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About
Vestigo Ventures invests at seed and Series A in financial-technology companies — including insurance technology — across the United States and Canada, from offices in Kendall Square, Cambridge, across from MIT. Ian Sheridan co-founded it in 2016 with Mark Casady, the former CEO and chairman of LPL Financial, and David Blundin, founder and chairman of Cogo Labs. What distinguishes its sourcing is the data: the firm works with Cogo Labs' clickstream panels and predictive algorithms to spot early traction, then layers on operator diligence, asking incumbent banks, insurers and brokerages whether they would partner with a company before investing. Fund I closed at $58.9 million in August 2018 and made 20 investments; Sheridan told TechTO in November 2020 that the twentieth and last was Railz, the Toronto accounting-data API, and that a second fund had raised $80 million and was expected to close by year end. Sheridan appeared on Founders & Funding with Railz co-founder Sohaib Zahid.
Backers
A venture fund rather than an operating company; its limited partners are not disclosed publicly. Sheridan said on the TechTO stage that the general partners put $5 million of their own money into the first fund.
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Quick answers
What does Vestigo Ventures invest in?
Seed and Series A financial-technology companies, insurance technology included, across North America. The firm's own current description of its focus is backing AI and fintech innovators, and it says it targets initial investments at seed and Series A.
Who founded Vestigo Ventures?
Ian Sheridan, Mark Casady and David Blundin, in 2016. Casady previously ran LPL Financial as CEO and chairman; Blundin founded Cogo Labs, whose data infrastructure the firm uses to source deals.
Has Vestigo invested in Canada?
Yes. Railz, the Toronto accounting-data API co-founded by Sohaib Zahid, was Fund I's twentieth and final investment. Sheridan described Canada as squarely in the firm's North American mandate on the TechTO stage on 2020-11-06.