Anthemis Group: the fintech specialist architecting the digital economy

Founded in 2010 and operating out of London and New York, Anthemis Group is a venture investment firm built around a single conviction: that the financial system itself needs rebuilding. Its stated mission is "investing to architect the digital economy", and it describes its approach as principle-driven — deploying human, intellectual and financial capital to make finance more resilient, transparent and accessible. Fintech is its core hunting ground, with a long-running parallel bet on insurtech.

The firm invests across the full company lifecycle. Pre-seed companies are supported through its venture studio, early-stage deals are run through its dedicated early-stage vehicle, and a venture growth business backs more mature portfolio companies. It has also moved into later-stage territory, including SPACs — in November 2021 it debuted its first ESG-focused SPAC, Anthemis Digital Acquisitions I Corp (Nasdaq: ADALU), which closed at $230 million with an all-women management team.

On scale: in a December 2021 platform announcement, Anthemis said combined fund raises exceeded $700 million, bringing assets under management to $1.2 billion. Its inaugural Anthemis Venture Fund I was anchored by the European Investment Fund and UniCredit, and at the time the firm reported more than 150 fintech investments made since inception. Check sizes and current fund totals are not publicly disclosed.

The portfolio reads as a roll call of fintech's last decade. Standouts named by the firm include robo-adviser Betterment, social trading platform eToro, cross-border payments company Currency Cloud, Carta, Happy Money and The Climate Corporation. Early-stage names include Pipe, embedded-banking provider Weavr and Atomic; venture growth deployments include bundled-insurance pioneer Branch, Eigen and LocoNav. Notable exits include Simple, acquired by BBVA in 2014, and The Climate Corporation, acquired by Monsanto in 2013.

For founders in India, the relevant data point is LocoNav: the Gurugram-based fleet-tech startup founded in 2016 by Shridhar Gupta and Vidit Jain raised a $37 million Series B round co-led by Anthemis Group, Quiet Capital and Sequoia Capital India — evidence that Anthemis's growth vehicle will lead into emerging-market, tech-enabled operating businesses, not just US and European software.

Leadership, per the firm's 2021 repositioning: founders Amy Nauiokas and Sean Park moved to co-Chief Investment Officer and co-Chair of the board, with Briana van Strijp — COO since 2018 — taking the chief executive role and Gavin Holland becoming President. Katie Palencsar heads the venture studio as a Managing Director, Partner Vica Manos oversees early-stage investing globally, and Partner Ruth Foxe Blader runs the venture growth business. Vinay Singh serves as a Managing Director leading seed and Series A investments.

Beyond capital, Anthemis runs the Female Innovators Lab in partnership with Barclays — a programme it has expanded into the UK and Europe. The firm reports that 23% of its portfolio companies are founded by women and 40% are led by women or BIPOC founders. In September 2025 it also launched CommonAI, a strategic collaboration with Cambridge AI Venture Partners aimed at the UK and European AI market.