SSC Venture Partners
280 Summer St, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Overview
SSC VP is a VC fund created by Boston College alums that offers seed funding, office space, and mentorship to startups.
- Total investments
- 3
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 1
- Active investors
- 5
Sector focus
- Financial Services
- Management Consulting
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- GrailPay
Participated · Series A · Jun 2026
GrailPay builds payments infrastructure focused on establishing certainty and trust for instant, agentic business payments. Its Account Intelligence product performs risk scoring of bank accounts without requiring open banking, and its Transaction Intelligence product is designed to accelerate payments. The company says it is already processing billions of dollars of business payments volume, growing that volume 20x over the past year. GrailPay plans product releases to enable new forms of commerce that were previously impractical, and is using its recent financing to further develop its offerings and scale operations. Financially, the company has raised over $17M to date, including a $10.5M Series A led by MissionOG.
- Stackwell
Participated · Seed · Aug 2022
Stackwell Capital is a Boston-based fintech that has built a digital investment platform aimed at eliminating the racial wealth gap for the Black community. Led by founder and CEO Trevor Rozier-Byrd, the company provides financial investment tools and guidance to promote accessibility, education, and support throughout the investment process. Stackwell plans to imminently release its initial product, a robo-investing app, this fall. The company closed a $3.5M seed funding round to accelerate its launch plan, reach product development and go-to-market milestones, and hire key personnel. Stackwell is a member of the 2022 Financial Solutions Lab and the MassChallenge U.S. Early Stage accelerator programs. The article does not disclose operating metrics or prior funding rounds and identifies the financing only as a seed round.
- Fisherman
Participated · Equity · May 2021
Fisherman is a Boston-based startup founded by Ameet Kallarackal and Nick Loeper that automatically builds and maintains business websites within minutes. The company operates a "Do It For You" automation model that lets Fisherman control client sites, run bulk updates, and integrate with data partners while offering a simple content editor and dedicated support. Fisherman began with a restaurant beachhead where it demonstrated high ROI, and the team says the technology is architected to work across verticals with plans to launch solutions for other types of businesses soon. Its target market includes small businesses that sell the majority of their products or services in person—restaurants, retail, plumbers, accountants, contractors, and similar independents. The company positions its product as lowering technical and maintenance barriers for owners who historically relied on foot traffic and word of mouth, a need that COVID-19 has accelerated. Fisherman emphasizes education and trust-building with customers while using automation to deliver publish-ready websites quickly.