Motive Partners is a private equity firm established in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in London. The firm specializes in financial technology, focusing on investing in technology-enabled financial and business services companies across various sectors, including banking and payments, capital markets, data and analytics, insurance, and wealth and asset management. With a commitment to creating long-term value, Motive Partners leverages its expertise and connectivity to support the growth and transformation of financial technology businesses, aiming to positively impact markets and society. As a Registered Investment Adviser, Motive Partners is dedicated to fostering innovation and development within the financial technology landscape.
Managing Director, Portfolio Management and Capital Markets
Andy Stewart
Founding Partner
Miguel Tejeda
Principal
Mathew Walker
Principal, Investments
Chris Williams
Managing Director of the Investment Team
Jeff Yabuki
Chairman and Founding Partner
Yuting Zeng
Principal
Stephen Daffron Ph.D
Co-Founder and Industry Partner
43 past transactions
Navro
Series B in 2025
Navro specializes in providing payment and banking infrastructure tailored for software companies. The company has developed a fintech platform that enables brands to scale their payment operations on a global scale. Navro offers a range of services, including customizable checkout solutions, integration of various payment acceptance methods, local fund collection, and real-time payment stack management. This comprehensive approach allows businesses to efficiently manage their payments infrastructure, facilitating international growth and ensuring that companies can receive funds in their preferred methods.
Daphne Technology
Venture Round in 2024
Daphne Technology SA is a climate technology company based in Ecublens, Switzerland, founded in 2017. The company specializes in developing a catalyst-free, nano-technology aimed at reducing air emissions for industries such as petrochemical, power, and transportation. Its patented solutions are designed to be miniaturized, making them particularly suitable for marine vessels. By effectively breaking down toxic pollutants into non-hazardous elements, the technology not only meets international and national regulatory requirements but also offers significant cost advantages. It allows for a substantial reduction in operating costs without necessitating a change in fuel type, thereby enabling cleaner emissions for ships using current and future fuels, including ammonia and hydrogen.
Navro
Venture Round in 2024
Navro specializes in providing payment and banking infrastructure tailored for software companies. The company has developed a fintech platform that enables brands to scale their payment operations on a global scale. Navro offers a range of services, including customizable checkout solutions, integration of various payment acceptance methods, local fund collection, and real-time payment stack management. This comprehensive approach allows businesses to efficiently manage their payments infrastructure, facilitating international growth and ensuring that companies can receive funds in their preferred methods.
Splitit
Acquisition in 2023
Splitit is a payment solution that allows customers to make purchases using their existing credit or debit cards by splitting the total cost into interest-free monthly installments. This service eliminates the need for additional registrations or applications, providing a seamless payment experience. By offering instant approval for payment plans, Splitit helps merchants reduce cart abandonment and enhance revenue. The company serves many top merchants in the retail sector and operates across 27 countries, with a presence in North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Headquartered in Atlanta, Splitit also has a research and development center in Israel and offices in London.
Splitit
Post in 2023
Splitit is a payment solution that allows customers to make purchases using their existing credit or debit cards by splitting the total cost into interest-free monthly installments. This service eliminates the need for additional registrations or applications, providing a seamless payment experience. By offering instant approval for payment plans, Splitit helps merchants reduce cart abandonment and enhance revenue. The company serves many top merchants in the retail sector and operates across 27 countries, with a presence in North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Headquartered in Atlanta, Splitit also has a research and development center in Israel and offices in London.
Dfns
Seed Round in 2023
Dfns offers a wallets-as-a-service (WaaS) platform that enables businesses to efficiently manage digital assets while ensuring high levels of security. The platform integrates seamlessly with existing systems, allowing for secure user onboarding and streamlined transactions across multiple blockchains.
