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Arcus

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Venture
October 12, 2022
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Venture
Payments platform focused on building the next generation of payment solutions.
Arcus was acquired by Mastercard (NYSE: MA) on November 24, 2021.
Founders: Edrizio De La Cruz, Inigo Rumayor Belausteguigoitia, Juan Jose Maldonado
Year Founded: 2011
Investment Date: September 2020
HQ: New York, NY
Website
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Venture
Payments platform focused on building the next generation of payment solutions.
Arcus was acquired by Mastercard (NYSE: MA) on November 24, 2021.
Founders: Edrizio De La Cruz, Inigo Rumayor Belausteguigoitia, Juan Jose Maldonado
Year Founded: 2011
Investment Date: September 2020
HQ: New York, NY
Website

Arta

Venture
October 12, 2022
Venture
Digital family office platform.
Founders: Caesar Sengupta, Charles Dong, David Shapiro, Edward Chiang, Felix Lin, Mark Striebeck, Zelidrag Hornung
Year Founded: 2021
Investment Date: October 2022
HQ: San Francisco, CA
Website
Venture
Digital family office platform.
Founders: Caesar Sengupta, Charles Dong, David Shapiro, Edward Chiang, Felix Lin, Mark Striebeck, Zelidrag Hornung
Year Founded: 2021
Investment Date: October 2022
HQ: San Francisco, CA
Website

BillGO

Venture
October 12, 2022
Venture
Bill management & payments platform.
Founders: Dan Holt, Scott Miller, Kelly Seidl, Pete Kight
Year Founded: 2015
Investment Date: July 2020
HQ: Fort Collins, CO
Website
Venture
Bill management & payments platform.
Founders: Dan Holt, Scott Miller, Kelly Seidl, Pete Kight
Year Founded: 2015
Investment Date: July 2020
HQ: Fort Collins, CO
Website

CardConnect

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Late stage
October 13, 2022
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Late stage
Credit card payment integration for software, SMBs, enterprise business.
Acquired by First Data on July 6, 2017 for $779M.
Founders: Brian Shanahan
Year Founded: 2006
Investment Date: March 2016
HQ: King of Prussia, PA
Website
Exit
Late stage
Credit card payment integration for software, SMBs, enterprise business.
Acquired by First Data on July 6, 2017 for $779M.
Founders: Brian Shanahan
Year Founded: 2006
Investment Date: March 2016
HQ: King of Prussia, PA
Website

Cari

October 13, 2022

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Payments and loyalty platform for restaurants and their suppliers
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Payments and loyalty platform for restaurants and their suppliers
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Crstl

Venture
October 13, 2022
Venture
B2B commerce enablement
Founders: Dipti Desai, Suparna Gharpure
Year Founded: 2021
HQ: San Francisco
Website
Venture
B2B commerce enablement
Founders: Dipti Desai, Suparna Gharpure
Year Founded: 2021
HQ: San Francisco
Website

ClickSwitch

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Venture
October 13, 2022
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Venture
Digital account switching solution for financial institutions and challenger banks.
ClickSWITCH was acquired by Q2 Holdings, Inc on April 1, 2021.
Founders: Cale Johnston, Dan Rosen, Jeremy Kuiper, Tripp Shriner
Year Founded: 2014
Investment Date: May 2019
HQ: Minneapolis, MN
Website
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Venture
Digital account switching solution for financial institutions and challenger banks.
ClickSWITCH was acquired by Q2 Holdings, Inc on April 1, 2021.
Founders: Cale Johnston, Dan Rosen, Jeremy Kuiper, Tripp Shriner
Year Founded: 2014
Investment Date: May 2019
HQ: Minneapolis, MN
Website

Curve

Venture
October 13, 2022
Venture
Banking platform consolidating multiple cards and accounts.
Founders: Shachar Bialick
Year Founded: 2015
Investment Date: February 2022, December 2022
HQ: London, UK
Website
Venture
Banking platform consolidating multiple cards and accounts.
Founders: Shachar Bialick
Year Founded: 2015
Investment Date: February 2022, December 2022
HQ: London, UK
Website

