# Coltrane Asset Management

> Coltrane Asset Management is a VC fund in New York backing Banking and FinTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.coltraneam.com/

Coltrane Asset Management is an asset management firm that offering management and advisory services to their portfolio companies.It offers financial and investment services such as asset and investment acquisition, consultation, advisory, and development. The firm's investment objective is to maximize absolute returns with emphasis onlong-term compounding. Coltrane employs a long/short investment strategy that is based on a value-oriented methodology that focuses on security selection in equities but also opportunistic credit investments. It invests across multiple geographies, industries, and types of securities.It was founded in 2012 in New York, New York.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Banking | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Lending | 1 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mandeep Manku | Founder and Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mandeep-manku |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OakNorth | OakNorth had a fundamental purpose: to serve and empower established small-to-medium sized businesses (SMEs) that were seeking to scale but were routinely underserved or overlooked by traditional banks: what it calls the ‘Missing Middle’.Its founders, Rishi Khosla and Joel Perlman, had experienced this first-hand while scaling their previouscompany - Copal. In 2015, three years after launching that business, they applied for a bank loan and the ‘computer said ‘no’’, despite their business being profitable. The products, services, and experience needed to make their lives as a scaling business easier, and enable them to reach their full potential, were ‘missing’ from banks’ offerings.As entrepreneurs, their response was to build what was missing: a neobank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs.To date, its bespoke debt finance solutions have supported property developers, care homes, specialist schools and nurseries, hotels, bars and restaurants, pub operators, as well as fund and specialist finance providers. With a range of specialist secured and unsecured business loans, OakNorth caters to the growth plans of businesses, without asking them to give up equity.Despite experiencing not one, but two unprecedented events – Brexit and COVID-19 – since its launch, the bank has continued supporting growth businesses across the UK. It’s lent over £10 billion to date, directly helping with the creation of almost tens of thousands of new jobs and new homes (the significant majority of which are affordable and social housing).Its data-led approach allows it to look at the future, rather than just fixating on the past, meaning it avoids making decisions based on outdated financials. Using data and analytics, it builds up a granular view of every business in its portfolio, combining this with forward-looking scenario analysis, to enable it to be a trusted funding partner as the business scales, and continue confidently lending through economic cycles and unprecedented events.By behaving as reliable, long-term partners to its customers throughout the pandemic, rather than just bankers, it has been able to make them its best advocates. As a result, c.80% of its new lending comes via referrals, and 40% of its borrowers are repeat customers. | $100M | Series B | Sep 06, 2018 |  |
| OakNorth | OakNorth had a fundamental purpose: to serve and empower established small-to-medium sized businesses (SMEs) that were seeking to scale but were routinely underserved or overlooked by traditional banks: what it calls the ‘Missing Middle’.Its founders, Rishi Khosla and Joel Perlman, had experienced this first-hand while scaling their previouscompany - Copal. In 2015, three years after launching that business, they applied for a bank loan and the ‘computer said ‘no’’, despite their business being profitable. The products, services, and experience needed to make their lives as a scaling business easier, and enable them to reach their full potential, were ‘missing’ from banks’ offerings.As entrepreneurs, their response was to build what was missing: a neobank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs.To date, its bespoke debt finance solutions have supported property developers, care homes, specialist schools and nurseries, hotels, bars and restaurants, pub operators, as well as fund and specialist finance providers. With a range of specialist secured and unsecured business loans, OakNorth caters to the growth plans of businesses, without asking them to give up equity.Despite experiencing not one, but two unprecedented events – Brexit and COVID-19 – since its launch, the bank has continued supporting growth businesses across the UK. It’s lent over £10 billion to date, directly helping with the creation of almost tens of thousands of new jobs and new homes (the significant majority of which are affordable and social housing).Its data-led approach allows it to look at the future, rather than just fixating on the past, meaning it avoids making decisions based on outdated financials. Using data and analytics, it builds up a granular view of every business in its portfolio, combining this with forward-looking scenario analysis, to enable it to be a trusted funding partner as the business scales, and continue confidently lending through economic cycles and unprecedented events.By behaving as reliable, long-term partners to its customers throughout the pandemic, rather than just bankers, it has been able to make them its best advocates. As a result, c.80% of its new lending comes via referrals, and 40% of its borrowers are repeat customers. | $210.8M | Series B | Oct 12, 2017 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Clermont Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clermont-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EDBI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edbi) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GIC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gic) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NIBC Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nibc-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Toscafund Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toscafund-asset-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Coltrane Asset Management invest in?

Coltrane Asset Management invests primarily in Banking, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Coltrane Asset Management?

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### Who are the partners at Coltrane Asset Management?

The team at Coltrane Asset Management includes Mandeep Manku (Founder and Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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