With Intelligence
Acquisition in 2023
With Intelligence is a data and intelligence provider focused on the asset management industry, offering comprehensive insights and analytical tools to support investment decisions. The company specializes in delivering business intelligence related to hedge funds, private equity, real estate, private debt, and traditional asset management. Its services include detailed profiles, fund information, performance metrics, and news, as well as peer-reviewed research and analyst perspectives. By providing this extensive data, With Intelligence aims to facilitate effective fundraising and asset allocation for investors and managers, helping them identify opportunities and make informed decisions in a competitive market.
Nelly
Series A in 2023
Nelly provides a tool for medical practices that simplifies patient onboarding and payments. It creates the basis for stress-free and clear work in your practice by drastically reducing the administrative effort for doctors, MFAs, ZFAs, and patients with Nelly. 90% of all healthcare professionals perceive bureaucracy and administrative burdens as the biggest problem in the workplace. The company's mission is to reduce the administrative effort in the healthcare sector by simplifying documentation and payment processes in order to make the practice visit more patient- and employee-friendly.
Penzilla
Seed Round in 2023
Penzilla GmbH specializes in providing a software solution that enhances corporate pension management. Its human resource software functions as an operating system for occupational provision, integrating seamlessly with major HR systems. The platform offers individual evaluations of employees' pension statuses while ensuring compliance with regulations. By automating the entire process, Penzilla simplifies pension management for employers and employees alike, promoting transparency and facilitating corporate social responsibility. This streamlined approach helps organizations maximize the benefits of their corporate pension options.
Constrafor
Venture Round in 2023
Constrafor is a SaaS and fintech company focused on enhancing productivity and cost-efficiency in the construction industry. Its cloud-based platform simplifies and standardizes essential back-office tasks for general contractors and subcontractors, including subcontractor procurement, contract management, certificates of insurance, invoicing, and payments. The platform facilitates streamlined interactions among stakeholders, enabling multiple bids on projects and efficient communication with suppliers. Additionally, Constrafor provides subcontractors with receivables financing options, such as an Early Pay Program, which accelerates the invoice payment cycle and increases cash flow, allowing them to take on more projects. Overall, Constrafor aims to transform the construction procurement process, making it more efficient and effective for all parties involved.
Navro
Series A in 2023
Navro specializes in providing payment and banking infrastructure tailored for software companies. The company has developed a fintech platform that enables brands to scale their payment operations on a global scale. Navro offers a range of services, including customizable checkout solutions, integration of various payment acceptance methods, local fund collection, and real-time payment stack management. This comprehensive approach allows businesses to efficiently manage their payments infrastructure, facilitating international growth and ensuring that companies can receive funds in their preferred methods.
Bezahl.de
Series A in 2023
Bezahl.de is a financial technology startup that focuses on automating and digitizing the receivables process. Its digital payment management platform streamlines tasks such as invoicing, dunning, and financial accounting, enabling real-time communication with customers regarding payment receipts. The platform enhances internal payment management for businesses, particularly in marketing and automotive sectors, by facilitating automated accounting, payment traceability, and contactless payment options. Additionally, Bezahl.de offers services for invoice digitization and embedded finance, ultimately helping organizations improve efficiency and conserve resources in their payment processes.
Pliant
Series A in 2023
Pliant is a European fintech company that specializes in B2B payment solutions, offering a modular, API-first platform designed to streamline spending and enhance cash flow for businesses. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Pliant caters to industries with complex payment needs, such as travel and fleet management. The platform provides companies with intuitive applications and APIs, allowing them to gain control, automate processes, and enjoy financial flexibility through extended credit lines. Pliant also partners with financial software platforms, ERP providers, and banks to enhance their credit card offerings via its embedded finance and white-label solutions. As a licensed e-money institution, Pliant issues Visa-powered credit cards in 11 currencies and operates in over 30 countries, supporting more than 3,500 businesses globally while simplifying payment processes.
