# Far Out Ventures

> Far Out Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Financial Services. See 39 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santa Barbara, United States
- Total investments: 39
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/faroutvc
- Website: https://www.farout.vc/

Far Out Ventures is a VC fund in Santa Barbara focused on Software and Financial Services. We are an equity investor at the pre-seed and seed stages at the intersection of: Enterprise Vertical Software and FinTech

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$5.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $600k–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 18% |
| Financial Services | 7 | 18% |
| FinTech | 6 | 15% |
| SaaS | 4 | 10% |
| Payments | 4 | 10% |

64 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 18 | 46% |
| Pre-Seed | 13 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 8% |
| Series A | 2 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 38% |
| Mexico | 3 | 8% |
| Brazil | 2 | 5% |
| Colombia | 2 | 5% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jack Greco | GP | 27 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jack-greco-2 |
| Ian Hathaway | GP | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-hathaway |
| Jonathan Fentzke | GP | 72 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-fentzke |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Equiply | Equiply is dedicated to helping hospitals make smarter, data-informed decisions in capital planning and equipment management. We provide a streamlined platform tailored to healthcare facilities, enabling efficient, transparent processes that support high-quality patient care. By simplifying complex challenges in asset planning, Equiply helpshealthcare providers focus on what matters most—improving outcomes and operational efficiency. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 30, 2025 |  |
| FlexPoint | LendARR provides a digital payments platform that modernizes the way technology is bought and sold. | $12M | Series A | May 13, 2025 |  |
| Neofin | AI-powered software for B2B payments workflows that automates and streamlines financial processes, transforming the way companies get paid and pay their bills | $6M | Seed | Feb 05, 2025 |  |
| Altscore | AltScore enables any B2B company to create and manage their own credit products. Our 'Rails of Lending' APIs shorten the launch time of new lending products from years to just weeks, while delivering fintech-level capabilities at every stage of the loan process—from onboarding and underwriting to collections and renovations. | $8.5M | Series A | Aug 28, 2024 |  |
| Picaio | Revolutionize your finance management with AI that adapts to your business. Picaio delivers the accuracy and transparency you need for confident decision-making. Ready to see the difference? |  | Seed | Aug 01, 2024 |  |
| FlexPoint | LendARR provides a digital payments platform that modernizes the way technology is bought and sold. | $5M | Seed | Mar 18, 2024 |  |
| Supra | Supra is a company that seeks to revolutionize cross-border payments for companies. |  |  | Dec 11, 2023 |  |
| Supra | Supra is a company that seeks to revolutionize cross-border payments for companies. |  | Seed | Dec 11, 2023 |  |
| TRVLR | Our platform is a fintech-enabled hotel booking platform for travel agencies, designed to address the industry's #1 problem: commission payments. In a market worth $100 billion, we've achieved an astonishing 45x improvement in payment speed, simplicity, and precision, revolutionizing the way travel agencies operate. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Nov 06, 2023 |  |
| Boost My School | BoostMySchool is an educational institution. They design and build a more intuitive, collaborative, and efficient destination for both advancement professionals and the communities they serve. |  |  | Oct 23, 2023 |  |

10 of 39 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Far Out Ventures invest in?

Far Out Ventures invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 39 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 Far Out Ventures's check size?

Far Out Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$5.3M at Seed and $600k–$2M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Far Out Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Far Out Ventures?

Public channels for Far Out Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Far Out Ventures?

The team at Far Out Ventures includes Jack Greco (GP), Ian Hathaway (GP) and Jonathan Fentzke (GP). 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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