Motive Partners

Founded in 2016, Motive Partners is a New York-based investment firm focused on financial technology. With additional offices in London, it invests in technology-enabled businesses across North America and Western Europe, aiming to create long-term value and transform markets.

Alvi Abuaf

Industry Partner

Sarina Aggarwal

Associate

Jason Ambrose

Managing Director

Charan Arulmani

Associate

Mariano Belinky Ph.D

Industry Partner

Ash Bhatia

Client Partner

Bob Brown

Founding Partner

Etienne Castiaux

Founding Partner, Motive Labs and CTO

Christine Ciriani

Industry Partner

Neil Cochrane

Partner

Alberto Corvo

Partner and Head of Motive Labs

Stephen Daffron Ph.D

Co-Founder and Industry Partner

Michael Frohlich

Industry Partner

Thomas Harris

Principal

Rob Heyvaert

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Peter Hiom

Industry Partner

Isabel Holding

Vice President

Jake Janjigian

Vice President

Akshat Joshi

Associate

Scott Kauffman

Founding Partner

Bridget Kralingen

Partner

Ashwin Kumar

Industry Partner

Alastair Lukies

Founding Partner and Global Advisory Council Member

Worth Newman

Principal

Caroline O'Connell

Industry Partner

James O'Neill

Founding Partner and Senior Advisor

Luc Philippi

Co-Founding Partner

Mohan Rajagopalan

Managing Director

Abhisek Sahoo

Associate

Raunak S. Sainani

Vice President

Charlotte Samuelu

Principal

Andrew Schwartz

Managing Director, Portfolio Management and Capital Markets

Alex Sion

Managing Director and Head of Memberships

Andy Stewart JD

Industry Partner

Miguel Tejeda

Principal

Charles Teschner

Industry Partner

Mathew Walker

Principal, Investments

Christopher Williams

Managing Director of the Investment Team

Jeff Yabuki

Chairman and Founding Partner

Yuting Zeng

Principal

44 past transactions

Navro

Series B in 2025
Navro specializes in providing payment and banking infrastructure for software companies. Its platform offers tools for real-time insights into payments, efficient tracking of money movements, and streamlined international transactions.

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 catalyst-free, nano-technology solutions designed to help the petrochemical, power, and transportation industries significantly reduce air emissions in accordance with international and national regulations. Its patented technology effectively breaks down toxic pollutants, converting them into non-hazardous elements or valuable by-products. This miniaturized solution is particularly well-suited for marine vessels and offers a cost-effective alternative to existing technologies by lowering both capital and operational costs without necessitating a switch in fuel sources. As a result, Daphne Technology addresses environmental challenges by enabling a cleaner and more sustainable approach to emissions management across various sectors.

Navro

Venture Round in 2024
Navro specializes in providing payment and banking infrastructure for software companies. Its platform offers tools for real-time insights into payments, efficient tracking of money movements, and streamlined international transactions.

Splitit

Acquisition in 2023
Splitit is a payment solution that allows customers to make purchases using their existing credit or debit cards by dividing the total cost into interest-free monthly payments. This service eliminates the need for additional registrations or applications, facilitating instant approval for customers. By offering an easy installment payment option, Splitit helps merchants reduce cart abandonment rates and enhance revenue. The company serves many leading retailers and has a global presence, operating in 27 countries across North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Splitit is headquartered in Atlanta and has research and development operations in Israel, along with 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 dividing the total cost into interest-free monthly payments. This service eliminates the need for additional registrations or applications, facilitating instant approval for customers. By offering an easy installment payment option, Splitit helps merchants reduce cart abandonment rates and enhance revenue. The company serves many leading retailers and has a global presence, operating in 27 countries across North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Splitit is headquartered in Atlanta and has research and development operations in Israel, along with 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 provides comprehensive data and insights tailored for the asset management industry. It offers profiles of companies, funds, people, indices, news, performance metrics, thought leadership, analyst perspectives, and investor preferences.

Nelly

Series A in 2023
Nelly provides a tool for medical practices that digitizes patient onboarding, signatures, and payments to reduce administrative workload. The solution collects patient data via a mobile intake, enables secure e-signatures, and offers flexible payment options. It also allows documents and patient data to be transferred to a practice management system and supports sending treatment contracts by SMS or email for signature. By simplifying documentation and payments, Nelly aims to make clinic visits more efficient for both patients and staff, reducing bureaucratic burdens in healthcare.

Penzilla

Seed Round in 2023
Penzilla provides a SaaS platform that integrates with HR systems to optimize corporate pension benefits. It evaluates each employee's provision status, ensures compliance, automates processes, and promotes responsible employer practices.

