Soma Capital

Soma Capital is a venture capital fund established in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California. It specializes in seed investments in software startups and is known for being built by founders for founders. The fund has a notable portfolio that includes successful companies such as Cruise, Rappi, Ironclad, Human Interest, Razorpay, Rippling, and Lambda School, among others. Collectively, the startups in which Soma Capital has invested are valued at over $60 billion, including 17 unicorns.

Juan Abundes

Venture Partner

Marwa Albaadani

Investor

Willem van den Bosch

Investor

Douglas Carney

Investor

Kishan Dahya

Investor

Julian Fainzaig

Investor

Mir Faiyaz

Investor

Fouad Farhat

Investor

Fouad Farhat

Investor

Juliet Fern

Investor

Chris Fortunato

Investor

Nikhita Jaaswal

Investor

Taryn Livingstone

Investor

Aneel Ranadive

Managing Partner

Warrick Shanly

Investor

Aagam Vakil

Investor

Past deals in FinTech

RootFi

Seed Round in 2022
Our mission at Clear Money is to make understanding your financial health approachable and easy. Our personal finance tool uses machine learning to nudge you into better habits, find you lower interest rate credit cards and personal loans, allow you to transfer money between accounts, and deliver actionable insights based on your spending patterns. It's like having your very own CFO. We are laying the foundation for the bank of the future.

GroMo

Series A in 2022
GROMO has the vision to provide access of financial products such as Loans, Insurance, and Investments, to the underserved and unpenetrated Tier 2 cities and beyond, what they call The Real Bharat, through a disruptive digitally enabled social commerce model.

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 simplifying sending and receiving foreign payments for freelancers, remote workers, and businesses. Founded in 2020 by Idorenyin Obong and Femi Aghedo, Grey is the easiest way to send and receive international payments in Nigeria, Kenya, and Tanzania without restrictions. Our users can open a free foreign bank account, receive payments from 80+ countries, and convert to their local currency to spend or hold. Our mission is to make it easier for digital nomads to live and work in the modern world. With a Money Service Business license from FINTRAC in Canada & FinCEN in the USA, Grey has made it possible for people to send money across borders quickly.

Zippi

Series A in 2022
Zippi Soluções de Crédito Ltda is a digital platform based in São Paulo, Brazil, that specializes in providing loans to application drivers working with ride-hailing services such as Uber, 99, and Cabify. Focusing on gig workers in Latin America, Zippi aims to address the financial needs of this growing segment by offering tailored financial services that cater specifically to their unique circumstances.

GoSats

Seed Round in 2022
Bitcoin has been the best performing asset EVER. We want to make it super-easy for everyone to get bitcoin. Apart from investing in bitcoin, we offer people an alternative way to accumulate bitcoin when they do their usual shopping at their favourite brands.

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.

BharatX

Seed Round in 2022
BharatX is a tech company that gives consumer-facing apps access to a “buy now, pay later” option.

earnJARVIS

Seed Round in 2022
earnJARVIS is a crypto investment platform that helps retail investors and businesses access the full breath of the crypto economy by automating asset and yield management.

SaveIN

Seed Round in 2022
SaveIN, as the name suggests, is a financial services platform made exclusively for Indians, with an aim to revolutionize their experience across banking and daily financial transactions. We aim to offer, the full suite of traditional banking products and experiences, but in a never seen before avatar, thereby making it fun, simple, secure, and unbelievably rewarding experience. All this and more at just the click of a button, in a 100% digital and paperless, mobile first ecosystem.

Fasset

Series A in 2022
Fasset is a London-based company founded in 2019 that develops blockchain-based platforms to facilitate the financing of sustainable infrastructure. The company offers solutions such as the Fasset Enterprise Platform, which provides tokenization services for infrastructure assets, and the Fasset Exchange for cryptocurrency trading. Targeting asset owners and institutional investors in the Middle East, including Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia, Fasset aims to create real asset investments that contribute to the real economy. The platform is designed to support various stakeholders, including governments and public-private partnerships, by addressing existing challenges in infrastructure financing, such as market access and high costs. By leveraging blockchain technology, Fasset seeks to create a more efficient, transparent, and affordable avenue for raising capital, aligning its mission with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals to promote sustainable development and economic growth.

