About FinSight
FinSight is a venture capital firm founded in 2004. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Jun 2026, FinSight is an active investor, having invested in 74 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in India based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to FinTech and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Cashea Overall, FinSight portfolio has seen 14 unicorns, 9 IPOs and 12 acquisitions including key companies like Carta, Palantir and Klarna. A lot of funds co-invest with FinSight, with names like Gaingels sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. FinSight has team of 9 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 3 more
Portfolio Unicorns
FinSight's List of Top Investments
FinSight has a portfolio of 74 companies, including 14 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Ailet and Nalogia.Their portfolio spans across United States, India, Russia and 14 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, FinTech, High Tech and 22 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 3 more. Here is the list of top investments by FinSight:
1. Carta
Software-based equity management solutions. It offers features solutions for valuation, equity planning, transfer agents, electronic securities, scenario modeling, fund administration, portfolio data collection, and more. It offers solutions to multiple sectors including private companies, investors, and public companies. It also offers ESOP management solutions.
Key facts about Carta
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series G
- Total Funding till date: $1.16B
- Employee Count: 5,728 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Meritech, Silver Lake and 140 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series G, Aug 13, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Palantir
Platform that provides data analysis and management solutions. It is a software company that specializes in big data analytics and provides software platforms for analyzing and integrating large amounts of data. Its software powers real-time, AI-driven decisions in critical government and commercial enterprise, from the factory floors to the front lines.
Key facts about Palantir
- Founded Year: 2003
- Location: Denver (United States)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $2.46B
- Employee Count: 6,021 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Western Technology Investment, Glynn Capital and 171 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Aug 31, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Public
3. Klarna
Developer of an online platform for point-of-sale financing. It enables users to purchase products within the partnered merchant network and split the cost of the purchase from the stores into interest-free payments and also works in-store. It also enables users to make instalment payments by credit or debit cards on retail purchases, receive price changes, and deal alerts. Its mobile application is available on Android and iOS platforms.
Key facts about Klarna
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Stockholm (Sweden)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $4.19B
- Employee Count: 4,634 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Silver Lake, equitywestsecurities.com and 139 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Aug 21, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Public
4. Lending Club
P2P marketplace for consumer and business loans. It offers multiple loans including personal loans, refinancing loans, healthcare loans, SME loans, and more. It offers loans to borrowers from multiple institutional/individual investors and lenders. Loans are offered on the basis of credit assessments and user profiles.
Key facts about Lending Club
- Founded Year: 2006
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $500M - $1B as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $219M
- Employee Count: 977 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: TrueBridge, Section Partners and 46 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Oct 18, 2016, $*****
- Highlight: Public
5. Kraken
Provider of a multi-asset trading platform. It is a multi-faceted company offering a range of services including cryptocurrency trading, asset management, and digital marketing solutions.
Key facts about Kraken
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Cheyenne (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $866M
- Employee Count: 1,170 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: ADS Ventures, InvestX and 128 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jan 20, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
FinSight's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
FinSight has invested in 74 companies over the last 13 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 3 investments, while as of Jun 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Cashea and most recent follow-on round was in Uzum.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2024 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
2022 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2021 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
FinSight's Investments by Stage
FinSight has made 11 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.11M, 11 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $16M, 3 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $35.3M, 1 investment in Series D stage with an average round size of $60M and 1 investment in Series E stage with an average round size of $200M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 11 |
Series A | 11 |
Series B | 3 |
Series D | 1 |
Series E | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
FinSight's Investments by Sector
FinSight has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, FinTech, Consumer, Financial Services and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 70 Tech companies, 49 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 43 Software companies and at least 30 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 12 |