Constrafor

Venture Round in 2023
Constrafor is a technology company focused on the construction sector, providing a cloud-based platform designed to enhance productivity and financial management for general contractors and subcontractors. The platform simplifies and standardizes essential back-office tasks, such as subcontractor procurement, contract management, invoice processing, and diversity procurement, all within a single interface. For general contractors, Constrafor facilitates efficient interactions with subcontractors by managing bids, deadlines, and communication with suppliers. Subcontractors benefit from features like fast receivables financing through an Early Pay Program, which accelerates payment cycles and improves cash flow, enabling them to take on additional projects. By integrating these functionalities, Constrafor aims to revolutionize the construction industry's procurement processes.

Navro

Series A in 2023
Navro specializes in providing payment and banking infrastructure for software companies. Its platform offers tools for real-time insights into payments, efficient tracking of money movements, and streamlined international transactions.

bezahl.de

Series A in 2023
Bezahl.de specializes in automating and digitizing the entire receivables process. Its platform handles invoicing, dunning, financial accounting booking, real-time payment processing, invoice digitization, and embedded finance services.

Pliant

Series A in 2023
Pliant is a European fintech that specializes in B2B payment solutions through an API-first platform designed to streamline spending, improve cash flow, and embed payments into financial workflows. It serves industries with complex payment needs, such as travel and fleet, by enabling greater efficiency, control, and profitability. The company targets two primary segments: businesses seeking operational automation and extended credit lines, and financial software platforms, ERP providers, and banks seeking to offer embedded finance and white-label credit card solutions. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Pliant supports over 3,500 businesses and more than 20 partners, and operates as a licensed e-money institution issuing Visa-powered credit cards in 11 currencies across more than 30 countries. The platform provides customizable credit card management, automated transaction tracking, and real-time spending control to enhance financial oversight, reduce administrative workload, and optimize cash flow while maintaining security compliance.

TRIVER

Series C in 2022
TRIVER offers instant capital access to small businesses via its API-first platform. Utilizing Open Banking data and AI models, TRIVER enables partners like accounting software and digital banks to provide flexible financing solutions tailored to their clients' cash flow needs.

Motive Ventures

Acquisition in 2022
Motive Ventures is the early-stage investment arm of Motive Partners, focused on fintech investments from pre-seed through Series A in North America, Europe and Israel. It is backed by prominent tech entrepreneurs, industry veterans and leading institutions and venture investors, and operates from Berlin, London and New York.

Accordion

Secondary Market in 2022
Accordion Partners LLC is a financial and technology consulting firm founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in San Francisco, Boston, Charlotte, and Dallas. The company specializes in providing a range of consulting services to private equity clients, covering various aspects of the CFO function across the investment lifecycle. Their offerings include operational and technical accounting, strategic financial planning and analysis, transaction execution, public company readiness, and interim leadership. Accordion also focuses on data and analytics, enabling clients to derive insights from their data for informed decision-making. The firm serves diverse industries, including business services, consumer and retail, energy services, financial services, healthcare, industrials, media, and technology.

Credix

Series A in 2022
Credix is a decentralized credit platform focused on providing borrowers in emerging markets with access to capital that has been historically difficult to obtain. By leveraging blockchain technology, Credix connects high-quality borrowers with global investors, creating credit lines that offer attractive yields. The platform serves as an infrastructure for businesses and marketplaces, facilitating lending, underwriting, and debt collection. This approach allows for diverse credit options while ensuring that investors are paid upfront. Credix aims to enhance transparency and efficiency in the credit market, enabling borrowers to access funds in a more streamlined manner.

Backbase

Private Equity Round in 2022
Backbase is a developer of advanced banking software that focuses on helping financial institutions accelerate their digital transformation. The company’s Engagement Banking Platform provides a comprehensive solution that integrates data and functionality from traditional core systems and modern fintech players, allowing banks and credit unions to create and manage seamless customer experiences across various devices. By enabling organizations to streamline their digital self-service and online sales operations, Backbase facilitates measurable business results in a digital-first environment. With a strong emphasis on customer experience management and rapid implementation, the platform has gained recognition from industry analysts and is utilized by over 150 financial institutions worldwide, including notable names such as ABN AMRO, Barclays, and Deutsche Bank. Founded in 2003, Backbase operates from its headquarters in Amsterdam, Atlanta, and Singapore.

Titanbay

Series A in 2022
Titanbay is a private equity investment platform that aims to democratize access to private equity funds for a wider range of investors. The company provides a platform designed to facilitate diversified allocations across various asset classes, enabling both private and institutional investors to participate in top-tier private equity, distressed debt, and venture capital funds. Through this platform, Titanbay offers tools for deal flow and portfolio analysis, allowing investors to engage without the burden of large ticket sizes or high fees. By focusing on accessibility, Titanbay seeks to enhance investment opportunities and facilitate returns for its users.

