American Express Ventures
New York, New York, United StatesFounded 2011
American Express Ventures focuses on investing in innovative early- to growth-stage startups that are strategically relevant to American Express's core business. The firm primarily targets companies in financial services (fintech), e-commerce, cybersecurity, digital payments, commerce, enterprise technology, and frontier technologies like AI, aiming to enhance American Express's offerings, improve customer experience, and drive growth.
50% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Average disclosed round size is $41.2M (across 29 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
34
Fund Size
$80M
Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
0
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
34 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cookin | Series A | $17M | Feb 2023 |
 TRM Labs | Series B | $70M | Nov 2022 |
 Finix | Series B | $30M | Aug 2022 |
 Klasha | Seed | $2.1M | Jun 2022 |
 Airbase | Unknown | — | Feb 2022 |
 Finmark | Seed | $6.5M | Jan 2022 |
| EEverC | Series B | $35M | Sep 2020 |
| Finix | Series B | $30M | Aug 2020 |
 Flow | Series B | $37M | Dec 2019 |
 Voca.ai | Unknown | — | Oct 2019 |
| MMishiPay | Series A | $4M | Sep 2019 |
 Better Mortgage | Series C | $160M | Aug 2019 |
| Better Mortgage | Series C | $70M | Jan 2019 |
 Freebird | Series A | $8M | Oct 2018 |
| DDivido | Series A | $15M | Sep 2018 |
 Next Insurance | Series B | $83M | Jul 2018 |
 BioCatch | Growth | $30M | Mar 2018 |
| SSignifyd | Series C | $56M | May 2017 |
| PPlaid Technologies, Inc. | Series B | $44M | Feb 2017 |
 iZettle | Series D | $63M | Jan 2017 |
 Compass | Series C | $50M | Sep 2015 |
 Enigma | Series B | $28.2M | Jun 2015 |
| MMobiKwik | Series B | $25M | Apr 2015 |
 Cignifi | Series B | — | Sep 2014 |
| Enigma | Series A | $4.5M | Jan 2014 |
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Top Co-Investors
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Goldman Sachs5 shared
Mastercard3 shared
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Pine Brook2 shared
Kleiner Perkins2 shared
NEA (New Enterprise Associates)2 shared
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Bain Capital Ventures2 shared
Founders Fund2 shared
Greylock Partners1 shared
Northzone1 shared
Santander Innoventures1 shared
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Last updated: 15 April 2026