# Motive Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > Motive Ventures is a private equity based in United States. 13 investments on record, 6 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/motive-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Motive Ventures Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 13 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund $87M, Aug 2026 Private equity Pre-seed Seed Series A Finserv Finance Fin-tech Follow Motive Ventures and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fmotive-partners) Deploying now **100%** of best year **6** **cheques in 12 months**, 13 on record Since the last cheque **25** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$35M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $5.0M** Rounds led **4 of 13** Mostly in **Germany, 45%** Pitch Motive Ventures ## Motive Ventures highlights - 01 6 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Series B and Pre-seed: 75% of its rounds - 03 Led 4 rounds ## What they do > From venture to growth & buyout across North America and Europe From their own website - **Type:** Private equity (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $100K – $5.0M as they say - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B - **Sectors:** Finserv Finance Fin-tech - **Based in:** New York, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **13 appearances** - **2026** 5 rounds - **Oct** **[Hadrian](https://millionrounds.com/company/hadrian)** Series B · NL · Smartfin **$40M** With 5 others - **Oct** **[Elio Mortgage](https://millionrounds.com/company/elio-mortgage)** Pre-seed · US · AlleyWatch **$5.1M** *Led* - **Sept** **[LimeTax](https://millionrounds.com/company/limetax)** Pre-seed · DE · Ventureburn **$42M** *Led* - **May** **[Bunch](https://millionrounds.com/company/bunch)** Series B · DE · Ventureburn **$35M** With 5 others - **Jan** **[Zocks](https://millionrounds.com/company/zocks)** Series B · US · Entrée Capital **$45M** With 8 others - **2025** 5 rounds - **Nov** **[Asseta AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/asseta-ai)** Seed · AlleyWatch **$4.2M** *Led* - **Jun** **[Octaura](https://millionrounds.com/company/octaura)** US · AlleyWatch **$47M** With 9 others - **May** **[Penzilla](https://millionrounds.com/company/penzilla)** Seed · DE · Firms' own news pages **$3.6M** With 6 others - **Feb** **[Flanks](https://millionrounds.com/company/flanks)** Series B · ES · Silicon Canals **$15M** *Led* - **Jan** **[Nelly](https://millionrounds.com/company/nelly)** Series B · DE · TechCrunch **$51M** With 6 others - **2024** 2 rounds - **Mar** **[NX Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/nx-technologies)** Series B · Firms' own news pages **$24M** With 3 others - **Mar** **[Aufinity](https://millionrounds.com/company/aufinity)** Series B · DE · Firms' own news pages **$24M** With 3 others - **2019** 1 round - **Jul** **[Qomplx](https://millionrounds.com/company/qomplx)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$79M** With 2 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 **6 named** FC **Frank C. Martire** Executive Officer i Filing they signed KA **Kristy Ann Trieste** Partner, Chief Financial Officer i Form ADV LG **Lindsay Gray Rutishauser** Principal, Chief Compliance Officer i Form ADV PL **Paul Luc Robert Heyvaert** Founder, Managing Partner, Chief Executive Officer i Form ADV RH **Rob Heyvaert** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed SC **Stephen C. Daffron** Executive Officer i Filing they signed We also hold **152** 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 the register says From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law **$5.4B** assets it manages Oct 2026 **Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC - **Legal name:** Motive Capital Management, LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 285341 Funds on its Form ADV **32** private funds, **$4.7B** in gross assets · filed Oct 2024 Private equity **28** Venture **4** - Motive Capital Fund II-B, L.P. *Private equity* 57 investors $1.3B - Motive Capital Fund II-A, L.P. *Private equity* 63 investors $744M - Motive IC SAS-A, L.P. *Private equity* 9 investors $393M - Motive WITH Co-Investment, L.P. *Private equity* 14 investors $295M - Motive Acacia Co-Investment, L.P. *Private equity* 5 investors $222M - Motive Capital Cypress Co-Investment, L.P. *Private equity* 16 investors $216M - Motive Capital Fund I-B, L.P. *Private equity* 27 investors $174M - Motive Investcloud Co-Investment, L.P. *Private equity* 5 investors $156M - Motive Capital Fund I-A, L.P. *Private equity* 24 investors $138M - Motive Early Stage (E) GMBH & CO. KG *Private equity* 69 investors $122M And 22 more on the filing. New fund on file **$87M** raised in Aug 2026 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$35M** the round, not its cheque Led 4 of 13 rounds **31%** - **Said size:** $100K – $5.0M - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Oct 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series B said *7* - Pre-seed said *2* - Seed said *2* - Series A said *1* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 Often in the room with - [Illuminate Financial Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/illuminate-financial) 2 - [Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) 2 - [PayPal Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paypal-ventures) 2 - [Seaya Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seaya-ventures) 2 - [Walter Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/walter-ventures) 2 **Pitching Motive Ventures?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Motive Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Illuminate Financial Management** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/illuminate-financial)[**Luminate** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator)[**PayPal Ventures** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paypal-ventures)[**Seaya Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seaya-ventures)[**Walter Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/walter-ventures) ## Recently backed The latest companies Motive Ventures put money into. [**Hadrian** $40M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/hadrian)[**Elio Mortgage** $5.1M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/elio-mortgage)[**LimeTax** $42M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/limetax)[**Octaura** $47M · Jun 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/octaura)[**Penzilla** $3.6M · May 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/penzilla)[**Flanks** $15M · Feb 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/flanks) ## Quick answers about Motive Ventures ### What does Motive Ventures invest in? Motive Ventures invests most often at Series B and Pre-seed (75% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Finserv, Finance and Fin-tech. ### How active is Motive Ventures? 13 investments on record, 6 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 4. The most recent was in Oct 2026. ### What has Motive Ventures invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Hadrian (Series B, Oct 2026), Elio Mortgage (Pre-seed, Oct 2026) and LimeTax (Pre-seed, Sept 2026). ### How big are Motive Ventures's cheques? The median round it joins is $35M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $5.0M. ### Does Motive Ventures lead rounds? Yes: it led 4 of its 13 investments on record (31%). ### Where does Motive Ventures invest? Most of the companies it backs are in Germany (45%), the United States (36%) and the Netherlands (9%). ### Is Motive Ventures investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 6 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Motive Ventures invest alongside? Most often Illuminate Financial Management (2 rounds together), Luminate (2 rounds together) and PayPal Ventures (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. 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