Liquid 2 Ventures

Liquid 2 Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that provides seed- and early-stage capital to technology startups. The firm supports founders across technology sectors and seeks to partner with ambitious teams developing innovative software and related technologies.

Michael Ma

General Partner

Mike Miller

General Partner

Nathaniel Montana

General Partner

Elizabeth Montana-Luciano

Director of Operations

Matthew Mulvey

Partner

Past deals in Risk Management

Unbound Security

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Unbound Security specializes in data protection, offering a browser extension platform that safeguards sensitive information. Its solution provides real-time monitoring and granular access control, ensuring businesses comply with data regulations and maintain security without disrupting employee workflows or requiring additional infrastructure.

District Cover

Seed Round in 2024
District Cover employs data-driven analytics to assess the risk profiles of city-based small businesses. It offers tailored insurance policies through its proprietary, non-admitted commercial insurance product, aiming to provide consistent and relevant insurance solutions as traditional options become scarce or costly.

PromptArmor

Pre Seed Round in 2024
PromptArmor is a developer of a security and compliance platform focused on ensuring the responsible use of large language models (LLMs) and related applications. The company aims to mitigate potential security risks associated with LLMs through advanced detection and prevention technologies. Its platform offers features such as data exfiltration prevention, risk assessment, adversarial input detection, and phishing protection. By providing these services, PromptArmor enables clients to pursue secure and ethical advancements in the field of artificial intelligence.

Abstract Security

Seed Round in 2024
Abstract Security is a company that provides advanced data management solutions aimed at enhancing security and compliance analytics. It specializes in optimizing data usage while ensuring effective detection and compliance, thereby alleviating the burden on security teams. Abstract Security's offerings include a data security operations platform that incorporates artificial intelligence for threat detection, automated risk assessment, and seamless response capabilities. The platform surpasses conventional security information and event management systems by analyzing essential enterprise data for proactive cybersecurity risk management. Additionally, the company's privacy-first data lake architecture supports real-time analytics, enabling organizations to safeguard their digital assets effectively.

SafetyKit

Seed Round in 2023
SafetyKit automates Trust and Safety. SafetyKit's AI agents allow Operations, Risk, and Trust teams to scale review, enforcement, and appeals without throwing more people at the problem. This means faster, better decisions than traditional outsourced reviewers. The founders are ex-Airbnb, Meta, and Stripe, where they owned compliance, onboarding, and supportability reviews.

Abstract Security

Seed Round in 2023
Abstract Security is a company that provides advanced data management solutions aimed at enhancing security and compliance analytics. It specializes in optimizing data usage while ensuring effective detection and compliance, thereby alleviating the burden on security teams. Abstract Security's offerings include a data security operations platform that incorporates artificial intelligence for threat detection, automated risk assessment, and seamless response capabilities. The platform surpasses conventional security information and event management systems by analyzing essential enterprise data for proactive cybersecurity risk management. Additionally, the company's privacy-first data lake architecture supports real-time analytics, enabling organizations to safeguard their digital assets effectively.

District Cover

Pre Seed Round in 2022
District Cover employs data-driven analytics to assess the risk profiles of city-based small businesses. It offers tailored insurance policies through its proprietary, non-admitted commercial insurance product, aiming to provide consistent and relevant insurance solutions as traditional options become scarce or costly.

Holdingz

Seed Round in 2022
Holdingz is a risk management platform that helps businesses diversify, protect, and grow their holdings.

Plover Parametrics

Seed Round in 2022
Plover Parametrics is a company that specializes in providing an insurance data platform focused on event-driven insurance. By leveraging unconventional data, Plover enables insurance carriers and brokers to develop innovative products that address the complexities of modern risk management. The company's software analyzes backtested loss ratios and claims payments, offering transparency that aids the insurance ecosystem in generating sustainable income. Plover's solutions are particularly beneficial for managing climate change insurance and reducing the costs associated with claims administration, ultimately contributing to a more efficient and impactful insurance landscape.

Argus

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Argus is an employee trade compliance platform that creates professional services firms or asset managers, banks, or fintech. Argus lets bankers, consultants, crypto natives, and others trade their liquid assets easily in line with employer compliance restrictions, enabling firms to automate internal compliance, shrinking back-office headcount and minimize risks.

Waterplan

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Waterplan develops a platform that manages water availability in facilities using artificial intelligence. It collects operational data from businesses and combines it with local water satellite imagery to provide real-time financial assessments of water risk, offering mitigation and adaptation options.

Fix

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Fix is an all-in-one dashboard for security engineers. Prioritize top risks by combining user, resource, and configuration data. Plus, get actionable remediation recommendations for your DevOps team.

