# Harsh Govil

> Harsh Govil is a seed investor at Motive Ventures (Berlin) backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Motive Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/embedded-capital)
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 86%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshgovil/
- Website: https://www.motivepartners.com

Harsh Govil is a Principal on the Motive Ventures investment team based out of the New York office.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 3 | 43% |
| FinTech | 2 | 29% |
| Payments | 2 | 29% |
| B2B | 1 | 14% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 71% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 43% |
| France | 1 | 14% |
| Germany | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cordant | Cordant serves as the connective operational fabric for modern financial infrastructure. Operating as a shared context layer above existing legacy systems, it enables institutions to analyze activity, surface underlying risk, and coordinate critical payment decisions in real time. The platform provides a single operational picture acrossdisconnected networks to help risk and treasury teams remain proactive rather than reactive. | $8M | Seed | Jul 21, 2026 |  |
| Asseta AI |  | $4.2M | Seed | Nov 17, 2025 |  |
| Nelly | Nelly provides a tool for medical practices that simplifies patient onboarding and payments. It creates the basis for stress-free and clear work in your practice by drastically reducing the administrative effort for doctors, MFAs, ZFAs, and patients with Nelly. 90% of all healthcare professionals perceive bureaucracy and administrative burdens asthe biggest problem in the workplace.The company's mission is to reduce the administrative effort in the healthcare sector by simplifying documentation and payment processes in order to make the practice visit more patient- and employee-friendly. | $51.5M | Series B | Jan 14, 2025 |  |
| Alphastream | Alphastream revolutionize the way private and public debt markets get their data for timely decision making. |  | Seed | May 06, 2024 |  |
| Korr | Korr is an IT firm that provides an insurance platform for businesses. The company is based in New York City, New York. | $3.2M | Seed | Jan 11, 2024 |  |
| Hero | Hero is a B2B payments and financing platform, offer direct online payment experience and receive your money immediately. | $7.4M | Seed | Jul 13, 2022 |  |
| Nelly | Nelly provides a tool for medical practices that simplifies patient onboarding and payments. It creates the basis for stress-free and clear work in your practice by drastically reducing the administrative effort for doctors, MFAs, ZFAs, and patients with Nelly. 90% of all healthcare professionals perceive bureaucracy and administrative burdens asthe biggest problem in the workplace.The company's mission is to reduce the administrative effort in the healthcare sector by simplifying documentation and payment processes in order to make the practice visit more patient- and employee-friendly. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 29, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Nyca Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nycapartners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AA Sons](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aa-sons) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [arc investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arc-investors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NextStage](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aurel-nextstage) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [b2venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/btovpartners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cathay Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cathay-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Motive Ventures

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

Motive Ventures is the early-stage investment arm of Motive Partners, focused on pre-seed through to Series A financial technology investments in North America and Europe (incl. Israel). Motive Ventures is backed by globally recognized tech entrepreneurs, industry veterans as well as leading institutions and venture investors. Motive Ventures isbased in Berlin, London and New York.

5 contacts available at Motive Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Charlotte Yee | Principal, Finance | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charlotte-yee-64ba |
| Dr Philipp Linkens | General Counsel | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-philipp-linkens |
| Edoardo E. Ermotti | LP & Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edoardo-e-ermotti-0deb |
| Harsh Govil | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harsh-govil |
| Julia Hubo | Investment Team analyst; Investment Team analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julia-hubo |

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## FAQ

### What does Harsh Govil invest in?

Harsh Govil invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Harsh Govil last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Harsh Govil closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 7 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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