American Express Ventures
Investor - Venture Capital
Overview
American Express Ventures is a US based venture capital firm that invests in early and later stage companies, with particluar focus on FinTech companies based in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Country: United States
Founded: 2011
Headquarters: Palo Alto, CA
(650) 473-9384
Investment Strategy
Geography
- North America
- Europe
- Asia
Sector Focus
- Marketplace Lending
- WealthTech
- RegTech
- Payments and Remittances
- Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
- Data and Analytics
Investment Stage
- Early Stage Venture
- Later Stage Venture
- Series A
- Series B
- Series C
- Series D
Summary
American Express Ventures are based out of Palo-Alto and say they focus on both domestic as well as international investment opportunities, predominantly alongside a syndicate of other investors.
With regards to stage of investment they participate in, their investments are fairly ubiquitous across companies in all stages of development, from seed all the way to late-stage.
Their most recent FinTech investment came in November of 2016 when they made their second investment into the ever-growing Asian FinTech space in the space of 6 months, with a $3.8m Series A investment in IndiaLends, the Dehli-based personal loan startup.
Investments
Date
Name
Size
Round
Co-Investors
Sector
Country
IndiaLends
Series A
advantedge Partners
Marketplace Lending
India
Tapzo
Sequoia Capital
WealthTech
India
Tradeshift
Series D
Notion Capital
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Simplee
Series C
Heritage Group
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Persado
Series C
StarVest Partners
Data and Analytics
United States
Trulioo
Venture
Blumberg Capital
RegTech
Canada
PayClip
Series A
Angel Ventures
Payments and Remittances
United States
Abra
Series A
Arbor Ventures
Payments and Remittances
United States
iZettle
Series D
Intel Capital
Payments and Remittances
Sweden
Enigma
Series B
New Enterprise Associates
Data and Analytics
United States
RetailNext
Series E
Tyco Ventures
Data and Analytics
United States
Bill.com
Series F
Silicon Valley Bank
WealthTech
United States
Persado
Series B
StarVest Partners
Data and Analytics
United States
Cignifi
Series A
Omidyar Network
Data and Analytics
United States
iZettle
Series C
Zouk Capital LLP
Payments & Remittances
Sweden
LearnVest
Series D
Accel Partners
WealthTech
United States
Enigma
Series A
Comcast Ventures
Data and Analytics
United States
Bill.com
Series E
Scale Venture Partners
WealthTech
United States
LearnVest
Accel Partners
WealthTech
United States
Skytree
Series A
Osage University Partners
Data and Analytics
United States
SavingStar
Series D
Edenred
Payments & remittances
United States
Kyriba Corporation
Series A
Commerzbank
Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
United States
Key Employees
Harshul Sanghi
Managing Partner
Rohit Bodas
Partner
