The next generation consumer has arrived. There is a clear gap in the market when it comes to meeting the financial needs of that consumer. With declining wages and expenses on the rise across major categories like housing, healthcare and banking, consumers are seeking out new solutions. We invest in founders who challenge the status quo…founders that are compelled to help consumers adapt to a new financial paradigm.
HOMELIGHT
ENABLING A WORLD WHERE EVERY REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION IS SIMPLE, CERTAIN AND SATISFYING
UNLOCKING REAL ESTATE FOR THE MASSES
HAUS
INNOVATIVE RENT-TO-OWN SOLUTION FOR NEW HOMEOWNERS
EASYKNOCK
SALE LEASEBACK PROGRAM TO HELP HOMEOWNERS RELEASE CASH FROM THEIR HOMES
CARBON38
ACTIVE FASHION AND HIGH PERFORMANCE STYLES THAT CAN KEEP UP WITH YOUR DAY TO DAY
BEAUTY IS MORE THAN SKIN DEEP
LIVE TINTED
BEAUTY PRODUCTS AND STORYTELLING FOR EVERY SHADE IN BETWEEN
CROWN AFFAIR
MINDFUL HAIR CARE RITUAL GROUNDED IN COMMUNITY AND STORIES
SOLLIS HEALTH
URGENT CARE CONCIERGE MEMBERSHIP OFFERING SUPERIOR CARE, 24/7
Portfolio
Our portfolio is stacked with companies addressing the needs of the modern consumer
Brainiac
Brain food kids actually want to eat
JONATHAN WOLFSON
MARK BROOKS
Bread Finance
Online installment loan platform for e-Commerce
JOSH ABRAMOWITZ
Carbon38
Premier online destination for fashion forward activewear
KATIE WARNER JOHNSON
Copper Cow Coffee
Delicious Asian-inspired coffee to fuel your busy day
DEBBIE WEI MULLIN
Easyknock
Unlocking home equity for the next-generation consumer
JARRED KESSLER
BEN BLACK
Feals
Subscription wellness provider of premium CBD solutions
ALEX IWANCHUK
DREW TODD
ERIC SCHEIBLING
Higharc
Home construction software platform for home builders
MARC MINOR
Homelight
Home sales platform matching consumers to top agents
DREW UHER
Live Tinted
Suite of beauty products for every shade in between
DEEPICA MUTYALA
NEILESH MUTYALA
MoneyLion
Modern financial membership for Middle Class consumers
DEE CHOUBEY
Paceline
Financial rewards platform for the active consumer
JOEL LIEGINGER
Pager
Virtual care coordination platform for urgent care
GASPARD DE DREUZY
OSCAR SALAZAR
PHILIP EYTAN
Sollis Health
Upscale concierge urgent care clinics
ANDREW OLANOW
BENJAMIN KRUGER
BERNARD KRUGER
Wellpay
Modern healthcare payment platform for doctors
MOHAMMAD GABER
Workit Health
Expert addiction care is just a video chat away
LISA MCLAUGHLIN
ROBIN MCINTOSH
Zippin
Enabling frictionless retail with checkout free shopping
KRISHNA MOTUKURI
MOTILAL AGRAWAL
Bread Finance
Online installment loan platform for e-Commerce
JOSH ABRAMOWITZ
Canopy
Upscale coworking spaces for flexible work
AMIR MORTAZAVI
STEVE MOHEBI
YVES BEHAR
Cape Analytics
AI-based property intelligence for insurance and real estate
RYAN KOTTENSTETTE
Climb Credit
Vertical bank for career advancement programs
ANGELA CERESNIE
Easyknock
Unlocking home equity for the next-generation consumer
JARRED KESSLER
BEN BLACK
FLYR
AI revenue forecasting platform for airlines
ALEXANDER MANS
JEAN TRIPIER
Funding Circle
Peer-to-peer small business lending platform
ALEX TONELLI
SAM HODGES
Future Family
Vertical payments platform for fertility treatments
