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 Personal Finance

Delphia

Series A in 2022
Delphia Inc., founded in 1993 and based in Toronto, Canada, specializes in creating artificial intelligence-driven surveys designed to assist individuals in making informed decisions regarding careers, education, finances, and health. The company has developed an innovative investment platform that allows users to convert their personal data into investment capital. By sharing personal insights and opinions, individuals can leverage their data to enhance their investment potential, marking a significant shift in how wealth can be built without requiring initial financial resources. Delphia emphasizes the secure use of shared information, ensuring that it is solely utilized to optimize investment returns for its users.

Harness Wealth

Series A in 2021
Harness Wealth helps clients achieve their financial impact.

Manual

Series A in 2021
By empowering men with all the information and choices they need to proactively own their wellbeing, we can turn a corner. We’re here to be your own personal manual. A guide to owning your health and happiness. Giving you all the tools you need to be good to you.

bxblue

Series A in 2021
bxblue is a marketplace for personal loans in Brazil explicitly targeting pensioners and Government workers because they can they take loans secured by their guaranteed income. Because of that banks can deduct the payment directly from the paycheck, leading to an apr 10x lower than credit cards. Payroll secured loans are the most affordable personal loan in Brazil, and they represent 60% of the personal loans in the country. It is a 40bn dollar/year marke, completely offline. We are taking this entire market online.

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.

Neo Financial

Series A in 2020
Credit card, rewards, and deposits all in one.

Finom

Seed Round in 2020
Finom combines digital business account benefits with multiple services to provide financial solutions for entrepreneurs, self-employed, and freelancers. It pulls together accounting, financial management, and banking functions for early-stage businesses and SMEs into one mobile-first product. Founded in 2019, Finom is headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Finom

Seed Round in 2020
Finom combines digital business account benefits with multiple services to provide financial solutions for entrepreneurs, self-employed, and freelancers. It pulls together accounting, financial management, and banking functions for early-stage businesses and SMEs into one mobile-first product. Founded in 2019, Finom is headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

SmartAsset

Series C in 2018
SmartAsset is a financial technology company that empowers people with automated personalized financial advice. Its proprietary technology, up-to-the-minute research and unique Automated Financial Modeling software simulate the impact of different decisions on people’s personal finances, enabling millions of people to make smart financial decisions. The company has created dozens of calculators and tools spanning the full range of personal finance options including home buying, retirement planning, life insurance, personal loans, student loans, credit cards, loan refinance, taxes, finding a financial advisor and investing. These tools live on SmartAsset’s website and are embedded in relevant content on financial publisher websites via the Captivate tool. The company furthers its mission of helping people make smart financial decisions by connecting them to financial advisors via the SmartAdvisor service. In addition to these tools, an in-house editorial team creates thousands of educational articles and data-driven studies.