Motive Partners
Motive Partners has taken part in 19 fintech rounds recorded since 18 March 2021, 6 of them as lead.
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- 19 on record · 6 led · 13 participated
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Pliant raises $80M as Citi Ventures joins the cap table
Berlin-based Pliant has raised $80M (about €71M), double the $40M it raised last year.
Elio Mortgage emerges from stealth with a $5.1M pre-seed led by Motive Partners and Social Leverage
Elio Mortgage has launched with $5.1 million in pre-seed funding led by Motive Partners and Social Leverage. Jeff Horing, co-founder and managing director of…
FNZ CEO Blythe Masters steps down; chair Stephen Welch takes interim CEO role
FNZ CEO Blythe Masters steps down after two years; group chair Stephen Welch takes on interim CEO responsibilities.
Rounds led
$5.1M
Motive PartnersLead
Added · · Elio Mortgage emerges from stealth with a $5.1M pre-seed led by Motive Partners and Social Leverage
$8M
Motive PartnersLead
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$7M
Motive PartnersLead
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$5M
Motive PartnersLead
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$4M
Motive PartnersLead
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$100M
Motive PartnersLead
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Rounds participated in
$80M
Added · · Pliant raises $80M as Citi Ventures joins the cap table
$5.1M
Motive PartnersLead
Added · · Elio Mortgage emerges from stealth with a $5.1M pre-seed led by Motive Partners and Social Leverage
$450M
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€6.6M
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$8M
Motive PartnersLead
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$35M
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$7M
Motive PartnersLead
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$5M
Motive PartnersLead
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$4M
Motive PartnersLead
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$45M
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$650M
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$4M
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$46.5M
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$41M
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$14M
Added · · Weekly update #16
$128M
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$1.4B
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$100M
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$50M
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Funds
- Fund · Announced, 12 July 2022 · Size $2.5B
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Motive Partners is a stage-agnostic fintech investor with a private equity and growth strategy and a venture strategy, managing about $6.5 billion in total.
Motive's venture strategy is about $500 million, investing from a $220 million early-stage fund in seed and Series A companies in Europe and the US.
Motive's model is Invest, Operate, Innovate, with an in-house value-creation unit, Motive Create, focused on technology for portfolio companies.
Qonto acquired Penta, a Motive portfolio company.
Motive invested in AlphaStream, an AI company focused on private credit.
At seed and Series A the founding team is Motive's main decision criterion, and time is the best due diligence.
Within a few years nobody will talk about AI as such; it will be built into everything, and Motive now focuses on deep vertical AI rather than horizontal copilots.
The generational transfer of wealth is driving innovation in wealth management, private banking and alternatives, a core focus for Motive.
In crypto Motive prefers B2B infrastructure over trading, and MiCA gives companies a clearer path to grow.