CLAIRE TOMKINS
Haus
Platform reimagining the buying and selling of homes
JONATHAN MCNULTY
GARRETT CAMP
Higharc
Home construction software platform for home builders
MARC MINOR
Homelight
Home sales platform matching consumers to top agents
DREW UHER
IronChain
Cryptocurrency treasury management platform
JONATHAN BENASSAYA
MoneyLion
Modern financial membership for Middle Class consumers
DEE CHOUBEY
Nomad
Digital banking and investing platform for Latam
EDUARDO HABER
MARCOS NADER
PATRICK SIGRIST
Outsite
Upscale coliving so consumers can work from anywhere
EMMANUEL GUISSET
Pacecar
Consumer auto refinance platform
PANKAJ SHAH
TODD KIMMEL
CASEY HARMON
Paceline
Financial rewards platform for the active consumer
JOEL LIEGINGER
Peek
Digital payments and bookings provider for travel activities
RUZWANA BASHIR
OSKAR BRUENING
PeerStreet
Technology-enabled residential real estate investment platform
BRETT CROSBY
BREW JOHNSON
Point
Unlocking home equity with fractional co-owernship model
EDDIE LIM
EOIN MATTHEWS
Provide
Practice finance platform for healthcare providers
DAN TITCOMB
JAMES BACHMEIER
Snapsheet
Claims estimating platform for auto and home insurance
BRAD WEISBERG
CJ PRZYBYL
Super
Subscription-based home care and warranty provider
JOREY RAMER
RYAN DONNELLY
Sure
Embedded insurance technology platform provider
WAYNE SLAVIN
JAROD KOLMAN
Unlock
Commercial real estate sale leaseback origination platform
MATIAS RECCHIA
SEBASTIAN WILNER
UpStack
Brokerage software platform for datacenter procurement
CHRISTOPHER TRAPP
Vouch Insurance
Full stack insurance platform for start-ups
SAM HODGES
TRAVIS HEDGE
Wellpay
Modern healthcare payment platform for doctors
MOHAMMAD GABER
Yuca
Modern coliving spaces for young urbanites in Latam
EDUARDO CAMPOS
PAULO BICHUCHER
RAFAEL STEINBRUCH
CellScope
Pediatric practice of the future leveraging digital device kit
ERIK DOUGLAS
Eargo
Hearing health company with novel in-ear hearing aid
RAPHAEL MICHEL
DANIEL SHEN
Feals
Subscription wellness provider of premium CBD solutions
ALEX IWANCHUK
DREW TODD
ERIC SCHEIBLING
Pager
Virtual care coordination platform for urgent care
GASPARD DE DREUZY
OSCAR SALAZAR
PHILIP EYTAN
Sollis Health
Upscale concierge urgent care clinics
ANDREW OLANOW
BENJAMIN KRUGER
BERNARD KRUGER
Strive
Hybrid digital / outpatient addiction recovery platform
ERIC FRIEMAN
MICHAEL EVANS
Upswing Health
Online digital sports medicine clinic for consumers
ADAM TIBBS
JAY KIMMEL
STEVE SCHUTZER
Workit Health
Expert addiction care is just a video chat away
LISA MCLAUGHLIN
ROBIN MCINTOSH
Zipdrug
Medication drug delivery software for pharmacies
STU LIBBY
Arka
Custom packaging platform for e-Commerce sellers
PHILLIP AKHZAR
Batch
Novel shoppable home staging platform
LINDSAY MEYER
Brainiac
Brain food kids actually want to eat
JONATHAN WOLFSON
MARK BROOKS
Carbon38
Premier online destination for fashion forward activewear
KATIE WARNER JOHNSON
Copper Cow Coffee
Delicious Asian-inspired coffee to fuel your busy day
DEBBIE WEI MULLIN
Crown Affair
Luxury haircare products for the modern woman
DIANNA COHEN
Glamsquad
On-demand in-home beauty services platform
DAVID GOLDWEITZ
JASON PERRI