Duetti

Venture
October 13, 2022
Venture
Music financing for independent artists.
Founders: Lior Tibon and Christopher Nolte
Year Founded: 2022
Investment Date: August 2023
HQ: New York, NY
Website
Venture
Music financing for independent artists.
Founders: Lior Tibon and Christopher Nolte
Year Founded: 2022
Investment Date: August 2023
HQ: New York, NY
Website

Fold

Late stage
October 13, 2022
Late stage
Personal finance powered by bitcoin.
Deal Value: ~$450M
Founders: Will Reeves
Year Founded: 2019
Investment Date: February 2025
HQ: Phoenix, AZ
IPO:
FLD
Website
Late stage
Personal finance powered by bitcoin.
Deal Value: ~$450M
Founders: Will Reeves
Year Founded: 2019
Investment Date: February 2025
HQ: Phoenix, AZ
IPO:
FLD
Website

Greenwood

Venture
October 13, 2022
Venture
Digital banking platform for Black and Brown professionals and business owners.
Founders: Ryan Glover, Paul Judge, Michael Render ('Killer Mike')
Year Founded: 2020
Investment Date: December 2022
HQ: Atlanta, GA
Website
Venture
Digital banking platform for Black and Brown professionals and business owners.
Founders: Ryan Glover, Paul Judge, Michael Render ('Killer Mike')
Year Founded: 2020
Investment Date: December 2022
HQ: Atlanta, GA
Website

H2O.ai

Venture
October 13, 2022
Venture
Open source machine learning platform
Founders: Sri Ambati
Year Founded: 2012
Investment Date: March 2022
HQ: Mountain View, CA
Website
Venture
Open source machine learning platform
Founders: Sri Ambati
Year Founded: 2012
Investment Date: March 2022
HQ: Mountain View, CA
Website

Henry Labs

October 13, 2022
Agentic commerce-powered embedded checkout
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Agentic commerce-powered embedded checkout
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Intermex

Exit
Late stage
October 13, 2022
Exit
Late stage
Processor of money transfer services in the U.S. to Latin America corridor.
Deal value $300M
Founders: John Rincon
Year Founded: 1994
Investment Date: July 2017
HQ: Miami, FL
IPO:
IMXI
Website
Exit
Late stage
Processor of money transfer services in the U.S. to Latin America corridor.
Deal value $300M
Founders: John Rincon
Year Founded: 1994
Investment Date: July 2017
HQ: Miami, FL
IPO:
IMXI
Website

Instnt

Venture
October 13, 2022
Venture
Fully managed onboarding platform for businesses with fraud loss liability insurance.
Founders: Sunil Madhu, Mimi Salcedo
Year Founded: 2019
Investment Date: 2019
HQ: New York, NY
Website
Venture
Fully managed onboarding platform for businesses with fraud loss liability insurance.
Founders: Sunil Madhu, Mimi Salcedo
Year Founded: 2019
Investment Date: 2019
HQ: New York, NY
Website

LendAPI

Venture
October 13, 2022
Venture
Financial technology deployment infrastructure
Founders: Timothy Li, Sam Xia
Year Founded: 2024
Investment Date: November 2024
HQ: Irvine, CA
Website
Venture
Financial technology deployment infrastructure
Founders: Timothy Li, Sam Xia
Year Founded: 2024
Investment Date: November 2024
HQ: Irvine, CA
Website

Kyivstar Group Ltd.

