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ACTIVE
Global HQ
San Francisco, United States
Countries of investment
  • United States
Investment stages
  • Pre-seed
  • seed
  • Series A
Industries
  • Fintech
  • AI
  • Health Tech
  • Blockchain
About
FGV Capital, formerly Fiat Ventures, is a San Francisco based venture firm that combines investing with growth advisory. It runs a 35 million dollar Fund Two targeting pre seed to Series A fintech adjacent startups in AI, healthtech, and commerce, leveraging its network to accelerate distribution and product market fit for market leading early stage companies.
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Investment Thesis

FGV Capital’s thesis is that fintech is being embedded across every vertical. It backs early stage companies at the intersections of financial technology, AI, healthcare, and commerce, with a focus on vertical AI in financial services, payments infrastructure, and practical digital asset applications.
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Manager's Experience

Co-founded by Michael Gifford (Managing Partner), Founder & CEO of Splitero and proptech executive; Tony Huang (Partner), Co-Founder & CEO of Possible Finance with expertise in consumer credit and underwriting algorithms; and Angela Rastegar (Venture Partner), Founder & CEO of Sunfish and former management consultant specializing in healthcare lending and capital structuring.

Team

Michael Gifford - Managing Partner

Tony Huang - Partner & Co-Founder

Angela Rastegar - Venture Partner

Daniel Demetri - Venture Partner

Christie Horvath - Partner

Michal Cieplinski - Partner

Portfolio

AdZen

Brellium

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Henry

HiJenny

Meru

Possible Finance

PreventiveMD

Sheer Health

Splitero

Sunfish

Trellis

Wagmo

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