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The Checkout — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

VC

The Checkout is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in Fintech, Enterprise, Consumer. The firm has 25 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
25 companies on record
Partners
11 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Fintech, Enterprise, Consumer, SaaS
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-27

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Portfolio

25+ companies

Team

11 partners

Investment Thesis

Early-stage investor focused on fintech, B2B software, and consumer sectors. Relevant where merchant software and payments are tightly integrated.

How The Checkout invests

The Checkout is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, Enterprise, Consumer, SaaS.

The Checkout has backed 25 companies in our records, including Ebay, Pinterest, Asos.

Partners & Team

MT

Michael Taylor

Head of Platforms

PG

Paul Goodwin

Senior Director of Pricing

MK

Maris Kõllamets

Director of Engineering

MB

Matthieu Barral

Global Head of Partnerships

GP

Guillaume Pousaz

CEO

JH

Jenny Hadlow

Chief Operating Officer

HG

Hélder Gonçalves

Vice President of Engineering

KW

Katie Wile

Sales Director

HZ

Henry Zhang

Vice President of Product

ZL

Zack Levine

General Manager

U

Unknown

Investor

fintech
b2b software

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Enterprise
Consumer
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (25)

Other

EB

Ebay

PI

Pinterest

AS

Asos

SO

Sony

UB

Uber

AD

Adidas

IK

Ikea

KL

Klarna

HE

Hello Fresh

SA

Samsung

How to pitch The Checkout
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Enterprise, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Michael Taylor, Head of Platforms.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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