98 fintech investors in New York, including 92 in New York City

Top 5 fintech investors in New York, ranked by recent fund activity

Among firms with a published profile and a dated fund or deal in the last 24 months. The rule: Activity score out of 100: recency of the latest fund filing or dated deal (35: full marks within 3 months, then stepping down at 6, 12 and 24 months), share of the observed portfolio in this sector (25; half of that when the sector is stated only), stated focus on the US (15: full marks when the firm names the US as where it invests, half when it says global), size of the fund on file on a log scale (15) and completeness of the public record (10). Regional focus is our research, not an SEC figure. It is a measure of activity and fit, not of quality or returns. The same rule orders the whole list; it is repeated in the method box.

1. Motive Venture

   Type: VC firm · HQ: New York, NY · Stages: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Growth · Focus: Fintech, AI, Data, Future of Work · Latest activity: New fund, Aug 2026 · Fund size on file: $200M (SEC Form D, 2025)

   Latest fund filing dated Aug 2026; $200M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2025); 67% of its observed portfolio is fintech; names the US as where it invests; 8 named decision-makers on file.

2. Valar

   Type: VC firm · HQ: New York, NY · Focus: Fintech, Crypto and Web3 · Latest activity: New deal, Sep 2026 · Fund size on file: $863M (SEC Form D, 2021)

   Dated new deal in Sep 2026; $863M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2021); 75% of its observed portfolio is fintech; 5 named decision-makers on file.

3. Inspired

   Type: VC firm · HQ: New York, NY · Stages: Seed · Focus: Fintech, AI, Generalist, Consumer · Latest activity: New fund, Oct 2026 · Fund size on file: $450M (SEC Form D, 2026)

   Latest fund filing dated Oct 2026; $450M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2026); 18% of its observed portfolio is fintech; names the US as where it invests; 8 named decision-makers on file.

4. Avid Ventures

   Type: VC firm · HQ: New York, NY · Stages: Pre-seed · Focus: Fintech, AI, Healthtech, SaaS · Latest activity: Portfolio news, Oct 2026 · Fund size on file: $75M (SEC Form D, 2021)

   Portfolio news dated Oct 2026; $75M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2021); 34% of its observed portfolio is fintech; 2 named decision-makers on file.

5. Left Lane Capital

   Type: VC firm · HQ: Brooklyn, NY · Focus: Fintech, AI, Healthtech, Logistics · Latest activity: New deal, Aug 2026 · Fund size on file: $599M (SEC Form D, 2025)

   Dated new deal in Aug 2026; $599M fund on file (SEC Form D, 2025); 13% of its observed portfolio is fintech; names the US as where it invests; 8 named decision-makers on file.

First 25 of 98 fintech investors in New York

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92 fintech investors in New York City

54 of the 92 have a fund filing or a dated deal in the last 12 months; the median fund size on file is $75M (SEC Form D, 71 firms); the most recent fund filings are from Crystal Venture Partners (Oct 2026), Inspired (Oct 2026) and NVP Capital (Oct 2026); of the 77 with a stage on file, seed (49), pre-seed (39) and growth-stage (22); the count covers the metro area, by city: New York (85), Brooklyn (6) and New York City (1); the paid file holds 477 named decision-makers for them.

The first 5 in list order: Motive Venture, Valar, Inspired, Avid Ventures and Left Lane Capital. They are ranked with the rest of the list, by the same rule.

How these 98 break down

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