FJ Labs

FJ Labs, established in 2015 and headquartered in New York, is a stage-agnostic investment firm focusing on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. It invests in seed and series A rounds, with a typical investment range of $50,000 to $5,000,000. The firm's portfolio includes notable companies such as Alibaba Group, Beepi, BrightRoll, Betterment, Adore Me, and Earnest, spanning sectors like e-commerce, fintech, and ad tech.

Matias Barbero

Investor

Zineb Belghiti

Operations Associate

Fabrice Grinda

Co-Founder

William Guillouard

Venture Partner

Arne Halleraker

Principal

Christopher Keshian

Investor

Ariel Lebowits

CFO

Jose Marin

Co-Founder

Güimar Vaca Sittic

Venture Partner

Jeff Weinstein

Principal

Past deals in Greece

Spotawheel

Venture Round in 2023
Spotawheel is a tech-driven dealership that specializes in the buying and selling of used cars, established in 2015 and headquartered in Nea Ionia, Greece. The company operates in Greece and Poland, providing a transparent online platform for second-hand vehicles. Spotawheel offers a curated inventory of fully inspected cars, which are available for both purchase and subscription leasing. The platform incorporates predictive analytics to help users identify and monitor potential faults in vehicles. Additionally, Spotawheel enhances the buying experience by offering various add-ons such as financing, insurance, warranty, and after-sales support, enabling customers to make informed and confident decisions when purchasing used cars.

Spotawheel

Series B in 2022
Spotawheel is a tech-driven dealership that specializes in the buying and selling of used cars, established in 2015 and headquartered in Nea Ionia, Greece. The company operates in Greece and Poland, providing a transparent online platform for second-hand vehicles. Spotawheel offers a curated inventory of fully inspected cars, which are available for both purchase and subscription leasing. The platform incorporates predictive analytics to help users identify and monitor potential faults in vehicles. Additionally, Spotawheel enhances the buying experience by offering various add-ons such as financing, insurance, warranty, and after-sales support, enabling customers to make informed and confident decisions when purchasing used cars.

Spotawheel

Venture Round in 2020
Spotawheel is a tech-driven dealership that specializes in the buying and selling of used cars, established in 2015 and headquartered in Nea Ionia, Greece. The company operates in Greece and Poland, providing a transparent online platform for second-hand vehicles. Spotawheel offers a curated inventory of fully inspected cars, which are available for both purchase and subscription leasing. The platform incorporates predictive analytics to help users identify and monitor potential faults in vehicles. Additionally, Spotawheel enhances the buying experience by offering various add-ons such as financing, insurance, warranty, and after-sales support, enabling customers to make informed and confident decisions when purchasing used cars.

Spotawheel

Series A in 2020
Spotawheel is a tech-driven dealership that specializes in the buying and selling of used cars, established in 2015 and headquartered in Nea Ionia, Greece. The company operates in Greece and Poland, providing a transparent online platform for second-hand vehicles. Spotawheel offers a curated inventory of fully inspected cars, which are available for both purchase and subscription leasing. The platform incorporates predictive analytics to help users identify and monitor potential faults in vehicles. Additionally, Spotawheel enhances the buying experience by offering various add-ons such as financing, insurance, warranty, and after-sales support, enabling customers to make informed and confident decisions when purchasing used cars.

Yieldstreet

Series A in 2018
Yieldstreet is a management platform that provides retail investors access to income-generating investment products. Founded in 2015, It gives individuals access to alternative investments that have traditionally been off-limits to the average investor. With over $2.5 billion invested across multiple asset classes, Yieldstreet is changing the way people generate passive income by lowering and removing the barriers that historically kept these lucrative opportunities far out of reach. In 2013, founders Milind Mehere and Michael Weisz were frustrated that many investment strategies were typically reserved only for institutions and the ultra-wealthy. Typically, the average investor was left to choose between the stock market and bonds with falling yields - with few options in between. Asset-based investments had longer hold periods and a higher barrier of entry, keeping them well out of reach of accredited investors — even more so for unaccredited investors. As a result, they decided to leverage the growing fintech disruption to give more people access to these previously restricted alternative investments. Milind’s background in building companies combined with Michael’s decade-plus experience in investing and fund management formed the core of Yieldstreet. Passion for their investors and employees as well as a willing embrace of innovation, has been part of Yieldstreet’s identity from the beginning. Each decision to leverage a new technology, or investment strategy, or originate a new deal is made to put investors first. That drive has propelled Yieldstreet across all 50 states, crossing $100M invested in less than eight quarters, with the $1B milestone coming only three years later. In 2019, Yieldstreet’s membership had grown to 100,000, and a savings account for members was launched. Yieldstreet, since its launch in 2015, has not deviated from its goal to change investing for the better, nor has it slowed down. Yieldstreet was ranked number 46 on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies and has been recognized by Built In as one of the Best Places to Work. Yieldstreet today delivers wealth generation options and alternative investments for more than 330,000 investors and has returned more than $1.3 billion in principal/interest. Many alternative investment platforms only focus on one asset class, such as real estate or art. Yieldstreet’s offerings, accessed through cash or a low-fee IRA, cover a wide range of asset classes — art, real estate, legal, corporates, consumer, and commercial, via single investments or funds. Yieldstreet also offers its members short-term notes on offerings with a hold period between 3 and 6 months, which generally boast higher interest rates than money markets and CDs. Yieldstreet is headquartered in New York and has offices in Brazil, Greece, and Malta. Michael Weisz serves as President and Milind Mehere serves as CEO. Together, they manage a team of more than 140 employees, all working toward Yieldstreet’s one goal: to change the way people invest for the better.
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