# Walkabout Ventures

> Walkabout Ventures is a VC fund backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Fund size: $10M
- Last fund: Jun 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/walkabout-ventures/
- Website: https://www.walkabout.vc/

Walkabout Ventures is an investment fund focused on venture funds investing in financial service startups. The firm prefers to invest in the financial services and information technology sectors. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Los Angeles, California, United States.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 10 | 38% |
| Financial Services | 9 | 35% |
| Finance | 4 | 15% |
| Software | 4 | 15% |
| Payments | 3 | 12% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 16 | 62% |
| Series A | 6 | 23% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 12% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joshua Diamond | General Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josh-diamond-62cc |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Discern | We built Discern to automate entity management - by monitoring foreign registration nexus, entity status and standing, automating filing requirements, and acting as a Registered Agent. | $10M | Series A | Jul 29, 2026 |  |
| Barkr | Barkr is the AI valuation layer for Asset-Backed Lending. ABL is exposed to 2 primary risks: the borrower and the asset. Many tools exist to help underwrite borrowers. None exists to help with the asset. Our domain-specific LLM values hard-to-price assets, backed by our guarantee. Clients include bulge banks, lenders and financial services. Wehelp grow margin and reduce risk. Backed by A-rated insurers, including Munich Re's AI team. | $3.5M | Seed | Nov 18, 2025 |  |
| Advisor | Advisor is a provider of financial advising services. They advise in the following areas budgeting and saving, reducing bad debt, optimizing good debt, like a mortgage, tax strategy and preparation, managing investments, building wealth, including equity compensation, wills, estate planning, and insurance, and aligning investments with risktolerance. | $9M | Seed | Sep 03, 2025 |  |
| Olarry | Olarry provides comprehensive tax services, designed to meet the unique high income earners and businesses. We're providing our clients with emerging wealth and high net wealth access to tax advisory and preparation services historically reserved only for ultra-high net worth clients. | $10M | Series A | Aug 05, 2025 |  |
| Sunfish Technologies | Sunfish makes parenthood attainable for all types of families. Whether you're exploring surrogacy, IVF, egg freezing, or single parenthood by choice — Sunfish helps aspiring parents explore low-interest loans and financial planning tools. | $10M | Series A | Jan 29, 2025 |  |
| Discern | We built Discern to automate entity management - by monitoring foreign registration nexus, entity status and standing, automating filing requirements, and acting as a Registered Agent. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 03, 2024 |  |
| Functional Finance | Functional Finance is a fintech platform that enables insurance operators to manage billing, financing, and other aspects of money transfer. | $20M | Series A | May 30, 2024 |  |
| SimplyPut | Trusted AI data conversations, reports, and insights. Get instant business answers and data analytics wherever work is happening. With SimplyPut, everyone has an AI analyst by their side. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. |  | Seed | May 08, 2024 |  |
| Claimable | Claimable is an AI-driven appeals platform that helps patients quickly appeal healthcare insurance claim denials using AI technology. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2024 |  |
| HealNow | HealNow partners with pharmacies to reduce the number of phone calls and payment forms they receive via fax, by allowing patients to pay co-payments online, schedule deliveries or curbside pickup, and answer any onboarding questions seamlessly. HealNow enables pharmacies to offer online payments of prescriptions for a faster onboarding and paymentsprocess. HealNow has built a system that’s specifically tailored to pharmacies of any shape or size, from grocery stores to independent pharmacies and everything in between. It was formed in 2018 and headquartered in New York, United States. | $5.5M | Seed | Sep 20, 2023 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fiat Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fiat-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Hannah Grey](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hannah-grey) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bling Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bling-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rainfall Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rainfall-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Room40 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/room40-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Walkabout Ventures invest in?

Walkabout Ventures invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 26 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 Walkabout Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Walkabout Ventures?

The team at Walkabout Ventures includes Joshua Diamond (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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