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    Valar Ventures

    New York, New York, United StatesFounded 2010

    Valar Ventures is a US-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Andrew McCormack, James Fitzgerald, and Peter Thiel. Headquartered in New York, the firm invests in fintech and technology startups globally, with a particular focus on companies outside of Silicon Valley including those in Europe and North America.

    67% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Deal activity decreased year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months vs 6 prior). Average disclosed round size is $56.8M (across 102 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    63

    Fund Size

    $300M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    AM

    Andrew McCormack

    Founding Partner

    JF

    James Fitzgerald

    Partner

    RK

    Reuben Kobulnik

    Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    107 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Octane logoOctaneSeries F$100MDec 2025
    Ember logoEmberSeed$4.3MNov 2025
    Bestow logoBestowSeries D$120MMay 2025
    Yellow Card logoYellow CardSeries C$33MOct 2024
    LiveFlow logoLiveFlowSeries A$13.5MSep 2024
    Syfe logoSyfeSeries C$27MAug 2024
    Octane logoOctaneSeries E$50MAug 2024
    MagicX Hero logoMagicX HeroSeries A$12.2MJun 2024
    Majority logoMajoritySeries B$20MMay 2024
    Octane logoOctaneSeries E$50MJan 2024
    AbbeyCross logoAbbeyCrossSeed$6.5MDec 2023
    Ivy logoIvySeries A$20MAug 2023
    Majority logoMajoritySeries B$9.8MJun 2023
    Parker logoParkerSeries A$31.1MMar 2023
    TREECARD logoTREECARDSeries ANov 2022
    Baraka logoBarakaSeries A$20MNov 2022
    Maplerad logoMapleradSeed$6MOct 2022
    Shares logoSharesSeries B$40MJul 2022
    Mondu logoMonduSeries A$43MMay 2022
    Neo Financial logoNeo FinancialSeries C$145.2MMay 2022
    Neo Financial logoNeo FinancialGrowth$185MMay 2022
    Taxfix logoTaxfixSeries D$220MApr 2022
    Shares logoSharesSeries A$40MMar 2022
    Qonto logoQontoSeries D$522MJan 2022
    Petal Card logoPetal CardSeries D$140MJan 2022
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    Top Co-Investors

    Gaingels13 shared
    SV Angel6 shared
    Third Prime6 shared
    Redalpine5 shared
    DST Global5 shared
    Avataar Venture Partners5 shared
    Seedcamp4 shared
    Creandum4 shared
    Y Combinator4 shared
    Red Swan Ventures4 shared

    Last updated: 7 September 2026