# Marathon Management Partners

> Marathon Management Partners is a VC fund backing Software. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 70%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://marathonmp.com/

Marathon Management Partners is a VC fund focused on Software and Financial Services. Marathon is a venture capital firm that invests in founders who are obsessed with defining their categories.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 30% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 30% |
| FinTech | 2 | 20% |
| Payments | 2 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 20% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 30% |
| Seed | 2 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 10% |
| Series C | 1 | 10% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 50% |
| Brazil | 1 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gokul Rajaram | Founding Partner | 274 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gokul-rajaram |
| Michael Gilroy | Founding Partner | 29 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-gilroy |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Straiker | Straiker builds AI-native security solutions tp protect customers from a spectrum of security & safety risks. | $64M | Series A | Jun 29, 2026 |  |
| Nerd Apply | Nerd Apply is an education technology company that offers a data platform designed for college counselors and independent educational consultants. The platform aggregates de-identified admissions data, including test scores, essays, and extracurricular activities, to identify patterns in college acceptances. Counselors use these tools to benchmarkstudent profiles, manage application data, and provide evidence-based guidance to families. The company focuses on using historical application results to assist in building college lists and setting realistic expectations for the admissions process. | $3.2M | Seed | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| CloudWalk | CloudWalk is a global financial services platform with a primary mission to revolutionize how individuals and small to medium-sized businesses handle money. As the owner of the InfinitePay and Jim.com brands, the company offers a wide-range portfolio, including digital banking, loans, online sales, digital wallets, and payment terminals. Central toits innovative approach is the use of artificial intelligence across its product lineup, ensuring that CloudWalk's offerings are at the forefront of efficiency, user-friendliness, and technological advancement, thereby making financial management smarter and more accessible to a broad audience. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 06, 2025 |  |
| uiAgent | AI Agents specifically designed for Accountants. | $4.6M | Seed | Sep 15, 2025 |  |
| Niural | Niural is named after neural networks - fundamental components of modern artificial intelligence. Niural's AI enabled platform overhauls the concept of PEO - with its modern US PEO & benefits platform that drastically changes how employers utilize PEOs to take care of their workforce. Niural is a global PEO - with support for US and 150+countries, with an entirely new and powerful technology for payroll and human resources using AI Agents. By leveraging Niural's AI agents, customers can consolidate US PEO, Global Payroll/EOR, compliance and F/X optimized payments in over 150 countries. Request a demo at niural.com.Niural is a venture backed, well funded company that serves growing startups and is already being leveraged by large enterprises with thousands of employees. | $31M | Series A | Jun 25, 2025 |  |
| Niural | Niural is named after neural networks - fundamental components of modern artificial intelligence. Niural's AI enabled platform overhauls the concept of PEO - with its modern US PEO & benefits platform that drastically changes how employers utilize PEOs to take care of their workforce. Niural is a global PEO - with support for US and 150+countries, with an entirely new and powerful technology for payroll and human resources using AI Agents. By leveraging Niural's AI agents, customers can consolidate US PEO, Global Payroll/EOR, compliance and F/X optimized payments in over 150 countries. Request a demo at niural.com.Niural is a venture backed, well funded company that serves growing startups and is already being leveraged by large enterprises with thousands of employees. | $31M | Series A | Jun 25, 2025 |  |
| Mercury | Mercury Technologies is a technology-enabled company that provides banking services to small and medium-sized businesses. The company services provide bank accounts designed specifically for startups, combining FDIC-insured checking and savings accounts with tech tools. Immad Akhund, Max Tagher, and Jason Zhang founded the company. | $300M | Series C | Mar 26, 2025 |  |
| Boon | Boon uses AI to find and book the most profitable business to book head hauls and back hauls. Leverage Boon's robust AI capabilities to automate order processing and updates from phone calls, emails, attachments, and EDI. | $15.5M | Series A | Dec 20, 2024 |  |
| Atlas | Atlas is a designer of spending products for explorers. | $27M | Series B | Dec 12, 2024 |  |
| Atlas | Atlas is a designer of spending products for explorers. | $27M | Series B | Dec 12, 2024 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alliance DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/defi-alliance) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Evolution VC Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evolution-corporate-advisors-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GS Futures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gs-futures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Inspired Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inspired-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Launchbay Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchbay-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Marathon Management Partners invest in?

Marathon Management Partners invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 10 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 Marathon Management Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Marathon Management Partners?

The team at Marathon Management Partners includes Gokul Rajaram (Founding Partner) and Michael Gilroy (Founding Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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