# Cristóbal Conde

> Cristóbal Conde is a seed investor at FinTech Innovation Lab backing FinTech and Software. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [FinTech Innovation Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fintech-innovation-lab-london)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristobalconde

Cristóbal Conde is a seed investor at FinTech Innovation Lab in New York focused on FinTech and Software. Cristobal is an active investor in early-stage companies, and a senior member of the Partnership for NYC’s FinTech incubator for software companies. His current investments include True Office, where he serves as executive chairman, Calastone, where he serves as chairman, Centripetal Networks, where he is a board member, and Digital Reasoning,where he is a board member.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$5M |
| Series A | $5M–$18M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 9 | 56% |
| Software | 7 | 44% |
| Financial Services | 7 | 44% |
| SaaS | 3 | 19% |
| Banking | 3 | 19% |

40 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 44% |
| Series A | 4 | 25% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |
| Series D | 1 | 6% |
| Series E | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 50% |
| United States | 3 | 19% |
| Germany | 2 | 13% |
| Israel | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AnChain.ai | AnChain.AI develops artificial intelligence software for blockchain security, anti-money laundering (AML), and compliance investigation. Its platform combines blockchain analytics, smart contract intelligence, and transaction monitoring to detect and prevent illicit activity across digital assets and decentralized finance ecosystems.AnChain.AI’sproducts include CISO™, an AI-driven compliance and investigation operations platform that automates blockchain tracing and reporting for AML enforcement; BEI™ API, a blockchain ecosystem intelligence solution that provides real-time risk scoring and transaction monitoring across multiple blockchains; and SCREEN™, a smart contract risk evaluation engine that analyzes contract code, detects vulnerabilities, and identifies high-risk wallet activity.The company also offers Web3SOC, a security operations center for Web3 assets that monitors and responds to emerging blockchain threats. AnChain.AI’s technology supports government agencies, financial institutions, and digital asset service providers in conducting investigations, enhancing AML/CFT compliance, and managing blockchain-related risks. |  | Series B | Dec 02, 2025 |  |
| Lab 1 | Lab 1 gathers hacked and exposed data from the dark web, messaging services, and secret groups to give the best perspective of risk throughout the supply chain. | $1.1M | Seed | Nov 09, 2022 |  |
| Corsa | Tweed provides a plug & play white-label wallet solution that includes compliant self-custodial key management, comprehensive wallet features and payment infrastructure all in one SDK. With Tweed, platforms and brands can onboard mainstream users seamlessly and create frictionless web3 experiences which increase the overall activity and saleson platform. Tweed’s architecture is built as a true self-custodial solution, and passes regular legal audits to ensure your platform can offload the regulatory burden and offer a fully compliant web3 experience.The company is still currently in stealth mode. | $4M | Seed | Sep 21, 2022 |  |
| Venari Security | Venari is an encrypted traffic analysis (ETA) platform that detects threats hidden within encrypted traffic and helps deliver cryptographic and regulatory compliance for enterprise organisations without the need for decryption. Acting as an automated early warning system for security teams, Venari's ETA platform detects threats hidden withinencrypted traffic reducing the overall response time.Headquartered in London with a Development Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Tunis, Venari fundamentally changes the way encrypted traffic is analysed using a combination of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and behavioural analytics. To date, Venari has been recognised by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) cyber accelerator programme and Barclays TechStars accelerator program. The organisation has won various industry awards in 2019 and 2020. | $8.3M | Series A | Aug 02, 2021 |  |
| Friday Finance | Airbank is the next-generation financial management platform for startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Airbank transforms B2B finance for SMBs in Europe by building the simplest way for businesses to collect, pay, and finance invoices. Airbank connects with existing bank accounts of its users and provides real-time visibility intotheir cash flow. | $2.7M | Seed | Jun 22, 2021 |  |
| Friday Finance | Friday Finance is a next-generation financial management platform for startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Friday Finance transforms B2B finance for SMBs in Europe by building the simplest way for businesses to collect, pay, and finance invoices. Friday Finance connects with existing bank accounts of its users and providesreal-time visibility into their cash flow.The company was established in 2021 and is based in Berlin, Germany. | $3M | Seed | Jun 22, 2021 |  |
