FJ Labs

FJ Labs is a U.S.-based investment firm established in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. The firm operates with a stage-agnostic approach, primarily targeting marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. FJ Labs focuses its investments on seed and Series A rounds, with a financial commitment ranging from $50,000 to $5,000,000. The firm has invested in a variety of notable companies, including Alibaba Group, beepi, BrightRoll, Betterment, and ADORE ME.

Matias Barbero

Investor

Zineb Belghiti

Associate

Camila Bustamante

Analyst

Andres Santos Cantu

Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor

Agapitos Diakogiannis

Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor

Nancy Dong

Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor

Vivian Graves

Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor

Fabrice Grinda

Founding Partner

William Guillouard

Venture Partner

Arne Halleraker

Partner

Mark Lurie

Venture Partner

Jose Marin

Founding Partner

Martin Pustilnick

Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor

Guimar Vaca Sittic

Venture Partner

Luke Skertich

Investor

Kelly Tully

Head of Platform / Investor

Jeff Weinstein

Partner

Andrea Xu

Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor

Past deals in Pre Seed Round

Webvar

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Cloud-based reseller platform that empowers IT vendors, to reach customers and scale while helping Enterprises make an informed purchasing decision on IT technology

Rive

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Kodit.io is redefining how people buy, sell, and rent homes by eliminating time-consuming and costly procedures related to every real estate transaction. The company offers instant buying and data-driven brokerage services to home sellers and freshly renovated and safe city apartments for home buyers. Quick, easy, and transparent. Since being founded in 2017, the company has transacted homes worth over 90M euros and raised 121M in funding. The team comes from a colorful range of backgrounds, all the way from entrepreneurship to academics and Nordea to Harvard Business School. As of December 2020, Kodit.io consists of 45+ people from 7 different nationalities. Kodit.io is headquartered in Helsinki and is operating in all the major cities in Finland as well as Warsaw, Poland, and Madrid, Spain. Kodit.io service concept is developed by Homerun Technologies Ltd. You can find more about us: www.kodit.io/en

Secfi

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Secfi, Inc. is a company that specializes in pre-wealth advisory solutions, focusing on equity planning and financing for startup employees and founders. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, with an additional office in Amsterdam, Secfi offers tools and resources designed to help private company shareholders make informed financial decisions regarding their equity from the offer stage to an initial public offering. The company provides options exercise and shareholder financing solutions, along with educational resources and guidance from licensed equity strategists. By simplifying the complexities of equity compensation, Secfi aims to empower employees to better understand their financial options and concentrate on their passions.

Fuell

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Fuell Technologies, S.L. is a Madrid-based company that specializes in issuing corporate credit cards and providing expense management software for businesses. Founded in 2019, Fuell's platform integrates a corporate card with expense management tools, allowing companies to manage spending in real-time and set budgets without the need for traditional expense reports. The service includes features such as automatic budget updates, credit increases as businesses grow, and cashbacks on various expenditures, including rideshare, fuel, dining, and recruitment services. This innovative approach aims to streamline financial management, offering businesses greater control over their expenses and enhancing operational efficiency.

PipeDreams

Pre Seed Round in 2022
PipeDreams Ventures is a venture-backed company building tech-powered home services providers.

Koban

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Koban is a fintech company that aims to reduce complexity and revolutionize the way money works in Latam. The majority of Latin Americans that remain unbanked and the existing banking customers deserve a better choice. They offer their users digital financial services that are easy to use, innovative and accessible to move, transact, save and understand money all in a highly secure digital platform. In Koban they put customers first. They are passionate about empowering people’s financial lives through technology and design and driven by their mission to promote financial inclusion in their countries.

countX

Pre Seed Round in 2022
countX provides automated processes with regard to the collection and processing of tax-relevant data as well as the examination according to the applicable international sales tax regulations.

Wectory

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Wectory is a financial technology company that offers a mobile application designed to facilitate rental payments for landlords and tenants. Through its platform, landlords can receive upfront funding for rental payments, allowing them to request up to twelve months of rent as a single payment. This arrangement provides landlords with immediate cash flow, which can be used for personal or housing-related expenses. The application also includes features such as one-touch or automated payments, reminders, reports, and payment schedules, streamlining the rental payment process. Tenants benefit by making regular payments directly to Wectory’s account to repay the landlord's debt, creating a structured and efficient financial arrangement for both parties.

VIVLA

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Vivla offers second homeownership by helping people buy, own, and sell the fractions of the second home that fits their life.

Earnr

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Earnr is a finance and tax service aimed at the U.K. creator economy and people doing “side-hustle” businesses. The company was founded in 2020 by Anil Nair, Enzo Ottens, and Jamie Leverton.

GuruCall

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Next step on knowledge sharing and content platform.

