Ribbit Capital

Overview

Ribbit Capital, founded in 2012, is a global venture capital firm focused on fintech (financial technology). As of 2015, Ribbit had raised $446 million, the fourth-largest amount of money raised among U.S-based venture capital firms started since 2012.

Country: United States

Founded: 2012

Headquarters: Palo Alto

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • North America
  • Latin America
  • Europe

Sector Focus

  • Marketplace Lending
  • Institutional Investments and Trading
  • WealthTech
  • RegTech
  • Payments and Remittances
  • Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
  • Data and Analytics
  • Cryptocurrencies
  • Blockchain

Investment Stage

  • Seed
  • Series A
  • Series B
  • Series C
  • Series D

Summary

We believe the unstoppable movement of consumers and business owners to mobile will resound in financial services for decades to come.

We believe change favors new entrants and their new brands.
We believe that legacy players will lag and sputter.
We believe consumers are ready to be inspired.

Our goal isn’t just to write checks. It’s to deposit ideas

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

November 2016

Parasut

$2m

Series B

500 Startups, Diffusion Capital Partners, Revo Capital

Infrastructure and Enterprise Software

Turkey

November 2016

Cross River Bank

$28m

Undisclosed

Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures

WealthTech

United States

September 2016

Point

$8.4m

Series A

Andreessen Horowitz, Bloomberg Beta, Brad Greiwe, Laurence A. Tosi, Matt Humphrey, Vikram Pandit

Real Estate

United States

July 2016

Revolut

£13.8m

Series A

Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Seedcamp, Venrex Investment Management

Payments & Remittances

United Kingdom

June 2016

Digit

$22.5m

Series B

General Catalyst Partners

WealthTech

United States

May 2016

Jetty

$4m

Seed

BoxGroup, Graph Ventures, MetaProp NYC, Red Swan Ventures, Social Capital, Solon Mack Capital, SV Angel

InsurTech

United States

March 2016

Next Insurance

$13m

Seed

TLV Partners, Zeev Ventures

InsurTech

United States

December 2015

Bonify

Undisclosed Amount

Seed

DN Capital, HW Capital, Index Ventures

Data & Analytics

Germany

November 2015

Invoice2go

$15m

Series C

Accel Partners

Infrastructure & Enterprise Software

United States

August 2015

GuiaBolso

$22m

Series B

e.Bricks, Ed Baker, Kaszek Ventures, Mark Goines, Omidyar Network, Peter Kellner, QED Investors, Valor Capital Group

WealthTech

Brazil

August 2015

Raisin

€20m

Series B

Index Ventures, Tom Stafforf, Yuri Milner

WealthTech

Germany

May 2015

Robinhood

$50m

Series B

New Enterprise Associates, Index Ventures, Jordan Mendell, Machine Shop Ventures, Social Leverage, Susa Ventures, Vaizra Investments

Institutional Investments & Trading

United States

April 2015

Policy Bazaar

$40m

Series D

PremjiInvest, ABG Capital, Steadview Capital, TIger Global Management

InsurTech

India

April 2015

Parasut

$1.9m

Series A

Revo Capital

Infrastructure & Enterprise Software

Turkey

April 2015

Gusto

$60m

Series B

Google Capital, Altimeter Capital, Designer Fund, Emergence Capital Partners, General Catalyst Partners, Glynn Capital Management, GV, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Pivot Investment Partners

Infrastructure & Enterprise Software

United States

March 2015

LendingHome

$70m

Series C

Foundation Capital, Acequia Capital, Fabrice Grinda, First Round, Jose Marin, Renren Inc

Marketplace Lending

United States

February 2015

ContaAzul

Undisclosed Amount

Series C

500 Capital, monashees+, Tiger Global Management, Valar Ventures

Infrastructure & Enterprise Software

Brazil

January 2015

Coinbase

$75m

Series C

Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Andreessen Horowitz, BBVA Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Fueled, New York Stock Exchange, Union Square Ventures, USAA, Valor Capital Group, Vayner/RSE

CryptoCurrency

United States

December 2014

BTC jam

$6.1m

Series A

Foundation Capital, 500 Startups, Bitcoin Investment Trust, Fabrice Grinda, FundersClub, Jose Marin, Pantera Capital

Marketplace Lending

United States

November 2014

Blockstream

$21m

Series A

Kholsa Ventures, Real Ventures, Reid Hoffman, AME Cloud Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Danny Hillis, Embrase, Flight Ventures, Future Perfect Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Mosaic Ventures, SK Ventures

Cryprtocurrency

Canada

October 2014

Wealthfront

$64m

Series D

Spark Capital, DAG Ventures, Dragoneer Investment Group, Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Social Capital

Institutional Investments & Trading

United States

September 2014

Credit Karma

$75m

Series C

Capital G, Felicis Ventures, Founders Fund, QED Investors, Susquehanna Growth Equity, SV Angel, Tiger Global Management

Data & Analytics

United States

September 2014

Robinhood

$13m

Series A

Index Ventures, Aaron Levie, Fave Morin, GV, Howard Lindzon, Jared Leto, Jordan Mendell, Nasir "Nas" Jones, Slow Ventures, Snopp Dogg, Susa Ventures

Institutional Investments & Trading

United States

September 2014

Invoice2go

$15m

Series B

Accel Partners

Infrastructure & Enterprise Software

United States

March 2014

Xapo

$20m

Series A

Benchmark, Fortress Investment Group, Digital Currency Group, Pantera Capital, Slow Ventures,

Cryptocurrency

United States

March 2014

Credit Karma

$85m

Series C

CapitalG, Susquehanna Growth Equity, Tiger Global Management

Data & Analytics

United States

January 2014

Parasut

Undisclosed

Angel

Revo Capital

Infrastructure & Enterprise Technology

Turkey

January 2014

CAN Capital

$33m

Series C

Meritech Capital Partners, Accel Partners, QED Investors

Marketplace Lending

United States

December 2013

Coinbase

$25m

Series B

Andreessen Horowitz, Anthony Saleh, QueensBridge Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures

CryptoCurrency

United States

November 2013

ContaAzul

Undisclosed

Series B

monashees+, Napkn Ventures, Valar Ventures

Infrastructure & Enterprise Software

Brazil

October 2013

Funding Circle

$37m

Series C

Accel Partners, Index Ventures, Union Square Ventures

Marketplace Lending

United Kingdom

September 2013

ComparaOnline

$11m

Series B

Kasek Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, RIse Capital

Misc

Chile

May 2013

Coinbase

$25m

Series A

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Cryptocurrency

United States

April 2013

Credit Karma

$30m

Series B

Susquehanna Growth Equity, 500 Startups, Felicis Ventures

Data & Analytics

United States

January 2013

ContaAzul

Undisclosed

Series A

500 Startups, monashees+, Napkn Ventures

Infrastructure & Enterprise Software

Brazil

October 2012

Borro

$26m

Series C

Canaan Partners, Augmentum Capital, Eden Ventures, Ribbit Capital, ROckBridge Capital Partners

Marketplace Lending

United Kingdom

September 2012

Fuze Network

$2.5m

Series A

Matrix Partners, Deciens Capital

Payments & Remittances

United States

Funds Raised

Vintage

Fund Name

Amount

2015

Ribbit Capital III

$220m

2014

Ribbit Capital II

$124.73m

Ribbit Capital I

$100m

Key Employees

Nikolay Kostov
Partner

Meyer Malka
Managing Partner

Nick Shalek
Partner