# Serengeti Asset Management

> Serengeti Asset Management is a VC fund backing FinTech. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/serengeti-asset-management
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/serengetiam
- Website: https://serengeti-am.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/serengetiasset

Serengeti Asset Management is a VC fund in New York focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Serengeti Asset Management focuses on niche credit opportunities defined by their size, complexity, and labor intensiveness. It invests in performing debt and high-yielding opportunities. Serengeti also provides institutions and private company executives with sophisticated solutions to funding challenges through its dedicated financing platforms.Serengeti manages capital for institutional investors including pensions, endowments, and large family offices. It was founded in 2007 and is based in New York, New York.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 25% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 17% |
| Apps | 1 | 8% |
| SaaS | 1 | 8% |
| Web3 | 1 | 8% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 4 | 33% |
| Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |
| Series G | 1 | 8% |
| Series H | 1 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 58% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aria Vossoughi | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aria-vossoughi |
| Jody LaNasa | Founder, Managing Partner & CIO | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jody-lanasa |
| Leslie D. Biddle | Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leslie-d-biddle |
| Ray Yousefian | Senior Managing Director and Head of Stock Finance | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ray-yousefian |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WorkFusion | WorkFusion provides a platform of AI agents for automating business processes. The agents perform financial crime compliance functions, including sanctions screening and adverse media monitoring. The software is designed to improve operational efficiency for financial institutions. | $45M | Series G | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| WorkFusion | WorkFusion provides a platform of AI agents for automating business processes. The agents perform financial crime compliance functions, including sanctions screening and adverse media monitoring. The software is designed to improve operational efficiency for financial institutions. | $45M | Series G | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| Stash | Stash develops a personal finance application to combine banking, investing, and advice into one platform. Its application's services include personal investment accounts, retirement accounts, and custodial accounts for minors. It also provides the option to buy fractional shares of stocks, bonds, and funds with no add-on trading commissionsto help users save small sums of money and make micro-investments. | $146M | Series H | May 12, 2025 |  |
| Metatek-Group | Metatek-Group provides consultancy, data acquisition, processing, and interpretation services for air, land, and sea exploration activities. |  | Debt Financing | Jan 29, 2025 |  |
| Nuva Labs | ProvLabs is a fintech company that offers blockchain SaaS solutions for financial institutions. | $17.7M | Seed | Nov 08, 2024 |  |
| FZ Sports | FZ Sports is a technology firm that connects sports fans to the information they want to see. FZ Sports is located in Miami Florida. | $74M | Debt Financing | Jun 15, 2023 |  |
| Job.com | Job.com is evolving the traditional recruitment model using blockchain technology, enhanced feedback and financial rewards. This powerful utilization of technology will fulfil their mission to realign the industry away from costly middlemen towards a decentralized, reward-based community.Led by a team of innovative recruitment professionals,experienced in connecting outstanding people with the world’s most innovative companies, the Job.com platform has been built to optimize the hiring process for both candidate and employer |  | Private Equity | Nov 29, 2022 |  |
| LumiThera | LumiThera is a medical device company focused on LED and laser treatments for acute and chronic ocular disease. The company is developing solutions to prevent vision loss and blindness, improve visual function, and stop or slow the progression of blinding diseases of the eye. They delivering photobiomodulation (PBM) treatment for ocular disordersand diseases.LumiThera also focused on treating patients affected by dry age-related macular degeneration. The company’s expertise is in the application of photobiomodulation (PBM), using non-invasive light-emitting diodes (LED) for acute and chronic ocular diseases and disorders.The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Poulsbo, Washington, United States. | $5.5M | Debt Financing | Mar 10, 2022 |  |
| Secfi | Secfi is trusted by thousands of startup employees for equity planning and financing. We’re the first to provide a proprietary suite of equity planning tools, 1:1 guidance with licensed equity strategists and a set of financing products that enable employees to own a stake in the company they helped build. We also provide company-wide education forstartups at all stages to help their team make the best decision for their own situation. Currently, we have worked with employees from more than 80% of all U.S. unicorns. For more information, please visit www.secfi.com. | $150M | Debt Financing | May 18, 2021 |  |
| Secfi | Secfi is trusted by thousands of startup employees for equity planning and financing. We’re the first to provide a proprietary suite of equity planning tools, 1:1 guidance with licensed equity strategists and a set of financing products that enable employees to own a stake in the company they helped build. We also provide company-wide education forstartups at all stages to help their team make the best decision for their own situation. Currently, we have worked with employees from more than 80% of all U.S. unicorns. For more information, please visit www.secfi.com. | $150M | Debt Financing | May 18, 2021 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Georgian](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/georgian-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Serengeti Asset Management invest in?

Serengeti Asset Management invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Apps startups, most often at Debt Financing and Seed stage. Most of the 12 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 Serengeti Asset Management?

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### Who are the partners at Serengeti Asset Management?

The team at Serengeti Asset Management includes Aria Vossoughi (Managing Director), Jody LaNasa (Founder, Managing Partner & CIO) and Leslie D. Biddle (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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