Cambrian

Cambrian is an early-stage venture firm investing in fintech at pre-seed and seed. Typical check sizes run from $300,000 to $1 million or more, and the firm invests as lead, co-lead, or participating investor. Its sector coverage spans payments, lending, capital markets, insurance, consumer finance, banking technology, wealth technology, accounting and tax technology, and identity and fraud.

The firm operates as a solo general partnership led by Rex Salisbury, previously a fintech partner at Andreessen Horowitz. It is based in San Francisco. The founding year and fund size are not disclosed.

Cambrian pairs capital with an operator and founder network. Backed founders are connected to founders, investors, and operators who can supply domain insight, follow-on funding, early hires, customers, channel partners, and infrastructure - support the firm frames as central to how early fintech companies scale.

For candidates, the relevant picture is a single-GP, sector-specialist platform with a defined check range and a hands-on network model concentrated at the earliest stages of fintech company formation.