FJ Labs

Founded in 2015, FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm focusing on stage-agnostic investments in marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. Their investment range varies from $50,000 to $5,000,000, typically at seed or series A stages.

Matias Barbero

Investor

Zineb Belghiti

Analyst

Agapitos Diakogiannis

Investor

Fabrice Grinda

Partner

William Guillouard

Venture Partner

Past deals in Data Mining

Synthesa

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Synthesa provides AI-assisted evidence synthesis for healthcare, pharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations, and academia. Its platform automates literature reviews, data extraction, analysis, and reporting to accelerate research timelines and support regulatory submissions. By delivering faster, more accurate, and customized evidence, Synthesa enables evidence-based decision making for clinicians, researchers, and pharmaceutical organizations, helping streamline research and regulatory processes.

Odyssey

Series A in 2024
Odyssey Energy Solutions, founded in 2017 and based in Boulder, Colorado, offers a web-based data platform designed to streamline the development and deployment of mini-grids in emerging markets. The platform enables project developers to effectively manage and analyze mini-grid data through various software tools and data analytics. By facilitating communication and connection among developers, financiers, vendors, and governmental and donor organizations, Odyssey enhances collaboration within the mini-grid sector, ultimately supporting sustainable energy solutions in underserved regions.

TurboAI

Pre Seed Round in 2024
TurboAI specializes in AI-driven process automation, helping businesses enhance operational efficiency. Its software analyzes large datasets, identifies patterns, and automates routine tasks, enabling employees to focus on strategic and creative work, and make data-driven decisions.

CSC Generation

Series E in 2024
CSC Generation is a company that specializes in providing private financing services aimed at preventing brand liquidations. It utilizes a proprietary technology platform that is both data-driven and analytical, allowing clients to improve their business operations across various functions such as sales, finance, and marketing. By offering centralized teams and tailored support, CSC Generation helps brands address financial challenges and sustain their operations, ultimately preserving jobs and fostering business continuity.

Jus Mundi

Series B in 2024
Jus Mundi is a legal technology company based in Paris, France, founded in 2018. It operates a search engine focused on public international law and investor-state arbitration, aimed at democratizing access to legal resources. The platform integrates artificial intelligence to enhance legal research, enabling lawyers and academics to efficiently navigate vast datasets related to international trade law, law of the sea, and arbitration cases. By structuring global legal data, Jus Mundi facilitates the selection of arbitration professionals and provides additional services for business development, ultimately promoting global justice and simplifying complex legal processes.

PVML

Seed Round in 2024
Founded in 2021, PVML operates a platform that connects and secures multiple data sources. It enables enterprises to derive live insights from sensitive data using AI-driven technology, benefiting users across various roles and scenarios.

Dray Alliance

Series B in 2024
Dray Alliance streamlines the multi-billion dollar drayage trucking industry through a real-time technology platform. It connects shippers, carriers, and truckers efficiently, eliminating friction in delivery processes, making deliveries simple, predictable, and transparent.

Condo Group

Series B in 2024
Condo Group is a real estate technology and property-management company that applies artificial intelligence and digital tools across the lifecycle of properties. It manages property operations for its own and third-party assets, covering commercial and technical aspects, and develops optimized plans for each project. It also supports residential property investments by providing a platform for property acquisition, renovation, and ongoing management, including tenant screening, rent collection, maintenance, and legal support, enabling private investors to pursue rental income, long-term capital appreciation, and diversified portfolios with reduced operational burden.

REWORTH

Seed Round in 2024
REWORTH facilitates interactions between banks and merchants by leveraging cashback incentives. It uses anonymous transactional data to personalize offers, boost engagement, and provide real-time business intelligence. REWORTH's API infrastructure enables third-party services like credit scoring and fraud prevention.

January

Series B in 2023
January is a developer of a data-driven financial platform that focuses on providing end-to-end resolution services for delinquent and charged-off consumer loans. The platform aims to build and enforce trust in consumer finance by addressing the challenges faced by borrowers in delinquency and default, such as harassment, hidden fees, and damaged credit scores. At the same time, it helps creditors recover lost funds while mitigating compliance and operational risks. By utilizing technology, January offers a streamlined and effective resolution process that caters to the unique financial situations and preferences of borrowers, ultimately fostering a more trustworthy relationship between borrowers and creditors.

