allows users to complete their personal income tax with the assistance of certified accountants. The platform features a tax bot that helps users understand their tax situation and offers recommendations for reducing their tax liabilities. Additionally, TaxScouts integrates with financial institutions to automatically import relevant tax data, streamlining the overall tax preparation experience and reducing the likelihood of errors.

MANTL

Series A in 2020
Mantl is the first customer-centric outer core ecosystem that gives banks and credit unions the flexibility to innovate using modern technology, while owning their brand throughout the entire customer lifecycle.

Gaia

Seed Round in 2020
Gaia is a provider of medical insurance services focused on in vitro fertilization (IVF). The company aims to make IVF treatments more accessible and affordable by combining reproductive health data with financial technology. Gaia offers personalized success predictions and tailored insurance plans that address the outcome risks associated with IVF. By integrating these aspects, Gaia enables individuals to access treatments while protecting them from unexpected costs, thereby enhancing the overall affordability and personalization of reproductive health services.

M1 Finance

Series B in 2020
M1 Finance is a developer of a money management platform used to automate the investing process. Its platform allows users to invest automatically for free in a custom stock and ETF portfolio, helps to borrow a low-cost line of credit, and also provides digital banking that integrates with investments that enable users to manage their money in sophisticated ways.

Kushki

Series A in 2020
Kushki is a payment platform specifically designed for the Latin American market, enabling seamless integration and local pricing strategies. Founded in New York City in 2016 by entrepreneurs Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro, Kushki connects various payment methods across the region, including credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and cash networks, utilizing over 300,000 physical payment points. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of solutions for e-commerce, mobile commerce, and physical retail, featuring services such as a payment box, recurring payments, smart links, and tokenization. By standardizing the fragmented payment landscape, Kushki enhances operational efficiency, reduces costs, and provides businesses with greater control and transparency in managing their digital payment processes. The company operates in multiple countries, including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the USA, and Canada.

Starship

Series A in 2019
Starship is mobile health savings account (HSA) with automated investing and health tracking tools in a beautiful mobile app built for humans. It is building a health care savings account platform that combines a mobile-first signup process, overflow investing into index funds, easy reimbursements, and a chat service for expert advice. Starship was founded in 2016 and is based in New York City.

Mercury

Series A in 2019
Mercury Technologies in a information technology based company.

Railsr

Series A in 2019
Railsbank Technology Ltd is a London-based company that offers an open banking API and banking-as-a-service platform, enabling both regulated and unregulated businesses to access global banking solutions. Founded in 2016, the platform connects a network of partner banks with companies, allowing them to leverage wholesale banking services through a simplified integration process. Users can create bank accounts, manage transactions, issue cards, and handle various financial operations using a comprehensive set of APIs. Railsbank's services are designed to assist fintech companies and other businesses in developing, launching, and scaling financial products efficiently. With additional offices in Singapore, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka, Railsbank is positioned to support a diverse range of clients in navigating the complexities of modern banking and compliance.

Stackin

Series A in 2019
Stackin' is the simplest entry point into finance with over one million subscribers and a mission to empower people to improve their financial lives via text message. Stackin' provides the necessary tools & curated products for a younger generation of consumers to build healthy financial habits over time in a fun, entertaining, judgement-free relationship. Powered by a custom messaging platform, data, machine learning and human touch, their personalized messages educate subscribers on how to save money, reduce debt and start investing.

Borrowell

Series B in 2019
Borrowell Inc. is a financial services company based in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2014. It operates an online marketplace-lending platform that connects borrowers with lenders, offering a variety of financial products, including personal loans and credit cards. Borrowell provides Canadians with tools to manage their financial well-being, including free credit score monitoring and personalized recommendations for financial products from various partners. The platform aims to simplify the borrowing process by empowering users to make informed decisions, access low-interest loans, and improve their overall financial health. Through its innovative approach, Borrowell seeks to enhance the borrowing experience for Canadians.

Nowsta

Series A in 2019
Nowsta, Inc. is a technology company founded in 2014 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. The company offers an all-in-one software platform designed for hourly and event-based workforces, which includes features for scheduling, time tracking, and financial technology solutions. By leveraging advancements in machine learning and payment technologies, Nowsta aims to enhance the management capabilities of employers, enabling them to efficiently oversee their hourly workforce. The platform focuses on improving communication and payment processes for hourly wage employees, thereby transforming the way companies manage labor.

Pei

Seed Round in 2019
Pei Technology Inc., founded in 2017 and based in Los Angeles, California, offers a mobile application that connects to users' existing debit and credit cards. This application automatically provides cashback rewards, allowing users to earn savings in either bitcoin or USD. Pei enhances the cashback experience by offering up to 20% additional rewards on top of standard card rewards, facilitating extra savings for its users. The company is also recognized for its participation in the Sputnik ATX W'18 cohort.