Live Tinted
Suite of beauty products for every shade in between
DEEPICA MUTYALA
NEILESH MUTYALA
PixieLane
Mom entrepreneur platform for kids and women’s apparel
DANIT BENITO
KRISTEN UPPAL
LORI PRICE
YONI KASSAR
RaiseMe
Student scholarship platform to earn money for college
PRESTON SILVERMAN
GEORGE KIRKLAND
Rock Paper Robot
Modern space-saving transformative furniture
JESSICA BANKS
Shoefitr
3D shoe sizing image database for e-Commerce
MATT WILKINSON
BRECK FRESEN
NICK END
Wonder
Research platform leveraging distributed expert network
JUSTIN WOHLSTADTER
Zippin
Enabling frictionless retail with checkout free shopping
KRISHNA MOTUKURI
MOTILAL AGRAWAL
Bread Finance
Online installment loan platform for e-Commerce
JOSH ABRAMOWITZ
CellScope
Pediatric practice of the future leveraging digital device kit
ERIK DOUGLAS
Eargo
Hearing health company with novel in-ear hearing aid
RAPHAEL MICHEL
DANIEL SHEN
Funding Circle
Peer-to-peer small business lending platform
ALEX TONELLI
SAM HODGES
IronChain
Cryptocurrency treasury management platform
JONATHAN BENASSAYA
MoneyLion
Modern financial membership for Middle Class consumers
DEE CHOUBEY
RaiseMe
Student scholarship platform to earn money for college
PRESTON SILVERMAN
GEORGE KIRKLAND
Shoefitr
3D shoe sizing image database for e-Commerce
MATT WILKINSON
BRECK FRESEN
NICK END
Zipdrug
Medication drug delivery software for pharmacies
STU LIBBY
Arka
Custom packaging platform for e-Commerce sellers
PHILLIP AKHZAR
Batch
Novel shoppable home staging platform
LINDSAY MEYER
Brainiac
Brain food kids actually want to eat
JONATHAN WOLFSON
MARK BROOKS
Bread Finance
Online installment loan platform for e-Commerce
JOSH ABRAMOWITZ
Canopy
Upscale coworking spaces for flexible work
AMIR MORTAZAVI
STEVE MOHEBI
YVES BEHAR
Cape Analytics
AI-based property intelligence for insurance and real estate
RYAN KOTTENSTETTE
Carbon38
Premier online destination for fashion forward activewear
KATIE WARNER JOHNSON
CellScope
Pediatric practice of the future leveraging digital device kit
ERIK DOUGLAS
Climb Credit
Vertical bank for career advancement programs
ANGELA CERESNIE
Copper Cow Coffee
Delicious Asian-inspired coffee to fuel your busy day
DEBBIE WEI MULLIN
Crown Affair
Luxury haircare products for the modern woman
DIANNA COHEN
Eargo
Hearing health company with novel in-ear hearing aid
RAPHAEL MICHEL
DANIEL SHEN
Easyknock
Unlocking home equity for the next-generation consumer
JARRED KESSLER
BEN BLACK
Feals
Subscription wellness provider of premium CBD solutions
ALEX IWANCHUK
DREW TODD
ERIC SCHEIBLING
FLYR
AI revenue forecasting platform for airlines
ALEXANDER MANS
JEAN TRIPIER
Funding Circle
Peer-to-peer small business lending platform
ALEX TONELLI
SAM HODGES
Future Family
Vertical payments platform for fertility treatments
CLAIRE TOMKINS
Glamsquad
On-demand in-home beauty services platform
DAVID GOLDWEITZ
JASON PERRI
Haus
Platform reimagining the buying and selling of homes
JONATHAN MCNULTY
GARRETT CAMP
Higharc
Home construction software platform for home builders
MARC MINOR
Homelight
Home sales platform matching consumers to top agents
DREW UHER
IronChain
Cryptocurrency treasury management platform
