Colchis Capital Management

Colchis Capital Management, L.P. is a privately owned investment management firm headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Incline Village, Nevada. Founded by Robert and Edward Conrads in 2005, the firm specializes in alternative investments, focusing on early-stage ventures, growth equity, and bridge loans. Colchis is particularly dedicated to the emerging direct lending sector, investing in fixed income markets globally. The firm primarily targets non-bank specialty finance private credit assets sourced from fintech lending platforms and structured credit opportunities. It also invests in secured real estate, small business, skills-based education, and consumer credit sectors. Additionally, Colchis engages in venture capital investments within the fintech sector. The firm leverages proprietary technology, deep credit expertise, and financial structuring experience to identify and capitalize on investment opportunities.

Robert J. Conrads

Co-Founder, CEO and CIO

16 past transactions

Meritize

Venture Round in 2022
Meritize is a company specializing in funding solutions for skills-based education and workforce development. It offers a unique merit-based lending program that considers an individual's academic, military, and work achievements to enhance credit evaluation, expanding educational funding opportunities and improving outcomes.

Roostify

Series C in 2021
Roostify, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in a digital mortgage platform designed to streamline the home lending process. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Roostify offers a web and mobile-based platform that connects borrowers with lenders, enhancing the efficiency of the loan application and closing experience. The platform simplifies the entire application process by digitizing workflows and allowing all parties involved to share and track information, documents, and transactions seamlessly. Roostify serves a diverse clientele, including enterprise banks, independent brokers, and various lending institutions. The company, initially known as Blue Igloo, Inc., rebranded to Roostify in July 2015 to better reflect its focus on transforming the mortgage landscape.

Hearth

Series A in 2020
Hearth is a financial technology platform that supports home improvement contractors in growing and managing their businesses. The company offers a comprehensive suite of financial tools designed to facilitate business transactions, including financing advice, invoicing, payment collection, and insurance products. By enabling contractors to send quotes, contracts, invoices, and financing options from any location, Hearth streamlines the process of closing deals, ensuring a seamless experience for both contractors and clients.

PeerStreet

Series C in 2019
PeerStreet is a platform for investing in real estate debt. The platform represents a two-sided marketplace that provides hassle-free access to an asset class that was previously inaccessible to individual investors and connects a vetted network of private lenders with diverse sources of capital to help fuel their growth and bring lending back to their local communities. PeerStreet was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Ledn

Debt Financing in 2019
Ledn is a fintech company that develops financial products for digital asset holders to access liquidity without selling their assets. Its product suite includes Borrow, a bitcoin‑backed loan that provides dollars while keeping bitcoin as collateral; B2X, which enables clients to instantly double their bitcoin holdings through a Ledn loan; and Save, a savings account for bitcoin and USDC that pays interest with no minimums. The platform offers cryptocurrency‑backed financing without the need for traditional credit checks, allowing users to access capital and leverage their holdings while maintaining ownership of their assets.

PayZen

Seed Round in 2019
PayZen is a healthcare fintech company that helps patients manage out-of-pocket medical expenses by offering flexible, transparent payment plans and non-recourse financing. The platform enables patients to pay bills over time while helping providers accelerate cash flow and reduce costly collections. It uses AI-powered risk assessment to tailor each plan to the individual patient, supporting affordable payments without upfront burden. Founded in 2019 in San Francisco by Ariel Rosenthal, Itzik Cohen, and Tobias Mezger, PayZen aims to reduce financial barriers to care while enabling providers to focus on delivering services.

Meritize

Series A in 2018
Meritize is a company specializing in funding solutions for skills-based education and workforce development. It offers a unique merit-based lending program that considers an individual's academic, military, and work achievements to enhance credit evaluation, expanding educational funding opportunities and improving outcomes.

PeerStreet

Series B in 2018
PeerStreet is a platform for investing in real estate debt. The platform represents a two-sided marketplace that provides hassle-free access to an asset class that was previously inaccessible to individual investors and connects a vetted network of private lenders with diverse sources of capital to help fuel their growth and bring lending back to their local communities. PeerStreet was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Meritize

Seed Round in 2018
Meritize is a company specializing in funding solutions for skills-based education and workforce development. It offers a unique merit-based lending program that considers an individual's academic, military, and work achievements to enhance credit evaluation, expanding educational funding opportunities and improving outcomes.

Roostify

Series B in 2018
Roostify, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in a digital mortgage platform designed to streamline the home lending process. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Roostify offers a web and mobile-based platform that connects borrowers with lenders, enhancing the efficiency of the loan application and closing experience. The platform simplifies the entire application process by digitizing workflows and allowing all parties involved to share and track information, documents, and transactions seamlessly. Roostify serves a diverse clientele, including enterprise banks, independent brokers, and various lending institutions. The company, initially known as Blue Igloo, Inc., rebranded to Roostify in July 2015 to better reflect its focus on transforming the mortgage landscape.

Aura

Series D in 2017
Aura Financial Corporation, established in 2014 and based in San Francisco, operates as a technology-driven community development financial institution. It specializes in providing fair, affordable loans to working families in America, with a mission to build financially healthy low-income communities. Aura uses proprietary scoring algorithms to assess and approve credit applications, offering free credit scores and personalized expense management guidance to borrowers. This enables the underbanked and unbanked to access loans in a simplified manner.

ApplePie Capital

Series B in 2016
ApplePie Capital is a financing platform that serves franchise businesses by providing access to capital through a range of loan options. It assists entrepreneurs in starting new franchises, expanding existing locations, acquiring or remodeling units, refinancing debt, and financing equipment and growth initiatives. The company operates an online marketplace that connects franchisees with lenders and supports growth for established brands. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company was founded to increase financial efficiencies for franchise owners and help them meet capital needs to scale their franchises.

MeasureOne

Seed Round in 2016
Founded in 2009, MeasureOne operates a platform that enables developers to integrate academic data into applications. It provides APIs for processing and analyzing transcript information, delivering private student loan performance reports, analytics tools, and professional services. Serving loan originators, servicers, investors, issuers, schools, and government agencies involved in student lending.

HomeUnion

Series B in 2016
Founded in 2009, HomeUnion is an online platform specializing in single-family rental property investments. It offers end-to-end services including property sourcing, purchase advice, tenant management, and eventual sale. The company also provides post-purchase intelligence and portfolio analysis for investors.

Future Finance

Series B in 2016
Future Finance is a non-government lender specializing in student loans, founded in 2014 by Brian Norton and Vishal Garg. Headquartered in Dublin, the company aims to eliminate financial barriers to education, allowing students to focus on their studies and career aspirations. Future Finance offers straightforward loan facilities designed for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, covering tuition fees and living expenses. By providing accessible financing options, the company seeks to empower individuals from diverse financial backgrounds to achieve their educational goals without the stress of financial constraints.

Roostify

Venture Round in 2015
Roostify, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in a digital mortgage platform designed to streamline the home lending process. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Roostify offers a web and mobile-based platform that connects borrowers with lenders, enhancing the efficiency of the loan application and closing experience. The platform simplifies the entire application process by digitizing workflows and allowing all parties involved to share and track information, documents, and transactions seamlessly. Roostify serves a diverse clientele, including enterprise banks, independent brokers, and various lending institutions. The company, initially known as Blue Igloo, Inc., rebranded to Roostify in July 2015 to better reflect its focus on transforming the mortgage landscape.
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