# Activant Capital

> Activant Capital is a VC fund in Greenwich backing Software and FinTech. See 108 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Greenwich, United States
- Total investments: 108
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 34%
- Last fund: Jan 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/5182582
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/activantcapital
- Website: http://activantcapital.com

Activant Capital is a VC fund in Greenwich focused on Software and FinTech. Activant is a global investment firm that partners with high-growth companies that are transforming commerce. The firm was founded in 2015 by Steve Sarracino and has offices in Greenwich, Connecticut and Berlin, Germany.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.1M–$10M |
| Series A | $10M–$170M |
| Series B | $20M–$75M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 21 | 19% |
| FinTech | 17 | 16% |
| Financial Services | 15 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 13 | 12% |
| SaaS | 9 | 8% |

121 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 24 | 22% |
| Series B | 24 | 22% |
| Seed | 13 | 12% |
| Series C | 10 | 9% |
| Series D | 10 | 9% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 49 | 45% |
| Germany | 5 | 5% |
| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Maximilian Mayer | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maximilian-mayer-7c47 |
| Richard Benson-Armer | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-benson-armer |
| Steve Sarracino | Founder and Partner | 23 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-r-sarracino |
| Andrew Steele | Partner | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-steele-d4cc |
| JJ Brink | Research Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jj-brink |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Velocity | Velocity provides a unified platform for efficiently moving and managing funds across both traditional banks and blockchains. | $38M | Series A | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| sherpa | AI Operating System for External Workforce Management | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | Jul 09, 2026 |  |
| Partly | Partly develops digital infrastructure for the automotive parts industry, providing software, APIs, and AI models that support parts identification, procurement, and supply chain operations. Its platform standardizes communication and data exchange among participants in the parts ecosystem, helping businesses integrate parts information into theirexisting systems and workflows. The company offers both developer tools and pre-built applications that can be embedded into enterprise platforms or deployed as standalone solutions. Its products are used by automotive groups, repair businesses, dismantlers, and other organizations to manage inventory, pricing, ordering, and cataloging processes. Partly also develops industry-specific AI models designed to improve the accuracy and efficiency of parts-related operations. | $50M | Series B | Jun 23, 2026 |  |
| Strix | Strix is an open-source AI security platform that uses autonomous agents to continuously pentest applications, APIs, and codebases. | $6.7M | Seed | Jun 01, 2026 |  |
| Trinio | Creating new experiences and technologies that empower merchants to build better and lasting relationship directly with their clients | $6.4M | Seed | May 25, 2026 |  |
| Adapt | Adapt builds a unified AI layer that connects company tools to enable shared context, insights, and automation. | $10M | Seed | Jan 29, 2026 |  |
| FINNY | FINNY is an AI prospecting tool that provides technology solutions for financial advisors. | $17M | Series A | Dec 18, 2025 |  |
| Airwallex | Established in Melbourne in 2015, Airwallex is a global payments fintech that enables businesses to operate anywhere, anytime.In today’s fast-changing digital era, Airwallex's purpose is to empower businesses of all sizes to grow without borders, and by doing so, contribute to the global economy. With technology at its core, Airwallex builta proprietary global financial infrastructure platform to help businesses transact, collect and pay in any foreign currency across 130+ countries and 50+ currencies, without the constraints of the traditional global financial system. | $330M | Series G | Dec 08, 2025 |  |
| Stuut | AI for Business needing to generate more money from their customers | $29.5M | Series A | Nov 20, 2025 |  |
| Baselane | We are building the future of financial services for the 12+ million individual real estate investors and landlords who own over 25 million homes in the United States. Our mission is to empower real estate investors to thrive. Our platform enables our customers to save time and gain financial visibility and control to make better decisions to growtheir investment portfolios. | $20M | Series B | Oct 01, 2025 |  |

10 of 108 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [L Catterton](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lcatterton) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
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- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Activant Capital invest in?

Activant Capital invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 108 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Activant Capital's check size?

Activant Capital typically joins rounds of $3.1M–$10M at Seed, $10M–$170M at Series A and $20M–$75M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Activant Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Activant Capital?

Public channels for Activant Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Activant Capital?

The team at Activant Capital includes Maximilian Mayer (Partner), Richard Benson-Armer (Partner) and Steve Sarracino (Founder and Partner), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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