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.

Treinta

Series A in 2022
Treinta is a digital ledger app for Latin American microbusinesses. Through Treinta, users can easily record transactions by assigning products from their inventory and see how their business metrics evolve in real time. The app helps owners save up to 30 minutes a day in bookkeeping related tasks and improve efficiency by over 30%. Out of the 50 million microbusinesses in LATAM, today 90% still track their sales and expenses by using pen and paper.

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.

Konta

Seed Round in 2022
Konta offers an online accounting service for micro and small businesses in México. Their company vision is to make running a small company easy. They are helping freelancers and small entrepreneurs by implementing a cost-effective, automated online accounting service. José Menéndez and Pablo Icaza founded the company in September 2019, with its headquarters in Monterrey, México.

PayMongo

Series B in 2022
PayMongo is providing modern payments for forward-thinking businesses. It helps businesses in the Philippines accept online payments from multiple channels fast and easy, in just minutes. It aims to become the invisible engine of commerce that gives everyone the opportunity to participate and succeed in the rapidly transforming digital economy. The company was founded in 2019 by Francis Plaza, Luis Sia, Jaime Hing, and Edwin Lacierda.

Flexio

Seed Round in 2022
At Flexio, we’re using today’s technology to bring significant disruptive innovation to the financial industry in Latin America. Flexio is a checkout technology company pioneering the next generation of point-of-sale financing. We focus on improving the lives of consumers by delivering simple, honest and transparent financial products. Flexio is an everyday financing solution that customers deserve and merchants need. Flexio is built on the principles of simplicity, transparency, and privacy.

Pluto Card

Seed Round in 2022
Pluto is a spend management platform enabling businesses in MENA to take control over their business spending through unlimited, smart corporate cards with spend controls, automated receipt collection and deep insights on spend data.

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.

Stack Finance

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.

Quo Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Nillify employs powerful data analytics to allow users to build a financial backup plan with just their data.

Fractional

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a fractional real estate investment platform designed to make real estate investing accessible and reduce the cost of entry and time commitment for property investing. The company's platform offers a variety of investment properties, including single-family homes and multi-family homes, enabling investors to make rental income and appreciation gains with no annual fees or holding period.

Defy

Seed Round in 2021
Defy is Indian-based cryptocurrency exchange platform.

REWORTH

Seed Round in 2021
Reworth helps its partners build successful businesses by creating a win-win-win ecosystem between financial institutions, merchants and consumers, increasing transactions by aligning incentives for all of them.

Bolt

Series D in 2021
Bolt Financial, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing a comprehensive checkout experience platform for e-commerce merchants. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, Bolt offers a suite of tools designed to enhance online transactions, including streamlined checkout processes, payment processing, and fraud detection. Key products include Convert, which simplifies the checkout experience; Approve, a system that collects data for order approval and fraud prevention; Collect, a payment processing solution; and Enhance, which delivers shopper analytics and personalized options. By focusing on these technological solutions, Bolt allows retailers to concentrate on growing their brand and customer base while improving the overall shopping experience for consumers.

trii

Seed Round in 2021
Trii is a fintech company focused on democratizing access to the stock market in Colombia through its innovative trading application. By partnering with leading financial institutions, Trii has created a platform that allows individual investors to easily buy and sell shares directly from their mobile devices. The application significantly lowers the costs associated with retail transactions, making investing more accessible and efficient. It also enables users to automate their investment processes, which traditionally required considerable time and expense. Through these efforts, Trii aims to empower a broader range of individuals to participate in the financial markets.

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

Akiba Digital

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Akiba Digital is a financial data aggregation company, that houses a data consolidation and enrichment engine that clusters, visualises and predicts consumer behaviour. Our vision is to build a company that is most effective at understanding and enhancing personal financial management for the African consumer.

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.

Treinta

Seed Round in 2021
Treinta is a digital ledger app for Latin American microbusinesses. Through Treinta, users can easily record transactions by assigning products from their inventory and see how their business metrics evolve in real time. The app helps owners save up to 30 minutes a day in bookkeeping related tasks and improve efficiency by over 30%. Out of the 50 million microbusinesses in LATAM, today 90% still track their sales and expenses by using pen and paper.