Late stage
October 13, 2022
Late stage
Telecommunications and digital holding company operating Ukraine’s leading provider of mobile communication and broadband services. Providing a broad range of connectivity and digital services, including mobile and fixed-line voice and data, ride-hailing, e-health, digital TV, and enterprise solutions such as Big Data, cloud, and cybersecurity.
Founders: -
Year Founded: 1994
Investment Date: August 2025
HQ: Dubai, UAE
IPO:
KYIV
Website
Late stage
Telecommunications and digital holding company operating Ukraine’s leading provider of mobile communication and broadband services. Providing a broad range of connectivity and digital services, including mobile and fixed-line voice and data, ride-hailing, e-health, digital TV, and enterprise solutions such as Big Data, cloud, and cybersecurity.
Founders: -
Year Founded: 1994
Investment Date: August 2025
HQ: Dubai, UAE
IPO:
KYIV
Website

Maxwell

Venture
October 13, 2022
Venture
Digital mortgage platform and value-added services for small to midsize mortgage lenders.
Founders: John Paasonen, Lance Poole
Year Founded: 2015
Investment Date: January 2022
HQ: Denver, Colorado
Website
Venture
Digital mortgage platform and value-added services for small to midsize mortgage lenders.
Founders: John Paasonen, Lance Poole
Year Founded: 2015
Investment Date: January 2022
HQ: Denver, Colorado
Website

Nova Credit

Venture
October 13, 2022
Venture
Cross-border credit bureau platform.
Founders: Misha Esipov and Nicky Goulimis
Year Founded: 2016
Investment Date: July 2023
HQ: New York, NY
Website
Venture
Cross-border credit bureau platform.
Founders: Misha Esipov and Nicky Goulimis
Year Founded: 2016
Investment Date: July 2023
HQ: New York, NY
Website

Ocrolus

Venture
October 13, 2022
Venture
Document automation platform in financial services, powering the digital lending ecosystem.
Founders: Sam Bobley, John Guerci, Victoria Meakin
Year Founded: 2014
Investment Date: September 2021
HQ: New York, NY
Website
Venture
Document automation platform in financial services, powering the digital lending ecosystem.
Founders: Sam Bobley, John Guerci, Victoria Meakin
Year Founded: 2014
Investment Date: September 2021
HQ: New York, NY
Website

Paya

Exit
Late stage
October 13, 2022
Exit
Late stage
Integrated payment and frictionless commerce solutions.
Acquired by Nuvei Corporation on January 9, 2023 for $1.3B
Founders: Jeff Hack
Year Founded: 1989
Investment Date: October 2020
HQ: Atlanta, GA
Website
Exit
Late stage
Integrated payment and frictionless commerce solutions.
Acquired by Nuvei Corporation on January 9, 2023 for $1.3B
Founders: Jeff Hack
Year Founded: 1989
Investment Date: October 2020
HQ: Atlanta, GA
Website

Payoneer

Exit
Late stage
October 13, 2022
Exit
Late stage
Payment platform for cross-border digital business.
Deal value $3.3bn
Founders: Ben Yaniv Chechik, Kai Stalmann, Yuval Tal
Year Founded: 2005
Investment Date: June 2021
HQ: NY, NY
IPO:
PAYO
Website
Exit
Late stage
Payment platform for cross-border digital business.
Deal value $3.3bn
Founders: Ben Yaniv Chechik, Kai Stalmann, Yuval Tal
Year Founded: 2005
Investment Date: June 2021
HQ: NY, NY
IPO:
PAYO
Website

Perella Weinberg Partners

Exit
Late stage
October 13, 2022
Exit
Late stage
Global financial services firm focused on investment banking advisory services.
Deal value $977M
Founders: Joseph R. Perella, Peter A. Weinberg
Year Founded: 2006
Investment Date: June 2021
HQ: NY, NY
IPO:
PWP
Website
Exit
Late stage
Global financial services firm focused on investment banking advisory services.
Deal value $977M
Founders: Joseph R. Perella, Peter A. Weinberg
Year Founded: 2006
Investment Date: June 2021
HQ: NY, NY
IPO:
PWP
Website

