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2025 was Fiat Ventures’ most active year yet across sourcing, client work, community, and collaboration. Across 60+ events alone, the broader Fiat ecosystem brought together 3,600+ unique attendees, reflecting the density of founders, operators, and investors now orbiting the platform. These touch points translated into ~3,500 companies met across all Fiat organizations, with Fiat Ventures reviewing roughly 1,000 companies directly.

Mapping the stack that's changing commerce, payments and agentic finance

We spend a lot of time thinking about cycles. Not just markets - but how innovation, capital, and distribution collide to create enduring companies.

Octamile, an InsurTech company enabling insurance and non-insurance businesses to protect African consumers from financial loss, has come out of stealth mode with $500,000 in pre-seed funding led by EchoVC with participation from Fiat Ventures, Kesho VC, Trade X, Verraki Partners, Dale Mathias, Kyle Daley (Founding team member of Chime) and other local and international Angels.

Today we are so excited to announce that Fiat Growth has been selected to the Inc’s 2023 distinguished list of Best Places to Work.

At Fiat Ventures and Fiat Growth, we’re always looking around the corner to refine our growth playbooks and pioneer the tactics that will define the future. That’s why we’re excited to announce the launch of Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) — a full-stack service designed to help brands win in the era of AI-driven discovery.

Today we are so excited to announce that Fiat Ventures has been selected to the Inc’s distinguished 2023 Founder Friendly Investors list.

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We spent our careers scaling some of the largest companies in the fintech space, and in 2018 we brought that work together. What we saw then keeps repeating: every problem a founder brings us is connected to the rest of their company, and they need a partner who can take on every new challenge.

We find exceptional founders early and make them impossible to ignore.

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FGV Capital closes a $35 million Fund II after years of operating a growth agency. The article examines whether that agency experience gives the firm an underwriting edge and weighs the model’s potential conflict-of-interest risks.

Aug 2026 · Angel Investors NetworkNews article

FGV Capital, formerly Fiat Ventures, closes an oversubscribed $35 million Fund II to back fintech and AI startups. The fund brings the firm's assets under management above $60 million.

Aug 2026 · Tech Funding NewsNews article

Fiat Ventures combines its growth consultancy and venture divisions under FGV Capital and launches a $35 million second fund. The fintech-focused firm says the model gives founders access to go-to-market advice and an executive network, while consultancy and investment decisions remain separate. Fund II plans $1 million to $1.5 million investments in at least 25 companies over two years and has backed 13 so far; its LPs include Reinsurance Group of America, MassMutual, and Bank of America.

Aug 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

Fiat Ventures launches its first $25 million fund to invest in early-stage fintech companies. The firm takes an “insider” approach to working with its companies, initially engaging through marketing and strategic partnerships.

Nov 2022 · TechCrunchNews article