Fintech Next

At the Intersection of Financial Services and Technology

It’s the DNA of our Community and Investments.

Backing exceptional founders reimagining financial services.

Core thesis: Fintech AI value creation.

Seed and Seed+ investments in payments, banking infrastructure, and AI, built into a concentrated portfolio of 25 to 30 companies.

Sourced through a San Francisco community of 23,900+ founders, operators, and investors built over many years.

Operator experience

Sheela Ursal

General Partner

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Experience and network

25+ years

Business and technology leader

Sector

Digital emerging technologies

Focus

Financial services and eCommerce

Investor: LP in 6 Funds

45+ portfolio companies

23,900+

Fintech LinkedIn Network

4,400+

Newsletter subscribers

100+

Events hosted, 3,500+ attendees

75+

Speaking engagements

Deal sourcing

In the Room Before the Round

Host

Founders reach us. 100+ events in San Francisco.

Past sponsors

Upcoming
Events

Attend and Speak

Industry events and conferences across the Fintech ecosystem.

Conferences

Speaking
Engagements

Mentor

At Berkeley, Stanford, Plug and Play, Techstars, and other accelerators.

Accelerators

Connect on
LinkedIn

Meet

Coffees and lunches, no pitch involved, long before any round.

The Fund

Get in
Touch

At first close

Deployment-Ready Pipeline. A Head Start.

Companies are already identified and allocations confirmed, positioning first-close capital to go to work from day one.

Founders, operators, and investors

Moments from the Community

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Curiosity That Connects

Engagement with Industry

Conversation and connection are rooted in a genuine curiosity about financial services, a sector with enormous room for innovation, from age-old problems still waiting to be solved to cutting-edge technologies reshaping the industry and taking us back to the drawing board.

One Mission. Three Ways to Engage.