# Curql: portfolio, investments and team

> Curql is a vc firm based in United States. 33 investments on record, 8 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/curql (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Curql

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 33 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $143M, Jul 2021 VC firm

Seed Series A Series B Regtech Paytech Lending

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**73%** of best year **8** **cheques in 12 months**, 33 on record

Since the last cheque **11** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$20M** Rounds led **4 of 33** Sole investor **2 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 91%**

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## Curql highlights

- 01 8 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Venture and Series B: 59% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $14M

## What they do

> Curql Credit Unions jointly invest in fintech through Curql. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** Regtech Paytech Lending
- **Based in:** Des Moines, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **33 appearances**

- **2026** 8 rounds
- **Oct** **[ScribeUp](https://millionrounds.com/company/scribeup)** Series A · US · Google News search **$13M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[Crux Analytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/crux-analytics)** Seed · US **$2.2M** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Helcim](https://millionrounds.com/company/helcim)** Series C · CA · BetaKit **$39M** With 10 others
- **Jul** **[Wagmo](https://millionrounds.com/company/wagmo)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Reset Financial Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/reset-financial-technologies)** Seed · US **$6.0M** With 2 others
- **May** **[equipifi](https://millionrounds.com/company/equipifi)** Series B · US **$34M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[RenoFi](https://millionrounds.com/company/renofi)** Series B · US · Ventureburn **$22M** With 11 others
- **Feb** **[Uptiq](https://millionrounds.com/company/uptiq)** Series B · US · Ventureburn **$25M** *Led*
- **2025** 10 rounds
- **Oct** **[BlastPoint](https://millionrounds.com/company/blastpoint)** Series A · US **$14M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[ModernFi](https://millionrounds.com/company/modernfi)** Series B · US · AlleyWatch **$30M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Stablecore](https://millionrounds.com/company/stablecore)** Series A · US **$20M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Splash Financial](https://millionrounds.com/company/splash-financial)** Series C · US **$70M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[AKUVO](https://millionrounds.com/company/akuvo)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Casap](https://millionrounds.com/company/casap)** Series A · US · AlleyWatch **$25M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Castellum.AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/castellum-ai)** Series A · US · AlleyWatch **$8.5M** *Led*
- **Apr** **[Trust & Will](https://millionrounds.com/company/trust-and-will)** Series C · US **$4.5M** With 6 others
- **Feb** **[Neural Payments](https://millionrounds.com/company/neural-payments)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Illuma Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/illuma-labs)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **2024** 9 rounds
- **Aug** **[Powerlytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/powerlytics)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Traduality](https://millionrounds.com/company/traduality)** Debt · US **$100K** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[NYMBUS](https://millionrounds.com/company/nymbus)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Amount](https://millionrounds.com/company/amount)** Venture · US **$30M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Posh AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/posh-ai)** Series B · US **$45M** With 5 others
- **May** **[DefenseStorm](https://millionrounds.com/company/defensestorm)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[PatientFi](https://millionrounds.com/company/patientfi)** Series B · US **$25M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Pulsate](https://millionrounds.com/company/pulsate)** Series A · IE **$7.8M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Spiral](https://millionrounds.com/company/spiral)** Grant · JP **$100K** With 1 other
- **2023** 4 rounds
- **Sept** **[PortX](https://millionrounds.com/company/portx)** Series B · US · Btech Consortium Fund **$17M** *Led*
- **Jun** **[Facteus](https://millionrounds.com/company/facteus)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Bankjoy](https://millionrounds.com/company/bankjoy)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[equipifi](https://millionrounds.com/company/equipifi)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **2022** 2 rounds
- **Aug** **[Credit Mountain](https://millionrounds.com/company/credit-mountain)** Seed · US **$3.6M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[LoanStreet](https://millionrounds.com/company/loanstreet)** Series B · US **$25M** With 3 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **4 named**