TRIVER
Series C in 2022
TRIVER is a financial technology company that provides small businesses with immediate access to capital through an API-first platform. By utilizing Open Banking data and advanced AI models, TRIVER transforms the financing process for small enterprises across various industries. Its platform allows businesses to secure advance funds against their receivables, facilitating repayment via direct debit once clients settle their debts. This approach offers a simple and transparent fee structure for each transaction, enabling small and medium-sized enterprises to manage short-term cash flow needs efficiently. By partnering with digital service providers such as accounting software and digital banks, TRIVER delivers flexible capital solutions that streamline the financing experience for small businesses.
Motive Ventures
Acquisition in 2022
Motive Ventures is the early-stage investment arm of Motive Partners, focused on pre-seed through to Series A financial technology investments in North America and Europe (incl. Israel). Motive Ventures is backed by globally recognized tech entrepreneurs, industry veterans as well as leading institutions and venture investors. Motive Ventures is based in Berlin, London and New York.
Accordion
Secondary Market in 2022
Accordion Partners LLC is a private equity consulting firm based in New York, with additional offices in San Francisco, Boston, Charlotte, and Dallas. Established in 2009, it specializes in financial and technology consulting, offering a range of services that include financial accounting advisory, strategic financial planning and analysis, and transaction execution. Accordion assists clients with operational and technical accounting, data analytics, CFO-driven transformation, and interim leadership, among other services. The firm serves a diverse array of industries, including business services, consumer and retail, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrials, media, and technology. By partnering with clients throughout the investment lifecycle, Accordion aims to enhance operational efficiency and support strategic decision-making in the private capital sector.
Credix
Series A in 2022
Credix is a next-generation FinTech platform that allows any B2B platform to offer flexible financing options to its business buyers. Embed Credix into your platform to begin offering short-term financing to attract customers, drive volume, and enhance their experience today. With investors such as Valor Capital Group, Motive Partners, and ParaFi Capital, the company has already raised US$100 million in equity and debt financing.
Backbase
Private Equity Round in 2022
Backbase is a developer of advanced banking software aimed at helping financial institutions enhance their digital transformation and compete effectively in a digital-first environment. Its Engagement Banking Platform offers a comprehensive solution that unifies data from traditional core systems and new fintech innovations, allowing banks to create and manage seamless customer experiences across various devices. This platform is designed to streamline digital self-service and online sales operations, providing the speed and flexibility necessary for financial institutions to achieve measurable business results. Over 150 banks and credit unions globally, including notable names like ABN AMRO and Barclays, have adopted Backbase to improve their omni-channel operations. Backbase, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Amsterdam, has received recognition from industry analysts for its strong focus on customer experience management and rapid implementation capabilities.
Titanbay
Series A in 2022
Invest in top-tier private equity, distressed debt & venture capital funds alongside the world's leading investors.
Tifin
Series D in 2022
Tifin is a fintech platform founded in 2018, based in New York City, that develops and operates companies focused on wealth management, investments, and personal finance. By leveraging investment intelligence, data science, and advanced technology, Tifin aims to enhance the investor experience with innovative products tailored to individual needs. The company emphasizes the importance of making investing a significant contributor to financial well-being. Tifin also has regional offices in Boulder, Bengaluru, Charlotte, and Mumbai, reflecting its broad market reach and commitment to evolving the financial services landscape.
FNZ
Private Equity Round in 2022
FNZ is a FinTech firm that collaborates with financial institutions to enhance their wealth management services across various channels, including direct, intermediated, and workplace segments. The company offers a comprehensive technology platform that covers the entire wealth management value chain, providing outsourcing services that encompass digital user experiences, account and portfolio management, as well as back-office trade execution and investment administration. By forming long-term partnerships, FNZ helps its clients deliver efficient, transparent, and scalable wealth management solutions tailored to financial advisers, end-investors, and workplace environments. This approach enables financial institutions to improve their customer service offerings and expand assets under management in response to evolving market, demographic, and regulatory trends.
