Communitas Capital Partners

Communitas Asset Management, established in 2017 and based in New York, is a venture capital firm founded by three former public company CEOs with extensive experience in investing and operating within the financial services sector. The firm focuses on investing in impactful FinTech and marketplace companies, with interests spanning various sectors including financial services, information technology, cybersecurity, real estate technology, cryptocurrency, and more. Additionally, Communitas aims to democratize venture capital by offering a crowd-syndication solution, enabling accredited investors, family offices, and ultra-high net worth individuals to invest in selected companies under the same terms as institutional investors. Through these initiatives, Communitas seeks to connect innovative businesses with a broader range of investors while fostering growth in dynamic markets across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Duncan L. Niederauer

Co-Founder and Partner

17 past transactions

Spiral

Series A in 2023
Developer of an impact-as-a-service platform designed to provide banking and giving services. The company's platform provides payment options to charities and matches the payments done, enabling businesses to benefit from rewards for the payments done to charities.

Coin Metrics

Series C in 2022
Coin Metrics Inc. is an online publisher specializing in blockchain and cryptocurrency data, offering a range of market and network analytics to various industries. Founded in 2017 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company provides several key products, including the CM Network Data Pro, which delivers historical crypto network data in a detailed format for institutional clients. Additionally, Coin Metrics offers the CM Market Data Feed, a standardized solution for trade, candle, and order book data from multiple exchanges, and CM Reference Rates, which provides fixed pricing for various assets quoted in U.S. dollars. By focusing on transparent and actionable data, Coin Metrics enables stakeholders to better understand and utilize public crypto networks.

AbbeyCross

Pre Seed Round in 2022
AbbeyCross is a business-to-business FX trading and compliance marketplace for emerging market (EM) currencies.

Graphite

Series A in 2021
Graphite is a technology platform that helps companies accelerate business performance with on-demand experts, consultants, and executives. Leading investment firms, professional services firms and Fortune 1000 companies turn to Graphite to access hard-to-find skills, alleviate bandwidth constraints, drive major organizational change, and innovate faster.

FinLync

Venture Round in 2021
Operator of a global fintech company created to transform corporate finance and treasury offices by aggregating global banking APIs. The company offers ERP native applications and API connectivity to empower treasurers to deliver embedded real-time payments and cash management, enabling banking and financial industries to optimize cash, make better, faster decisions, save time, and reduce the resources needed to manage complex financial needs.

Coin Metrics

Series B in 2021
Coin Metrics Inc. is an online publisher specializing in blockchain and cryptocurrency data, offering a range of market and network analytics to various industries. Founded in 2017 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company provides several key products, including the CM Network Data Pro, which delivers historical crypto network data in a detailed format for institutional clients. Additionally, Coin Metrics offers the CM Market Data Feed, a standardized solution for trade, candle, and order book data from multiple exchanges, and CM Reference Rates, which provides fixed pricing for various assets quoted in U.S. dollars. By focusing on transparent and actionable data, Coin Metrics enables stakeholders to better understand and utilize public crypto networks.

Street Contxt

Venture Round in 2021
Street Contxt is a global communication platform designed for the institutional financial community, facilitating connections between brokers and their clients through high-quality content and insights. Launched in 2012 and headquartered in Toronto, the platform serves as an intelligent information marketplace tailored for global capital markets. It utilizes advanced data technology and machine learning to enhance client coverage, ensuring that the right content reaches the appropriate clients. By integrating seamlessly with existing software, Street Contxt helps clients manage information overload, fosters better engagement, and improves the overall client experience while maintaining stringent cybersecurity measures. The platform aims to transform the production, consumption, and discovery of market-moving commentary, providing actionable insights relevant to each user.

Symbiont

Venture Round in 2021
Symbiont has developed the market-leading platform for institutional applications of blockchain technology. Symbiont smart contracts enable complex instruments to live their entire lifecycle on a truly decentralized, enterprise blockchain network with end-to-end privacy. Financial institutions and governments are working with Symbiont to develop new business lines, increase transparency, reduce risk, and save costs. Industry leaders such as Vanguard and the State of Delaware have chosen to partner with Symbiont. Headquartered in New York City, Symbiont is a financial technology company founded by a team of experts in capital markets and blockchain technology.

