Anthemis Group

Anthemis Group is a London-headquartered venture capital and asset management platform founded in 2008 by Amy Nauiokas, Sean Park, and Nadeem Shaikh, specializing in financial technology, insurtech, and embedded finance investments globally. The firm manages approximately $1.5 billion in assets across a portfolio of 196 companies, with 10 unicorns, 1 IPO, and 36 acquisitions among its outcomes to date. Anthemis invests from pre-seed through growth stage, typically writing checks from $200,000 to $5 million, and operates offices in London, New York, and Luxembourg. The investment thesis is organized around transforming the financial system from within, with portfolio themes spanning payments infrastructure, digital banking, wealth and asset management, insurance and risk, and embedded finance. Anthemis operates a flagship venture fund alongside several thematic vehicles, most notably the Female Innovators Lab, a partnership with Barclays described as the world's largest early-stage fintech fund dedicated exclusively to companies founded by women, which has invested in more than 25 companies across the US and Europe. The firm also provides strategic advisory services to large financial institutions seeking to run corporate venture and innovation programs, creating a unique ecosystem that connects early-stage founders with established financial services incumbents. Key portfolio exits include CurrencyCloud, a cross-border payments infrastructure company acquired by Visa for approximately $963 million in 2021, and Simple, a US neobank acquired by BBVA. Beyond its original investments in Betterment, Wealthsimple, Zopa, and Current, the broader portfolio includes eToro, CurrencyCloud, Carta, Tide, Atom Bank, Pipe, and Weavr.