Metaloop

Series A in 2023
Metaloop is a scrap trading company that operates a managed online marketplace designed to digitize the metal recycling industry. By leveraging machine learning and data analysis, Metaloop facilitates the sourcing and trading of scrap metals, effectively connecting suppliers with buyers. The platform matches offers and requests, providing a comprehensive solution that includes logistics and financial services. This approach enables scrap dealers, recyclers, and factories to enhance their capacity utilization, acquire new suppliers, and optimize their financial returns, ultimately helping businesses in the metal recycling sector improve revenue without the need for scaling.

Postilize

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Postilize is an AI software development company that provides tools designed to enhance social media engagement, specifically on platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter. Utilizing generative AI, Postilize offers features focused on intelligent engagement, assisting businesses in identifying and interacting with influencers to strengthen their brand presence. The company's solutions aim to help enterprises build a loyal customer base and effectively scale their operations. By leveraging cutting-edge technology, Postilize transforms the way businesses manage their social media strategies.

Shyft

Convertible Note in 2023
Shyft Network Inc, founded in 2017 and based in Barbados, operates a blockchain-based digital identity network aimed at enhancing regulatory compliance and data security. As a subsidiary of Bitfury USA, Inc., Shyft focuses on aggregating existing protocols to create a standardized approach to anti-money laundering verification. The network offers robust data protection and features such as a bridge watcher system to detect and deter threats. It provides users with granular control over their information, allowing them to decide what data to share, with whom, and for what purposes. Shyft also facilitates incentivized data exchange, enabling businesses to improve personal information security while accessing valuable compliance-satisfying data.

Odyssey

Series A in 2023
Odyssey Energy Solutions, founded in 2017 and based in Boulder, Colorado, offers a web-based data platform designed to streamline the development and deployment of mini-grids in emerging markets. The platform enables project developers to effectively manage and analyze mini-grid data through various software tools and data analytics. By facilitating communication and connection among developers, financiers, vendors, and governmental and donor organizations, Odyssey enhances collaboration within the mini-grid sector, ultimately supporting sustainable energy solutions in underserved regions.

Koya AI

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Koya.AI provides a data-as-a-service solution designed to assist online marketplaces and procurement platforms in managing their catalog data efficiently. By leveraging machine learning, Koya streamlines the processes of obtaining, normalizing, and continuously updating product information, which is essential for effective search, discovery, and product recommendations in ecommerce. Traditional methods of managing product data can be slow and prone to errors, leading to delays in seller listings and a subpar user experience, ultimately affecting conversion rates. Koya.AI addresses these challenges by offering a universal data layer that simplifies the complexities associated with product data management, enabling clients to enhance their operational efficiency and improve customer engagement in the digital marketplace.

Choose

Series A in 2023
Choose is an online marketplace that facilitates the discovery and expression of opinions on fashion and lifestyle products. The platform allows users to explore curated items, rate and review products from various brands, and engage in voting to unlock rewards and personalized content through a robust recommendation system. By showcasing trendy and ethically-sourced products, Choose supports brands that prioritize environmental and social commitments, such as sustainable ingredients and local production. The platform also provides valuable customer insights, enabling brands to understand consumer preferences and respond to emerging trends in real-time. This approach enhances the shopping experience for users while assisting brands in launching new concepts effectively.

PVML

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Founded in 2021, PVML operates a platform that connects and secures multiple data sources. It enables enterprises to derive live insights from sensitive data using AI-driven technology, benefiting users across various roles and scenarios.

Numerai

Series B in 2023
Numerai, LLC is a hedge fund firm founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California. It operates a unique investment approach by leveraging a global network of data scientists to develop predictive models for the stock market. The company transforms and regularizes financial data into machine learning challenges, allowing participants to engage in data science tournaments focused on stock market predictions. This innovative platform not only facilitates the creation of sophisticated investment strategies but also promotes a collaborative environment where data scientists can contribute to the firm's investment decisions. Through this model, Numerai aims to enhance investment returns and foster profitable outcomes for its investors.

Bright Money

Series B in 2022
Bright Money is an AI-powered financial management platform that assists consumers in achieving debt freedom. The company focuses on helping users eliminate various forms of debt, including credit card, student, and auto loans, by leveraging machine learning algorithms to analyze individual financial data. Bright Money offers personalized insights into spending habits, budgeting, and overall financial health, empowering users to reduce financial stress and make informed decisions. The platform also provides tailored credit products and tools designed to enhance financial wellness, enabling users to build savings and attain better financial stability. Through its innovative approach, Bright Money aims to support consumers on their journey toward improved financial management.