Proximitty

Venture
October 13, 2022
Venture
AI Agents for business loan servicing
Founders: Wye Yew Ho, Zi Zhang
Year Founded: 2026
Investment Date: March 2026
HQ: San Francisco, CA
Website
Venture
AI Agents for business loan servicing
Founders: Wye Yew Ho, Zi Zhang
Year Founded: 2026
Investment Date: March 2026
HQ: San Francisco, CA
Website

Railsr

Venture
October 13, 2022
Venture
Embedded finance experiences platform.
Founders: Nigel Verdon & Clive Mitchell
Year Founded: 2015
Investment Date: March 19, 2021
HQ: London, UK
Website
Venture
Embedded finance experiences platform.
Founders: Nigel Verdon & Clive Mitchell
Year Founded: 2015
Investment Date: March 19, 2021
HQ: London, UK
Website

Reload

Venture
October 13, 2022
Venture
Embedded workforce management for AI agents
Founders: Newton Asara, Kiran Das
Year Founded: 2025
HQ: San Francisco
Website
Venture
Embedded workforce management for AI agents
Founders: Newton Asara, Kiran Das
Year Founded: 2025
HQ: San Francisco
Website

Sunlight

Venture
October 13, 2022
Venture
Agentic B2B payments
Founders: Guy Ziv, Gil Peretz, Leo Chanea
Year Founded: 2021
HQ: NY
Website
Venture
Agentic B2B payments
Founders: Guy Ziv, Gil Peretz, Leo Chanea
Year Founded: 2021
HQ: NY
Website

Sure

Venture
October 13, 2022
Venture
Embedded insurance technology powering API-based digital insurance programs.
Founders: Wayne Slavin, Jarod Kolman
Year Founded: 2014
Investment Date: August 2021
HQ: Santa Monica, CA
Website
Venture
Embedded insurance technology powering API-based digital insurance programs.
Founders: Wayne Slavin, Jarod Kolman
Year Founded: 2014
Investment Date: August 2021
HQ: Santa Monica, CA
Website

Taulia

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Venture
October 13, 2022
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Venture
Provider of working capital solutions.
Taulia was acquired by SAP (NYSE: SAP) on March 10, 2022.
Founders: Betram Meyer, Nathan Medlock, Brian Matthews, Josh Hannah, Noel Fenton
Year Founded: 2009
Investment Date: June 2020
HQ: San Francisco, CA
Website
Exit
Venture
Provider of working capital solutions.
Taulia was acquired by SAP (NYSE: SAP) on March 10, 2022.
Founders: Betram Meyer, Nathan Medlock, Brian Matthews, Josh Hannah, Noel Fenton
Year Founded: 2009
Investment Date: June 2020
HQ: San Francisco, CA
Website

Wildfire

Venture
November 10, 2024
Venture
White-labelled online shopping loyalty & rewards programs
Founders: Jordan Glazier
Year Founded: 2017
Investment Date: July 2024
HQ: Solana Beach, CA
Website
Venture
White-labelled online shopping loyalty & rewards programs
Founders: Jordan Glazier
Year Founded: 2017
Investment Date: July 2024
HQ: Solana Beach, CA
Website

Zalos

Venture
December 9, 2024
Venture
Computer Agents automating FinOps workflows
Founders: Will Fairbairn and Hung Hoang.
Year Founded: 2025
Investment Date: December 2025
HQ: San Francisco, CA
Website
Venture
Computer Agents automating FinOps workflows
Founders: Will Fairbairn and Hung Hoang.
Year Founded: 2025
Investment Date: December 2025
HQ: San Francisco, CA
Website

Zeal

Venture
December 10, 2024
Venture
End-to-end embedded payroll platform
Founders: Kirti Shenoy, Pranab Krishman
Year Founded: 2019
Investment Date: December 2023
HQ: San Francisco CA
Website
Venture
End-to-end embedded payroll platform
Founders: Kirti Shenoy, Pranab Krishman
Year Founded: 2019
Investment Date: December 2023
HQ: San Francisco CA
Website
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