Encourage Capital — Seed & Series A VC Firm
Encourage Capital is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm investing in Fintech. The firm has 23 portfolio companies in our records.
- Portfolio
- 23 companies on record
- Partners
- 5 listed
- AUM
- $250M
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Fintech
- Check size
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Last verified: 2026-11-07
Seed, Series A
$250M
23+ companies
5 partners
Investment Thesis
Impact-oriented investor that often supports industrial and environmental solutions tied to compliance, risk reduction, and operational improvement. Relevant where safety and environmental workflow overlap.
How Encourage Capital invests
Encourage Capital is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Fintech.
Encourage Capital manages approximately $250M in assets. Our records include 4 funds raised by the firm.
Investing since at least 2008, Encourage Capital has backed 23 companies in our records, including National Stock Exchange of India Limited, Repco Home Finance Ltd., DCB Bank Limited.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Funds
Encourage Capital IV
Encourage Capital III
Encourage Capital II
Encourage Capital I
Recent Activity
Raised Encourage Capital IV ($150M)
2022 · fund records
Raised Encourage Capital III ($150M)
2020 · fund records
Raised Encourage Capital II ($150M)
2018 · fund records
Raised Encourage Capital I ($100M)
2014 · fund records
Invested in National Stock Exchange of India Limited
2013 · portfolio records
Invested in Moscow Exchange
2012 · portfolio records
Invested in Ujjivan Financial Services Private Limited
2012 · portfolio records
Invested in Repco Home Finance Ltd.
2012 · portfolio records
Portfolio Companies (23)
2013
National Stock Exchange of India Limited
NSE is the dominant equities exchange in India, and is one of the leading equity derivatives exchanges in the world.
2012
Repco Home Finance Ltd.
Repco is a leading housing finance company in India with a strong regional presence and brand.
DCB Bank Limited
DCB is a modern, emerging new generation private sector bank in India.
Moscow Exchange
The Moscow Exchange is Russia’s national exchange and enables trading across a diverse range of financial products.
Ujjivan Financial Services Private Limited
Ujjivan was amongst the largest microfinance institutions in India when it converted into a Small Finance Bank.
2011
BTG Pactual Group
BTG Pactual Group is an investment bank and asset and wealth manager with a dominant franchise in Brazil.
OPX Biotechnologies
OPX has developed proprietary technology to produce economic, bio-based chemicals.
Meritum Bank ICB S.A.
Meritum is a new generation bank in Poland focused on underserved consumers and micro-enterprises.
2009
Banco Daycoval S.A.
Daycoval is a leading middle market bank in Brazil, focused on underserved small and medium-sized enterprises.
2008
Odebrecht Agroindustrial
ODB Agro, formerly known as Brenco, is an ethanol producer in Brazil.
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Brad Schwartz, Chief Financial Officer.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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