Condo Group

Series A in 2022
Condo Group is a real estate technology and property-management company that applies artificial intelligence and digital tools across the lifecycle of properties. It manages property operations for its own and third-party assets, covering commercial and technical aspects, and develops optimized plans for each project. It also supports residential property investments by providing a platform for property acquisition, renovation, and ongoing management, including tenant screening, rent collection, maintenance, and legal support, enabling private investors to pursue rental income, long-term capital appreciation, and diversified portfolios with reduced operational burden.

Koya AI

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Koya.AI provides a data-as-a-service solution designed to assist online marketplaces and procurement platforms in managing their catalog data efficiently. By leveraging machine learning, Koya streamlines the processes of obtaining, normalizing, and continuously updating product information, which is essential for effective search, discovery, and product recommendations in ecommerce. Traditional methods of managing product data can be slow and prone to errors, leading to delays in seller listings and a subpar user experience, ultimately affecting conversion rates. Koya.AI addresses these challenges by offering a universal data layer that simplifies the complexities associated with product data management, enabling clients to enhance their operational efficiency and improve customer engagement in the digital marketplace.

Snickerdoodle

Grant in 2022
Snickerdoodle is a blockchain-based platform that aims to create a privacy-preserving data economy by giving data owners control over their information and a pathway to monetize it. It builds infrastructure to own and securely monetize personal and organizational data, and offers an enterprise NFT-based data layer for real-time audience insights. The platform bridges Web2 and Web3, distributing value to data owners, consumers, and creators while protecting privacy. It enables the capture of the collective value of data and attention and supports secure data sharing and monetization. The goal is a transparent, participatory data ecosystem driven by user ownership and value distribution.

2.5 Intelligence

Pre Seed Round in 2022
2.5 Intelligence develops tools to help communities manage and engage their audiences, with a focus on web3 projects. It provides Discord and Twitter bots that integrate on-chain and off-chain data to identify active members, boost participation, and support long-term community growth.

CountX

Pre Seed Round in 2022
CountX offers an automated platform that streamlines the collection, processing, and verification of tax‑relevant data for online retailers. By integrating with e‑commerce marketplaces and ERP systems, it automatically pulls sales data, applies relevant international sales tax rules, and generates value‑added tax returns. The solution reduces manual effort, improves compliance accuracy, and provides a single point of access for sales tax management in e‑commerce.

Sardine

Series A in 2022
Sardine is a financial technology company that specializes in providing a risk and fraud infrastructure tailored for the online economy. It has developed a device intelligence platform that leverages artificial intelligence and advanced risk engine software. This platform enhances fraud detection while minimizing sign-up friction by analyzing multiple real-time data points, including device information, browser details, and behavioral biometrics. By integrating this technology, Sardine enables businesses to establish a robust risk and fraud management framework, ultimately reducing costs within the fintech ecosystem.

REWORTH

Seed Round in 2021
REWORTH facilitates interactions between banks and merchants by leveraging cashback incentives. It uses anonymous transactional data to personalize offers, boost engagement, and provide real-time business intelligence. REWORTH's API infrastructure enables third-party services like credit scoring and fraud prevention.

CSC Generation

Series D in 2021
CSC Generation is a company that specializes in providing private financing services aimed at preventing brand liquidations. It utilizes a proprietary technology platform that is both data-driven and analytical, allowing clients to improve their business operations across various functions such as sales, finance, and marketing. By offering centralized teams and tailored support, CSC Generation helps brands address financial challenges and sustain their operations, ultimately preserving jobs and fostering business continuity.

Jus Mundi

Series A in 2021
Jus Mundi is a legal technology company based in Paris, France, founded in 2018. It operates a search engine focused on public international law and investor-state arbitration, aimed at democratizing access to legal resources. The platform integrates artificial intelligence to enhance legal research, enabling lawyers and academics to efficiently navigate vast datasets related to international trade law, law of the sea, and arbitration cases. By structuring global legal data, Jus Mundi facilitates the selection of arbitration professionals and provides additional services for business development, ultimately promoting global justice and simplifying complex legal processes.

