# Breakwater Ventures

> Breakwater Ventures is a VC fund backing Financial Services and Credit. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/breakwater-ventures/
- Website: https://www.breakwater.vc

Breakwater Ventures is a VC fund in Seattle focused on Financial Services and Credit. Pre-seed investment fund focused on the PNW, Western Canada, and beyond.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 22% |
| Credit | 1 | 11% |
| FinTech | 1 | 11% |
| Payments | 1 | 11% |
| Logistics | 1 | 11% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Peter Mueller | Founding Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-mueller-ad7a |
| William Finney | Founding Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-finney-5787 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Scispot | Scispot is the best tech stack for biotech. It's the first-ever toolkit that lets you tailor it to your needs – no coding required. Think of it as a super combo of alt-ELN + alt-LIMS + Integrations + Analytics. You can set it up using a user-friendly interface (GUI) or by entering commands (CLI). It's about making your digital biotechdreams a reality. You can design your data infrastructure, automate your workflows and integrations and make your data ready for machine learning and artificial intelligence – all on one spot. Scispot even provides pre-made blueprints for major experiments, teamwork, and data management. | $8M | Series A | Jun 04, 2026 |  |
| Confido Legal | Confido Legal provides a credit/debit card and ACH payment processing platform specifically designed for law firms and legal technology companies. The platform offers features such as automated payment plans, payment pages for firm websites, and integration with financial management tools like QuickBooks Online. Confido Legal aims to enhancefinancial flexibility for law firms, ensuring they never have to turn away clients due to payment issues. | $2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 26, 2026 |  |
| Confido Legal | Confido Legal provides a credit/debit card and ACH payment processing platform specifically designed for law firms and legal technology companies. The platform offers features such as automated payment plans, payment pages for firm websites, and integration with financial management tools like QuickBooks Online. Confido Legal aims to enhancefinancial flexibility for law firms, ensuring they never have to turn away clients due to payment issues. | $7M |  | Dec 09, 2025 |  |
| Upwardli | Upwardli is a technology-based financial services agency that helps with credit services. It helps members build their credit and savings with personalized products designed to make smart financial moves. | $9M | Seed | Nov 07, 2025 |  |
| Myriad AI | Myriad AI provides a reliable and controllable AI-powered platform to put Compliance on Autopilot, enabling businesses to thrive. | $7.8M | Seed | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| Myriad AI | Myriad AI provides a reliable and controllable AI-powered platform to put Compliance on Autopilot, enabling businesses to thrive. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 25, 2024 |  |
| Scispot | Scispot is the best tech stack for biotech. It's the first-ever toolkit that lets you tailor it to your needs – no coding required. Think of it as a super combo of alt-ELN + alt-LIMS + Integrations + Analytics. You can set it up using a user-friendly interface (GUI) or by entering commands (CLI). It's about making your digital biotechdreams a reality. You can design your data infrastructure, automate your workflows and integrations and make your data ready for machine learning and artificial intelligence – all on one spot. Scispot even provides pre-made blueprints for major experiments, teamwork, and data management. | $1.2M | Seed | Oct 15, 2023 |  |
| Wokelo AI | Wokelo is a secure GenAI platform for accelerated business research. It helps create customized in-depth analyses for market intelligence and investment research. Wokelo is reimagining the future of work by unlocking human-like syntheses at scale. It utilizes state-of-the-art LLM models and proprietary technology to uncover rich insights. Wokelo isbeing leveraged by Private Equity, Investment Banks, Corporate Strategy and Venture capital professionals. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Jun 20, 2023 |  |
| Gone | Gone is a goods redistribution platform that offers free pickup of gently used household products. | $6.3M | Seed |  |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Aquiline Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aquiline-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [bd Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bd-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Context VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/context-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Live Oak Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/live-oak-banking-company) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pack Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pack-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Breakwater Ventures invest in?

Breakwater Ventures invests primarily in Financial Services, Credit and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 9 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 Breakwater Ventures's check size?

Breakwater Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$9M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Breakwater Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Breakwater Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Breakwater Ventures?

The team at Breakwater Ventures includes Peter Mueller (Founding Partner) and William Finney (Founding Partner). 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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