i80 Group
VC Fund
New York, United States
i80 Group is an investment firm designed to propel the innovation economy forward by empowering growth. Our bespoke financing solutions are unique to each partner’s needs, advancing them through critical growth milestones. Like the I-80 freeway from which it takes its name, we operate at the intersection of Silicon Valley innovation and Wall Streetfinance.The company started in 2016 and is headquartered in New York, with offices in San Francisco and Montreal
- Total investments:
- 27
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 78%
Last updated:
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Industries i80 Group invests in
Stages i80 Group invests in
Countries i80 Group invests in
Contacts
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Marc Helwani
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Ben Siscovick
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Edward Goldstein
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Peter Frank
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Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 10 (37%)
- Financial Services 9 (33%)
- Finance 4 (15%)
- Credit Cards 3 (11%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (11%)
Stage
- Debt Financing 18 (67%)
- Series B 1 (4%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 11 (41%)
- Spain 2 (7%)
- Canada 2 (7%)
- Mexico 1 (4%)
- Puerto Rico 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Marc Helwani
Founder and CIO
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Founder and CIO | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
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Ben Siscovick
Venture Partner
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Venture Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Edward Goldstein
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Peter Frank
Principle
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Principle | Total investments: 7 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Yendo
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Yendo provides a credit card product that utilizes vehicle equity to offer consumers credit limits at various rates. The company's service works like a regular card, is accepted anywhere, and includes features like cash access and credit building options. Yendo offers a simple application process that results in a virtual card before thephysical card arrives. | $200M / Debt Financing / Feb 20, 2026 | |
Brim Financial
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Brim Financial is a credit card issuer used in users' payment experience. Its platform provides first-in-card embedded plans, custom security, unlimited rewards, digital installment plans, and monetary advisory services through a real-time in-app digital portal that enables customers to get a hassle-free financial experience and redeem pointsagainst purchases. | $300M / Debt Financing / Dec 16, 2025 | |
Lighter Capital
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Lighter Capital is a fintech company that has created a new fundraising path for early-stage tech companies. Its transparent, data-driven process provides founders with up to $2 million of non-dilutive growth capital in a fraction of the time it takes to raise from traditional sources. | $100M / Debt Financing / Nov 20, 2025 | |
Bonside
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Bonside is a financial services provider that connects businesses with funding opportunities. It is focused on impact, not ownership, and measures success in fundamentals, not press releases. | $100M / Debt Financing / Nov 13, 2025 | |
OCN
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Car subscription startup for bank-ignored gig workers in LATAM. | Debt Financing / Jul 23, 2025 | |
Circeus
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Circeus is an AI-first technology holding company that acquires and scales mission-critical software, modernising it for the AI era. Through a centralised AI platform deployed across its portfolio, the company expands software from systems of record into systems of action. Circeus focuses on software powering the physical world, serving 200,000+companies worldwide and enabling them to work smarter, scale faster, and stay ahead. Circeus is backed by leading global institutional investors.Shop Circle is backed by leading global institutional investors. | $100M / Series B / Feb 25, 2025 | |
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OCN
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Car subscription startup for bank-ignored gig workers in LATAM. | $86M / Debt Financing / Jul 15, 2024 | |
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Yendo
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Yendo provides a credit card product that utilizes vehicle equity to offer consumers credit limits at various rates. The company's service works like a regular card, is accepted anywhere, and includes features like cash access and credit building options. Yendo offers a simple application process that results in a virtual card before thephysical card arrives. | $150M / Debt Financing / May 16, 2024 | |
ID Finance
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ID Finance is a data science, credit scoring, and digital finance company that is pioneering fintech innovation in emerging markets with a range of convenient, competitive, and transparent loan products available over the internet. The company uses machine learning and advanced data science techniques to improve access to competitive financialservices. Headquartered in Barcelona, ID Finance has over 400 staff spread across its operations under the MoneyMan and Plazo brands in Spain, Brazil, and Mexico, with R&D located in Minsk, Belarus. The company's founders previously worked in banking including Deutsche Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland. ID Finance saw 236% revenue growth in 2018. The company now has 1.4m registered clients. ID Finance has raised $10m of equity funding to date and $50m of debt funding. The Company has been ranked second fastest-growing fintech in the FT 1000 list. | $150.1M / Debt Financing / Feb 06, 2024 | |
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Circeus
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Circeus is an AI-first technology holding company that acquires and scales mission-critical software, modernising it for the AI era. Through a centralised AI platform deployed across its portfolio, the company expands software from systems of record into systems of action. Circeus focuses on software powering the physical world, serving 200,000+companies worldwide and enabling them to work smarter, scale faster, and stay ahead. Circeus is backed by leading global institutional investors.Shop Circle is backed by leading global institutional investors. | Debt Financing / Sep 06, 2023 | |
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FAQ
What does i80 Group invest in?
i80 Group invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Finance startups, most often at Debt Financing and Series B stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at i80 Group?
The team at i80 Group includes Marc Helwani (Founder and CIO), Ben Siscovick (Venture Partner) and Edward Goldstein (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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