Upfort

Seed Round in 2018
Upfort is a cyber security company that specializes in providing cyber protection as a service for small businesses. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, the company aims to safeguard businesses from cyber attacks through tailored security solutions. Upfort's services are designed to address the unique challenges faced by small enterprises, ensuring they have access to effective protection against evolving cyber threats.

Imperative Execution

Seed Round in 2018
Developer of an online financial trading platform designed to offer stock trading services with the help of machine learning. The company's platform uses a dark pool that helps in buying and selling orders in a secured manner, as well as modulates the speed of its trading based on real-time measurement of its own performance, enabling clients to keep the transaction protected from traders hunting down bids and offers.

Resolve

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Resolve is a B2B payments platform that facilitates risk-free net terms for merchants, allowing them to enhance sales and optimize cash flow. By leveraging non-traditional underwriting data to assess financing applications, Resolve enables manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors to offer automated extended payment options to their customers. The platform is applicable across various sales channels, including e-commerce checkouts, making it a versatile solution for businesses seeking to streamline their payment processes. Resolve is supported by prominent investors, including the co-founder of PayPal, Max Levchin.

Trim

Series A in 2018
Trim is a personal finance assistant that aims to enhance the financial health of Americans through its automated services. The application analyzes users' spending habits, negotiates bills for services such as cable and internet, cancels unwanted subscriptions, and provides spending insights and recommendations. By leveraging these features, Trim has successfully saved its users over $60 million. The company is supported by a team with extensive experience from renowned organizations and backed by notable venture investors. As Trim continues to expand its offerings, it remains focused on helping individuals manage their finances more effectively and achieve greater financial stability.

Chime

Series B in 2017
Chime is a fintech company established in 2013 by Chris Britt and Ryan King, aimed at providing a modern approach to banking that empowers its members to manage their finances effectively. The company offers a suite of services, including a Chime debit card, Spending Account, and Savings Account, all accessible through a user-friendly mobile app available on both iPhone and Android devices. Chime focuses on helping its members avoid bank fees, save money automatically, and enhance their financial well-being. Key features of the platform include fee-free overdrafts, early access to paychecks, and tools designed to improve credit scores, all of which promote greater financial control and flexibility. Chime has gained recognition for its innovative solutions in the personal finance space, positioning itself as a leader in digital banking.

AlphaFlow

Seed Round in 2017
AlphaFlow, Inc. operates an online investment platform focused on real estate assets, providing tech-driven investment management services. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, with an additional office in New York, the company offers professionally managed portfolios of real estate loans to institutional investors and accredited individuals. AlphaFlow collaborates with residential real estate lenders nationwide, employing a comprehensive underwriting process that evaluates over 50 factors. The firm specializes in diversifying investments by distributing client portfolios across 75 to 100 loans in more than 15 states, thereby creating optimized portfolios. By automating best practices in investment management, such as diversification and institutional-quality data analytics, AlphaFlow enables investors to access real estate opportunities without the high fees and minimum requirements typical of traditional investing. This approach promotes a more accessible and intelligent way for investors to engage in real estate.

Bread

Series B in 2017
Bread is a financial technology company that partners with retailers to provide pay-over-time solutions, enhancing the accessibility and transparency of consumer credit. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, the company leverages technology to create user-friendly financing options that enable more consumers to access products. By improving the ease of use and affordability of financing, Bread helps its merchant partners increase sales and reach a broader customer base. The company focuses on advancing consumer-friendly credit solutions, thereby facilitating growth in e-commerce sales.

Tomorrow Ideas

Seed Round in 2017
Tomorrow Ideas, Inc. specializes in developing an application aimed at safeguarding families' financial futures. The app offers a range of features, including tools for creating a last will and testament, establishing a revocable living trust, and setting up guardianship for children and pets. Additionally, it includes calculators for net worth and life insurance, a comparison of term life insurance options, and provides a complimentary insurance policy. The application is accessible on both iOS and Android platforms. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Tomorrow Ideas is committed to helping families navigate important financial decisions.

Pairity

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Pairity was founded on the idea that advanced technology could ease the stress of consumer debt for everyone: lenders, collectors, and individuals who are repaying debt. With modern artificial intelligence, rapid machine learning, and new products like a portfolio marketplace and a debt management portal, Pairity helps real people recover. We create and maintain a multitude of machine learning models designed specifically for accounts receivable management, which power a suite of products and an API framework to improve the debt collection process for all parties involved: 1. Pairity Marketplace, a system designed to centralize consumer debt, giving lenders a powerful tool for recovering and/or liquidating accounts. 2. Pairity ML, an AI-analytics platform to score accounts, simulate recovery strategies, allocate workloads and uncover relationships for unprecedented results. 3. Pairity Digital, a white labeled digital communication and payment platform that meets consumers where they are and uses data to help them return to financial stability. Together, these products form an ecosystem that allows for cost-effective end-to-end management of accounts receivable.

