Clocktower Technology Ventures is the venture-capital investment arm of Clocktower Group, a Santa Monica-based firm that invests exclusively in financial services innovation. Launched in 2015, it partners with entrepreneurs who have the vision and drive to reinvent financial services, backing them from the earliest seed rounds through to companies scaling for growth.
The firm's approach, in its own words, is crafted around a curated, industry-leading network of global macroeconomic thinkers and investors. Rather than chasing a narrow theme, it builds a diversified portfolio across the financial services landscape, drawing on Clocktower Group's macro-investing roots and a network of institutional allocators, policymakers and hedge-fund managers to open doors for founders.
Clocktower Technology Ventures invests across insurance, payments, personal finance, lending and credit, asset management, capital markets and banking. It describes itself as stage agnostic, investing from seed through Series B, with a geographic footprint spanning North America, Europe and Latin America. In 2021 it launched a dedicated Latin America fintech fund targeting a $25 million strategy, betting that the region's largely underbanked population would leapfrog brick-and-mortar banking.
On fund size, the firm has publicly disclosed one figure: its second flagship fund, Clocktower Technologies II, closed with approximately $70 million in capital commitments. The firm's total assets under management are not publicly disclosed.
Since launching, the firm has backed close to 100 fintech companies. Notable names listed on its website include Chime, MoneyLion, Melio, Mercury, Nav, Orum, Alloy, Qualia, Openly, Embroker and Tala, alongside Latin American bets such as Flink, Habi, Kushki and Ontop.
The venture practice is led by Ben Savage, named as Partner in the firm's official announcements. In its press materials, the firm credits the broader Clocktower Group ecosystem — institutional allocators, policymakers and capital-markets professionals — as a source of market intelligence, proprietary research and industry relationships for portfolio companies.
The firm does not publish a formal founder perks, credits or accelerator programme. Its stated value-add is network access — market intelligence, proprietary research and introductions across the Clocktower ecosystem — rather than structured benefits or subsidised tooling.
Why it matters for founders
If you are building in fintech — from seed to Series B — Clocktower Technology Ventures offers something generalist funds cannot: a partnership built around deep financial-services expertise and a macro-investor network that opens doors at banks, allocators and policymakers. With a dedicated Latin America strategy alongside its US and European activity, it is especially relevant for founders tackling underbanked markets. Come with a clear vision for reinventing part of financial services; the firm explicitly looks for strong, collaborative founders it can plug into its ecosystem.