CASAFARI

Series A in 2021
Casafari LLC is a real estate metasearch company based in Lisbon that offers property search solutions for real estate professionals and institutional investors in Germany, Spain, and Portugal. The company focuses on enhancing transparency in the real estate market by building a comprehensive database of properties. It collects and analyzes data on property prices, collaborates with various real estate agencies, and aggregates listings from multiple sources. Utilizing proprietary technology, Casafari cleans, deduplicates, and evaluates property information in real-time, enabling users to identify lucrative investment opportunities. Additionally, the platform provides predictive analytics, alerts for new listings and price changes, and status tracking to help users stay informed about market developments and optimize their property transactions.

Choose

Series A in 2021
Choose is an online marketplace that facilitates the discovery and expression of opinions on fashion and lifestyle products. The platform allows users to explore curated items, rate and review products from various brands, and engage in voting to unlock rewards and personalized content through a robust recommendation system. By showcasing trendy and ethically-sourced products, Choose supports brands that prioritize environmental and social commitments, such as sustainable ingredients and local production. The platform also provides valuable customer insights, enabling brands to understand consumer preferences and respond to emerging trends in real-time. This approach enhances the shopping experience for users while assisting brands in launching new concepts effectively.

Metaloop

Seed Round in 2020
Metaloop is a scrap trading company that operates a managed online marketplace designed to digitize the metal recycling industry. By leveraging machine learning and data analysis, Metaloop facilitates the sourcing and trading of scrap metals, effectively connecting suppliers with buyers. The platform matches offers and requests, providing a comprehensive solution that includes logistics and financial services. This approach enables scrap dealers, recyclers, and factories to enhance their capacity utilization, acquire new suppliers, and optimize their financial returns, ultimately helping businesses in the metal recycling sector improve revenue without the need for scaling.

Showcase Insights

Pre Seed Round in 2020
SHOWCASE is a next-gen product research startup, leveraging technology to generate targeted, efficient, agile consumer insights.

BrandTotal

Series B in 2020
BrandTotal Ltd operates a marketing intelligence platform that focuses on dark marketing, enabling businesses to gain insights into their competitors' strategies and performance. Founded in 2016 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company leverages cyber security, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to analyze digital channels and consolidate data into actionable marketing campaigns. By providing real-time visibility into competitors' social media activities and marketing efforts, BrandTotal empowers marketing teams to identify threats and opportunities within the digital landscape. This capability allows organizations to adjust their strategies dynamically, ensuring they remain competitive and agile in a rapidly evolving market.

Dray Alliance

Series A in 2020
Dray Alliance streamlines the multi-billion dollar drayage trucking industry through a real-time technology platform. It connects shippers, carriers, and truckers efficiently, eliminating friction in delivery processes, making deliveries simple, predictable, and transparent.

Shyft

Series A in 2020
Shyft Network Inc, founded in 2017 and based in Barbados, operates a blockchain-based digital identity network aimed at enhancing regulatory compliance and data security. As a subsidiary of Bitfury USA, Inc., Shyft focuses on aggregating existing protocols to create a standardized approach to anti-money laundering verification. The network offers robust data protection and features such as a bridge watcher system to detect and deter threats. It provides users with granular control over their information, allowing them to decide what data to share, with whom, and for what purposes. Shyft also facilitates incentivized data exchange, enabling businesses to improve personal information security while accessing valuable compliance-satisfying data.

(Re)vive

Series A in 2019
Revive is a company addressing the challenge of managing slightly imperfect returns, store try-ons, display samples, and excess inventory that many brands face. Traditional options for handling these goods, such as recycling, donations, or destruction, often result in significant financial losses and limited asset recovery. Revive offers an AI-powered platform that assesses the potential value of this inventory before resorting to less desirable options. By providing actionable data, the company enables brands to make informed decisions about whether to clean or repair damaged items for resale. This approach maximizes the financial recovery for neglected inventory, positioning Revive as a pioneering solution in the supply chain management space. Additionally, Revive offers personal on-demand tailoring services, including alterations and a self-fitting kit, allowing customers to conveniently access tailoring services from their homes.

Embark

Series A in 2019
Embark offers dog DNA testing that ends preventable diseases in dogs. It was founded by top experts in genomics, computational biology, and software design to sell an industry-leading dog DNA test. They use a clinical-grade CLIA-certified SNP chip to provide the most accurate and comprehensive results (200,000+ genetic markers) available on the market. Their data contributes to proprietary genetics research that will help dog owners optimize nutrition, exercise, allergies, and prevent a variety of heritable conditions. Their technological advantage, intellectual capital, and research-focus enable them to push canine health toward our shared vision of preventative veterinary care.

