# Harvest Ventures

> Harvest Ventures is a VC fund backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rochester, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/harvestventures
- Website: http://www.harvestventuresllc.com/

Harvest Ventures is a VC fund in Rochester focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Harvest Ventures focuses on partnering with early stage companies to assist them in the areas of capital funding strategies, financial planning, marketing and business development.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 4 | 57% |
| FinTech | 3 | 43% |
| Finance | 2 | 29% |
| Credit | 1 | 14% |
| Banking | 1 | 14% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 4 | 57% |
| United States | 3 | 43% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joe Cassara | Managing Partner | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FutureMoney | FutureMoney is your ally in investing for the children you love, empowering you to build generational wealth through our automated, tax-advantaged, parent-led platform. We invented the Junior Roth IRA to allow funds for minors to grow tax free. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Oct 09, 2024 |  |
| Summit | Summit is an insurance brokerage and risk management agency that specializes in providing bespoke insurance and risk management solutions to businesses. | $3.5M | Seed | Apr 04, 2024 |  |
| WindBorne Systems | WindBorne develops, manufactures, and operates a network of long-duration smart weather balloons. The company collects atmospheric data for weather forecasting, climate research, and environmental monitoring. The company uses high-altitude balloons equipped with sensors to gather data from various layers of the atmosphere. These balloons cancapture precise and comprehensive atmospheric measurements. By providing high-resolution atmospheric data, WindBorne Systems contributes to more accurate weather predictions, which can help mitigate the impacts of severe weather events. | $6M | Seed | Jun 22, 2023 |  |
| OneVest | OneVest is a financial technology business that creates investment opportunities. The company provides a comprehensive all-in-one wealth management platform that allows organizations to expand product capabilities, improve distribution, and streamline front, middle, and back office operations. | $12.8M | Series A | Jun 13, 2023 |  |
| Anja Health | Anja Health is a healthcare technology and newborn stem cell preservation company focused on making cord blood, cord tissue, and placental tissue banking more accessible, transparent, and affordable for families.The company provides expectant parents with comprehensive newborn stem cell preservation services, including collection, transportation,laboratory processing, cryopreservation, long-term storage, and future therapeutic release coordination. Through its ConciergeMax™ preservation process, Anja Health supports the storage of multiple sources of newborn stem cells collected at birth.Anja Health partners with Vitalant Cord Blood Services, a nationally recognized stem cell processing and storage laboratory located in Allendale, New Jersey. The partnership provides families with access to advanced laboratory processing, detailed stem cell quality reporting, secure cryogenic storage, and experienced cellular therapy professionals.The company's leadership team has more than 18 years of experience in newborn stem cell preservation and has helped tens of thousands of families preserve newborn stem cells. Anja Health serves expectant parents, fertility clinics, obstetric providers, midwives, surrogacy professionals, and healthcare organizations throughout North America.Founded with the mission of modernizing the stem cell banking experience, Anja Health combines personalized support, flexible payment options, multilingual customer service, educational resources, and industry-leading protections, including a $100,000 Engraftment Guarantee.As regenerative medicine and cellular therapies continue to advance, Anja Health aims to help families preserve valuable biological resources available only at birth while expanding access to stem cell preservation through technology, education, and strategic healthcare partnerships. | $4.5M | Seed | May 09, 2022 |  |
| Cybrid | Cybrid uses APIs that enable banks, and financial institutions to seamlessly launch a cryptocurrency and De-fi products. | $3M | Seed | Apr 07, 2022 |  |
| Neo Financial | Neo Financial is a Canadian financial technology company that directly issues a range of Mastercard credit cards and offers CDIC-insured chequing and savings accounts through partnerships with regulated banks. To help Canadians improve their credit scores, Neo uniquely offers all its cards, including its premium ones, as secured cards. Beyond corebanking, Neo operates a proprietary rewards network of over 11,000 merchant partners, allowing users to earn cashback on everyday spending. | $50.7M | Series B | Sep 15, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fin-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Golden Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Luge Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luge-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AAF Management Ltd.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aafmanagement) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Afore Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afore-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Harvest Ventures invest in?

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

### How do I contact Harvest Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Harvest Ventures?

The team at Harvest Ventures includes Joe Cassara (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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