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    Motive Partners

    New York, New York, United StatesFounded 2016

    Motive Partners is a specialized private equity firm that exclusively focuses on investments in financial technology (fintech) and technology-enabled business services companies. They employ a strategy of investing across all stages, from early-stage ventures to growth equity and buyouts, primarily in North America and Europe, with a hands-on approach to drive value creation.

    50% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Deal activity decreased year-over-year (5 deals in the last 12 months vs 10 prior). Average disclosed round size is $38.3M (across 24 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    26

    Fund Size

    $6.4B

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    5

    Team

    HB

    Hugo Bongers

    Partner, Ventures

    TP

    Tom Profumo

    Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    26 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    FfinperksPre-Seed$4MMar 2026
    Zocks logoZocksSeries B$45MJan 2026
    LLakaSeries B$8.8MJul 2025
    Penzilla logoPenzillaSeed$3.2MMay 2025
    NNavroSeries B$41MApr 2025
    Warren logoWarrenPre-Seed$3MMar 2025
    Flanks logoFlanksSeries A$14MFeb 2025
    DDfnsSeries A$16MJan 2025
    Nelly logoNellySeries B$51MJan 2025
    Upvest logoUpvestSeries C$100MDec 2024
    Synthera logoSyntheraPre-Seed$1.7MDec 2024
    Vega logoVegaSeries A$20MNov 2024
    MMYNESeries A$40MAug 2024
    Bunch logoBunchSeries A$14.2MJul 2024
    Doconomy logoDoconomySeries B$37MMay 2024
    DoorFeed logoDoorFeedSeed$13MNov 2023
    SSplititUnknown$60MAug 2023
    Nelly logoNellySeries A$15MJun 2023
    TTifin AmpSeries AJun 2023
    BBackbaseGrowth$128MJun 2022
    TTIFINSeries D$109MMay 2022
    Insurify logoInsurifySeries B$100MSep 2021
    InvestCloud logoInvestCloudUnknownFeb 2021
    QQOMPLXSeries A$80M
    Vega logoVegaSeed$8M
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    Top Co-Investors

    Lakestar2 shared
    Btov2 shared
    Angel Invest1 shared
    KDX1 shared
    Viola Fintech1 shared
    MassMutual1 shared
    Nationwide1 shared
    Hearst Ventures1 shared
    Viola Ventures1 shared
    Further Ventures1 shared
    Bpifrance1 shared

    Last updated: 24 April 2026