Yieldstreet
300 Park Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY, 10022, United States
Overview
Yieldstreet is a management platform that provides retail investors access to income-generating investment products. Founded in 2015, It gives individuals access to alternative investments that have traditionally been off-limits to the average investor. With over $2.5 billion invested across multiple asset classes, Yieldstreet is changing the way people generate passive income by lowering and removing the barriers that historically kept these lucrative opportunities far out of reach. In 2013, founders Milind Mehere and Michael Weisz were frustrated that many investment strategies were typically reserved only for institutions and the ultra-wealthy. Typically, the average investor was left to choose between the stock market and bonds with falling yields - with few options in between. Asset-based investments had longer hold periods and a higher barrier of entry, keeping them well out of reach of accredited investors — even more so for unaccredited investors. As a result, they decided to leverage the growing fintech disruption to give more people access to these previously restricted alternative investments. Milind’s background in building companies combined with Michael’s decade-plus experience in investing and fund management formed the core of Yieldstreet. Passion for their investors and employees as well as a willing embrace of innovation, has been part of Yieldstreet’s identity from the beginning. Each decision to leverage a new technology, or investment strategy, or originate a new deal is made to put investors first. That drive has propelled Yieldstreet across all 50 states, crossing $100M invested in less than eight quarters, with the $1B milestone coming only three years later. In 2019, Yieldstreet’s membership had grown to 100,000, and a savings account for members was launched. Yieldstreet, since its launch in 2015, has not deviated from its goal to change investing for the better, nor has it slowed down. Yieldstreet was ranked number 46 on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies and has been recognized by Built In as one of the Best Places to Work. Yieldstreet today delivers wealth generation options and alternative investments for more than 330,000 investors and has returned more than $1.3 billion in principal/interest. Many alternative investment platforms only focus on one asset class, such as real estate or art. Yieldstreet’s offerings, accessed through cash or a low-fee IRA, cover a wide range of asset classes — art, real estate, legal, corporates, consumer, and commercial, via single investments or funds. Yieldstreet also offers its members short-term notes on offerings with a hold period between 3 and 6 months, which generally boast higher interest rates than money markets and CDs. Yieldstreet is headquartered in New York and has offices in Brazil, Greece, and Malta. Michael Weisz serves as President and Milind Mehere serves as CEO. Together, they manage a team of more than 140 employees, all working toward Yieldstreet’s one goal: to change the way people invest for the better.
- Total investments
- 3
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 8
Sector focus
- Finance
- Financial Services
- FinTech
- Wealth Management
Investment portfolio
- Wonder Group
Participated · Series B · Sep 2022
Wonder Group operates a mobile-restaurant service that partners with well-known chefs to create exclusive menus; meals are prepared en route and plated curbside for immediate at-home consumption. The company currently services 22 New Jersey towns and more than 130,000 households. Its roster of chef collaborators includes Bobby Flay, JJ Johnson, Nancy Silverton and Michael Symon. Marc Lore is identified in the article as Wonder’s founder, chairman and CEO; the executive team is described as being led by Wonder CEO Scott Hilton with Wei Yan as CTO. Investors have backed Wonder aggressively, enabling rapid regional expansion and product development. The company has stated plans to expand into new areas across the United States by 2035.
- Wonder
Participated · Series B · Jun 2022
Wonder builds a vertically integrated food technology platform combining chef-developed concepts, third-party restaurant marketplace listings and at-home meal kits in a single customer experience. Its proprietary kitchen technology includes the Infinite Kitchen and the only fully automated bowl-making system in live commercial production, and the platform supports multi-restaurant ordering within a single order. The company has expanded rapidly, reporting its footprint tripled from 46 to 140 locations since May 2025. Wonder is investing in robotics, artificial intelligence and delivery infrastructure, including a partnership with Zipline to pilot on-demand drone delivery in Texas. Marc Lore is founder and CEO, and the company positions itself to own mealtime from recipe development through autonomous delivery. Financially, the company raised $650 million in a Series D at a $9 billion pre-money valuation to fund its expansion and technology investments.
- Fetch
Participated · Equity · Apr 2022
Fetch is a rewards app that lets consumers earn Fetch Points and helps brands create lifelong customers. Led by CEO and founder Wes Schroll and based in Madison, WI, Fetch aggregates consumer purchase data using AI and machine-learning technologies. The company captures more than $152 billion in transactions annually; users have submitted over 5 billion receipts and earned nearly $910 million in rewards. Fetch plans to use the financing to expand on four axes: product innovation to enhance user experience and partner success, further development of its proprietary AI/ML technologies, investment in growing the app’s user base, and hiring talent to support hypergrowth. The app is available on the App Store and Google Play Store. Fetch Rewards is a consumer-rewards app that gives users rewards when they snap a photo of a receipt or submit an eReceipt, and it partners directly with brands to deliver those offers. Led by CEO and founder Wes Schroll, the app has 13 million active users who have submitted more than 2 billion receipts and earned more than $340 million in rewards points. The company works with over 500 global brands and recently surpassed $100 billion in annualized gross merchandise value (GMV). Fetch intends to use new funding to accelerate growth and continue building a digital loyalty and marketing platform. The company raised $240 million in equity and debt at a valuation of more than $2.5 billion, bringing total funding to over $500 million. The product emphasizes user engagement across grocery, retail, restaurant and online purchases by incentivizing submission of every receipt, paper and digital. Fetch Rewards operates a consumer-loyalty and retail-rewards app that lets shoppers earn free rewards by snapping photos of receipts or submitting electronic receipts. Led by founder and CEO Wes Schroll, the company launched in 2017 and is based in Madison, Wisconsin, with offices in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. The app has been downloaded more than 19 million times and has nearly 7 million active users. To date Fetch has processed nearly a billion receipts and has delivered more than $120 million in savings to its shoppers. The company says it will use the newly raised funds to continue to expand operations and broaden its business reach. Total funding to date stands at $328 million following the latest round. Fetch Rewards is a consumer app that lets shoppers earn free rewards by scanning every receipt after they shop; the app finds savings and rewards for purchases. Founded in 2017 and led by founder Wes Schroll, the company has recorded more than 16 million downloads and over 5.5 million active users. Fetch has processed more than 700 million receipts to date and has delivered nearly $100 million in savings to its shoppers. The company is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin and also maintains offices in Chicago, New York City and San Francisco. Financially, the company has raised $118 million in total funding to date. The product focus is on driving consumer savings and engagement through receipt scanning and targeted rewards.