Motive Partners is a private equity firm and venture capital firm. Based in New York, United States. The known portfolio counts 10 companies, including Steward, Laka, FNZ, Artifact AI, Octaura and Finperks.
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- BankingCapital MarketsData AnalyticsEnterprise SaaSPaymentsWealth Management
Who to pitch at Motive Partners
Motive Partners portfolio companies (10)
- Steward
- Laka
- FNZ
- Artifact AI
- Octaura
- Finperks
- Monnai
- Obin AI
- Asseta AI
- Electric Mind
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About Motive Partners
The firm's listing covers sectors AI, FinTech and SaaS, and focus areas Banking, Capital Markets, Data Analytics and Enterprise SaaS; known deals cluster at Late-Stage, Pre-Seed and Seed.
The team counts 17 people in our database. Kristy Trieste (Founding Partner), Scott Kauffman (Founding Partner) and Rob Heyvaert (Managing Partner) are shown as the contacts to pitch.
Motive Partners shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them Generation Investment Management, Barclays and HSBC Innovation Banking.
Frequently asked questions
What is Motive Partners?
Motive Partners is a private equity firm and venture capital firm based in New York, United States, with a known portfolio of 10 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does Motive Partners invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, FinTech and SaaS; listed focus areas include Banking, Capital Markets, Data Analytics and Enterprise SaaS. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does Motive Partners invest at?
The known deals of Motive Partners include Late-Stage, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at Motive Partners?
3 of the 17 people on file at Motive Partners are listed as contacts for the firm. All 17 have their own profile page.
How do I contact Motive Partners?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 17 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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