# Endurance Companies

> Endurance Companies is a VC fund backing FinTech and Software. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/endurance-companies/about/
- Website: http://www.endurancecos.com

Endurance Companies is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on FinTech and Software. Endurance is a holding company that manages diversified entrepreneurial projects, building nine successful companies amongst the partners since 2009. The company actively manages four businesses founded by the Partners: Funding Circle US, Vocate, Collective Medical Technologies, and Endurance Properties.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 6 | 27% |
| Software | 5 | 23% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 23% |
| Finance | 4 | 18% |
| Health Care | 4 | 18% |

54 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 45% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 14% |
| Series A | 2 | 9% |
| Series C | 2 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 9% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 17 | 77% |
| Brazil | 2 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Tonelli | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-tonelli |
| Braden Pan | Principal, Operating Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/braden-pan |
| Chris Klomp | Partner | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-klomp |
| Emil Veltchev | Venture Builder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emil-veltchev |
| Erika Shumate | Operating Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erika-shumate |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Allswell | Allswell is a community-first mental health care provider that provides virtual mental health therapy services for queer adults. The company connects clients with licensed therapists who are trained in LGBTQ+-affirming care and offer both one-on-one and peer group therapy sessions. Its services address a range of needs, including identityexploration, trauma recovery, relationship challenges, and stress related to discrimination or marginalization.Clients can start with a free 15-minute consultation, followed by an intake session where a personalized care plan is developed. Allswell’s therapy sessions are conducted via secure video calls, and clients can choose weekly individual or group meetings. The platform accepts Medicaid in Maryland and major commercial insurance plans, while self-pay clients are offered discounted introductory sessions. Through its approach, Allswell aims to make accessible, culturally competent mental health care available to queer individuals in a supportive virtual environment. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Oct 29, 2025 |  |
| Civic Marketplace | Civic Marketplace is a platform that simplifies purchasing decisions, helps agencies make efficient, informed choices, and boosts local economic growth by providing access and opportunities to historically underutilized businesses. | $3.2M | Seed | Nov 20, 2024 |  |
| Reset Financial Technologies | Reset is an earned-wage access platform that offers employees financial wellness and increases employee retention across industries through mission-driven technology. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Feb 29, 2024 |  |
| Reset Financial Technologies | Reset is an earned-wage access platform that offers employees financial wellness and increases employee retention across industries through mission-driven technology. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Feb 29, 2024 |  |
| Sora | Sora develops an automated finance tool design to help families obtain personalized rates for mortgage, auto, and student loans. | $3.9M |  | Mar 09, 2023 |  |
| Sora | Sora develops an automated finance tool design to help families obtain personalized rates for mortgage, auto, and student loans. | $3.9M | Seed | Mar 03, 2023 |  |
| Readyly | Readyly is an agentic AI platform that helps governments and regulated organizations automate citizen and customer service across digital and voice channels. The platform deploys AI agents that can answer questions, guide users through complex processes, and execute workflows such as case intake, status updates, and service requests.Readylyintegrates with existing government and enterprise systems, including CRM, permitting, records, and communications platforms, allowing organizations to modernize service delivery without replacing their underlying infrastructure. The platform supports multilingual and accessible interactions, enabling governments and organizations to serve diverse populations at scale.Readyly is used by public sector organizations and regulated enterprises in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Europe, and is designed to meet the security, compliance, and reliability requirements of government environments. | $500K | Pre-Seed | May 20, 2022 |  |
| Layers Education | Education and technology works smoothly with Layers: The best platform to integrate digital solutions in the education market. We provide a all-in-one app with communication tools that can be integrated with any 3rd party provider. | $2M | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| idwall | Idwall develops software to help small and medium-sized businesses in the customer credentialing process. It is focused on providing businesses with document validation, background check, and identity verification solutions and services. The company offers a real-time alert system that enables its users to verify customers’ data in signups andpurchases. It also provides implementation and consulting services for its solutions.Idwall was founded in July 2016 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Sao Paulo. | $38M | Series C | May 31, 2021 |  |
| Lemonaid Health | Lemonaid Health focuses on changing the patient experience and improving and optimizing clinical care through advancements in machine learning and AI. It leverages evidence-based guidelines and the most up-to-date clinical protocols to offer a service direct to consumers for less than typical co-pays.It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered inSan Francisco, California. | $36.8M | Series B | Jul 31, 2020 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Meridian Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meridian-ventures-438d) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Creative Capital Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creative-capital-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fairbridge Park](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fairbridge-park) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [J4.Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j4-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Launchpad Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchpad-capita) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Moai Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moai-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Endurance Companies invest in?

Endurance Companies invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Endurance Companies?

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### Who are the partners at Endurance Companies?

The team at Endurance Companies includes Alex Tonelli (Partner), Braden Pan (Principal, Operating Partner) and Chris Klomp (Partner), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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