# Arbor Ventures

> Arbor Ventures is a VC fund backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 76 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 76
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 29%
- Fund size: $226M
- Last fund: May 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/3102468
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ArborVentures1
- Website: http://www.arborventures.com

Arbor Ventures is a VC fund in Singapore focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Arbor Ventures invests in companies that leverage advanced technologies to facilitate, broaden or fundamentally change the way financial services are served, consumed, and managed. The firm's partners bring extensive sector and market knowledge, together with vast strategic networks, creating a unique platform to recruit world-class boardmembers, investors, and strategic partners from across the globe. Arbor’s global perspective allows it to accelerate impact and reach globally.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $5M–$175M |
| Series B | $12M–$70M |
| Series C | $12M–$150M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 17 | 22% |
| Financial Services | 17 | 22% |
| Finance | 11 | 14% |
| Payments | 7 | 9% |
| Software | 7 | 9% |

77 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 23 | 30% |
| Series B | 13 | 17% |
| Series C | 9 | 12% |
| Seed | 8 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 7% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 19 | 25% |
| Singapore | 5 | 7% |
| Japan | 4 | 5% |
| China | 2 | 3% |
| Indonesia | 2 | 3% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Melissa Guzy | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | 24 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/melissa-guzy |
| Stephanie Zepeda | Principal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephanie-zepeda |
| Daisuke Dan Nagayama | Partner & Director of Japan at Arbor Ventures | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daisuke-dan-nagayama |
| Khaled Lababidi | Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khaled-lababidi-376f |
| Wei Hopeman | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | 16 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wei-hopeman |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stitch | The simplest way to build financial products. Stitch is the unified platform to launch and scale. Shaping the new age of banking and payments. | $25M | Series A | May 14, 2026 |  |
| AppliedAI | AAICO uses artificial intelligence to solve document, process, and measurable business improvement problems in regulated industries. |  | Series B | Jan 22, 2026 |  |
| InCountry | InCountry is a data residency-as-a-service platform that enables global data compliance for international business. The platform securely stores, processes, and regulates profile data in its country of origin, helping multinationals scale by providing easy integration in under ten minutes.The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered inSan Francisco with operations in 65 countries. InCountry is s backed by Accenture, Caffeinated Capital, Arbor Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Felicis Ventures, Mubadala, and Charles River Ventures. | $10M |  | Sep 22, 2025 |  |
| Stitch | The simplest way to build financial products. Stitch is the unified platform to launch and scale. Shaping the new age of banking and payments. | $10M | Seed | May 27, 2025 |  |
| Lean Technologies | Lean Technologies is a FinTech startup that develops a platform to provide access to consumer financial data. The company's API suite, designed to abstract developers from the fragmentation of the financial infrastructure, enables businesses to seamlessly access their customers' financial data and initiate instant bank transfers. Thecompany aims to enhance the accessibility, transparency, and utility of financial data and payments for consumers and businesses, promoting a more inclusive and interconnected financial landscape. | $67.5M | Series B | Nov 11, 2024 |  |
| Tabby | tabby provides consumers across the GCC with the flexibility to pay for their online and in-store purchases in interest-free installments. tabby helps over 2,000 leading retailers grow their sales. | $200M | Series D | Nov 01, 2023 |  |
| Pagos Solutions | Pagos is building a data “platform” and API-driven micro-services that it says can integrate with any payment stack. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. | $34M | Series A | Jan 31, 2023 |  |
| Tabby | tabby provides consumers across the GCC with the flexibility to pay for their online and in-store purchases in interest-free installments. tabby helps over 2,000 leading retailers grow their sales. | $58M | Series C | Jan 17, 2023 |  |
| Kiva Corporation | Proteger is an online application that allows buyers to file and extend their warranty claims and services. | $3.3M | Series A | Dec 07, 2022 |  |
| Ready | Ready.net makes vertical SaaS for America's utility providers. | $10.5M | Series A | Oct 09, 2022 |  |

10 of 76 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Eight Roads Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eight-roads-ventures) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [STV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stv-2) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
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- [Caffeinated Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caffeinated-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Raed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raed-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Arbor Ventures invest in?

Arbor Ventures invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Finance startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 76 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 Arbor Ventures's check size?

Arbor Ventures typically joins rounds of $5M–$175M at Series A, $12M–$70M at Series B and $12M–$150M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Arbor Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Arbor Ventures?

Public channels for Arbor Ventures 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 Arbor Ventures?

The team at Arbor Ventures includes Melissa Guzy (Co-Founder and Managing Partner), Stephanie Zepeda (Principal) and Daisuke Dan Nagayama (Partner & Director of Japan at Arbor Ventures). 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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