Viola Fintech is a Venture Capital fund investing in Fintech, Insurtech, Regtech and Proptech startups across US, Canada, Europe and Israel. Led by experienced operators with decades of combined experience in the Fintech space, we are passionate about partnering with entrepreneurs who are set out to reshape the future of financial services. Backed by some of the most prominent financial institutions in the world, we facilitate their collaboration with innovative entrepreneurs to accelerate the transformation of financial services globally.
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.
3 Apr 2024
This time it’s different. Typically, macroeconomic predictions are prefaced with a caveat: “This time is different; uncertainty looms large, but we’ll do our best…”. However, 2024 is different! From the macroeconomic perspective, uncertainty is as low as it can be. It doesn’t mean all is well, but it does tell us we know more about…
3 Apr 2024
Embedded finance is undoubtedly a hot topic in the Fintech industry and offers an incredible opportunity, with predictions that it will reach a market size of $588 billion by 2032. The concept of integrating financial services into non-financial offerings can provide value to all stakeholders involved. Consumers can benefit from a frictionless and optimized experience,…
12 Jul 2023
Generative AI (GenAI) has taken the world by storm. We’re not just referencing the usual tech ecosystems and clusters, but mainstream consumer use as well. ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) have permeated the everyday lives of people everywhere, not just tech employees. One industry where the technology has enormous potential is financial services…
22 Jan 2023
Despite the overall pullback in venture funding and the turmoil of financial markets, financial services remained the leading sector globally for venture investments in 2022 and we believe that many of these challenges will directly lead to 2023 opportunities. Even with the fintech market adjusting to a higher cost of capital and a paradigm shift…
15 Jan 2023
The global uncertainty in 2022 brought decades-high inflation rates with an uncertain macro environment, resulting in central banks using every tool at their disposal – both fiscal and monetary – to fight inflation. This led to public market crashes and impacted valuations in public and private markets. Fintech, adversely affected by higher cost of capital…
8 Mar 2022
2021 marked a significant boom in the Israeli fintech ecosystem, totaling $4.5B in fintech funding, setting a record high. Not only was this greater than the previous 3 years combined (with a 136% increase from 2020), but funding more than doubled in 2021 alone. Israeli fintech growth was disproportionate – while total funding by…
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