Treinta

Seed Round in 2021
Treinta is a digital ledger app for Latin American microbusinesses. Through Treinta, users can easily record transactions by assigning products from their inventory and see how their business metrics evolve in real time. The app helps owners save up to 30 minutes a day in bookkeeping related tasks and improve efficiency by over 30%. Out of the 50 million microbusinesses in LATAM, today 90% still track their sales and expenses by using pen and paper.

Kredi

Seed Round in 2021
Kredi is a mortgage loan marketplace focused on serving the Latin American market. The platform simplifies the borrowing process by allowing customers to complete a single loan application, which is then used to identify the most suitable mortgage options from a network of lenders. By leveraging a mathematical algorithm, Kredi connects users with financial institutions that are likely to approve their credit applications. This enables consumers to access financing for purchasing new or used homes and offers various loan modalities tailored to their individual needs.

Clara

Pre Seed Round in 2021
We started Clara to help individuals and families finance their lives in a more efficient, transparent, and empowered way. We started with one of life’s most important financial decisions -- a home. We are building technology to reduce the time and cost it takes to originate a mortgage and creating a more personalized, clear experience for our customers.

Volopay

Seed Round in 2021
Volopay.co Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based fintech company established in 2019 that specializes in AI-driven expense management software. The platform is designed to streamline business financial transactions by offering features such as virtual cards, automated expense reports, and budget management. It aims to enhance control and visibility over expenditures, making the process of handling payments—from software subscriptions to employee reimbursements—more efficient and user-friendly. By replacing traditional methods like spreadsheets and paper checks with a rapid expense creation flow and an intuitive approval process, Volopay allows users to focus on their core responsibilities rather than administrative tasks. Additionally, the software supports integrations with various accounting and productivity tools, providing a comprehensive solution for managing business finances.

goDutch

Seed Round in 2020
goDutch is a digital payments platform that facilitates the automatic splitting of group payments through its innovative card system. Designed to simplify shared expenses, the platform allows users to conveniently manage group payments without the hassle of reminders, delayed transactions, or multiple payment processes. By utilizing embedded UPI payment links and offering SMS and in-app notifications, goDutch enables users to check their balance with friends and efficiently remind them of pending payments. This approach streamlines the experience of managing shared costs, making it easier for individuals to handle group expenses seamlessly.

Standard Metrics

Seed Round in 2020
Quaestor Technologies, Inc. develops automated financial tools. It offers Quaestor, an automated data platform that enables financial transparency between startups and investors, empowering founders to make better decisions in scaling their companies. The company’s Quaestor fosters a collaborative relationship between founders and investors by automatically collecting, standardizing, and synthesizing startup data enabling both parties to make metrics-driven decisions. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, California.

SWAP

Seed Round in 2020
SWAP empowers companies to transform their financial operation with an innovative approach, technology, and business model. SWAP’s APIs offer clients end-to-end, white-label, financial solutions. Connected to them, its clients are able to develop complete financial ecosystems including pre-paid cards, digital wallets, financial services and further monetize their platform while expanding their core experience. It removes barriers and generates new business lines for companies, effectively creating internal fintech.

Nexu

Seed Round in 2020
Nexu is a financing platform used by car dealerships to offer financing to more car buyers in a 100% digital and real-time experience. Nexu's platform uses AI, statistical algorithms and technology automation.

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.

goDutch

Seed Round in 2020
goDutch is a digital payments platform that facilitates the automatic splitting of group payments through its innovative card system. Designed to simplify shared expenses, the platform allows users to conveniently manage group payments without the hassle of reminders, delayed transactions, or multiple payment processes. By utilizing embedded UPI payment links and offering SMS and in-app notifications, goDutch enables users to check their balance with friends and efficiently remind them of pending payments. This approach streamlines the experience of managing shared costs, making it easier for individuals to handle group expenses seamlessly.

FamPay

Pre Seed Round in 2020
FamPay Solutions Private Limited is a Bengaluru-based company that provides a digital payment application specifically designed for teenagers and their families. Incorporated in 2019, FamPay enables minors to conduct various payment activities, including UPI, peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions, and card payments, without requiring a traditional bank account. The application allows parents to send money to their children, who can then spend it securely at online and in-store merchants under parental supervision. By focusing on the unique needs of younger users, FamPay aims to create a seamless and enjoyable payment experience for teenagers while ensuring financial safety and accountability.