TIFIN

Series D in 2022
TIFIN is a platform that develops and operates fintech companies specializing in wealth management, investments, and personal finance. It leverages investment intelligence, data science, and technology to create intelligent products tailored to individual investors.

FNZ

Private Equity Round in 2022
FNZ is a FinTech company partnering with financial institutions to deliver multi-channel wealth management services. It offers long-term partnerships for digital propositions, customer service transformation, and asset growth across various channels.

CAIS

Private Equity Round in 2022
Founded in 2009, CAIS is a New York-based financial technology platform that connects independent financial advisors with top-tier managers of specialized investment products. The company offers streamlined access to alternative investments such as hedge funds, private equity, private credit, real estate, structured notes, and digital assets.

Trumid

Venture Round in 2021
Trumid Financial LLC is a financial technology company based in New York that specializes in electronic trading solutions for the credit market. Founded in 2014, Trumid operates the Trumid Market Center, an electronic trading network specifically designed for corporate bonds, and offers Trumid Bond Stream, a tool that provides TRACE pricing data. The company focuses on enhancing the credit trading experience by integrating advanced technology with market expertise, facilitating direct access to liquidity and valuable market intelligence for professionals in the corporate bond sector. Additionally, Trumid Labs leverages data science to manage its network and provide bond price lookup services, enabling participants to make informed trading decisions. Trumid operates as a subsidiary of Trumid Holdings LLC.

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 that provides a cloud-based platform for merchant acquiring used by banks worldwide. The platform sits atop legacy payment systems to deliver digital experiences for merchants and their customers, including onboarding, portals, data integrations, and loyalty programs, without the need for costly migrations. By improving engagement and data-driven insights, Pollinate helps banks compete with fintech disruptors and strengthen relationships with merchants and consumers. The platform has been leveraged by major UK lenders to re-enter merchant acquiring, illustrating its practical support for banks expanding their merchant relationships.

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 that provides a cloud-based platform for merchant acquiring used by banks worldwide. The platform sits atop legacy payment systems to deliver digital experiences for merchants and their customers, including onboarding, portals, data integrations, and loyalty programs, without the need for costly migrations. By improving engagement and data-driven insights, Pollinate helps banks compete with fintech disruptors and strengthen relationships with merchants and consumers. The platform has been leveraged by major UK lenders to re-enter merchant acquiring, illustrating its practical support for banks expanding their merchant relationships.

QOMPLX

Series A in 2019
QOMPLX is an advanced analytics company that empowers businesses to make informed decisions by integrating diverse data sources. Its Human+AI operating system, Q:OS, combines data handling, analytics, algorithms, simulations, and machine learning to deliver real-time, context-specific insights.

Finantix

Private Equity Round in 2019
Finantix is a technology products company that specializes in developing solutions for banking, wealth management, and insurance sectors. Recognizing the complexities of financial institutions, which often have layers of technology built over many years, Finantix provides flexible, component-based solutions designed to integrate seamlessly into existing infrastructures and digital strategies. The company's offerings include a comprehensive library of software modules and components aimed at digitizing and transforming omnichannel advisory, sales, and services processes for financial institutions. These solutions promote innovation and reusability across various business channels and devices, enabling financial services to leverage legacy architectures and data effectively. With a focus on enhancing the client experience for a range of customers from mass affluent to ultra-high net worth individuals, Finantix supports the digitalization of the entire client life cycle, from onboarding to transactions.

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.

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.

Finantix

Acquisition in 2018
Finantix is a technology products company that specializes in developing solutions for banking, wealth management, and insurance sectors. Recognizing the complexities of financial institutions, which often have layers of technology built over many years, Finantix provides flexible, component-based solutions designed to integrate seamlessly into existing infrastructures and digital strategies. The company's offerings include a comprehensive library of software modules and components aimed at digitizing and transforming omnichannel advisory, sales, and services processes for financial institutions. These solutions promote innovation and reusability across various business channels and devices, enabling financial services to leverage legacy architectures and data effectively. With a focus on enhancing the client experience for a range of customers from mass affluent to ultra-high net worth individuals, Finantix supports the digitalization of the entire client life cycle, from onboarding to transactions.

Bindable

Private Equity Round in 2018
Bindable is a Boston-based company that specializes in developing solutions for insurance distribution, catering to insurance companies, intermediaries, financial institutions, and affinity groups. Founded in 2018, Bindable offers a comprehensive digital platform that includes technology-enabled services such as custom scripting, insurance quote and rate management, and extensive training. This platform is designed to help partners engage their customers more effectively, facilitating product diversification and market expansion within the insurance sector. By leveraging their tools and expertise, Bindable enables clients to enter the insurance market and enhance their existing operations.

