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Investor profile

Lucas Timberlake

Co-Founder & General Partner, Fintech Ventures Fund

About

Lucas Timberlake co-founded Fintech Ventures Fund with partner Serguei Kouzmine in 2015, combining his full-stack financial services background from investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and private equity experience at a $1.5B AUM firm with early-stage venture investing. He focuses exclusively on pre-seed and seed fintech and insurtech investments with $250K-$2M checks, bringing public-company governance experience from serving on eight portfolio company boards, including as a director of publicly traded IOU Financial through its 2023 sale to Neuberger Berman. Lucas Timberlake co-founded Fintech Ventures Fund with partner Serguei Kouzmine in 2015, combining his full-stack financial services background from investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and private equity experience at a $1.5B AUM firm with early-stage venture investing. He focuses exclusively on pre-seed and seed fintech and insurtech investments with $250K-$2M checks, bringing public-company governance experience from serving on eight portfolio company boards, including as a director of publicly traded IOU Financial through its 2023 sale to Neuberger Berman.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Sectors
FinTech
InsurTech
Proptech
Logistics
AI

Investment details

Avg check size$250K - $1M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA
Canada
Europe