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Start Ventures
Venture capital
Start Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 that invests in early-stage B2B companies in the financial services industry, with a focus on fintech and insurtech. It is managed by Onetier Partners SCR, S.A. and provides portfolio companies with strategic guidance, operational support, and network access.
Invests inFintech
In its own wordsfintechinsurtechb2bfinancial servicesearly stageseed
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Or find every investor that fitsStart Ventures lists 20 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 5 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 60% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (50%), AI & Machine Learning (15%) and Healthcare & Biotech (12%). 50% of its companies are based in Portugal. It invests most often alongside Armilar Venture Partners, Frontline and InsurTech NY.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Start Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Start Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 5 companies; its own site lists 20. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 60% |
| Series A | 40% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 4 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 53th | 21 companies |
| Recent activity | 82th | 4 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 76th | 60% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 76th | 10% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 85th | 50% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 50% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 15% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 15% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 6% | 1% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 3% | 6% |
| Space & Defense | 3% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 3% | 4% |
| Legal & Compliance | 3% | 2% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Armilar Venture Partners | 3 |
| Frontline | 2 |
| InsurTech NY | 2 |
| MTech Capital | 2 |
| SEED X Liechtenstein | 2 |
| Semapa Next | 2 |
| Shilling | 2 |
| 11.2 Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers20100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Armilar Venture Partners
Compare Start Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Start Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 23 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 8 Jun 2026 | Series A | |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Series A | |
| 1 Jul 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Start Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Start Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
20 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company enables carbon conscious underwriting and claims settlement for insurers through its SaaS product. | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| ClaimSorted is a tech-first claims service that replaces the traditional TPA model | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Counting Up offers a business bank account with built-in accounting and tax tools in one app | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Coverflex manages multiple benefits for employees in one platform | FintechHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Drivit provides a driving analytics solution that turns any smartphone into a high-quality telematics device | Mobility & LogisticsFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Elucidate provides a platform for financial institutions to screen transactions and monitor for financial crime | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Finovox automates document analysis and fraud detection for businesses | FintechCybersecurity | Jun 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| FRANK provides an AI operator for insurance brokers to automate tasks and focus on client relationships | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Fraudio provides payment fraud and anti-money laundering solutions using artificial intelligence | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI fleet management software for mobility and logistics operators | Mobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Habit provides technology for distributing insurance products to its partners | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides software for financial institutions to collect data and documents for credit processes directly from official sources | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Kirontech is a specialist claims and payment risk intelligence partner for health insurers and medical payers | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Sonant provides an AI receptionist for insurance companies to automate call handling and other tasks | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Usawa Care provides medical support and care from doctors through WhatsApp conversations. | Healthcare & Biotech | Sept 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| WeatherPromise provides a weather guarantee for trips, offering instant payouts if bad weather occurs | FintechLegal & Compliance | Jan 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Anansi provides delivery insurance and automates the recovery of lost costs for retailers | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Zango provides AI-powered compliance solutions for financial services institutions to manage regulatory changes and ensure compliance. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Jul 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Zego provides various types of insurance policies for individuals and businesses, including car, van, taxi, and delivery insurance. | FintechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- startventures.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 1 Jul 2025
- Companies checked
- 20
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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