Tala

Series B in 2017
Tala is a mobile technology and data science company focused on providing financial services in emerging markets. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Santa Monica, with additional offices in Nairobi, Manila, Dar Es Salaam, Mexico City, Mumbai, and Bangalore, Tala has helped over 2 million users access personal loans through its smartphone app. The platform utilizes data to create instant credit scores for individuals lacking formal credit or banking history, enabling them to receive personalized loans and build digital credit profiles. The app streamlines the entire lending process, allowing users to apply for loans, receive funds, and track their status seamlessly. Tala aims to empower clients by offering accessible financial services that facilitate borrowing, saving, and overall financial growth.

Currency

Venture Round in 2017
Currency Capital, LLC is an online equipment financing company that utilizes advanced technology to streamline the lending process for businesses. Founded in 2001 and based in Los Angeles, California, Currency provides a range of services including an application programming interface (API) for currency transactions, lending services, and payment solutions. The company also focuses on identity verification, credit reporting, and fraud prevention, offering features such as mobile solutions, income tax return verification, and bank statement verification. By creating a more comprehensive financial assessment at the outset of the application process, Currency Capital aims to reduce delays in funding, thus supporting businesses that require quick access to capital. Since its inception, the company has facilitated over $500 million in loans to assist businesses in overcoming financial challenges.

Stackin

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Stackin' is the simplest entry point into finance with over one million subscribers and a mission to empower people to improve their financial lives via text message. Stackin' provides the necessary tools & curated products for a younger generation of consumers to build healthy financial habits over time in a fun, entertaining, judgement-free relationship. Powered by a custom messaging platform, data, machine learning and human touch, their personalized messages educate subscribers on how to save money, reduce debt and start investing.

Windfall

Seed Round in 2016
Windfall Data, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2016 that specializes in providing actionable consumer financial data services. The company aims to determine the net worth of households worldwide and serves a diverse range of sectors, including financial services, retail, non-profits, and hospitality. Windfall Data utilizes proprietary algorithms and comprehensive data sets to deliver insights that are refreshed weekly, enabling organizations to effectively identify and engage their most promising constituents. Over 400 organizations leverage Windfall's platform for data-driven marketing, sales, and analytics, enhancing their ability to connect with affluent consumers. The company is supported by various venture capital firms, underscoring its innovative approach to consumer financial data.

MoneyLion

Series A in 2016
MoneyLion, Inc. is a mobile banking and financial membership platform that provides a comprehensive suite of services aimed at helping individuals manage their finances effectively. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in San Francisco and Kuala Lumpur, MoneyLion offers a range of features including managed investment accounts, checking accounts, and cashback rewards through its all-in-one mobile banking membership. The platform leverages advanced analytics and machine learning technology to deliver personalized financial advice and solutions, encouraging positive financial behaviors among its users. By providing low-cost access to banking, borrowing, and investment options, MoneyLion seeks to empower individuals to take control of their financial futures and achieve their financial goals.

Trim

Seed Round in 2016
Trim is a personal finance assistant that aims to enhance the financial health of Americans through its automated services. The application analyzes users' spending habits, negotiates bills for services such as cable and internet, cancels unwanted subscriptions, and provides spending insights and recommendations. By leveraging these features, Trim has successfully saved its users over $60 million. The company is supported by a team with extensive experience from renowned organizations and backed by notable venture investors. As Trim continues to expand its offerings, it remains focused on helping individuals manage their finances more effectively and achieve greater financial stability.

Papaya

Seed Round in 2016
Papaya is a developer of an online mobile bill payment application that simplifies financial transactions for users. The application supports various payment methods, including debit and credit cards and direct bank account transfers. It prioritizes security by encrypting personal information and payment data, ensuring compliance with HIPAA and PCI standards. In addition to its bill payment services, Papaya operates as an electronic money platform, offering digital solutions, online banking, and international payment services. This combination of features enables users to manage their financial activities efficiently and securely.

Nav

Seed Round in 2013
Nav is a free site and app that gives business owners the fastest, easiest and most trusted path to financing. The leading Business Financial Management app, Nav gives free access to personal and business credit reports from major consumer and commercial credit bureaus including Experian, Dun & Bradstreet, Equifax and TransUnion, and hosts a robust marketplace with more than 100 business financing products including loans and credit cards. The marketplace uses a unique, lender-neutral approach to help business owners find the best financing options for their needs. Nav's solution is also leveraged by other business service providers to enhance their customer experience.
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