Bindable

Acquisition in 2018
Bindable is a Boston-based company that specializes in developing solutions for insurance distribution, catering to insurance companies, intermediaries, financial institutions, and affinity groups. Founded in 2018, Bindable offers a comprehensive digital platform that includes technology-enabled services such as custom scripting, insurance quote and rate management, and extensive training. This platform is designed to help partners engage their customers more effectively, facilitating product diversification and market expansion within the insurance sector. By leveraging their tools and expertise, Bindable enables clients to enter the insurance market and enhance their existing operations.

Lucht Probst Associates

Acquisition in 2018
Lucht Probst Associates (LPA), founded in 1999, is a prominent leader in the capital markets technology and advisory sector, particularly within Europe. The firm specializes in providing innovative software solutions and expert advisory services to international banks and financial institutions. LPA's offerings include strategic advice, risk management, and implementation services, all designed to enhance operational efficiency, ensure regulatory compliance, and improve client experiences. With a strong track record, LPA helps financial institutions navigate market challenges and capitalize on opportunities, ultimately supporting their business objectives and profitability.

Lucht Probst Associates

Private Equity Round in 2018
Lucht Probst Associates (LPA), founded in 1999, is a prominent leader in the capital markets technology and advisory sector, particularly within Europe. The firm specializes in providing innovative software solutions and expert advisory services to international banks and financial institutions. LPA's offerings include strategic advice, risk management, and implementation services, all designed to enhance operational efficiency, ensure regulatory compliance, and improve client experiences. With a strong track record, LPA helps financial institutions navigate market challenges and capitalize on opportunities, ultimately supporting their business objectives and profitability.

J.P. Morgan Workplace Solutions

Acquisition in 2018
J.P. Morgan Workplace Solutions provides an equity compensation management platform and related services for organizations of all sizes. The integrated technology and services help employers administer employee stock plans, communicate workplace incentives, and offer financial education and wealth-building support to employees. The solution aims to simplify stock plan administration, enhance understanding of equity compensation, and help organizations attract and retain talent by aligning incentives with company goals. It focuses on enabling teams to manage their equity and incentives with confidence, improving administrative efficiency for employers and financial literacy for employees.

J.P. Morgan Workplace Solutions

Private Equity Round in 2018
J.P. Morgan Workplace Solutions provides an equity compensation management platform and related services for organizations of all sizes. The integrated technology and services help employers administer employee stock plans, communicate workplace incentives, and offer financial education and wealth-building support to employees. The solution aims to simplify stock plan administration, enhance understanding of equity compensation, and help organizations attract and retain talent by aligning incentives with company goals. It focuses on enabling teams to manage their equity and incentives with confidence, improving administrative efficiency for employers and financial literacy for employees.

Avaloq

Private Equity Round in 2017
Avaloq is an international fintech company specializing in digitizing and automating financial services. It offers the Avaloq Banking Suite, a core and digital banking software, along with integrated business process outsourcing (BPO) services. The company serves wealth managers, private banks, retail banks, and commercial banks, enhancing operational efficiency and client interactions.

LMRKTS

Series A in 2017
LMRKTS, LLC is a financial services firm that specializes in risk mitigation by employing mathematical optimization techniques to address counterparty, market, and settlement exposures. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in London, the company offers a range of solutions, including both network-based and single-firm approaches, aimed at managing market and operational risks. By utilizing proprietary algorithms tailored to client data and specific objectives, LMRKTS helps clients reduce risk and leverage ratios, while also minimizing capital, balance sheet, and operational costs. The firm's compensation model is performance-based, charging clients only upon the successful completion of a compression round that reduces total costs, thereby fostering a collaborative environment among market participants across various asset classes.

LMRKTS

Acquisition in 2017
LMRKTS, LLC is a financial services firm that specializes in risk mitigation by employing mathematical optimization techniques to address counterparty, market, and settlement exposures. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in London, the company offers a range of solutions, including both network-based and single-firm approaches, aimed at managing market and operational risks. By utilizing proprietary algorithms tailored to client data and specific objectives, LMRKTS helps clients reduce risk and leverage ratios, while also minimizing capital, balance sheet, and operational costs. The firm's compensation model is performance-based, charging clients only upon the successful completion of a compression round that reduces total costs, thereby fostering a collaborative environment among market participants across various asset classes.

Penzilla

Penzilla provides a SaaS platform that integrates with HR systems to optimize corporate pension benefits. It evaluates each employee's provision status, ensures compliance, automates processes, and promotes responsible employer practices.
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