Valar Ventures

Venture Capital
32investments
3exits
$180Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
821open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Valar Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies, with a strong focus on fintech startups built outside Silicon Valley. It backs early-stage businesses primarily in Europe, and its portfolio has included Wise, N26 and Qonto. Founded in 2010 by Andrew McCormack, James Fitzgerald and Peter Thiel, the firm is headquartered in New York.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
32
19 of them startups
Hiring now
23
821 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
1
$180M raised
Exits
3
Focusshare of its companies
Financial Services 86%Software 14%Blockchain & Crypto 7%Commerce 7%Health Care 4%Travel & Tourism 4%Transportation & Logistics 4%
Where its companies are
United States 28%Germany 9%United Kingdom 6%Austria 6%Singapore 3%Canada 3%United Arab Emirates 3%France 3%
Stage of its companies
Series B 75%Series A 25%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 32 investments
AugustusVenture round $180M · 3 mo ago · 11 roles OctaneVenture round $57.2M · 12 mo ago · 12 roles SyfeSeries C · 17 mo ago · led a round · 35 roles BestowSeries D $120M · 17 mo ago · 1 role StashSeries H $146M · 17 mo ago LiveFlowVenture round $13.5M · 2 yr ago · 4 roles Gaia FamilyVenture round · 2 yr ago · 3 roles MonduVenture round $30M · 2 yr ago ShopUpSeries B $65M · 4 yr ago NovoSeries B $90M · 4 yr ago · 5 roles QontoVenture round $552M · 4 yr ago · 38 roles VelocityVenture round $20M · 4 yr ago · 1 role
821 open roles at 23 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Wise206 new roles in 30 days Xero48 new roles in 30 days Bitpanda15 new roles in 30 days N2614 new roles in 30 days Syfe10 new roles in 30 days · led a round Neo Financial9 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Y Combinator 4 shared VentureSouq 4 shared Seedcamp 3 shared Breyer Capital 3 shared Soma Capital 2 shared Coatue 2 shared Redalpine 2 shared Insight Partners 2 shared Irregular Expressions 2 shared Plug and Play 2 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
QED Investors Greenoaks Hummingbird Ventures VEF Fin Capital Torch Capital VentureSouq Tencent
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 3; 5 rounds in the press that name it

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
New York United States
HQ