Nova Founders Capital

Visa Ventures is the equity-investing arm of Visa, responsible for identifying relevant sectors where equity investments can advance Visa’s commercial or strategic aims and then sourcing, diligencing, negotiating, supporting, and monitoring these companies that form an important part of Visa’s portfolio.

R3D3 Ventures connects entrepreneurs, technology and market resources and dedicated to investing in global financial technology, digital economy, software services and AI fields. Through integrated technologies such as artificial intelligence, we provide professional advertising information business consulting, investment financial analysis, fund investment and other services for enterprises in the fields of finance, digital and science and technology As the CVC arm of fintech conglomerate Rong360, we offer support in disruptive, cutting-edge technology, operations, and expansion for start-ups at the early, angel, and Series A and B funding stages. Our investment track record speaks for itself, with returns of 13x gross and 3x realized over the past few years. We are actively deploying to the top allocators in Americas (NY, Silicon Valley, Latam) and Asia (Hong Kong & Singapore), with a small allocation to Middle East / Africas

Propel is investing in founders creating “the new economy.” The financial services sector is the primary driver of many economies, and opportunities to enable, accelerate, deliver, and secure value exchange are immense and diverse. Propel invests primarily from Pre-Seed to Series A in the Americas with initial check sizes from $250k to $5M with follow-on capital much higher. Portfolio companies include Coinbase, Nomad, Neon, Guideline, Groww, SumUp, Newfront, and Safebooks. Propel is headquartered in the SF Bay Area with a workspace in Jackson Square.

We focus our investments on two areas: capital market investments and corporate direct investments in digital commerce, FinTech, and SaaS. Our capital market investments are entrepreneurial in character, highly liquid, and serve the overarching purpose of maintaining the invested capital in real terms and increasing it with a moderate risk. In doing so, we follow an active management approach with an expanded core satellite strategy and predominantly invest in passive products, such as ETFs in particular. We focus our corporate direct investments on young and rapidly growing companies in the fields of FinTech, SaaS, and digital commerce. We see ourselves as a strategic, active partner working in close cooperation with company management to supervise and promote the development of the business.

We partner with phenomenal entrepreneurs who have the vision and drive to reinvent financial services, investing from the earliest seeds of startup life to businesses scaling for growth. We support leading companies across all sectors of financial services, including lending, credit & banking, payments, insurance, capital markets & investments, personal finance, enterprise financial stack and real estate finance. Our distinctive approach to fintech venture capital is crafted around a curated network of global macroeconomic thinkers and investors. Launched in 2015, Clocktower Ventures is the technology investing affiliate of Clocktower Group, a global macro investment firm. We are based in Santa Monica, CA and invest worldwide.

The world of financial services is transforming and more ready than ever for thoughtful disruption. Permanent structural changes and modern infrastructure are empowering innovation across the FIRE economy - from finance, to insurance and real estate. This innovation will deliver fair and transparent products and services, giving consumers and businesses full control of their hard-earned money and the data tied to it. We focus on Fintech. Pre-seed, seed and beyond. We’re equal partners with entrepreneurs who share our singular focus on the FIRE economy and technology. Our experience, networks, knowledge and reliable capital drive development of thesis based convictions pre-data. Together, we ideate, research, build and launch next generation financial products and services. We strive for alignment with founders and our network of VC and strategic investor partners as we jointly focus on execution success. Building & Investing. We’re early-stage investors with a long-term view.Pre-seed, seed and incubation: The majority of our time and capital is dedicated to the earliest stage of new venture development where we partner with entrepreneurs who share our singular focus on the FIRE economy. Plus-rounds and secondaries: We understand that the path to Fintech success isn’t always up and to the right, and have the scars that remind us how difficult start-ups are. Pivots and re-starts are often part of the journey. We invest to support later-stage teams when more runway is needed for launch or additional investment will accelerate progress. Special Purpose Acquisition Companies: Our partners and LPs are active investors in fintech-focused Special Purpose Acquisition Companies that have successfully combined with fintech leaders ready for their next stage of growth as public companies.