Wectory

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Wectory is a financial technology company that offers a mobile application designed to facilitate rental payments for landlords and tenants. Through its platform, landlords can receive upfront funding for rental payments, allowing them to request up to twelve months of rent as a single payment. This arrangement provides landlords with immediate cash flow, which can be used for personal or housing-related expenses. The application also includes features such as one-touch or automated payments, reminders, reports, and payment schedules, streamlining the rental payment process. Tenants benefit by making regular payments directly to Wectory’s account to repay the landlord's debt, creating a structured and efficient financial arrangement for both parties.

Impacked

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Impacked operates an online marketplace specifically designed for primary packaging, aiming to facilitate the connection and collaboration between brands and suppliers. The platform streamlines the packaging sourcing process by offering tools that enable suppliers to enhance their sales and marketing efforts. Clients can efficiently search, filter, sample, quote, and purchase various packaging options, allowing them to choose solutions that best meet their specific needs. By modernizing the packaging sourcing landscape, Impacked positions itself as a comprehensive resource for all primary packaging requirements.

Baraka

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Baraka is a UAE-based fintech company focused on connecting young, millennial investors with both regional and international investment opportunities. The company offers an investment application that aims to democratize access to stock markets by providing a platform for commission-free investing in stocks, initial public offerings, and exchange-traded funds. Baraka enhances the investment experience through educational content, market news, and in-depth stock analysis, enabling users to deepen their investment knowledge and make informed decisions. By fostering a vibrant and transparent investing ecosystem, Baraka empowers its community members to exchange opinions, insights, and advice, facilitating a supportive environment for new and experienced investors alike.

Canid

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Canid is a company focused on enhancing the vaccination process for pediatricians by streamlining vaccination record management. Its innovative scanning system reduces the need for manual data entry, facilitating the automatic upload of vaccination information into state registries. The company's dashboard and process tools provide administrative consulting, ensure vaccine margins, automate workflow, and manage vaccine inventory. This comprehensive approach allows state officials and pediatric practitioners to concentrate on their core responsibilities, ultimately improving efficiency in vaccination administration.

Vest Wealth Management

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Vest is a digital investment advisor targeting the middle class in emerging markets. Through Vest, users can start investing with just 50 dollars in local funds and investment products.

Ravacan

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Ravacan is an analytics and collaboration platform tailored for industrial buyers and their suppliers. The platform focuses on purchasing and procurement, offering tools to analyze costs and manage supplier relationships effectively. It aids users in identifying suitable suppliers and navigating supply chain disruptions while automating repetitive tasks. Additionally, Ravacan provides functionalities for demand forecasting, product costing, and calculating return on investment. By enhancing supplier acquisition and reducing costs, the platform aims to increase productivity for global supply and commodity managers.

Toolbox

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Toolbox is focused on improving the work landscape for skilled construction workers, who collectively earn over $300 billion in wages. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, Toolbox operates a labor marketplace that empowers workers and subcontractors to showcase their professional skills, secure job opportunities, and reduce downtime through short-term gigs. Additionally, Toolbox provides financial technology solutions tailored for small and medium-sized businesses, offering intelligent banking services, financial insights, and automated bookkeeping. This platform enables businesses to easily compare and select lender offers, purchase materials and equipment, and gain a comprehensive view of their financial health, thereby facilitating access to necessary capital for growth.

Seafair

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Seafair provides an integrated platform for maritime crewing services, facilitating connections between seafarers and shipping companies. The company has developed a specialized crewing management software that enhances the traditional methods of shipping crewing. Utilizing a proprietary vetting process, the platform employs advanced technology, data analytics, and ranking algorithms to ensure that seafarers can easily find suitable job opportunities while allowing shipping companies to identify the most qualified candidates. This innovation enables users to manage the recruitment process efficiently from their homes, streamlining operations in the maritime industry.

mealco

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Mealco is a food-tech startup that offers delivery-native food brands. The company is driven by a mission to promote a better way of life for people globally through the power of healthy eating.

Paylode

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Paylode is the Ancillary Revenue Automation Platform. It helps companies monetize through automated up-selling and cross-selling.

Silverbird

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Silverbird operates as a digital bank focused on facilitating international trade for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company offers online banking services, global business accounts, and high-value cross-border payment solutions tailored for businesses engaged in global commerce. Utilizing advanced, data-driven know-your-client technology, Silverbird effectively onboards international SMEs, helping them become bankable in Europe and other markets. By collaborating with banks, regulators, payment networks, and trade finance firms, Silverbird aims to eliminate the complexities associated with international payments, thereby promoting smoother transactions and fostering growth in global trade. The platform collects and analyzes transactional data to verify legitimate businesses, ensuring secure and efficient international transfers between accounts.

Candidate Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Candidate Labs Inc. is a recruiting firm based in San Francisco, California, established in 2018. The company specializes in connecting sales and marketing professionals with technology companies seeking to hire them. By leveraging technology and data, Candidate Labs enhances the job search and hiring experience, allowing recruiters to efficiently grow teams without sacrificing quality or speed. Candidates benefit from access to a broader range of opportunities and valuable insights that help them secure positions that align with their career goals. Through its platform, Candidate Labs offers screening, interviews, and recommendation services, aiming to streamline the recruitment process for both employers and job seekers.