CAIS
Private Equity Round in 2022
CAIS is a financial technology platform designed to connect independent financial advisors with a diverse range of alternative investment products. Founded in 2009 by Jeremy Norton and Matt Brown in New York, the platform provides access to specialized investment options such as hedge funds, private equity, private credit, real estate, structured notes, and digital assets. By offering streamlined execution and a growing array of investment funds, CAIS enables financial advisors to seize opportunities and enhance client outcomes in a dynamic market environment. The company also includes independent due diligence services provided by Mercer to support informed decision-making. As a member of the NFA, CAIS ensures compliance and regulatory integrity in its operations.
Trumid
Venture Round in 2021
Trumid Financial LLC is a financial technology company focused on enhancing the electronic trading experience in the credit market. Established in 2014 and based in New York, Trumid operates the Trumid Market Center, an electronic trading network and market intelligence platform for corporate bonds. The company also provides Trumid Bond Stream, which delivers TRACE pricing data to traders, and Trumid Labs, which utilizes data science to manage trading networks and offer bond price lookup services. By combining advanced technology with market expertise, Trumid aims to improve efficiency and provide corporate bond market professionals with direct access to liquidity and valuable market insights, enabling informed trading decisions.
Insurify
Series B in 2021
Insurify, Inc. is an online platform based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in car, home, and life insurance. Founded in 2013, the company leverages artificial intelligence and natural language processing to simplify the insurance shopping experience for users. By utilizing chatbots and personalized recommendations, Insurify helps customers easily compare insurance quotes, discounts, and payment options from various providers in one convenient location. This approach aims to make the process of finding and purchasing insurance more straightforward and affordable, ultimately enhancing user satisfaction in the insurance market.
Pollinate
Series C in 2021
Pollinate is a London-based software company specializing in merchant acquiring solutions for banks globally. Comprised of experts from the financial services, merchant acquiring, loyalty, and technology sectors, the firm aims to help banks effectively compete with disruptive payment companies. By offering an innovative cloud-based platform that integrates seamlessly with existing payment systems, Pollinate enhances merchant and consumer digital experiences, including onboarding, loyalty programs, and data integrations. This platform enables merchants to better manage their operations and connect more effectively with customers, while providing banks with tools to deepen customer engagement and strengthen relationships with merchants. A notable achievement includes Pollinate’s collaboration with the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, which facilitated the re-entry into the merchant acquiring space with NatWest Tyl, centered around tailored solutions for business customers.
InvestCloud
Private Equity Round in 2021
InvestCloud is a prominent provider of digital financial services, focused on transforming the wealth management industry through innovative technology. The company offers a comprehensive platform that supports asset management and wealth management, catering to a diverse range of clients, including wealth and asset managers, banks, and financial advisors. Its solutions are designed to enhance investment knowledge and facilitate effective financial planning, enabling users to achieve higher returns on investments. InvestCloud's commitment to personalization and scalability is evident in its advisory programs, which include unified managed accounts and separately managed accounts. By equipping financial advisors and their clients with advanced technology and data-driven insights, InvestCloud aims to deliver superior digital wealth management experiences. Headquartered in the United States, the company serves a global clientele, representing a significant portion of the world's total assets. In recognition of its leadership in the fintech space, InvestCloud was named one of CNBC's World’s Top Fintech Companies in 2024.
Fiserv - Investment Services Business
Acquisition in 2019
Fiserv - Investment Services Business is a technology provider for key segments of the wealth and asset management industry.
Pollinate
Series A in 2019
Pollinate is a London-based software company specializing in merchant acquiring solutions for banks globally. Comprised of experts from the financial services, merchant acquiring, loyalty, and technology sectors, the firm aims to help banks effectively compete with disruptive payment companies. By offering an innovative cloud-based platform that integrates seamlessly with existing payment systems, Pollinate enhances merchant and consumer digital experiences, including onboarding, loyalty programs, and data integrations. This platform enables merchants to better manage their operations and connect more effectively with customers, while providing banks with tools to deepen customer engagement and strengthen relationships with merchants. A notable achievement includes Pollinate’s collaboration with the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, which facilitated the re-entry into the merchant acquiring space with NatWest Tyl, centered around tailored solutions for business customers.