CI **Craig Ibsen** Principal of General Partner i Filing they signed

DT **Dave Tucker** Principal of General Partner. i Filing they signed

DH **Duane Harris** Principal of General Partner. i Filing they signed

SH **Scott Hoekman** Principal of General Partner. i Filing they signed

We also hold **29** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**30** of 42 we have independently watched raise

[Akuvo](https://millionrounds.com/company/akuvo)[Allure Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/allure-security)[Bankjoy](https://millionrounds.com/company/bankjoy)[Blastpoint](https://millionrounds.com/company/blastpoint)[Bowery Valuation](https://millionrounds.com/company/bowery-valuation)[Castellum](https://millionrounds.com/company/castellum-ai)[Credit Mountain](https://millionrounds.com/company/credit-mountain)[DefenseStorm](https://millionrounds.com/company/defensestorm)[Facteus](https://millionrounds.com/company/facteus)[Greenlight](https://millionrounds.com/company/greenlight)[Illuma Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/illuma-labs)[Maxwell](https://millionrounds.com/company/maxwell-financial-labs)[ModernFi](https://millionrounds.com/company/modernfi)[Moov](https://millionrounds.com/company/moov)[Neural Payments](https://millionrounds.com/company/neural-payments)[Nymbus](https://millionrounds.com/company/nymbus)[PatientFi](https://millionrounds.com/company/patientfi)[PortX](https://millionrounds.com/company/portx)[Posh](https://millionrounds.com/company/posh)[Powerlytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/powerlytics)[Proof](https://millionrounds.com/company/proof)[Pulsate](https://millionrounds.com/company/pulsate)[RenoFi](https://millionrounds.com/company/renofi)[Silvur](https://millionrounds.com/company/silvur)[Splash Financial](https://millionrounds.com/company/splash-financial)[Stablecore](https://millionrounds.com/company/stablecore)[Trust &](https://millionrounds.com/company/trust-and-will)[Uptiq](https://millionrounds.com/company/uptiq)[Zest AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/zest-ai)[equipifi](https://millionrounds.com/company/equipifi) Alacriti Caribou Clutch Curql Portal Eltropy Loan-street PLACE Provision IAM Spiral The Curql Subscription Venture Tech 26 Wall of Love 💗

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$143M**

raised in Jul 2021

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$20M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$14M**

Led 4 of 33 rounds **12%**

- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *11*
- Series B said *8*
- Series A said *6*
- Seed said *3*
- Series C *3*
- Debt *1*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Commerce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/commerce-ventures) 3
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 3
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 2
- [Canapi Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canapi-ventures) 2
- [Curql Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/curql-collective) 2
- [LiveOak Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liveoak-ventures) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Curql. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Commerce Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/commerce-ventures)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Canapi Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canapi-ventures)[**Curql Collective** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/curql-collective)[**LiveOak Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liveoak-ventures)[**NAP** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nap)[**Right Side Capital Management** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management)[**SaaS Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saas)[**SixThirty** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sixthirty)[**Strandview Capital** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/strandview-capital)[**Techstars** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Curql put money into.

[**ScribeUp** $13M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/scribeup)[**Crux Analytics** $2.2M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/crux-analytics)[**Helcim** $39M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/helcim)[**Wagmo** Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/wagmo)[**equipifi** $34M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/equipifi)[**RenoFi** $22M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/renofi)

## Quick answers about Curql

### What does Curql invest in?

Curql invests most often at Venture and Series B (59% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Regtech, Paytech and Lending.

### How active is Curql?

33 investments on record, 8 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 4. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Curql invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: ScribeUp (Series A, Oct 2026), Crux Analytics (Seed, Sept 2026) and Helcim (Series C, Aug 2026).

### How big are Curql's cheques?

The median round it joins is $20M.

### Does Curql lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 4 of its 33 investments on record (12%).

### Where does Curql invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (91%).

### Is Curql investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 8 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Curql invest alongside?

Most often Commerce Ventures (3 rounds together), Y Combinator (3 rounds together) and Alumni Ventures (2 rounds together).

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