Velocity Capital is a Netherlands based venture capital firm that focuses on early stage FinTech companies.
Portfolio
5
companies
Biscuit Tin Planning
Biscuit Tin Planning provides a secure digital legacy vault for personal documents and life information.
Lucida AI
Lucida AI provides a speech-native language learning platform.
Meniga
Meniga provides digital banking and personal finance management solutions for major financial institutions.
Payr
Payr provides a flexible card payment platform for rental transactions.
Sprive
Sprive provides a mortgage overpayment application that helps homeowners reduce interest costs and clear debt faster.
Willem Willemstein
General Partner & Founder at Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures
Willem serves as chairman and CEO at Velocity Capital BV and general partner and founder at Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures. He previously spent over a decade as co-CEO at Petroplus International BV.
LinkedInKirsten Gohl
Velocity Investment Associate
Rajeev Saxena
CEO
Rajeev serves as chief executive officer at Velocity Capital and co-founded Juice. His background includes founding several ventures, alongside earlier marketing experience at Red Bull.
Thomas Lindup
COO
Thomas brings operating and legal experience from roles at Velocity Capital Advisors, Juice Ventures, and Sidley Austin.
LinkedInThe London-headquartered speech AI platform raised the capital from backers including Velocity Capital and Next Tier Ventures.
"AI is becoming a global race, and meaningful innovation is no longer tied to a single geography. With this round, we’ve partnered with investors who share our long-term vision. Our focus is clear: building a scalable, speech-native AI platform that powers global communication,"
Ingenii Capital led the seed round with backing from Haatch, British Business Bank, and Velocity Capital.
"The rent payment experience has long been outdated and inflexible. Payr has identified a clear market inefficiency and developed a solution that meets the evolving financial habits of modern renters. Their early traction and approach to distribution made this an easy decision for us to support."
The investment round was led by Ascension with backing from Channel4Ventures, Velocity Capital, and TwoMagnolias.
"Sprive is set to have a huge positive impact on our customer’s finances, as our average user is already on track to slash three years off their mortgage term, collectively saving our users more than £100 million in interest alone. We’re proud to offer the fastest way to financial freedom for the homeowner and we’re determined to help as many as possible achieve it."
Velocity Capital led the seed round alongside Scottish Enterprise to fund product development and new hires.
"Velocity is delighted to be working with Sheila as she tackles a very real pain point; managing the end-of-life planning process through a user-friendly digital vault, making it simple and easily accessible."
The strategic investment round was co-led by Velocity Capital and Frumtak Ventures to drive the development of sustainable financial tools.
"We are extremely pleased with the continued backing from our investors and strategic customers. The new capital will be instrumental in helping us accelerate our expansion into sustainable finance management. We are already working with banks across the world helping them accelerate their green-banking strategies with our Carbon Insight solution. Our Carbon Insight solution is going live with banks in 4 different countries during 1H 2021 and the demand is accelerating."