Qomplx
Series A in 2019
Qomplx, Inc. is an analytics and insurance software company based in Reston, Virginia, with additional offices in Denver, Oxford, and London. Founded in 2015, the company specializes in integrating disparate data sources to create a unified analytics infrastructure that supports decision-making. Its offerings include a cloud-based solution for cybersecurity, which provides monitoring, adaptive incident response, and risk management. Additionally, Qomplx offers the Advanced Insurance Decision Platform, an optimization tool for the insurance industry focused on contract evaluation and regulatory capital monitoring. The Quantitative Trading Decision Platform enables traders to develop strategies based on market awareness and real-time data. The company's Human+AI operating system enhances its capabilities in data handling, analytics, and advanced simulations, allowing clients to make timely and context-specific decisions.
Finantix
Private Equity Round in 2019
Finantix is a technology products company specialising in banking, wealth management and insurance technologies. Finantix recognises that financial institutions are complex organisations with layers of technology acquired over decades of operation, which is why they provide flexible component-based solutions that can slot into your existing infrastructure and digital strategy. Finantix offering is based on a comprehensive library of modules and components designed for the financial services industry, which promote innovation, re-usability across business channels and devices, and helps Financial Services leverage existing legacy architectures and data facilitating the integration and reuse into new digital services initiatives.
Dun & Bradstreet
Acquisition in 2019
Dun & Bradstreet is a leading provider of business intelligence and data analytics solutions that assist organizations in risk management, compliance, and growth strategies. The company offers a wide range of services, including credit scoring, supplier risk assessment, and market insights, enabling clients to make informed decisions. Its extensive database contains financial and operational information on businesses worldwide, which helps organizations evaluate partnerships and track industry trends. Operating primarily in North America, Dun & Bradstreet also serves international markets, providing vital data and analytics across various sectors, including finance, government, and supply chain management. The company supports clients with tools for digital marketing, sales acceleration, and risk management, facilitating better decision-making and strategic planning.
Dun & Bradstreet
Private Equity Round in 2019
Dun & Bradstreet is a leading provider of business intelligence and data analytics solutions that assist organizations in risk management, compliance, and growth strategies. The company offers a wide range of services, including credit scoring, supplier risk assessment, and market insights, enabling clients to make informed decisions. Its extensive database contains financial and operational information on businesses worldwide, which helps organizations evaluate partnerships and track industry trends. Operating primarily in North America, Dun & Bradstreet also serves international markets, providing vital data and analytics across various sectors, including finance, government, and supply chain management. The company supports clients with tools for digital marketing, sales acceleration, and risk management, facilitating better decision-making and strategic planning.
Finantix
Acquisition in 2018
Finantix is a technology products company specialising in banking, wealth management and insurance technologies. Finantix recognises that financial institutions are complex organisations with layers of technology acquired over decades of operation, which is why they provide flexible component-based solutions that can slot into your existing infrastructure and digital strategy. Finantix offering is based on a comprehensive library of modules and components designed for the financial services industry, which promote innovation, re-usability across business channels and devices, and helps Financial Services leverage existing legacy architectures and data facilitating the integration and reuse into new digital services initiatives.
Bindable
Private Equity Round in 2018
Bindable is a Boston-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in insurance distribution solutions. It serves a diverse range of clients, including insurance companies, intermediaries, financial institutions, and affinity groups. The company offers a comprehensive digital platform that includes custom scripting, extensive training, and dedicated follow-up tools, facilitating better customer engagement and monetization. By providing technology-enabled services, Bindable enables its partners to diversify their insurance products and expand their market presence effectively.
Bindable
Acquisition in 2018
Bindable is a Boston-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in insurance distribution solutions. It serves a diverse range of clients, including insurance companies, intermediaries, financial institutions, and affinity groups. The company offers a comprehensive digital platform that includes custom scripting, extensive training, and dedicated follow-up tools, facilitating better customer engagement and monetization. By providing technology-enabled services, Bindable enables its partners to diversify their insurance products and expand their market presence effectively.