JONATHAN BENASSAYA
Live Tinted
Suite of beauty products for every shade in between
DEEPICA MUTYALA
NEILESH MUTYALA
MoneyLion
Modern financial membership for Middle Class consumers
DEE CHOUBEY
Nomad
Digital banking and investing platform for Latam
EDUARDO HABER
MARCOS NADER
PATRICK SIGRIST
Outsite
Upscale coliving so consumers can work from anywhere
EMMANUEL GUISSET
Pacecar
Consumer auto refinance platform
PANKAJ SHAH
TODD KIMMEL
CASEY HARMON
Paceline
Financial rewards platform for the active consumer
JOEL LIEGINGER
Pager
Virtual care coordination platform for urgent care
GASPARD DE DREUZY
OSCAR SALAZAR
PHILIP EYTAN
Peek
Digital payments and bookings provider for travel activities
RUZWANA BASHIR
OSKAR BRUENING
PeerStreet
Technology-enabled residential real estate investment platform
BRETT CROSBY
BREW JOHNSON
PixieLane
Mom entrepreneur platform for kids and women’s apparel
DANIT BENITO
KRISTEN UPPAL
LORI PRICE
YONI KASSAR
Point
Unlocking home equity with fractional co-owernship model
EDDIE LIM
EOIN MATTHEWS
Provide
Practice finance platform for healthcare providers
DAN TITCOMB
JAMES BACHMEIER
RaiseMe
Student scholarship platform to earn money for college
PRESTON SILVERMAN
GEORGE KIRKLAND
Rock Paper Robot
Modern space-saving transformative furniture
JESSICA BANKS
Shoefitr
3D shoe sizing image database for e-Commerce
MATT WILKINSON
BRECK FRESEN
NICK END
Snapsheet
Claims estimating platform for auto and home insurance
BRAD WEISBERG
CJ PRZYBYL
Sollis Health
Upscale concierge urgent care clinics
ANDREW OLANOW
BENJAMIN KRUGER
BERNARD KRUGER
Strive
Hybrid digital / outpatient addiction recovery platform
ERIC FRIEMAN
MICHAEL EVANS
Super
Subscription-based home care and warranty provider
JOREY RAMER
RYAN DONNELLY
Sure
Embedded insurance technology platform provider
WAYNE SLAVIN
JAROD KOLMAN
Unlock
Commercial real estate sale leaseback origination platform
MATIAS RECCHIA
SEBASTIAN WILNER
UpStack
Brokerage software platform for datacenter procurement
CHRISTOPHER TRAPP
Upswing Health
Online digital sports medicine clinic for consumers
ADAM TIBBS
JAY KIMMEL
STEVE SCHUTZER
Vouch Insurance
Full stack insurance platform for start-ups
SAM HODGES
TRAVIS HEDGE
Wellpay
Modern healthcare payment platform for doctors
MOHAMMAD GABER
Wonder
Research platform leveraging distributed expert network
JUSTIN WOHLSTADTER
Workit Health
Expert addiction care is just a video chat away
LISA MCLAUGHLIN
ROBIN MCINTOSH
Yuca
Modern coliving spaces for young urbanites in Latam
EDUARDO CAMPOS
PAULO BICHUCHER
RAFAEL STEINBRUCH
Zipdrug
Medication drug delivery software for pharmacies
STU LIBBY
Zippin
Enabling frictionless retail with checkout free shopping
KRISHNA MOTUKURI
MOTILAL AGRAWAL
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PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
102
FOUNDERS
17
FEMALE FOUNDERS
$500M
FOLLOW-ON FUNDING
7
EXITS
“We invest in founders seeking to make a difference. Founders set on tackling tough problems that address the new financial realities of modern consumers. We look for founders who seize every opportunity to improve their chances for success. Simply put, we look to invest in founders who are built just like us.”
