Crestone Venture Capital — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$1.0M Checks)
Crestone Venture Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Makati, Metro Manila investing in Fintech. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 11 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 11 companies on record
- Partners
- 2 listed
- AUM
- $2.5B
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Fintech
- HQ
- Makati, Metro Manila
Last verified: 2026-11-05
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
$100K – $1.0M
$2.5B
11+ companies
2 partners
Investment Thesis
Fintech specialist fund backing early-stage companies in emerging markets, with a stated focus on embedded fintech, financial infrastructure, consumer finance, fintech-as-a-service, and lending.
How Crestone Venture Capital invests
Crestone Venture Capital is a vc firm based in Makati, Metro Manila. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Fintech.
Crestone Venture Capital typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $2.5B in assets under management. Our records include 4 funds raised by the firm.
Crestone Venture Capital has backed 11 companies in our records, including Crestone EM Fintech Fund I, LP (CIK 0001977091), Hyperplane, Ringkas.
Partners & Team
Kai Schmitz
GP
Inanc Balci
GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Funds
Crestone Venture Capital Fund IV
Crestone Venture Capital Fund III
Crestone Venture Capital Fund II
Crestone Venture Capital Fund I
Recent Activity
Raised Crestone Venture Capital Fund IV ($300M)
2023 · fund records
Raised Crestone Venture Capital Fund III ($200M)
2019 · fund records
Raised Crestone Venture Capital Fund II ($150M)
2015 · fund records
Raised Crestone Venture Capital Fund I ($100M)
2011 · fund records
Portfolio Companies (11)
Other
Crestone EM Fintech Fund I, LP (CIK 0001977091)
SEC Form D filing mentioning Crestone Venture Capital
Hyperplane
Open-banking analytics platform that turns transaction data into customer insights for banks and fintechs
Ringkas
Digital mortgage origination platform in Indonesia
Welli
Vertical financial services provider for healthcare in Colombia and Peru
DRUO
PayFac for recurring payments, direct debit, and specialty payments in Colombia
Betterteem
AI-based employee-experience and attrition prediction software for HR teams
Gyra+
B2B credit data and credit-as-a-service platform for SMEs in Brazil
Neivor
Not specified
Chico
Not specified
Minka
Not specified
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- •Lead with your fit in Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.0M check.
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- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Kai Schmitz, GP.
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