Research Outline

Early Stage, Active FinTech Investors

Goals

To provide a list of FinTech investors who are active in early stage investing, with names and email contact.

Early Findings

Our initial research determined that AngelList provides a specific list of FinTech Angel investors (who typically invest at the seed and early stage), and Crunchbase recently published a list of top FinTech investors segmented by investment stage. Our research also discovered an up-to-date list of 'most active' FinTech investors published by Altar.io, although the criteria for 'most active' was not defined.

Potential Angel Investors

We selected the top two Angel investors who have the highest number of investments, and whose venture investment focus is compatible with PremierTrade. Please note that email contacts were not readily available for these invididuals, although deeper research may be able to provide suggested emails using an email finder service:
  • Peter Kellner has invested in 127 startups and focuses on early-stage tech companies. His LinkedIn contact can be found here on his profile.
  • Eugene Zhang has invested in 66 startups and focuses on financial technology companies. His LinkedIn cotact can be found here on his profile.


Crunchbase's Top Early Stage FinTech Investors

  • Plug and Play is an open innovation investment platform. There is no specific contact person; instead, the process is application-based. Applications for startup funding can be started here.
  • Commerce Ventures is a venture capital firm based on San Francisco. The contact form for Commerce Ventures can be found at the bottom of its homepage.