Haymaker Ventures
www.haymaker.comHaymaker Ventures exclusively funds early stage fintech companies that create superior solutions for unsolved problems. The firm believes the next generation of fintech winners will be built on embedded fintech products and platforms that extend more broadly than traditional applications of financial services.
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Haymaker Ventures believes that fintech, done right, should provide better choices—not just more, faster, and cheaper services. They focus on companies that create superior solutions for unsolved problems rather than marginal improvements to existing infrastructure. The firm emphasizes that fintech winners will be defined by ‘durability’—commitment to being different in a way that lets them thrive across cycles and survive multiple economic regimes. They seek entrepreneurs who ‘plan in decades and dream of changing the world: relentless and committed, cunning and wily, and just plain tough.’
What Sets Them Apart
- Exclusive focus on fintech—does not invest in other sectors
- Emphasis on solving unsolved problems rather than incrementally improving existing services
- Focus on 'durable' businesses that can survive multiple economic regimes and cycles
- Deep industry expertise from team's decade-long tenure at Thiel Capital investing in fintech
- Philosophy of 'better fewer, but better'—selective, high-conviction investing
- Investment in both traditional fintech and emerging areas like nearshoring, healthcare payments, and earned wage access
Portfolio Highlights
AI Insurance
Fintech
Altscore
Fintech
Bookkeep
Fintech
Figure
Fintech
FlexPoint
Fintech
FLYR
Fintech
hi.health
Fintech
Mundi
Fintech
+ 24 more companies in their portfolio
Investment Team
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