# Michael Heller

> Michael Heller is a Series C investor at Oak HC/FT (Atlanta) backing FinTech and Analytics. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Oak HC/FT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oak-hc-ft-partners)
- Location: Atlanta, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-heller-62a6249

Michael Heller is a Series C investor at Oak HC/FT in Atlanta focused on FinTech and Analytics. Michael identifies new investment opportunities and assists portfolio companies with strategic initiatives.Michael is an accomplished operator and entrepreneur with 30 years of experience within the payments and banking industries. He was cofounder and president of Argus Information & Advisory Services, an information services firm thatserves the banking industry. At Argus, Michael managed key partners, including credit bureaus and media measurement organizations. He provided strategic advisory services to a majority of the largest US banks and UK financial institutions.Michael graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 50% |
| Analytics | 2 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |
| Big Data | 1 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Verdata | Verdata develops a data and insight platform intended to empower POS financing companies to mitigate merchant risk. The company's platform offers underwriting, notifications, and portfolio health check, enabling POS financing companies to avoid fraudulent and poorly behaving merchants. It was headquartered in Richmond, Virginia in 2020. | $3M | Seed | Jan 25, 2022 |  |
| Groundspeed Analytics | Groundspeed Analytics accelerates commercial insurance performance with the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence. The Groundspeed platform automatically turns files like submissions, loss runs, exposure schedules, and policy documents into actionable information, empowering users to lower costs, identify profitable pools of riskand drive top-line growth. |  | Series C | Jan 06, 2021 |  |
| Demyst | At DemystData, we believe that data and analytical technology are essential to innovation within financial services, and key for the advancement of the goal of financial inclusion. | $12.5M | Series C | Aug 21, 2019 |  |
| Groundspeed Analytics | Groundspeed Analytics accelerates commercial insurance performance with the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence. The Groundspeed platform automatically turns files like submissions, loss runs, exposure schedules, and policy documents into actionable information, empowering users to lower costs, identify profitable pools of riskand drive top-line growth. | $30M | Series B |  |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Insight Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insight-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Notion Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/notion-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Singtel Innov8](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/singtel-innov8) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Oak HC/FT

VC Fund · Greenwich, United States

Oak HC/FT is a venture and growth equity investment firm that focuses on healthcare information services and financial service technology. The firm focuses on driving transformation in these industries by providing entrepreneurs and companies with strategic counsel, board-level participation, and access to our extensive network of industryleaders.Oak HC/FT partners are peerless in delivering returns for investors and growing innovative businesses. Over the past decade, the partners at Oak HC/FT have had 20 realizations with 6 companies achieving valuations in excess of $1 billion.Oak HC/FT is led by the Healthcare and FinTech team of Oak Investment Partners as part of Oak’s strategy to develop sector-specific funds and continue its legacy of building best-in-class businesses.

5 contacts available at Oak HC/FT.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Adams | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-adams |
| Annie Lamont | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/annie-lamont |
| Billy Deitch | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/billy-deitch |
| Eliza Adams | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eliza-adams |
| Michael Heller | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-heller-3 |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Heller invest in?

Michael Heller invests primarily in FinTech, Analytics and Financial Services startups, most often at Series C and Seed stage. Most of the 4 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 Michael Heller last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Heller closed in Jan 2022. Shizune tracks 4 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?

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