Soma Capital

Soma Capital is a venture capital firm established in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It focuses on investing in seed-stage startups primarily in the software sector, with a particular interest in areas such as B2B SaaS, artificial intelligence, fintech, clean-tech, frontier-tech, prop-tech, cryptocurrency, health tech, and consumer industries. Soma Capital aims to support founders by leveraging insights from its own founding experience. The firm has successfully invested in several high-profile startups, which collectively are valued at over $60 billion, including notable companies such as Cruise, Rappi, Ironclad, Human Interest, Razorpay, Rippling, and Lambda School. Soma Capital operates as a Registered Investment Adviser and targets opportunities across diverse regions, including Africa, the Middle East, South America, and Asia.

Juan Abundes

Venture Partner

Willem van den Bosch

Investment Partner

Douglas Carney

Investor

Mir Faiyaz

Partner and Head of Growth Investments

Fouad Farhat

Investment Partner

Juliet Fern

Investor

Nikhita Jaaswal

Investment Partner

Taryn Livingstone

Investor

Vishnu Srinivasan

Investor

Past deals in Banks

Slash

Series A in 2023
Slash operates an online banking platform designed to facilitate seamless fund transfers between personal and business bank accounts. The platform offers a range of services, including deposits, payments, virtual cards, and expense tracking. Users benefit from features such as account and routing numbers, direct deposit capabilities, and detailed statements. Additionally, the platform incorporates bank-level security encryption and read-only access to ensure user information is protected. A mobile application enhances the user experience by allowing customers to manage both personal and business accounts from a single dashboard and to split subscription costs with friends. Support services are available to address customer inquiries via email.

Duplo

Seed Round in 2022
Duplo enables businesses across Africa to reduce their reliance on cash payments through the use of virtual accounts, digital wallets and cards.

Grey

Seed Round in 2022
Grey is a banking platform founded in 2020 by Idorenyin Obong and Femi Aghedo, focused on simplifying international payments for freelancers, remote workers, and businesses in Nigeria, Kenya, and Tanzania. The platform allows users to open free foreign bank accounts, enabling them to receive payments from over 80 countries and convert these funds into local currency for spending or saving. With a Money Service Business license from regulatory bodies in Canada and the USA, Grey facilitates quick and hassle-free cross-border transactions, supporting digital nomads and enhancing their ability to operate in a global economy.

Ivella

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of banking and financial applications designed to help split expenses. The company's application maintains joint checking accounts and balances which will protect from untimely or unplanned withdrawals from respective balances and track the account's spending, enabling couples to see who made the transaction, how to split, and how much each paid towards the transaction.

Finnt

Seed Round in 2022
Finnt is a developer of banking apps designed to make financial management seamless and carefree. They provide preferred rates for funds insured and help enable multi-accounts, debit cards, and expense reports, enabling families to achieve their wealth creation targets.

Pebble

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of financial software designed to plan personal finance. The company's platform converts clients' cash into USDC, a digital stablecoin backed by traditional reserves of cash and treasuries, and holds cryptocurrencies, enabling users to get options that involve much less risk to deposit their fiat currency into their accounts.

SaveIN

Seed Round in 2022
SaveIN is a financial services platform tailored for the Indian market, focused on enhancing the banking and financial transaction experience for users. It provides a comprehensive range of traditional banking products and services in a modern, digital format, making transactions simple, secure, and rewarding. The platform emphasizes a fully digital and paperless approach, allowing users to manage their finances conveniently through a mobile-first ecosystem. Additionally, SaveIN facilitates social finance by enabling individuals to lend, borrow, and track money transactions among trusted contacts such as family and friends, thereby streamlining personal and retail finance activities.

Kapital

Seed Round in 2022
Kapital SmartBank provides Mexican small and medium businesses and their employees with next generation mobile banking and financial services in smart banking. Its line of products include online loans directly through its website and money ready in client's account in seconds, online payroll systems to send paychecks to employees with one click, and accounts receivables accounting displayed in an easy-to-use and 100% secure web and mobile dashboard, so that its clients can see and have control of all their finances in one single place. Its loans, payroll cards for employees, and corporate expenses cards have the support of Visa® and Mastercard® international technology.

Better Financial

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a banking application designed to fight medical debts. The company's application has a built-in insurance policy that pays for medical deductibles and everyday expenses like rent and groceries or even lost income, enabling customers to get paid during any medical emergency.

Mono

Seed Round in 2022
Mono is a digital bank designed specifically for startups and small to medium-sized businesses in Latin America, beginning its operations in Colombia. The company aims to empower these businesses by addressing key challenges they face in managing finances. Mono's platform enables users to open a digital checking account quickly, make online payments using a debit card, and integrate seamlessly with various software-as-a-service applications. This approach allows businesses to efficiently manage their expenses and streamline their financial operations, ultimately facilitating growth and enhancing financial control.

Paycaddy

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of an online banking platform designed to help financial entities and companies quickly deploy digital banking services and products. The company's platform offers various features such as electronic wallets and payments, automated ledgers and payments back office, enabling clients to explore new revenue streams and deploy new financial products without regulatory barriers.

Float

Seed Round in 2022
Swipe allows small businesses to access finance by providing them with credit using its business credit card to help cover payroll and expenses.

