Meyer Malka
Founder @ Ribbit Capital
San Francisco, United States
Meyer Malka is a Series A investor at Ribbit Capital in San Francisco focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Micky Malka (born Meyer Malka Rais) is an entrepreneur by design and investor at heart, focused on the utilization of technology to disrupt consumer financial services. He is based in Palo Alto, California where he is the Managing Director of Ribbit Capital. Micky is also the CEO and a founding member of MECK Partners, an investment partnershipfocused on investing and building businesses in financial services, energy and agribusiness, and the Co-Founder and Chairman of Lemon, Inc. He currently serves on the Board of Wonga, a company transforming the credit market by offering small, short term loans with more transparency, speed, convenience and flexibility than banks, high street lenders and other websites. Micky also serves on the Board of Peixe Urbano, the first and largest Latin-American local commerce website.Micky grew up in Venezuela where he learned the impact of devaluation and hyperinflation at a very young age. Living with hyperinflation allowed him to develop a skill he is still well known for; accurately and quickly running numbers in his head. He also saw first hand how technology could transform businesses. In 1993, at the age of 19, Micky, co-founded Heptagon Group, a securities and investment broker dealer servicing the Venezuelan and US markets.In 1996, he graduated with a degree in Economics from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, Venezuela and was one of the founders of the Wendy’s Hamburger’s franchise for Venezuela. It was one of the fastest growing food businesses worldwide with over 70 new store locations in the first 3 years.In 1998, Micky developed the online brokerage, Patagon by merging with Heptagon local operations. Patagon became Latin America’s first comprehensive Internet based financial services portal and dealer. The company expanded its online services to the United States and the rest of South America and was later acquired by the Spanish bank Banco Santander (NYSE: STD) for US$ 750 million.In 2000 Micky was the interim CEO for Banco Patagon the leader for online banking in Spain and Germany.In 2002, he co-founded Banco Lemon, a Brazilian retail bank serving the underbanked population) which became the largest private microfinance institution in Brazil. In 2009 it was acquired by Banco do Brasil, Latin America’s largest bank. Micky was also involved with Classified Media Group, an online classified company focusing on Colombia, Venezuela and Central America. The group was acquired in 2007 by MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI). In 2011 he co-founded Banco Bracce a Brazilian financial institution positioned as the merchant bank of choice for mid-cap companies in Brazil. In 2011 Meyer co-founded Lemon a service to help individuals keep track of their expenses.
- Total investments:
- 46
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 28%
Last updated:
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Industries Meyer Malka invests in
Stages Meyer Malka invests in
Countries Meyer Malka invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$12M
- Series A
- $6.8M–$90M
- Series C
- $65M–$133M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 9 (20%)
- FinTech 8 (17%)
- Payments 4 (9%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (9%)
- Banking 3 (7%)
Stage
- Series A 9 (20%)
- Series C 7 (15%)
- Seed 5 (11%)
- Series E 4 (9%)
- Series B 2 (4%)
Country
- United States 14 (30%)
- Brazil 5 (11%)
- India 2 (4%)
- Nigeria 1 (2%)
- United Arab Emirates 1 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Slash provides a financial technology platform that enables businesses to manage banking, payments, and financial operations through a unified digital system. The company offers services such as business accounts, corporate cards, treasury management, and payment processing, allowing organizations to handle spending, transfers, and cash flow withina single interface. Its platform integrates core financial functions including checking accounts, ACH and wire transfers, and multi-entity account management, enabling businesses to operate across multiple entities or accounts with centralized visibility. The system also supports virtual and physical corporate cards with configurable spending controls, allowing companies to manage expenses and enforce financial policies at scale. | $100M / Series C / Apr 16, 2026 | ||
| Breezy is a Los Angeles-based startup offering an AI operating system tailored for residential real estate professionals. It automates workflows like creating branded comps, tracking client conversations, managing pipelines, and analyzing property development potential via its Underbuilt tool. | $10M / Pre-Seed / Feb 02, 2026 | ||
