Steve Sarracino
Founder and Partner @ Activant Capital
New York, United States
Steve Sarracino is a Series A investor at Activant Capital in New York focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Steve Sarracino is based out of Greenwich, Connecticut and is the Founder and Partner of Activant Capital and serves as the Board Member of Stuut. Steve previously worked at American Capital as a Vice President. Steve Sarracino attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
- Total investments:
- 23
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 39%
Last updated:
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Industries Steve Sarracino invests in
Stages Steve Sarracino invests in
Countries Steve Sarracino invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 4 (17%)
- Financial Services 4 (17%)
- Payments 3 (13%)
- E-Commerce 3 (13%)
- Retail 2 (9%)
Stage
- Series A 5 (22%)
- Series B 5 (22%)
- Series C 3 (13%)
- Series E 3 (13%)
- Series D 2 (9%)
Country
- United States 9 (39%)
- Singapore 1 (4%)
Investments
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AI for Business needing to generate more money from their customers | $29.5M / Series A / Nov 20, 2025 | |
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Truework is a one-stop platform that helps banks, lenders, and others verify income and employment. It is used for employment and income verification which puts consumers in control of the data. It specializes in the fields of financial services, fintech, and developer APIs. | $50M / Series C / Aug 09, 2022 | |
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Bolt is on a mission to democratize commerce. Bolt strengthens retailers’ relationships with their customers by unlocking secure, logged-in, lightning-fast checkouts. The company’s rapidly growing network of one-click-checkout-ready shoppers visits Bolt merchants as if they are return customers. Hundreds of retailers including, REVOLVE, Casper,Badgley Mischka, and LVMH brand Benefit Cosmetics leverage Bolt to offer their shoppers the seamless checkout experiences they’ve come to expect across the internet.Bolt was established in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $355M / Series E / Jan 14, 2022 | |
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Gr4vy is a payment orchestration platform that offers payment solutions for businesses. Gr4vy is a "no-code"payments orchestration platform that enables mid-sized businesses the ability to add the full spectrum of payments infrastructure from the beginning, as well as host and expand it as needed without taking on technical debt. It alsocharges customers per service rather than a transaction. In addition, the platform provides a hub for reporting, monitoring, and managing a payments infrastructure.It was founded in 2020 and is based in San Mateo, California, USA. | $15M / Series A / Jan 13, 2022 | |
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Deliverr is a startup company that provides shipping services for e-commerce businesses. It helps the online marketplace to meet shipping standards, avoiding late shipment penalties for orders. The company is driven by a mission to enable any seller, regardless of size, to delight its customers with fast and cost-effective fulfillment. It wasfounded in 2017 by Michael Krakaris and Harish Abbott and is based in San Francisco, California. | $250M / Series E / Nov 22, 2021 | |
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Bolt is on a mission to democratize commerce. Bolt strengthens retailers’ relationships with their customers by unlocking secure, logged-in, lightning-fast checkouts. The company’s rapidly growing network of one-click-checkout-ready shoppers visits Bolt merchants as if they are return customers. Hundreds of retailers including, REVOLVE, Casper,Badgley Mischka, and LVMH brand Benefit Cosmetics leverage Bolt to offer their shoppers the seamless checkout experiences they’ve come to expect across the internet.Bolt was established in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $393M / Series D / Oct 12, 2021 | |
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Bolt is on a mission to democratize commerce. Bolt strengthens retailers’ relationships with their customers by unlocking secure, logged-in, lightning-fast checkouts. The company’s rapidly growing network of one-click-checkout-ready shoppers visits Bolt merchants as if they are return customers. Hundreds of retailers including, REVOLVE, Casper,Badgley Mischka, and LVMH brand Benefit Cosmetics leverage Bolt to offer their shoppers the seamless checkout experiences they’ve come to expect across the internet.Bolt was established in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $393M / Series D / Oct 12, 2021 | |
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Eco’s “Smart Money” digital wallet rewards you every time you save, spend or send your money, consolidating your entire financial life into one simple balance. Plus, you earn Eco Points with everything you do—an experiment in the future of a rewards economy. Eco isn’t a bank. It’s something better. | Series B / Jul 27, 2021 | |
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Eco’s “Smart Money” digital wallet rewards you every time you save, spend or send your money, consolidating your entire financial life into one simple balance. Plus, you earn Eco Points with everything you do—an experiment in the future of a rewards economy. Eco isn’t a bank. It’s something better. | $60M / Series A / Jul 27, 2021 | |
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NewStore operates a platform for retailers to run their stores on the iPhone. Purpose-built for mobile shoppers, the company provides Omnichannel-as-a-Service with the only integrated cloud OMS and mobile POS. Intuitive store associate apps allow retailers to offer seamless shopping experiences through the endless aisle, mobile checkout, storefulfillment, real-time inventory, and clienteling. An API-first architecture and an expansive ecosystem of partners means retailers can deploy fast and flexible omnichannel with ease. NewStore was founded by Stephan Schambach, who pioneered e-commerce at Demandware (now Salesforce Commerce Cloud). The company has offices in Berlin, Boston, and New York. | $45M / Series B / Jul 07, 2021 | |
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Co-Investors
About Activant Capital
Activant is a global investment firm that partners with high-growth companies that are transforming commerce. The firm was founded in 2015 by Steve Sarracino and has offices in Greenwich, Connecticut and Berlin, Germany.
Activant Capital Contacts
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Maximilian Mayer
Partner
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Richard Benson-Armer
Partner
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Steve Sarracino
Founder and Partner
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Andrew Steele
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JJ Brink
Research Associate
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FAQ
What does Steve Sarracino invest in?
Steve Sarracino invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Payments startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 23 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 Steve Sarracino last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Steve Sarracino closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 23 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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