Participated · Seed · Feb 2022

Redkik provides a platform to bring per-shipment cargo insurance and greater automation to the marine and supply-chain insurance market. The company says current shipping insurance practices remain largely unchanged from 30 years ago, with little automation and outdated IT causing inefficiency and high overhead. Redkik’s technology aims to add intelligence to insurance, reduce double-keying and complexity, and simplify securing goods and loads. The company raised a $3.3 million seed round to accelerate platform growth and expand its market presence. Management plans continued research and development to secure a leadership position in per-shipment cargo insurance. Redkik is building on an existing partner base across the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Europe.

Led · Seed · Nov 2021

Vint is a fintech platform that creates and sells shares in curated alcohol collections by researching, acquiring and assembling specific lots and placing them in professional storage. Founders include CEO Nick King, an investor and finance expert, and cofounder Patrick Sanders, an IT specialist; they built Vint as a fintech platform and spent the first eight months obtaining the ability to launch SEC‑certified alcohol collections. The platform’s process involves market research, purchasing positions, creating certified collections, determining total and per‑share valuations, and storing assets for one to ten years before selling them wholesale or in parts. Vint began last year with $1.7M in capital and has reported a 28.3% profit on amounts exited from assets. The company recently closed a $5M seed fundraising round. Vint has hired a specialist with a master’s in wine sciences and competes with firms such as Cavissima, Cult Wine Investment, iDealWine, Vinovest and U'Wine; market context cited Noble & Co showing single‑malt Scotch up more than 20% this year. Vint is the first SEC-qualified, fully transparent platform that offers expertly curated, thematic collections of fine wine and spirits as investable securities to accredited and non-accredited investors. The company enables low-entry investments with shares starting at $25 and no annual fees, and collections are stored, insured, and managed by certified wine experts. Vint completed SEC qualification in 2021 and since launching in 2019 has released multiple collections, reporting nearly every collection sold out within less than 48 hours of public release. The platform recently launched its 11th collection—a $137K Domaine de la Romanée-Conti offering with a $25 buy-in—demonstrating strong demand. Vint plans to use new financing to accelerate growth, expand its customer base, and further democratize the wine and spirits investment market.

Participated · Seed · Sep 2021

MaxRewards is an Atlanta-based digital wallet app that manages credit cards and automatically activates benefits like rewards, cashback offers and monthly credits. The app cross-references a user’s purchase location with the merchant and applies an algorithm to recommend which card will yield the best reward at the point of purchase. MaxRewards leverages proprietary connectors to card systems rather than third-party aggregators. The app version launched in 2019; the founders conceived the idea in 2017. The average app user has six credit cards. MaxRewards is free to download with most features available for free, while a paid MaxRewards Gold tier lets users choose a monthly price (the average is over $25 per month). The company had a team of three at the time of the raise and plans to grow to about 20 by year-end, using funding to hire, accelerate user acquisition, improve the product and bolster compliance, while expanding integrations and building browser and web apps.

Participated · Series A · Jul 2021

Artis offers an API-based platform (Artis Connect and Artis Credit) that uses alternative data sources and machine learning/AI to present custom, real-time loan offers to individual borrowers at the point of purchase. Since its public launch in 2020 the company has gone to market with its first two products and positions merchants as the “face of financing,” with loans originated by partner financial institutions. The platform is designed to help financial institutions put excess capital to work by generating consumer loan assets with attractive risk-adjusted returns and to drive demand for merchants. The company emphasizes low-friction, affordable financing within the banking industry’s regulatory framework. Following the Series A, Artis plans to grow operations, diversify funding sources, and improve client support in partnership with its new lead investor. The announcement does not disclose revenue or user metrics. Artis Technologies builds API-based lending platforms (Artis Connect and Artis Credit) that enable businesses and financial institutions to offer downstream, point-of-need consumer financing using alternative data and ML/AI-informed decisioning. The company publicly launched in March and has gone to market with its first product, Artis Connect, and recently introduced Artis Credit to connect businesses with a network of banks, credit unions, and lenders. Artis is actively building banking client relationships with super-regional, regional and large community banks and credit unions to deploy real-time, appropriately structured loan offers. The platform is positioned to drive demand for local businesses by enabling financial institutions to extend credit through existing business customers or the Artis network. Artis plans additional fundraising, implementation of initial financial institution partners, and continued team building and culture development through the remainder of 2020. The company operates with a presence in Atlanta and New York City.

Led · Equity · Apr 2021

Spoko is a Warsaw-based fintech specialising in instant international cash transfers delivered through a mobile app. The platform enables customers to send from 32 countries to 45 destination countries and offers commission-free transfers to Nigeria, Ukraine, Brazil, and Turkey. It seeks to differentiate on attractive exchange rates and transparent transaction costs. As of February the company reported 400,000 users. Spoko plans to use new financing to accelerate geographic expansion, partner with more local markets, and enable transfers via users' preferred payment methods. CEO Evgeny Chamtonau said the company aims to expand presence in markets where foreigners work and to change the money transfers market.