FinLync

Venture Round in 2021
Operator of a global fintech company created to transform corporate finance and treasury offices by aggregating global banking APIs. The company offers ERP native applications and API connectivity to empower treasurers to deliver embedded real-time payments and cash management, enabling banking and financial industries to optimize cash, make better, faster decisions, save time, and reduce the resources needed to manage complex financial needs.

Spiral

Venture Round in 2021
Developer of an impact-as-a-service platform designed to provide banking and giving services. The company's platform provides payment options to charities and matches the payments done, enabling businesses to benefit from rewards for the payments done to charities.

Premise

Series E in 2021
Premise Data Corporation develops a data and analytics platform that provides real-time, actionable intelligence to organizations globally. The Premise Ground Truth Platform facilitates comprehensive data collection, quality assurance, and analysis across various applications. Key features include price monitoring to track economic indicators, location discovery for verifying and identifying sites, retail audits for visibility into global retailers, and inspections to monitor conditions in public spaces and facilities. The platform also analyzes movement patterns, logistics, and risk factors, such as disease spread and food shortages, while gathering sentiment through targeted surveys. Additionally, Premise utilizes geospatial mapping to assess infrastructure investment impacts and correlate demographic data with infrastructure patterns. Incorporated in 2012 and based in San Francisco, Premise is supported by notable venture capital firms and operates internationally to assist organizations in making informed investment and policy decisions.

iCreditWorks

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a financial application designed to simplify the dental loan process. The company offers a simple, seamless, and secure mobile loan process to select the loan option and connect with the lender who will fund the dentist when the treatment begins, enabling patients to revolutionize point-of-care lending between dental patients and providers.

Coin Metrics

Series A in 2020
Coin Metrics Inc. is an online publisher specializing in blockchain and cryptocurrency data, offering a range of market and network analytics to various industries. Founded in 2017 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company provides several key products, including the CM Network Data Pro, which delivers historical crypto network data in a detailed format for institutional clients. Additionally, Coin Metrics offers the CM Market Data Feed, a standardized solution for trade, candle, and order book data from multiple exchanges, and CM Reference Rates, which provides fixed pricing for various assets quoted in U.S. dollars. By focusing on transparent and actionable data, Coin Metrics enables stakeholders to better understand and utilize public crypto networks.

Showfields

Seed Round in 2019
Showfields, Inc., founded in 2017 and based in New York, operates a direct-to-consumer retail outlet that showcases innovative brands. The company presents a unique retail concept aimed at engaging consumers with emerging brands and artists. By offering flexible prime location spaces and customizable design services, Showfields creates an inviting environment for customers to discover and shop. The platform leverages retail technology to enhance the brand experience, allowing businesses to unlock new offline growth channels while providing shoppers with a distinctive and interactive shopping experience.

Credit Benchmark

Series C in 2018
Credit Benchmark Limited is a financial data analytics company that specializes in credit risk data. Established in 2012 and headquartered in London, with an office in New York, the company aggregates and anonymizes credit risk estimates from various market participants, including banks. This process enables Credit Benchmark to provide a unique source of insights into the credit profiles of sovereigns, corporations, and financial entities, including both rated and unrated institutions. The company offers critical data such as probability of default and loss given default, which assists financial institutions in risk management and capital allocation decisions. Additionally, Credit Benchmark operates compliant platforms for data transmission and security, catering to the needs of global financial institutions.

Datavore

Seed Round in 2018
Datavore is a data analytics software company founded in 2014. Our team has a successful track record of building technology in the financial services sector. They have experience working at companies such as Goldman Sachs, Thomson Reuters, Gerson Lehrman Group, M Science, Ernst & Young, and KPMG.

CoLoadX

Seed Round in 2016
CoLoadX Corporation operates a cloud-based ocean freight procurement platform designed for freight forwarders, NVOCCs, software providers, and logistics service buyers. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Jamaica, New York, the platform streamlines the process of obtaining rates for Full Container Load (FCL) and Less than Container Load (LCL) shipments. By providing instant access to ocean freight rates, CoLoadX significantly reduces the time required to request quotes and eliminates the need for repetitive inquiries. The platform enhances operational efficiency by offering real-time visibility into cargo status and historical data, allowing clients to manage their freight more effectively without relying on traditional communication methods like phones, faxes, and emails.
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