Umamicart

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Operator of an online grocery store intended to deliver Asian products and ingredients. The company's store specializes in the retailing of Asian vegetables, fresh fruits, cuts of meat, pantry staples, rice, noodles, and more, enabling consumers to get a well-curated selection of Asian groceries, delivered to their door.

Orchata

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Orchata is a company that specializes in providing a Software-as-a-Service platform tailored for grocery stores and various food suppliers. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico, Orchata's platform streamlines operations by enabling suppliers to manage online order processing, payment acceptance, delivery route optimization, and promotional activities. Additionally, it offers valuable analytics on revenue, orders, and customer behavior, facilitating a comprehensive digital transformation for businesses in the grocery, meat, produce, and seafood sectors.

PeerBoard

Pre Seed Round in 2020
PeerBoard is a plug and play community platform with a heavy focus on user experience and deep integrations, including our WordPress, Shopify and Thinkific plugins and rich SDK/API capabilities. Extend your website with a community space!

GuruCall

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Next step on knowledge sharing and content platform.

ZAX

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Creating a platform for product discovery, sales, marketing, trust, payment, credit & logistics services to suppliers & resellers across Latin America.

Blank Street

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Operator of a coffee shop intended to offer caffeine products with zero waste and zero emissions. The company's product line includes different flavors of coffee, baked treats, pastries, and tacos, and lets patrons place their orders from a mobile application, enabling consumers to order their favorite sips of coffee with a single click.

Agenteur

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Career Management and HR Tech

SCiFi Foods

Pre Seed Round in 2020
SCiFi Foods, known as Artemys, Inc., is a biotechnology company based in San Leandro, California, founded in 2019. The company specializes in producing meat and meat products through innovative methods that cultivate meat from animal cells rather than relying on traditional animal harvesting. This approach allows SCiFi Foods to create next-generation meat alternatives, promoting sustainability in food production. The company aims to revolutionize the meat industry by offering a more humane and environmentally friendly way to provide protein to consumers.

Habi

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Habi operates a proprietary pricing algorithm and platform to simplify the homeownership lifecycle throughout Latin America. The company provides middle-class customers buy and sell their homes more quickly and efficiently, without the uncertainty of traditional real estate transactions. Habi was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia.

Toolbox

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Toolbox is focused on improving the work landscape for skilled construction workers, who collectively earn over $300 billion in wages. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, Toolbox operates a labor marketplace that empowers workers and subcontractors to showcase their professional skills, secure job opportunities, and reduce downtime through short-term gigs. Additionally, Toolbox provides financial technology solutions tailored for small and medium-sized businesses, offering intelligent banking services, financial insights, and automated bookkeeping. This platform enables businesses to easily compare and select lender offers, purchase materials and equipment, and gain a comprehensive view of their financial health, thereby facilitating access to necessary capital for growth.

Lantern

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Lantern is a public benefit corporation that provides a single source of guidance for navigating life before and after a death. It offers free, custom roadmaps to make sure you or a loved one have everything in order. Whether you're pre-planning or have recently lost someone, Lantern has all of the tools, resources, and services you need to confidently manage the process while coping with the loss of a loved one.

Lolli

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Lolli is a rewards application that allows users to earn bitcoin when shopping online. The company has partnered with 1,000+ top brands to give people the ability to easily earn bitcoin rewards when they shop. When users shop on one of the partner sites, Lolli gets a percentage of each sale. The company then splits that percent with users, sending bitcoin to users' Lolli wallet. Lolli was founded in 2018 by Alex Adelman and Matt Senter and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Envizzo

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Envizzo Inc. is an online marketplace based in New York that specializes in the rental of home furnishing products, including furniture, appliances, and consumer electronics. Founded in 2016, the company caters primarily to real estate operators, assisting developers and large property managers in decorating and furnishing residential spaces. Envizzo boasts a diverse inventory of over 40,000 curated products sourced from more than 300 partners. In addition to product rentals, the company offers a range of services, including interior design, as well as white glove delivery and assembly, enhancing the overall experience for its clients.

Tread

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Tread, Inc. is a Toronto-based company founded in 2016 that specializes in developing a platform for managing construction equipment services. The software facilitates interactions among contractors, brokers, and operators, enabling them to collaborate effectively as if they belong to the same fleet. By generating data-driven insights, Tread's platform helps improve equipment usage, enhancing operational efficiency within the construction industry.

Knowde

Pre Seed Round in 2017
knowde is the online marketing platform dedicated to chemicals and ingredients. They make it easy to connect with customers, online. Use knowde Pages to get your products noticed every time a customer searches on any search engine. Build your knowde Page in an hour and get started for free.