Varde Partners
VC Fund
Minneapolis, United States
Varde Partners is a VC fund in Minneapolis focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Värde Partners is a privately held, investment manager specializing in alternative investments. We have expertise in a wide range of markets and securities, and provide a high level of service to a select group of sophisticated global investors. They include foundations and endowments, pension plans, insurance companies, other institutionalinvestors, and private clients.
- Total investments:
- 25
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 44%
- Fund size:
- $1.6B
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Varde Partners invests in
Stages Varde Partners invests in
Countries Varde Partners invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 11 (44%)
- FinTech 6 (24%)
- Finance 6 (24%)
- Banking 4 (16%)
- Real Estate 4 (16%)
Stage
- Debt Financing 10 (40%)
- Post-IPO Debt 4 (16%)
- Private Equity 2 (8%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (8%)
- Series B 1 (4%)
Country
- India 7 (28%)
- United Kingdom 5 (20%)
- United States 4 (16%)
- Canada 2 (8%)
- Sweden 2 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aneek Mamik
Global Co-Head of Financial Services
|
Global Co-Head of Financial Services | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Brian Schmidt
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Haseeb Malik
Partner and Head of Asia Corporate and Traded Credit
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Partner and Head of Asia Corporate and Traded Credit | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jon Fox
President
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President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Andy Lenk
Partner and Deputy Chief Executive Officer
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Partner and Deputy Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 7 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
YouLend
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YouLend is the preferred global embedded finance platform for several of the world's most popular e-commerce and payment platforms, including Amazon, eBay, Shopify, Dojo, Mollie, Just Eat Takeaway, and Takepayments. | $225M / Debt Financing / Mar 03, 2026 | |
Everphone
|
Everphone provides solutions for the configuration, distribution, and management of mobile devices in organizations. The company focuses on device procurement, logistics, mobile device management, and hardware advisory services that allow organizations to choose mobile phones and tablets on a rental basis. The company also provides smartphones,tablets, accessories, and laptops. | $53.4M / Debt Financing / Jan 26, 2026 | |
InMobi
|
InMobi provides mobile advertising services in Asia and Africa. It develops an advertisement serving algorithm that helps in optimizing the ranking of the advertisements served on mobile phones. InMobi also provides campaign management services, such as strategy, designing, executing, managing, and optimizing campaigns, and advertisementcreation, format, and targeting services for advertisers. Moreover, it offers monetization strategies to monetize site traffic by using a combination of performance and branding advertisements, and an advertisement serving algorithm to rank the advertisements available based on user targeting and past performance for publishers. Further, InMobi provides advertisers and publishers with access to near real-time reports to monitor the performance of advertisement campaigns and the status of site monetization. Furthermore, it offers InMobi Ad Tracker, a mobile campaign conversion tracking solution; and Lifetime Value Platform, a platform that identifies in-application user groups and provides behavior insight to publishers or application developers. InMobi has a strategic partnership with TalkingData. Naveen Tewari, Mohit Saxena, Amit Gupta, and Abhay Singhal founded mKhoj Solutions Private Limited in 2006 that became InMobi Technologies in August 2009, with its headquarters in Bengaluru in India and additional offices in New Delhi and Mumbai in India. | $350M / Debt Financing / Dec 04, 2025 | |
Titania AB
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Titania AB is a real estate developer specialized in project development, production, and management. The industry build modern homes and living urban environments to live life in and tt is good for the people in the city, the social sustainability and the environment. | $110M / Post-IPO Debt / Sep 04, 2025 | |
Abacus Global Management
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Abacus Global Management is a financial services company that provides alternative asset management and data-driven wealth solutions and specialises in life settlement and insurance services. It institutionalised origination and portfolio management processes, supported by a dedicated team and extensive industry relationships. | $150M / Post-IPO Debt / Dec 10, 2024 | |
iwoca
|
Iwoca provides financing to businesses for various purposes, including bridging short-term cashflow gaps and investing in stock opportunities. It services retailers, restaurants, hotels, and other businesses. It offers flexible repayment options from 1 day to 24 months, with no penalties for early repayment. Iwoca helps businesses manage cash flowgaps and invest in growth opportunities, enhancing their financial capabilities. | $339.2M / Debt Financing / May 06, 2024 | |
MPOWER Financing
|
MPOWER is a US-based lender offering student loans to international students studying in the US or Canada without requiring a co-signer, collateral, or US credit history because our proprietary credit algorithm focuses on future potential.MPOWER disburses payments directly to the university on behalf of the students to pay for tuition oruniversity-sponsored services like housing, meal plans, or health insurance. Students start paying back the loan within 6 months after graduation. The loan comes with interest discounts, free personal finance education courses, credit-building, and a job placement service for the students. | Debt Financing / Oct 18, 2023 | |
|
iwoca
|
Iwoca provides financing to businesses for various purposes, including bridging short-term cashflow gaps and investing in stock opportunities. It services retailers, restaurants, hotels, and other businesses. It offers flexible repayment options from 1 day to 24 months, with no penalties for early repayment. Iwoca helps businesses manage cash flowgaps and invest in growth opportunities, enhancing their financial capabilities. | $244.2M / Debt Financing / Oct 16, 2023 | |
Goswami Infratech
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Goswami Infratech is a Private incorporate and that operates in the construction industry | $1.7B / Debt Financing / Jun 23, 2023 | |
IAMGOLD Corporation
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IAMGOLD is a leading mid-tier gold producer with four operating gold mines (including current joint ventures) on three continents.IAMGOLD has a pipeline of development and exploration projects. The company’s growth plans are focused in Canada, select countries in South America and Africa.IAMGOLD is committed to a Zero Harm approach: wecontinually strive to reach the highest standards in human health and safety, minimize our impact on the environment and work co-operatively with our host communities. | $400M / Post-IPO Debt / May 16, 2023 | |
| See all 25 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Varde Partners invest in?
Varde Partners invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Debt Financing and Post-IPO Debt stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Varde Partners?
The team at Varde Partners includes Aneek Mamik (Global Co-Head of Financial Services), Brian Schmidt (Partner) and Haseeb Malik (Partner and Head of Asia Corporate and Traded Credit), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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