Lucht Probst Associates
Private Equity Round in 2018
Founded in 1999, LPA has been an industry leader in the Capital Markets Technology and Advisory space for two decades, effectively combining innovative software solutions with deep subject matter expertise. As the European market leader in capital markets technology solutions, LPA has a proven track record of working with international banks and financial institutions to improve the experience for clients, drive internal efficiencies and increase profitability to ultimately deliver against stated business strategies.
Lucht Probst Associates
Acquisition in 2018
Founded in 1999, LPA has been an industry leader in the Capital Markets Technology and Advisory space for two decades, effectively combining innovative software solutions with deep subject matter expertise. As the European market leader in capital markets technology solutions, LPA has a proven track record of working with international banks and financial institutions to improve the experience for clients, drive internal efficiencies and increase profitability to ultimately deliver against stated business strategies.
J.P. Morgan Workplace Solutions
Acquisition in 2018
J.P. Morgan Workplace Solutions offers a comprehensive platform designed to assist businesses in managing equity compensation and employee stock plans. The service is aimed at companies of all sizes, providing a user-friendly approach that empowers employees to confidently navigate their workplace incentives. By combining technology with personalized services, Workplace Solutions helps organizations attract and retain talent through effective stock plan administration and financial education. The goal is to enhance employees' understanding of their benefits, thereby fostering a committed workforce that aligns with the company's vision.
J.P. Morgan Workplace Solutions
Private Equity Round in 2018
J.P. Morgan Workplace Solutions offers a comprehensive platform designed to assist businesses in managing equity compensation and employee stock plans. The service is aimed at companies of all sizes, providing a user-friendly approach that empowers employees to confidently navigate their workplace incentives. By combining technology with personalized services, Workplace Solutions helps organizations attract and retain talent through effective stock plan administration and financial education. The goal is to enhance employees' understanding of their benefits, thereby fostering a committed workforce that aligns with the company's vision.
Avaloq
Private Equity Round in 2017
Avaloq is an international fintech company that specializes in digitizing and automating the financial services industry. It offers the Avaloq Banking Suite, a comprehensive core and digital banking software, designed to enhance user experience and operational efficiency for wealth and investment managers, private banks, and retail and commercial banks. The company operates an integrated network of business process outsourcing (BPO) centers, making it a unique provider in the financial sector that both develops and manages its software solutions. Avaloq focuses on delivering transaction processing services that enable financial institutions to personalize their client interactions and improve profitability, ultimately aiming to reinvent finance for the betterment of society.
LMRKTS
Series A in 2017
LMRKTS, LLC specializes in financial and operational risk mitigation services, employing mathematical optimization to address counterparty, market, and settlement exposures. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, with an office in London, the company offers both network-based and single-firm solutions tailored to minimize market and operational risks. Utilizing proprietary algorithms, LMRKTS assists clients in reducing risk and leverage ratios, providing projected outcomes based on client data and specific objectives. This approach not only lowers capital and operational costs but also enhances overall efficiency for traders. LMRKTS operates on a performance-based compensation model, receiving payment only upon the successful completion of a compression round, which aligns its incentives with the cost savings achieved for its clients across various asset classes.
LMRKTS
Acquisition in 2017
LMRKTS, LLC specializes in financial and operational risk mitigation services, employing mathematical optimization to address counterparty, market, and settlement exposures. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, with an office in London, the company offers both network-based and single-firm solutions tailored to minimize market and operational risks. Utilizing proprietary algorithms, LMRKTS assists clients in reducing risk and leverage ratios, providing projected outcomes based on client data and specific objectives. This approach not only lowers capital and operational costs but also enhances overall efficiency for traders. LMRKTS operates on a performance-based compensation model, receiving payment only upon the successful completion of a compression round, which aligns its incentives with the cost savings achieved for its clients across various asset classes.
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