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Canapi Ventures

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Wilmington, NC, USAWebsite

Canapi Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Wilmington, NC, USA investing in Fintech, Other. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$5.0M checks and has 6 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$1.0M–$5.0M
Portfolio
6 companies on record
Partners
10 listed
AUM
$1.4B
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Fintech, Other
HQ
Wilmington, NC, USA

Last verified: 2026-05-30

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$1.0M – $5.0M

AUM

$1.4B

Portfolio

6+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Canapi Ventures focuses on investing in transformative fintech platforms attacking pain points in financial services and payments infrastructure.

How Canapi Ventures invests

Canapi Ventures is a vc firm based in Wilmington, NC, USA. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Fintech, Other.

Canapi Ventures typically writes checks of $1.0M–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $1.4B in assets under management.

Canapi Ventures has backed 6 companies in our records, including Properly, Vesta, Coverbase.

Partners & Team

SS

Sara Shackelford

Chief Financial Officer

DP

Danielle Parks

Director of Talent Acquisition

GL

Gene Ludwig

Co-Founder & Partner

FinTech
Lending
ES

Emily Silverman

Vice President of Platform

WF

Walker Forehand

President

RM

Richard Miller

Vice President

KM

Keenan McCarthy

Vice President

JR

Jeffrey Reitman

General Partner

EL

Eugene Ludwig

Co-Managing Partner

TD

Tom Davis

General Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Other

Portfolio Companies (6)

Other

PR

Properly

Real Estate Lending
VE

Vesta

Payments
CO

Coverbase

SA

SavvyMoney

MO

ModernFi

RA

Rally

How to pitch Canapi Ventures
  • Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $5.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Sara Shackelford, Chief Financial Officer.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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