Viola FinTech is a cross-stage venture fund that invests in global FinTech companies alongside leading venture investors.
The fund brings together financial institutions and innovative startups to accelerate the modernization and digitization of financial institutions and support the growth of FinTech companies.
WHAT MAKES OUR MODEL SPECIAL?
We’re backed by leading global banks, insurance companies and asset managers from North America, Europe, APAC and Israel.
This allows us to work closely with our investors to accelerate fintegration (the implementation and adaptation of innovative solutions by financial institutions).
We have an exceptionally experienced management team with a strong background in banking, entrepreneurship and investment.
CONTACT: Maryse Bichler
$122M
We are a cross-stage FinTech-focused venture fund, meaning that we invest in startups at the stage where close cooperation with financial institutions will trigger accelerated and significant growth.
As a co-investment fund, we either co-lead an investment or come in after a first institutional investor.
● B2B and B2C companies in sectors such as “Tech for fin”, Insurtech, Regtech, wealth and asset management, platforms for liquidity, compliance, Tech for SME
● Companies using advanced technologies to solve problems stemming from inefficiencies triggered by regulation, manual labor or unnecessary middlemen
● Innovative solutions to streamline the digitization and modernization of large core systems
Teams with strong technology, innovative go-to-market or distribution strategy and with at least an initial product-market fit and regulatory fit.
7 Jan 2021
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17 Dec 2020
Reflecting on the past year brings up mixed emotions. As Dickens accurately sums up- it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. We have definitely gained perspective as we sat back and caught a glimpse of what the “end of the world” feels like, while witnessing how certain sectors, like Fintech,…
19 Aug 2020
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21 Jul 2020
For decades, the real estate industry was complicated and analog. But the 2008 financial crisis enabled startups to leverage technology to find new opportunities in falling real estate prices. This led to a steady increase in “Proptech” investment, which reached a peak of $15B in 2019. Global investment in Proptech 2020 was set to continue…
7 Jun 2020
This is the HR edition of our New Operational Model series - a practical department-by-department guide for startups operating in the post-COVID world. When new employees are hired, they sign 2 contracts with their employer. One, the physical contract, lays out the terms of her employment – salary, benefits, expectations, etc. The other contract they…
24 May 2020
Global fintech investments have been booming, reaching $1.75B in 2019 in Israel alone. COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on the world as we knew it, rapidly accelerating trends and forcing change on the financial world. There is no doubt fintech will not look the same- if the bar was high, now it is even…
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