Valar Ventures
VC Fund
New York, United States
Valar Ventures is a venture capital firm backed by Peter Thiel. Valar partners with entrepreneurs globally and believes that an increasing number of transformative technology companies will be started outside of Silicon Valley, and that the founders of those companies will benefit from having a partner that understands their unique challenges andopportunities.
- Total investments:
- 261
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 60%
- Fund size:
- $5.3M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Valar Ventures invests in
Stages Valar Ventures invests in
Countries Valar Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 8 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1.3M–$10M
- Series A
- $6.5M–$33M
- Series B
- $18M–$65M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 51 (20%)
- Financial Services 50 (19%)
- Banking 18 (7%)
- Finance 18 (7%)
- Software 18 (7%)
Stage
- Series A 52 (20%)
- Seed 39 (15%)
- Series B 35 (13%)
- Series C 17 (7%)
- Series D 10 (4%)
Country
- United States 37 (14%)
- Germany 11 (4%)
- United Kingdom 9 (3%)
- Canada 5 (2%)
- France 4 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Alison Berger
CFO
|
CFO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Andrew McCormack
Founding and General Partner
|
Founding and General Partner | Total investments: 107 | Find email | |
Elizabeth Klein
General Counsel
|
General Counsel | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Erin Ashley Porterfield
Associate
|
Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
James Fitzgerald
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 95 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bound is a fintech company that makes FX management easy for every business. The company was founded by Seth Phillips and Daniel Kindler in 2020. | $24.5M / Series A / Feb 04, 2026 | ||
| Octane provides a digital financing platform that enables consumers to obtain personalized loan offers for powersports vehicles, outdoor equipment, and similar lifestyle purchases, using soft credit checks that do not impact credit scores. The platform connects shoppers with dealer partners to support an end-to-end process from online rate checksto in-store financing and loan servicing. Octane also offers tools for dealers to close deals with digital approvals and paperless workflows while accommodating a range of credit profiles. The company’s services include programs tailored for different buyer types and integration features that simplify purchase decisions for both consumers and dealer partners. | $50M / Series F / Dec 15, 2025 | ||
| Panacea is a financial services company created for doctors, by doctors that provides tailored product offerings and service delivery designed specifically for physicians, dentists, and veterinarians throughout their career: from school, through training, and into practice. Panacea’s products cover the full suite of banking needs for this uniquepopulation, including PRN personal loans, student loan refinancing, and practice loans. | $37M / Series B / Jul 14, 2025 | ||
| Syfe is an investment and saving platform empowering people to build their wealth. Syfe offers fully managed portfolios, cash management solutions, and self-directed offerings through its unique neo-brokerage, making it the region’s only all-in-one wealth management platform. Syfe is fully licensed and operational for fund management, financialadvisory, and brokerage in Singapore, Hong Kong & Australia. The company has raised US$ 52.4m to date from prominent backers such as Valar Ventures (Transferwise, N26, Qonto), Unbound Capital (Forto, Cars24), and Partners from DST (Robinhood, Revolut, Brex, Coinbase). | $53M / Series C / Jun 05, 2025 | ||
| SILQ is a platform dedicated to bridging economies and empowering businesses to trade, grow, and navigate new frontiers. By enabling seamless commerce, logistics, and finance, SILQ unlocks opportunities in emerging economies, fueling ambitions and redefining global trade.The name SILQ is a modern tribute to the legendary Silk Road—reimagined forthe digital age. The distinctive “Q” comes from Souq, the Arabic word for marketplace, symbolizing our commitment to fast, accessible, authentic, and reliable commerce.SILQ aspires to transform local products and manufacturers into global brands by connecting them with entrepreneurs in emerging markets across the Gulf, South Asia, and beyond. | $110M / Apr 09, 2025 | ||
| We are building a global API for instant bank payments | $30M / Jan 28, 2025 | ||
| Augustus builds an AI-native, stablecoin-based clearing and banking platform for financial institutions. The company focuses on enabling digital asset and stablecoin-based clearing to support payments and banking workflows. Its platform is designed for banks, fintechs, and other regulated financial institutions that require infrastructure fordigital asset transactions. Augustus integrates artificial intelligence into its systems to support automated processes and decisioning around payments and clearing. The company positions its offerings as core banking and payments infrastructure centered on digital assets rather than traditional legacy systems. | $40M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 28, 2025 | ||
| Gaia combines reproductive health data with financial technology to make IVF treatments more accessible, affordable and personal | $14M / Series A / Jan 27, 2025 | ||
| Neo Financial is a Canadian financial technology company that directly issues a range of Mastercard credit cards and offers CDIC-insured chequing and savings accounts through partnerships with regulated banks. To help Canadians improve their credit scores, Neo uniquely offers all its cards, including its premium ones, as secured cards. Beyond corebanking, Neo operates a proprietary rewards network of over 11,000 merchant partners, allowing users to earn cashback on everyday spending. | $79M / Series D / Nov 11, 2024 | ||
| Parker is a developer of a digital financial platform designed to help users to pay expenses and manage their e-commerce finances. | $20M / Series B / Nov 09, 2024 | ||
| See all 261 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Valar Ventures invest in?
Valar Ventures invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Banking startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 261 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 Valar Ventures's check size?
Valar Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$10M at Seed, $6.5M–$33M at Series A and $18M–$65M 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 Valar Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Valar Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Valar Ventures?
The team at Valar Ventures includes Alison Berger (CFO), Andrew McCormack (Founding and General Partner) and Elizabeth Klein (General Counsel), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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