| Terra Industries develops autonomous security systems and software platforms that support the monitoring and protection of physical assets, infrastructure, and operational environments across land, air, and maritime domains. The company provides unmanned vehicles, autonomous towers, and sensor-based surveillance hardware that collect and transmitdata for continuous situational awareness. Its software layer, built around an integrated operating system, processes sensor inputs, applies artificial intelligence models, and coordinates automated responses to detected events. Terra Industries designs its systems to support functions such as perimeter security, infrastructure monitoring, asset tracking, and threat detection within complex operational settings. The company’s platforms enable operators to manage multiple autonomous devices through a unified interface that supports mission planning, data visualization, and system control. Its technology is used by organizations that require coordinated security, monitoring, and response capabilities for facilities, remote sites, and distributed operations. | $11.8M / Seed / Jan 12, 2026 | ||
| Deel is a developer of a payroll platform used to re-imagine payouts for businesses working with remote contractors. The platform is used by remote teams that connect localized compliance and automates payments in one system of record, as well as provides contracts and templates to be used for tax forms and localized contracts, automated payment,invoicing and receipts, and customer support. It aims to offer to every company that hires remote talents a one-stop-shop that makes onboarding, global compliance, and payments easier.The company was founded by Alex Bouaziz, Ofer Simon, and Shuo Wang in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $300M / Series E / Oct 16, 2025 | ||
| Vigil Labs is an applied research lab building proprietary systems for trading. | $5.7M / Seed / Aug 20, 2025 | ||
| The Open Platform We are a venture studio focused on building and scaling Web3 startups for mass audiences from the ground up. We partner with exceptional founders, and share our extensive expertise in product development, marketing and design with the goal to reach an escape velocity together. | $28.5M / Series A / Jun 03, 2025 | ||
| NeoSpace is a financial technology firm dedicated to revolutionizing the way individuals and businesses interact with their finances. | $18M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 28, 2025 | ||
| PhonePe is a mobile payments app that allows users to transfer money instantly to anyone, by using just their mobile number.The company aims to make digital payments so easy, safe, and universally accepted that people never feel the need to carry cash or cards again. Its online payment system is based on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and adigital wallet. PhonePe strives to make commerce a seamless experience for both customers and businesses. | $100M / Private Equity / May 22, 2023 | ||
| PhonePe is a mobile payments app that allows users to transfer money instantly to anyone, by using just their mobile number.The company aims to make digital payments so easy, safe, and universally accepted that people never feel the need to carry cash or cards again. Its online payment system is based on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and adigital wallet. PhonePe strives to make commerce a seamless experience for both customers and businesses. | $100M / Private Equity / Feb 14, 2023 | ||
| Arta Finance is a network of innovators, researchers, finance specialists, and business executives who help people get the most of their finances. Arta offers access to financial opportunities that help people to plan and enjoy their financial future but with less complexity and lower fees. It was founded by Caesar Sengupta. | $90M / Series A / Nov 02, 2022 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Ribbit Capital
Ribbit Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on companies operating in the financial services and financial technology sectors. The firm invests in businesses that are building infrastructure, platforms, or tools that aim to transform how financial services are delivered, accessed, or experienced. Ribbit Capital engages with startupsacross areas such as lending, payments, insurance, banking, and digital assets.
Ribbit Capital Contacts
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Meyer Malka
Founder
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Nikolay Kostov
Partner
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Ray Chua
Partner
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Sigal Mandelker
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Tessa Savakus
Analyst
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FAQ
What does Meyer Malka invest in?
Meyer Malka invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Payments startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 46 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 Meyer Malka's check size?
Meyer Malka typically joins rounds of $1M–$12M at Seed, $6.8M–$90M at Series A and $65M–$133M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Meyer Malka participates in.
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When did Meyer Malka last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Meyer Malka closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 46 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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