| Acin | Acin is a market-defining fintech company that is on a mission to make banks safer and transform the financial industry’s approach to non-financial risk, through the use of data. | $12M | Series A | Sep 28, 2020 |  |
| FIDEL API | Fidel API is a global financial infrastructure platform that enables developers to build programmable experiences at the moment a transaction occurs on any payment card. Its tools are transforming how merchants and users interact by powering real-time, event-driven engagements, best-in-class loyalty and rewards programs and revolutionizingprocesses from reimbursements to expense management.Fidel API is trusted by start-ups through global enterprises including Google, British Airways, TopCashback, Perkbox, Royal Bank of Canada, and Blackhawk Networks, and is supported by the world’s largest card networks, including Visa, Mastercard and American Express.Founded in 2018, Fidel API is headquartered in London, with offices in Lisbon, New York, and remote employees globally. Fidel API is backed by investors including Nyca Partners, QED Investors, Citi Ventures, RBC Capital and Commerce Ventures. | $18M | Series A | Sep 25, 2019 |  |
| OpenGamma | OpenGamma is the analytics company dedicated to reducing the costs of trading derivatives, by providing actionable recommendations to front-office, risk, and treasury. Their deep quantitative understanding of CCP margin and capital models, coupled with their cutting-edge cloud-based technologies, give derivatives users the ability to uncover hiddenopportunities that enhance returns. Since its founding in 2009, OpenGamma has built a global client base consisting of the world’s leading financial institutions and companies across clearing houses, banks, and buy-side firms. Due to their simple set-up, clients are up and running within hours, receiving actionable recommendations for immediate derivative cost savings.With offices in London and New York, their team brings together a unique mix of the practitioner, quantitative, and software engineering expertise, providing unique insights, and products designed from direct experience. With thousands of users depending on their derivatives analytics every day, OpenGamma helps firms tackle the biggest issues in derivatives trading. | $10M | Series E | Apr 03, 2019 |  |
| CreditEnable | CreditEnable is a global SME credit marketplace, works with large Private Sector Banks, NBFCs and Fintech Leaders with more than Rs 70,000 crore to lend to SMEs for loan requirements of ₹ 10 L to ₹ 30Cr with lender rates starting from 9%.CreditEnable’s lender solutions enable profitable growth by substantially reducing the time involved withunderwriting SME loans, provide efficient access to quality borrowers and improve the quality of SME loan books. CreditEnable’s borrower solutions help SMEs better understand lenders’ credit requirements, get prepared for debt and secure the capital they need at an affordable rate. | $5M | Seed | Jan 31, 2019 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Speedinvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/speedinvest) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Calm/Storm VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/calm-storm-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [New Wave (VC)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-wave-6e35) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [10K Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10k-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [another.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/another-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About FinTech Innovation Lab

VC Fund · New York, United States

The FinTech Innovation Lab is a highly competitive, 12-week program that helps early- to growth-stage enterprise technology companies refine and test their value proposition with the support of the world’s leading financial service firms.After a successful inaugural year, they will continue to operate an insurtech track to bring emergingsolutions to an expanded list of insurance partners and provide insurtech entrepreneurs with the guidance that will take their technologies from nice-to-have to mainstays within the industry.

5 contacts available at FinTech Innovation Lab.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cristóbal Conde | Executive-in-Residence | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cristbal-conde |
| Andy Brown | CTO in Residence | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-brown-5 |
| Dominic Paolino | Program Lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dominic-paolino |
| Maria Gotsch | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maria-gotsch |
| Ryan Teksten | Industry Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-teksten |

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## FAQ

### What does Cristóbal Conde invest in?

Cristóbal Conde invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Cristóbal Conde's check size?

Cristóbal Conde typically joins rounds of $1M–$5M at Seed and $5M–$18M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Cristóbal Conde participates in.

### When did Cristóbal Conde last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Cristóbal Conde closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 16 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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