# Blythe Masters

> Blythe Masters is a funding round investor at Motive Partners backing FinTech and Finance. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Motive Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/motive-partners)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/blythemasters
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/blythemasters

Blythe Masters is a funding round investor at Motive Partners in New York focused on FinTech and Finance. Blythe Masters is the Founding Partner at Motive Partners.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Finance | 1 | 33% |
| Hedge Funds | 1 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 33% |
| Information Services | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Novata | Novata is an ESG platform built specifically for private markets. |  |  | Oct 07, 2025 |  |
| Novata | Novata is an ESG platform built specifically for private markets. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 21, 2024 |  |
| CAIS | CAIS is a financial technology platform, providing independent financial advisors with access to top-tier managers of specialized investment products in the multi-trillion-dollar independent wealth channel.The company offers streamlined execution for an expanding list of alternative investment funds and products. Financial advisors use theplatform to access funds and products, including hedge funds, private equity, private credit, real estate, structured notes, and digital assets. CAIS complements its fund offerings with independent due diligence provided by Mercer. CAIS is an NFA member with securities offered through CAIS Capital LLC, member FINRA, SIPC.Jeremy Norton and Matt Brown co-founded CAIS in New York, New York in 2009. | $225M | Private Equity | Jan 11, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Apollo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apollo-global-management-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hamilton Lane](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hamilton-lane) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [S&P Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/s-p-global) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ford Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ford-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Franklin Templeton](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/franklin-templeton-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Motive Partners

VC Fund · New York, United States

Motive Partners is a sector-specialist investment platform with expertise, connectivity, and capabilities to create long-term value in financial technology businesses. It exists as an investment firm focused exclusively on financial technology to back and build the future of financial technology to positively transform markets, models, and society.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York.

5 contacts available at Motive Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Williams | Partner, Growth & Buyout | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-m-williams |
| Michael Hayford | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-d-hayford |
| Alastair Lukies | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alastair-lukies |
| Andy Stewart | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-stewart-c925 |
| Blythe Masters | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blythe-masters |

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## FAQ

### What does Blythe Masters invest in?

Blythe Masters invests primarily in FinTech, Finance and Hedge Funds startups, most often at Funding Round and Private Equity stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Blythe Masters last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Blythe Masters closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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