Far Out Ventures
10 E Yanonali St, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101, United States
Overview
We are an equity investor at the pre-seed and seed stages at the intersection of: Enterprise Vertical Software and FinTech
- Total investments
- 11
- Lead investments
- 2
- Investments · 12mo
- 2
- Active investors
- 2
Sector focus
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- RouteSense
Participated · Seed · Jan 2026
RouteSense provides a unified intelligence layer that consolidates fragmented payment data across the transaction lifecycle, giving stakeholders near-real-time insight into merchant identification (MID) health. Its debut product, Pathfinder, continuously monitors network-defined health indicators and dynamically routes transactions to the healthiest MIDs, helping merchants maintain authorization performance and comply with Visa’s new Visa Acquiring Monitoring Program (VAMP). Unlike legacy reporting tools that surface issues weeks later, Pathfinder offers predictive analytics that enable proactive intervention before fines or account holds occur. The platform is powered by a modern data infrastructure and is designed to expand across the full payment lifecycle, ultimately becoming the operating intelligence layer for acquirers worldwide. RouteSense was founded by industry veterans Stephen Martin, Robert Matthews, and Colin Martin, who collectively bring more than 75 years of payments and real-time analytics experience. The company is currently onboarding select merchants, payment service providers, and processors. Future plans include adding continuous portfolio visibility, predictive risk signals, and end-to-end MID health management capabilities.
- Boost My School
Participated · Equity · Aug 2025
Boost My School provides a purpose-built fundraising platform that consolidates tools and workflows for K-12 advancement teams, covering annual giving, reunions, auctions, golf outings and giving days. The platform streamlines processes so schools can raise funds for operating budgets, scholarships, financial aid and staff benefits. Over the past school year Boost has served hundreds of schools (doubling year‑over‑year) and helped raise more than $100 million across 100,000 donors, including giving days and auctions that raised over $1 million. Customer metrics cited include a 98% retention rate and an 85 NPS. Boost was accepted into Blackbaud’s Social Good Startup Program and accelerator. The company plans to use the new funding to deepen its focus on K-12 advancement teams, expand its team, and enhance its platform.
- FlexPoint
Participated · Series A · May 2025
FlexPoint is a payments platform purpose-built for managed service providers (MSPs) and the businesses they serve, offering payments automation, deep integrations, and robust automations to simplify cash flow. Its partner-led approach lets MSPs automate payments and expand revenue while delivering modern payments software to SMB clients. The company reports nearly 4x year-over-year revenue growth and is trusted by over 40,000 businesses for payments. FlexPoint positions the MSP channel as the gateway to the $2 trillion global SMB technology market and seeks to power SMB technology spend through its MSP network. The Series A proceeds will be used to double down on product development and further expand the MSP partner program. FlexPoint was founded in 2022 and launched in March 2023. FlexPoint is a payments automation platform purpose-built for managed service providers (MSPs). The product leverages robust automations and deep integrations to simplify payments and improve cash flow for MSPs and their business clients. FlexPoint currently powers payments for hundreds of MSPs and their business clients. The company announced new capital to fund growth, product innovation, and expansion of its working capital solutions. Management says the funds will allow continued innovation and delivery of best-in-class solutions to current and future MSP partners. FlexPoint provides a payments automation platform purpose-built for managed service providers and the businesses they serve, aiming to simplify payments and improve cash flow visibility. The company says its platform automates manual payment processes, saves time, and gives MSPs and their clients seamless access to capital. FlexPoint has rapidly grown since its 2022 founding to power payments for hundreds of MSPs and their business clients. At launch it announced a strategic program with GreatAmerica Financial Services to offer long-term financing through the platform, with financing quotes in 12–60 month ranges and integrated credit applications. The company also announced an initial $2.4M investment round led by Garuda Ventures with participation from multiple investors and industry veterans. FlexPoint’s leadership emphasizes continued growth and building solutions that address MSPs’ payment and cash-flow pain points.
- Neofin
Participated · Seed · Feb 2025
Neofin provides an AI-powered SaaS platform that automates accounts receivable workflows, turning AR into a data-driven, efficient process. The platform integrates with major ERPs and banks in Brazil and includes access to credit analysis data and bureau reporting through a partnership with Serasa. Founded in 2023 by Laura Camargo, Arthur Cunha, and Leandro Sarmento, the company is based in Sao Paulo. Neofin plans to use recent funding to develop new product features, notably a renegotiation portal, a CRM for Accounts Receivable, and an AI-based LLM integrated with WhatsApp for debtor communications. The platform aims to help finance teams save time and recover cash more effectively.
- Altscore
Participated · Series A · Sep 2024
AltScore provides an AI-driven B2B credit infrastructure platform that enables companies to become fintech lenders and offer fully digital lending products to SME customers. Led by CEO Andrés Pérez, the platform is used by large enterprises in the region, including Coca-Cola, to reach millions of underserved SME customers. The company’s mission is to provide fair and timely credit access to small and medium-sized enterprises in Latin America. AltScore intends to use the new capital to expand operations and accelerate product development. AltScore raised $8.5M in a Series A to support that expansion. The company is based in Cuauhtemoc, Mexico, and Washington, DC. AltScore is a Mexico-based fintech that builds B2B lending infrastructure and Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) APIs for underwriting, alternative data, scoring and other lending modules. The company began operating in Ecuador in January 2021 and serves clients across South, Central, and North America. AltScore’s platform lets businesses embed credit products to increase customer retention and lifetime value, and enables existing lenders to leverage individual lending modules. It raised $3.5M in a Seed funding round to continue developing its end-to-end LaaS solution. Planned product work with the new capital includes adding modules such as Smart Collections, Loan Management, and Embedded Lending. The company intends to use the funds to help B2B partners deploy credit products and improve access to fair and timely liquidity for MSMBs in Latin America.