# Recharge Capital

> Recharge Capital is a VC fund backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 63 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 63
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/recharge-capital
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/rechargecapital
- Website: https://www.rechargecapital.com/thematicventures

Recharge Capital is a VC fund in New York focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Recharge Capital invests capital and operating resources in technology and business solutions that energize the development of high-potential sectors.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.9M–$10M |
| Series A | $7M–$40M |
| Series B | $6M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 13 | 21% |
| Financial Services | 11 | 17% |
| Health Care | 7 | 11% |
| Wellness | 6 | 10% |
| Medical | 5 | 8% |

76 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 25 | 40% |
| Series A | 17 | 27% |
| Series B | 8 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 8% |
| Series C | 1 | 2% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 24 | 38% |
| China | 2 | 3% |
| Brazil | 2 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Justin Smith | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/justin-smith-12 |
| Lorin Gu | Founding Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lorin-gu |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lava | Lava is a decentralized financing market platform that offers liquidity optimization and temporary loss mitigation across several blockchain networks. |  | Seed | Mar 07, 2024 |  |
| Generation Prime | Generation Prime operates as a digital healthcare platform. |  | Seed | May 25, 2023 |  |
| Checkit AI | Ecosapiens is a Web3/NFT project enabling consumers to make a positive impact on the climate. | $3.5M | Seed | Apr 04, 2023 |  |
| Superlogic | OneOf is a new green NFT platform built specifically for the music community. | $4M | Seed | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| Metatheory | Metatheory Inc. is an interactive technology and entertainment company building Web3 games, interactive content, social experiences, and other community-driven adventures. Metatheory’s mission is to inspire imagination by connecting people worldwide through immersive worlds built on cross-generational IP. | $24M | Series A | May 16, 2022 |  |
| SadaPay | SadaPay developed a digital bank application that includes a debit card feature. The company's application provides features such as online shopping, automatic savings, payment sharing with friends, and other relevant functions, allowing customers to manage their accounts through the application. | $10.7M | Seed | Apr 18, 2022 |  |
| Bankuish | Bankuish is a technology platform where gig workers and freelancers leverage their work history data to demonstrate their creditworthiness. Users gain access to a marketplace of preapproved offers from national banks tailored to their unique profile as well as tools to grow their credit score. The company helps banks gain new customers, managerisk, and improve customer relationships. The Bankuish Score has been used to de-risk thousands of individuals while maintaining a default rate well below the industry standard. Bankuish was established in 2020 with its headquarters in New York City and Mexico City. | $4.7M | Seed | Mar 31, 2022 |  |
| Ualá | Ualá is a fintech company whose mission is to bring Latin American financial services into the 21st century. Through an app and an international Mastercard card, it offers an innovative and integrated experience. It also brings the unbanked into the financial system by offering cheaper and more convenient services than any other alternative.Itwas founded by the Argentine entrepreneur Pierpaolo Barbieri and launched in October 2017 in Argentina and in September 2020 in Mexico.Ualá offers an international Mastercard card and is the first free card on the market, with no issuance, renewal, maintenance, and closing costs. It can be used to make purchases on any website or store in the world that accepts Mastercard. In addition, it offers the possibility of carrying out a wide variety of financial transactions through the app such as transferring money, paying bills, and topping up cell phones and transportation cards. Users can also track expenses through an analysis tool, apply for loans and invest in mutual funds.With more than 3.100 million cards issued, it is available throughout Argentina for anyone above 13 and Mexico for anyone above 18, both for Android and iOS. | $350M | Series D | Aug 13, 2021 |  |
| Ualá | Ualá is a fintech company whose mission is to bring Latin American financial services into the 21st century. Through an app and an international Mastercard card, it offers an innovative and integrated experience. It also brings the unbanked into the financial system by offering cheaper and more convenient services than any other alternative.Itwas founded by the Argentine entrepreneur Pierpaolo Barbieri and launched in October 2017 in Argentina and in September 2020 in Mexico.Ualá offers an international Mastercard card and is the first free card on the market, with no issuance, renewal, maintenance, and closing costs. It can be used to make purchases on any website or store in the world that accepts Mastercard. In addition, it offers the possibility of carrying out a wide variety of financial transactions through the app such as transferring money, paying bills, and topping up cell phones and transportation cards. Users can also track expenses through an analysis tool, apply for loans and invest in mutual funds.With more than 3.100 million cards issued, it is available throughout Argentina for anyone above 13 and Mexico for anyone above 18, both for Android and iOS. |  | Series D | Jul 30, 2021 |  |
| WONE (Walking on Earth) | Walking on Earth is the digital platform that determines the individual’s stress level through a tech-based assessment. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Jul 26, 2021 |  |

10 of 63 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Recharge Capital invest in?

Recharge Capital invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 63 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 Recharge Capital's check size?

Recharge Capital typically joins rounds of $1.9M–$10M at Seed, $7M–$40M at Series A and $6M–$50M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Recharge Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Recharge Capital?

Public channels for Recharge Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Recharge Capital?

The team at Recharge Capital includes Justin Smith (Managing Partner) and Lorin Gu (Founding Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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