FinTech | 12 |
Consumer | 9 |
Financial Services | 7 |
Vertical SaaS | 4 |
Others | 30 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
FinSight's Investments by Geography
FinSight has made most investments in India (8), followed by United States where it has made 7 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
India | 8 |
United States | 7 |
Russia | 4 |
Canada | 2 |
France | 1 |
Others | 4 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
FinSight's recent investments
FinSight has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Cashea.Here are the most recent investments by FinSight:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jun 2026 | Venezuela | Series B | 8843 | [+7] | |
Aug 05, 2025 | - | Series B | 7480 | [+1] | |
Apr 24, 2025 | India | Seed | 4011 | [+2] | |
Mar 04, 2025 | Netherlands | Seed | 1686 | [+3] | |
Dec 12, 2024 | India | Seed | 7737 | [+2] |
Unicorns in FinSight's Portfolio
FinSight has 14 unicorns in its portfolio - Uzum, GirnarSOFT, DailyPay and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Uzum. It became a unicorn in 2024.Here is a list of unicorns in FinSight's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
69 | Operator of integrated e-commerce and digital banking financial service platforms | 2022 | - | Series C | psrvtpz | ||
78 | Provider of website, web & mobile application development, BI, and digital marketing services | 2007 | Jaipur | Series E | {pbcakz | ||
74 | Financial wellness and earned wage access platform that enables employees to access their earned pay on-demand | 2015 | New York City | Series D | norjule | ||
82 | Provider of a multi-asset trading platform | 2011 | Cheyenne | Series D | osw{{xa | ||
72 | Provider of data security, privacy, compliance, and AI governance platform | 2016 | New York City | Series D | lselzlc |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in FinSight's Portfolio
9 of FinSight's portfolio companies have become public. Netskope got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Sep 2025 at marketcap of $908M and Klarna got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at marketcap of $15.1B.Here are FinSight's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 18, 2025 | - | - | 9654 | |
Sep 10, 2025 | - | - | 1124 | |
Oct 29, 2021 | - | - | 1031 | |
Oct 14, 2021 | - | - | 2932 | |
Apr 21, 2021 | - | - | 4853 |
Acquired companies in FinSight's Portfolio
12 companies from FinSight's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Confluent in Dec 2025 by IBM for $*****.Here are FinSight's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 08, 2025 | - | - | 6348 | |
Jul 28, 2025 | - | - | 1916 | |
Aug 01, 2023 | - | - | 7541 | |
Apr 04, 2023 | - | - | 8823 | |
Oct 25, 2022 | May 13, 2015 | Seed | 1492 |
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Team profile of FinSight
FinSight has a team of 9 members including 3 Partners and 2 Principals located in Russia, United States and 2 more locations. FinSight's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in FinSight:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Moscow | - | ||
Partner | Russia | - | ||
Partner | Cyprus | - | ||
Partner | Russia | - | ||
Principal | San Francisco | - | ||
Principal | Dubai | - |
Co-investors of FinSight
Over the past 13 years, 419 investors have co-invested in FinSight's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before FinSight: Rebright Partners, Angel List and 147 others have invested in rounds before FinSight. There are 2 companies where Rebright Partners has invested before FinSight and 2 companies where Angel List has invested before FinSight.
- Top Co-investors of FinSight: 183 investors entered a company along with FinSight. These include investors like Gaingels (2 companies).
- Invested after FinSight: A total of 87 investors have invested in FinSight's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Quadria Capital (1 company), Lightrock (1 company) and Zenith Investment Partners (1 company).
Recent News related to FinSight
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Cashea Raises $100M Across Series A and B Rounds to Expand Fintech Platform in VenezuelaThe SaaS News•Jul 22, 2026•FinSight, Cashea
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Uzum Raises $130M Led by Oman Sovereign FundsVentureburn•Mar 10, 2026•R Capital Investment Advisors, Tencent, FinSight, Uzum and 2 others
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Tencent in Talks to Take Stake in Block Blast! Developer Hungry StudioPocket Gamer•Feb 26, 2026•Tencent, Zhipu, Uzum, VR Capital Group and 1 other
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FinSight Ventures Plans $150-160 Million India Investment, Eyes SecondariesMint•Dec 19, 2025•FinSight
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FinSight Ventures Launches $50 Million Generative AI Index FundFintech Finance•Sep 18, 2025•FinSight
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Uzbekistan’s Uzum Reaches $1.5B Valuation with Tencent FundingWebProNews•Aug 05, 2025•Uzum, VR Capital Group, Tencent, FinSight
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Uzum Secures $70M Equity Financing Led by Tencent and VR Capital, Reaches $1.5B ValuationTMC•Aug 05, 2025•Uzum, VR Capital Group, Tencent, FinSight
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Funding Round Netherlands AI Dubbing Startup Dubformer Raises $3.6M to Advance Emotional VoiceoversStartupHub.ai•Mar 05, 2025•DubFormer, Almaz Capital, s16vc, FinSight and 8 others
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Beyond voices: Dubformer raises €3.4 million to transform the art of dubbingEU-Startups•Mar 04, 2025•DubFormer, Almaz Capital, s16vc, Vena Marketing and 10 others
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Superfone Raises $1.9 Mn In Pre-series A RoundEntrackr•Dec 12, 2024•SuperFone, YourNest, Ankur Capital, FinSight