FamPay

Seed Round in 2020
FamPay Solutions Private Limited is a Bengaluru-based company that provides a digital payment application specifically designed for teenagers and their families. Incorporated in 2019, FamPay enables minors to conduct various payment activities, including UPI, peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions, and card payments, without requiring a traditional bank account. The application allows parents to send money to their children, who can then spend it securely at online and in-store merchants under parental supervision. By focusing on the unique needs of younger users, FamPay aims to create a seamless and enjoyable payment experience for teenagers while ensuring financial safety and accountability.

Alloy

Venture Round in 2020
Alloy engages in helping financial institutions and fintech companies solve identity and compliance problems.

Quirk

Seed Round in 2020
Quirk is a pioneering personal finance application that emphasizes the dual goals of effective financial management and personal happiness. It allows users to build a money personality profile, engage in challenges, and discover innovative approaches to understanding their finances. By integrating financial literacy with elements of personal well-being, Quirk aims to provide a comprehensive tool that enhances users' financial decision-making and overall satisfaction.

Easyplan

Seed Round in 2020
Easyplan Technology Solutions Private Limited provides a digital savings application that enables middle-income Indians to save money. It allows users to set a goal and get reminders, save from their phone, change or skip payments, and withdraw money. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Mumbai, India.

Valiu

Seed Round in 2019
Valiu Inc. is a fintech company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Bogota, Colombia, that specializes in electronic fund transfer services from Colombia to Venezuela. The company has developed a mobile application designed to facilitate a dollar savings and transfer system, making financial services accessible to all Venezuelans, including migrants and their families. This service is tailored to accommodate users of varying socioeconomic backgrounds and different mobile device capabilities, ensuring that a broad audience can utilize its offerings.

PayMongo

Seed Round in 2019
PayMongo is providing modern payments for forward-thinking businesses. It helps businesses in the Philippines accept online payments from multiple channels fast and easy, in just minutes. It aims to become the invisible engine of commerce that gives everyone the opportunity to participate and succeed in the rapidly transforming digital economy. The company was founded in 2019 by Francis Plaza, Luis Sia, Jaime Hing, and Edwin Lacierda.

Deel

Seed Round in 2019
Deel is a developer of a payroll platform used to re-imagine payouts for businesses working with remote contractors. The platform is used by remote teams that connect localized compliance and automates payments in one system of record, as well as provides contracts and templates to be used for tax forms and localized contracts, automated payment, invoicing and receipts, and customer support. It aims to offer to every company that hires remote talents a one-stop-shop that makes onboarding, global compliance, and payments easier. The company was founded by Alex Bouaziz, Ofer Simon, and Shuo Wang in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Flutterwave

Seed Round in 2016
Flutterwave provides a payment service for global merchants and payment service providers. It provides technology, infrastructure, and services to enable global merchants, payment service providers, and helps banks and businesses build secure and seamless payment solutions for their customers by smoothening the exchange of funds. The company was founded in 2016 by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Olugbenga Agboola and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Razorpay

Seed Round in 2015
Razorpay Software Private Limited is an online payment gateway that facilitates businesses in accepting, processing, and disbursing payments through a comprehensive product suite. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, Razorpay offers access to various payment methods, including credit and debit cards, net banking, UPI, and electronic wallets. In addition to its core payment processing services, Razorpay provides several innovative solutions, such as Razorpay Capital, which offers short-term, collateral-free loans for businesses; Razorpay Route, enabling the splitting and transferring of payments; Razorpay Thirdwatch, which identifies risky and fraudulent orders; PrePay CoD, sending payment links for cash-on-delivery transactions deemed risky; and Razorpay X, a solution for managing current accounts, optimizing payouts, and automating payroll compliance.

Kickpay

Seed Round in 2014
Kickpay is transforming how hardware companies finance their inventory. By leveraging a client's data, Kickpay enables them to access financing that was previously unavailable, allowing them to grow faster.

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.