Wibond

Seed Round in 2022
Wibond is a digital payment platform that operates under a "buy now pay later" model, allowing users to make flexible payments in installments without the need for a card. Founded in Argentina in 2020 by Ezequiel Bucai and Alejandro Silvestre, the company aims to enhance financial accessibility for a diverse community by providing tailored payment options. Wibond enables businesses to reach new customer segments and boost sales by offering innovative payment solutions. The platform connects users to a wide array of stores and businesses, facilitating installment payments. With a vision to promote trade in the complex Latin American market, Wibond is planning to expand its operations to Chile and Mexico. Prior to Wibond, the founders developed a platform that connected users to over 2,500 gyms and sports centers across Argentina, Mexico, and Chile, which was later acquired by Classpass.

Nitra

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of machine learning-powered financial software designed to provide credit cards, loans, accounts, payments, and expense management. The company's platform offers software banking services, enabling medical clients to find the right balance between supporting their patients and running their practice, starting with tools that deliver a simpler, smarter way to manage their spending.

Stack Wealth

Seed Round in 2021
Stack is a smart mobile finance platform for the millennial and gen-z generation, designed to help people lead healthier financial lives and automate their savings, spending and investments along with their friends and family. We’re not a standard start-up, our founding team is comprised of serial entrepreneurs who have done it before and want to do it bigger and better. At the heart of this transformation, our team is building the technology, design, user experience, workflows, and methodologies that will be used to profoundly change the way we all manage our financial lives.

inai

Seed Round in 2021
Inai is a single integration for your global payment stack. Inai will provide connections to multiple payment service providers ( Stripe, Adyen , Braintree), Wallets, BNPL platforms, open banking providers, fraud, BI and accounting in a single integration. Our dashboard will allow merchants to build custom workflows tailored to their unique business needs without writing any code

TeamApt

Series B in 2021
TeamApt is a financial technology company focused on, developing Digital Banking, Digital Business solutions, and running Payments Infrastructure by rethinking the needs of consumers, businesses, and the financial industry. Beginning operations in 2015, TeamApt was borne from a desire to create financial happiness, building solutions and tools for businesses and individuals to happily manage money. TeamApt is proudly Nigerian but globally focused, with an eclectic mix of backend, frontend, reliability, quality assurance, distributed data storage engineers to ensure critical solutions and products for our customers are built right, securely, scalably and reliably. Our end goal is to see our customers happy which can only happen when they succeed using our solutions to run their daily lives and businesses.

Fintoc

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of an application programming interface designed to integrate with financial institutions. The company's interface allows users to receive payments and make recurring charges from any account. offers tool integration that includes tools for consumer payments, personal finance, KYC, and granting credit, enabling banks to easily connect their customers with a bank account.

Fintoc

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of an application programming interface designed to integrate with financial institutions. The company's interface allows users to receive payments and make recurring charges from any account. offers tool integration that includes tools for consumer payments, personal finance, KYC, and granting credit, enabling banks to easily connect their customers with a bank account.

SWAP

Seed Round in 2020
SWAP is a company that focuses on transforming financial operations for businesses through innovative technology and a unique business model. It provides modular payment solutions via APIs, enabling clients to create comprehensive financial ecosystems that include services such as pre-paid cards, digital wallets, and various financial services. By facilitating secure integrations, SWAP's platform allows for seamless disbursement and collection of funds, bill payments, peer-to-peer transactions using QR codes, and prepaid cell phone recharging. This approach not only enhances the user experience but also enables companies to develop new revenue streams and expand their core services, effectively fostering an internal fintech environment.

Mythia

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Developer of debit cards designed to access random gaming-related rewards each time they use their debit card. The company's card allows users to get rewards including free Xbox / PS4s, free video games, coins in Apex and Fortnite, and steam credits by swiping every time, enabling users to play by teaming up with friends and tackle weekly challenges for more rewards.

Benepass

Seed Round in 2020
Benepass, Inc. is a fintech platform that offers a benefits card specifically designed for startups and small to medium-sized businesses. Incorporated in 2019 and based in New York, the company provides a solution that facilitates the distribution of tax-advantaged employee benefits and wellness perks through a smart debit card and mobile app. This platform enables businesses to implement wellness policies that reflect their corporate values, manage company stipends for various allowances, and gain insights into employee spending preferences. Additionally, it integrates seamlessly with payroll and accounting software to ensure tax compliance, making it a comprehensive tool for enhancing employee benefits. The founders of Benepass include Jaclyn Chen, Kabir Soorya, and Mark Fischer.

Haven

Seed Round in 2020
Haven Technology, Inc. is a company based in Riverside, California, focused on developing a platform for managing mortgages. Established in 1993, Haven utilizes machine learning to accurately predict mortgage prepayments and enhance conversion rates through effective digital marketing strategies. The platform offers features that allow users to align debits with their payroll schedules, set up automatic payments, and receive reminders for mortgage dues. By prioritizing consumer-facing experiences, Haven aims to build trust and loyalty among its users. The company was co-founded by Aditya Acharya and Nipun Kant.

LendUp

Series A in 2013
LendUp Loans, LLC is an online lending service based in Oakland, California, founded in 2011. The company focuses on providing financial solutions for individuals who struggle with access to mainstream banking due to poor credit or unstable incomes. LendUp offers a variety of credit products, including single-payment loans, installment loans, and credit cards, while also integrating educational resources into their offerings. This approach aims to empower borrowers by equipping them with the knowledge and tools needed to improve their financial health and break free from cycles of debt. The company's technology and products are developed in-house, reflecting its commitment to creating accessible financial solutions for underserved populations.
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