# Venu Palaparthi

> Venu Palaparthi is a seed investor at DriveWealth backing FinTech. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: DriveWealth
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/venu-palaparthi-58b164/
- Website: http://www.dreamcricket.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/venu.palaparthi

Venu Palaparthi is a seed investor at DriveWealth focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Venu Palaparthi is the Chief Operating Officer of DriveWealth. He previously worked at Patomak Global Partners as a Managing Director. Venu Palaparthi attended The University of Texas at Arlington.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$3M |
| Series A | $18M–$18M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 25% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 25% |
| Sports | 1 | 13% |
| Banking | 1 | 13% |
| Cricket | 1 | 13% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Juno | OnJuno is a cross-border banking platform that aims to give users across the world a high yield account to grow their savings. Going live in the US, OnJuno is taking a radical approach towards creating an open and global banking system for everyone, regardless of their location or income. | $18M | Series A | Oct 01, 2022 |  |
| Juno | OnJuno is a cross-border banking platform that aims to give users across the world a high yield account to grow their savings. Going live in the US, OnJuno is taking a radical approach towards creating an open and global banking system for everyone, regardless of their location or income. | $18M | Series A | Oct 01, 2022 |  |
| YourPhysio | YourPhysio is an online physiotherapy & pain relief company. | $350K | Pre-Seed | Feb 03, 2021 |  |
| American Cricket Enterprises | American Cricket Enterprises is a strategic partner of the professional T20 cricket league. |  |  | Dec 23, 2020 |  |
| American Cricket Enterprises | American Cricket Enterprises is a strategic partner of the professional T20 cricket league. |  | Seed | Dec 23, 2020 |  |
| Fanspole | Fanspole allows users to create contests and play public as well as private games. |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 27, 2020 |  |
| Nuo | Nuo is a decentralized and transparent crypto banking platform for emerging markets. It acts as a financial control center to store, spend and grow any crypto currency of your choice.Using Nuo app, users can store all their crypto currencies at one place, pay for their coffee at Starbucks with a Nuo Card or make near instant peer to peertransfers over Nuo Network. It also enables users to avail global financial products and services at one place via Nuo Play. | $3M | Seed | Apr 04, 2020 |  |
| Juno | OnJuno is a cross-border banking platform that aims to give users across the world a high yield account to grow their savings. Going live in the US, OnJuno is taking a radical approach towards creating an open and global banking system for everyone, regardless of their location or income. | $3M | Seed | Oct 09, 2019 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Polychain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polychain-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Surge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/surge-ahead) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Astarc Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/astarcventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Better Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-capital-e839) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dragonfly Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dragonfly-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mithril Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mithril-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About DriveWealth

VC Fund · Chatham, United States

DriveWealth, the global fintech investment rail and pioneer of fractional equities trading, is a visionary technology company that empowers more than 100 partners around the world to engage their customers by placing the markets in the palm of their hands. We believe the future is fractional, transactional, and mobile. Every mobile device should bea gateway to accessing investing and savings products, services, advice, and assistance for global citizens of all ages, wealth stages, and levels of financial expertise. DriveWealth’s consultative support and cloud based, modern technology platform allow partners to seamlessly offer branded investing experiences to drive customer acquisition, loyalty, retention, and revenue growth.

5 contacts available at DriveWealth.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Barry Metzger | Chief Brokerage Officer | — |
| Barry Mazza | Chief Technology Officer | — |
| Julie Coin | President | — |
| Kevin Cortright | Chief Operating Officer | — |
| Mark Bulger | Global Chief Compliance Officer | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Venu Palaparthi invest in?

Venu Palaparthi invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Sports startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Venu Palaparthi's check size?

Venu Palaparthi typically joins rounds of $3M–$3M at Seed and $18M–$18M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Venu Palaparthi participates in.

### How do I contact Venu Palaparthi?

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### When did Venu Palaparthi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Venu Palaparthi closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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