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Blockchain infrastructure for origination and secondary trading of fixed income assets
Theme:
Implementation of blockchain technology throughout financial services
Solutions:
Operating businesses focused on supporting the adoption of blockchain technology, real-time payments and alternative payment methods, data harmonization and analytics, and alternative intelligence
Theme:
Digital transformation and adoption of enterprise software and other IT solutions
Solutions:
Financial software, banking-as-a-service, core banking infrastructure, open banking, fraud prevention, AML / KYC, compliance, reporting, and direct-to-consumer online offerings
Theme:
Balance sheet-light businesses operating in traditionally balance sheet-intensive industries
Solutions:
Capital markets software, wealth management technology, AI-based credit decisioning, and mortgages and pensions
Blockchain infrastructure for origination and secondary trading of fixed income assets
Year Founded: 2019
Headquarters: Poulsbo, Washington
Sector: Blockchain Infrastructure
Status: Active Investment
AI-based platform that enables family offices to find, manage, and sell alternative assets
Year Founded: 2022
Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel
Sector: Other Financial Service Software
Status: Active Investment
Layer 1 blockchain developer
Year Founded: 2022
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California
Sector: Blockchain Infrastructure
Status: Active Investment
Provider of data synchronization technology and financial market infrastructure
Year Founded: 2017
Headquarters: New York, New York
Sector: Blockchain Infrastructure
Status: Active Investment
Artificial intelligence applications for digital transformation in highly regulated markets
Year Founded: 2018
Headquarters: Salt Lake City, Utah
Sector: Other Financial Service Software
Status: Active Investment
Financial wellness platform that allows employers to provide their employees with immediate access to affordable personal loans
Year Founded: 2013
Headquarters: New York, New York
Sector: Other Financial Service Software
Status: Active Investment
Cryptocurrency tax, accounting, and audit technology software
Year Founded: 2016
Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia
Sector: Blockchain Infrastructure
Status: Active Investment
Digital sandbox for banks and other financial institutions to experiment and partner with technology providers
Year Founded: 2021
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Sector: Bank Technology / Software
Status: Active Investment
Technology platform for financial advisors to provide cryptoasset services to their clients
Year Founded: 2018
Headquarters: San Diego, California
Sector: Blockchain Infrastructure
Status: Acquired by Securitize, LLC in August 2023
Integration-Platform-as-a-Service that unlocks access to banking core data and simplifies connections to FinTechs
Year Founded: 2022
Headquarters: Mercer Island, Washington
Sector: Bank Technology / Software
Status: Active Investment
An outbound customer communications
platform designed to gather customer input for anti-money laundering, investigations, enhanced due diligence, fraud and other back-office teams within a financial institution
Year Founded: 2022
Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel
Sector: Bank Technology / Software
Status: Active Investment
No-code technology platform for financial institutions
Year Founded: 2017
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Sector: Bank Technology / Software
Status: Active Investment
Cloud-based, API-driven banking technology platform that allows clients to have greater data fluency leading to improved outcomes, including greater customer satisfaction and higher revenue per customer
Year Founded: 2019
Headquarters: Austin, Texas
Sector: Bank Technology / Software
Status: Active Investment
Securities lending software
Year Founded: 2015
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Sector: Other Financial Service Software
Status: Active Investment
Enterprise risk management software and services to financial institutions
Year Founded: 2008
Headquarters: Glen Allen, Virginia
Sector: Bank Technology / Software
Status: Active Investment
Digital platform for small business banking
Year Founded: 2014
Headquarters: Reston, Virginia
Sector: Bank Technology / Software
Status: Acquired by MeridianLink, Inc. (NYSE: MLNK) in April 2022
Software that facilitates fiat-denominated payments using Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
Year Founded: 2019
Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois
Sector: Blockchain Infrastructure
Status: Active Investment
Modern white labeled corporate credit card and spend management solutions for banks and credit unions
Year Founded: 2020
Headquarters: San Mateo, California
Sector: Bank Technology / Software
Status: Active Investment
Order management and other trading technology solutions for broker-dealers
Year Founded: 2021
Headquarters: New York, New York & London, United Kingdom
Sector: Other Financial Service Software
Status: Active Investment
Managing Partner - EJF Ventures
Partner – EJF Ventures
Senior Associate – EJF Ventures
Jonathan is responsible for the management of EJF Ventures. Jonathan joined EJF in 2009 as an analyst covering the financial sector and was also involved in the portfolio management of financials-focused hedge and private equity funds.
Jonathan presently serves on the boards of Verady, Inc. (dba. Ledgible) and Original Tech, Inc. (dba Prelim). He previously served on the board of Texan Bank, a Houston-based community bank and was a board observer for several other investments. Jonathan holds a BBA in Finance and Real Estate from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and is a member of the Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle.
Michael is based in London and is involved in all aspects of investment sourcing, due diligence, and portfolio support. He is also responsible for driving EJF’s broader financial technology investment efforts in Europe.
Prior to joining EJF, Michael was a Vice President at Evercore where he advised financial technology and software companies on M&A and capital markets transactions. He began his career as an investment banker in Ukraine covering Central and Eastern Europe.
Michael holds an MBA from Cornell University and a BSc. in Economic Cybernetics from the National Technical University of Ukraine.
Ethan joined EJF in 2024 and is responsible for identifying investment opportunities in the financial technology sector.
Ethan previously served as the Director of Strategic Partnerships & Corporate Development at Dream Payments, an embedded payments startup based in Toronto, Canada. Prior to joining Dream Payments, he worked at JPMorgan Chase in New York. He began his career as an investment banker, advising financial institution clients on M&A and capital markets transactions, before spending several years in Strategic Investments, where he evaluated and executed venture capital and growth equity investments in fintech companies. Ethan holds a B.S. in Commerce with a concentration in Finance from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.
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