– Todd Kimmel, Managing Director
"Montage has always been supportive of me and focuses on building the relationship first…and then on how they can help the business. That is what you want from an investor - someone investing in you and then in full on collaboration mode from that point forward."
-Claire Tomkins, Founder & CEO, Future Family
"The extent of Montage’s network continues to amaze me…if we need to get to a potential partner, connect with a candidate or engage with an investor, Montage either knows someone directly or will reach out on our behalf with strong success."
-Jonathan McNulty, CEO, Haus
"Montage has literally helped us every step of the way. Many firms talk about being supportive but Montage actually walks the walk… supporting a company from its infancy through to growth."
-Robin McIntosh & Lisa McLaughlin, Cofounders, Workit Health
"Montage is the first call for Sollis Health on all critical decisions… and equally the first one we want to share our successes with."
-Andrew Olanow, Benjamin Kruger & Dr. Bernard Kruger, Cofounders, Sollis Health
Team
We take great pride in forming a partnership with our founders and being an extension of the founding team
Todd Kimmel
MANAGING PARTNER
Montage founding partner and passionate early stage investor
Founder many times over with latest projects Pacecar and Upswing Health
NY native, Amherst College graduate, history major
Happily married and father of three amazing daughters, crazy NY sports fan and aspiring novelist still searching for the perfect storyline
Matt Murphy
PARTNER
Father of two, avid runner and aspiring winemaker
Passionate Marketer (CMO at Chegg, Head of Advertising at E*TRADE and Global VP at Renren)
Bay Area Native and Santa Clara University grad
Six time founder (Lemon Wallet, Chime Technologies, Appsurdity, Quad, Dubbler and Unwritten Wines)
Daphne Che
PRINCIPAL
Data nerd, ambidextrous and enjoys exotic foods (she thinks durian and century eggs should be food staples)
Have been with Montage since Day 1
Grew up in Vietnam, Bay Area transplant 15+ years ago
Berkeley undergrad, Stanford PhD in Physical Chemistry, made a left turn to build a career in venture capital
Lars Ahlstrom
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Grew up in Sweden, spent 6 years in New Jersey before embracing the warm coast since graduating from Stanford
Experienced CFO that works with various firms across VC and private equity
Enjoys tennis, music and the great outdoors
Happily married and father of two daughters
Chris Cowart
VENTURE PARTNER
Passionate about brand building, user-centric design and product innovation
IDEO alum, Stanford MBA
Married and proud father of two daughters
Attempting to stay young by competing in sports - competitive cyclist and a Naish kitesurfing ambassador
FAQ
It’s never too early to reach out. While we focus primarily on Seed and Series A rounds, we invest in pre-Seed rounds as well. We prefer to invest in founders that we have time to get to know and build a relationship with, so the earlier we can engage the better. Even if you are not fundraising, we’re happy to meet, share thoughts and find ways to help out.
We like to invest in areas we know well and that we can have a meaningful impact on. As a result, we focus on Fintech, Consumer and Healthcare start-ups.
We strive to be more than just a check to our founders and always ask how we can be helpful in building their respective business. We love rolling up our sleeves and collaborating with our founders...helping our founders find the right people to power their business, determine the right scaling growth strategies, defining the ideal product market fit and of course supporting networking in their industry of focus.
We invest throughout the United States and Latin America.
Our initial investment ranges from $250,000 to $1,500,000, but we’ve gone higher and lower. We also reserve a meaningful amount to support our companies as they mature and scale.
We see hundreds of deals and try to focus our time on the very best opportunities. We value referrals from our network of founders and fellow investors. You are much more likely to get a quick response if you find a referral source within the Montage network. But with that said, we also know that great deals can come from outside our network, so please don’t be afraid to email us directly at: info@montageventures.com.