Simetrik

Venture Round in 2019
Founded in 2017, Simetrik specializes in providing big data solutions for corporate finance control and automation. Its platform offers AI-powered tools, no-code configuration, and secure data integration capabilities, enabling global enterprises to streamline transaction reconciliation, detect anomalies, reduce manual effort, accelerate financial closings, and enhance decision-making.

Simetrik

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2017, Simetrik specializes in providing big data solutions for corporate finance control and automation. Its platform offers AI-powered tools, no-code configuration, and secure data integration capabilities, enabling global enterprises to streamline transaction reconciliation, detect anomalies, reduce manual effort, accelerate financial closings, and enhance decision-making.

Preclusio

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2019, Preclusio develops software that assists businesses in complying with privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA. Its solutions use machine learning to automatically identify and tag personal data across an organization's entire data infrastructure, enabling companies to discover, map, and audit their data at scale.

Nomisma

Pre Seed Round in 2018
They provide ideas regarding the potential transferability and application of straightforward financial market insights into the blockchain-based virtual commodity or ‘Cryptoasset’ universe.Their goal is to design a blockchain-based toolkit that enables the application of existing financial engineering tools to the Cryptoasset universe. Armed with this toolkit, users can tailor instruments matching their desired risk preferences. They are self-funded and rely on voluntary contributions of time, ideas, and brainstorming capacity. They will continually develop, refine and present ideas to the Cryptoasset user and academic community in an open dialogue for further consideration.

Whispli

Seed Round in 2018
Whispli is a secure whistleblowing management platform that allows employees to anonymously report violations of company conduct. The platform facilitates the confidential communication of issues such as fraud, harassment, discrimination, and unethical behavior through various channels, including live chat, SMS, and email. By enabling over five million employees to voice their concerns, Whispli assists organizations in identifying and addressing internal issues before they escalate and potentially damage the company's reputation and financial standing. Furthermore, Whispli fosters a culture of open feedback, which is essential for enhancing employee engagement and retention. Through its services, the company helps organizations uncover blind spots, promote accountability, and reinforce ethical practices.

Unit21

Seed Round in 2018
Unit21 Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2018 that develops a no-code platform designed to streamline risk and compliance operations for businesses. The platform features an application programming interface and a dashboard that enable users to detect and manage money laundering, fraud, and other sophisticated risks across various industries. In addition to risk detection, Unit21's solutions encompass case management, transaction monitoring, identity verification, operations management, as well as analytics and reporting capabilities. The company emphasizes security, employing best practices to safeguard its systems against potential threats.

Newfront

Venture Round in 2018
Newfront is a technology-enabled insurance broker and provider of risk management services that combines brokerage technology with risk analytics and benchmarking to help businesses purchase and manage insurance. The platform supports risk control and claims advocacy, organizes leases, contracts, and related information, assigns brokers to review quotes and coverage options, and assists with renewals, claims, and certificates. It aims to streamline the insurance purchasing process by offering policy options from multiple carriers and providing insight-based recommendations to simplify terms and renewals.

Drip Capital

Seed Round in 2017
Drip Capital Inc. is a financial technology company that specializes in providing credit solutions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) engaged in cross-border trade, particularly in developing markets. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in Mumbai, India, Drip Capital offers a range of trade finance products, including invoice factoring, export finance, and receivables factoring. The company utilizes an automated risk assessment model to facilitate quick and hassle-free access to financing, thus streamlining the borrowing process for its clients. Drip Capital's platform leverages multiple data sources for underwriting transactions, enabling SMEs to obtain collateral-free loans and lines of credit to support their working capital needs. The team comprises experienced professionals from prestigious institutions, and the company is supported by notable investors from Silicon Valley.

Drip Capital

Seed Round in 2016
Drip Capital Inc. is a financial technology company that specializes in providing credit solutions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) engaged in cross-border trade, particularly in developing markets. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in Mumbai, India, Drip Capital offers a range of trade finance products, including invoice factoring, export finance, and receivables factoring. The company utilizes an automated risk assessment model to facilitate quick and hassle-free access to financing, thus streamlining the borrowing process for its clients. Drip Capital's platform leverages multiple data sources for underwriting transactions, enabling SMEs to obtain collateral-free loans and lines of credit to support their working capital needs. The team comprises experienced professionals from prestigious institutions, and the company is supported by notable investors from Silicon Valley.

SafetyKit

Pre Seed Round in 1923
SafetyKit automates Trust and Safety. SafetyKit's AI agents allow Operations, Risk, and Trust teams to scale review, enforcement, and appeals without throwing more people at the problem. This means faster, better decisions than traditional outsourced reviewers. The founders are ex-Airbnb, Meta, and Stripe, where they owned compliance, onboarding, and supportability reviews.
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