BrandTotal

Series A in 2018
BrandTotal Ltd operates a marketing intelligence platform that focuses on dark marketing, enabling businesses to gain insights into their competitors' strategies and performance. Founded in 2016 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company leverages cyber security, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to analyze digital channels and consolidate data into actionable marketing campaigns. By providing real-time visibility into competitors' social media activities and marketing efforts, BrandTotal empowers marketing teams to identify threats and opportunities within the digital landscape. This capability allows organizations to adjust their strategies dynamically, ensuring they remain competitive and agile in a rapidly evolving market.

Pulse

Convertible Note in 2018
Pulse Q&A Inc. is an innovative company specializing in an artificial intelligence-based platform that delivers crowdsourced data aimed at technology executives. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company enables users, particularly Chief Information Officers, to gather insights by creating questions and sharing them with peers, customers, or prospects. This process allows users to test messaging and positioning in real time before launching new products or refreshing existing messages. By providing access to relevant conversations and data, Pulse Q&A empowers decision-makers to make informed choices that drive meaningful outcomes in innovation and spending.

Firstleaf

Venture Round in 2018
Firstleaf is a personalized wine company that specializes in curating and delivering award-winning wines tailored to individual preferences through a subscription service. Founded by Philip James, an experienced wine professional with a background in chemistry, Firstleaf employs proprietary technology and expert winemakers to create a unique Wine Profile for each member. The company offers over 82 million possible wine combinations, ensuring that 98% of its monthly shipments are unique. Firstleaf's team samples more than 10,000 wines annually from diverse regions, selecting only the highest quality bottles. With over 700,000 cases sold last year and a track record of more than 2,800 awards, including numerous 90+ point scores, Firstleaf has established itself as a trusted brand in the wine industry. The company has garnered recognition for its innovative approach, including accolades from Fast Company and Wine Business Monthly, and was named Wine Company of the Year in a prestigious wine competition. Nearly one million consumers have experienced Firstleaf since its inception, reflecting its growing influence in the market.

Embark

Seed Round in 2017
Embark offers dog DNA testing that ends preventable diseases in dogs. It was founded by top experts in genomics, computational biology, and software design to sell an industry-leading dog DNA test. They use a clinical-grade CLIA-certified SNP chip to provide the most accurate and comprehensive results (200,000+ genetic markers) available on the market. Their data contributes to proprietary genetics research that will help dog owners optimize nutrition, exercise, allergies, and prevent a variety of heritable conditions. Their technological advantage, intellectual capital, and research-focus enable them to push canine health toward our shared vision of preventative veterinary care.

SafeGraph

Convertible Note in 2017
Founded in 2016, SafeGraph specializes in collecting, processing, and maintaining high-precision datasets covering millions of points of interest across the US and Canada. Its data includes business listings, building footprints, aggregated foot traffic, brand affiliations, and other key business details, supporting market analytics, investment research, site selection, and more.

SafeGraph

Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2016, SafeGraph specializes in collecting, processing, and maintaining high-precision datasets covering millions of points of interest across the US and Canada. Its data includes business listings, building footprints, aggregated foot traffic, brand affiliations, and other key business details, supporting market analytics, investment research, site selection, and more.

Embark

Seed Round in 2016
Embark offers dog DNA testing that ends preventable diseases in dogs. It was founded by top experts in genomics, computational biology, and software design to sell an industry-leading dog DNA test. They use a clinical-grade CLIA-certified SNP chip to provide the most accurate and comprehensive results (200,000+ genetic markers) available on the market. Their data contributes to proprietary genetics research that will help dog owners optimize nutrition, exercise, allergies, and prevent a variety of heritable conditions. Their technological advantage, intellectual capital, and research-focus enable them to push canine health toward our shared vision of preventative veterinary care.

ClaimClam

ClaimClam is a technology company that simplifies and streamlines the process of participating in class action settlements for consumers. It offers a user-friendly mobile application that enables individuals to file claims, manage their cases, and monitor new class actions, ensuring they receive their fair share of settlement funds. The company also advocates for increased claim participation, promoting corporate accountability and transparency.
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