# 1st & Main Growth Partners

> 1st & Main Growth Partners is a VC fund in Chicago backing FinTech and Banking. See 4 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1st-and-main-growth-partners
- Website: https://1standmain.co

1st & Main Growth Partners is a private equity investment firm that serves in the financial services and financial technology industries.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 75% |
| Banking | 2 | 50% |
| Finance | 2 | 50% |
| Lending | 2 | 50% |
| Software | 2 | 50% |

18 industries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Charles J. Moore | Founder and President | 1 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Thrive Financial | Thrive Financial, Inc provides a technology-driven loan servicing platform that facilitates consumer financing at the point of sale. The company connects banks seeking loan volume with merchants that offer installment financing options to their customers. Its platform supports indirect lending programs while helping lenders build ongoing, directrelationships with borrowers. Thrive Financial, Inc focuses on simplifying approvals for merchants such as contractors and other service providers through streamlined digital workflows. The company enables participating merchants to present financing offers, submit applications, and manage funded loans through an integrated system. Banks and lenders use the platform to source qualified consumer loans and monitor loan performance over time. The solution aims to increase customer approvals, reduce friction in the checkout process, and support long-term engagement between financial institutions, merchants, and consumers. |  | Series A | Aug 06, 2026 |  |
| Lama AI | Lama AI provides AI-native loan origination infrastructure for community and regional banks. Its platform helps automate intake, borrower assistance, document collection, underwriting preparation, decisioning workflows, closing, and portfolio monitoring, enabling banks to scale lending operations while reducing manual work. Trusted by leadingcommunity and regional banks, Lama AI helps lenders move faster, improve borrower experience, and preserve the credit discipline, oversight, and compliance standards required in regulated lending. Lama AI is on a mission to expand access to fair, profitable capital for small businesses and beyond. Headquartered in NYC with an R&D center in Tel Aviv, Lama AI is reshaping the future of business lending.For more information visit us at: https://lama.ai/ | $12M | Series A | Jun 23, 2026 |  |
| Verdata | Verdata develops a data and insight platform intended to empower POS financing companies to mitigate merchant risk. The company's platform offers underwriting, notifications, and portfolio health check, enabling POS financing companies to avoid fraudulent and poorly behaving merchants. It was headquartered in Richmond, Virginia in 2020. | $8M | Series A | Aug 21, 2025 |  |
| Scamnetic | Scamnetic provides AI-based real time scam protection services. | $13M | Series A | Apr 23, 2025 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Citi SPRINT — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Continental Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/continental-investors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- EJF Ventures — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- Flintlock Capital — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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## FAQ

### What does 1st & Main Growth Partners invest in?

1st & Main Growth Partners invests primarily in FinTech, Banking and Finance startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact 1st & Main Growth Partners?

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### Who are the partners at 1st & Main Growth Partners?

The team at 1st & Main Growth Partners includes Charles J. Moore (Founder and President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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