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    Propel Venture Partners

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2016

    Propel Venture Partners is a seed-stage venture capital firm backing the builders of the new economy, with a focus on fintech and financial services infrastructure. Spun out of BBVA's corporate venture program in 2016, the firm has invested in over 70 companies and raised over $436 million in total across five funds. Its latest vehicle, Fund V, closed at $100 million in 2025.

    Average disclosed round size is $34.0M (across 38 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    35

    Fund Size

    $100M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    David Mort

    David Mort

    GENERAL PARTNER

    Jay R.

    Jay R.

    GENERAL PARTNER

    Braeden N.

    Braeden N.

    INVESTOR

    Jenny Zhu

    Jenny Zhu

    INVESTOR

    Hunter Brasfield

    Hunter Brasfield

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

    TW

    Tom Whiteaker

    Founding General Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    43 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Safebooks logoSafebooksSeed$15MDec 2025
    Opine logoOpineSeed$5MDec 2025
    Surus logoSurusSeed$8MFeb 2025
    Cavela logoCavelaUnknown$2MSep 2024
    Fintoc logoFintocSeries A$7MApr 2024
    Parcha logoParchaSeed$5MJan 2023
    TaskHuman logoTaskHumanSeries B$20MJun 2022
    Newfront logoNewfrontGrowth$200MApr 2022
    Truora logoTruoraSeries A$15MApr 2022
    Canary logoCanaryPre-Seed$1.5MJan 2022
    Nomad Health logoNomad HealthSeries A$20MJan 2022
    Groww logoGrowwSeries E$251MOct 2021
    TrustLayer logoTrustLayerSeries A$15.1MAug 2021
    Groww logoGrowwSeries D$83MApr 2021
    imagi logoimagiPre-SeedMar 2021
    TrustLayer logoTrustLayerSeed$6.6MFeb 2021
    Canary logoCanaryPre-Seed$1.5MJan 2021
    Paceline logoPacelineSeed$5MNov 2020
    NNewfront InsuranceUnknown$200MOct 2020
    Groww logoGrowwSeries C$30MSep 2020
    Steady logoSteadySeries B$15MJun 2020
    PPaceline FitSeed$5MJan 2020
    DataSine logoDataSineSeries A$5.2MFeb 2019
    Groww logoGrowwSeries A$6.2MJan 2019
    Hippo Insurance logoHippo InsuranceSeries D$100MJan 2019
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    Last updated: 8 September 2026