Over the past 6 years (ending in 2019), $56 billion has been invested in private FinTech players, but 61% of this was invested in startups trying to compete with incumbents. Many of these FinTech challenger apps (e.g. Acorns, Chime, Robinhood…) were built using next-generation infrastructure provided by platforms like Plaid…

Below is a piece of content we created for frequent discussions we have with leaders of both financial services incumbents and startup challengers. It identifies the different stages of the lifecycle for many FinTech challengers, and its informed by 10+ years of investing in FinTech, including pioneers like WePay (enabler…

The day you decide to start a new VC firm, one of the first questions you’ll ask yourself (and others will ask of you) is whether you plan to work with a Partner. In the beginning of Commerce Ventures, I chose to start the journey as a solo General Partner…

Last week marked an important milestone for Marqeta, Inc., an exciting payments startup which announced new funding and a strategic partnership with Visa. Marqeta holds particular importance to our firm because it was our very first investment, but it also embodies the type of partnership we strive to create with…