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Motive Partners
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Motive Partners is a private investment firm exclusively focused on financial technology and technology-enabled business services, investing from early-stage ventures (pre-seed to Series A, with $1–10M lead/co-lead checks) through growth equity and buyout across North America and Europe. The firm targets six subsectors — Wealth & Asset Management, Banking & Payments, Capital Markets, Insurance, AI/Data & Analytics, and Business Services — applying its proprietary Investor, Operator, Innovator (IOI) model to accelerate growth and value creation. Motive's portfolio companies collectively support clients representing more than $12 trillion in assets, and the firm estimates that financial technology will represent a $9.6 trillion market opportunity by 2030.
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“Our investment thesis is grounded in the belief that wealth and asset management is being reshaped by the rise of alternatives, increasing complexity of products, and the need for modern infrastructure. Mobius has built a distinctive platform that enables this shift – connecting asset managers, pension schemes, and wealth platforms through flexible, open architecture.”
“We believe the democratization of alternative investments is an accelerating trend globally, and Titanbay, with its exceptional team, vision and first-class partners and investors is pre-eminently placed to deliver on this trend in Europe and beyond.”
“The timing represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work with fellow entrepreneur Rob Heyvaert, the broader Motive Partners team and Clearlake to seize the opportunity to transform the industry.”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artifact AI | Venture | — | 2025-04 |
| Asseta AI | Venture | — | 2025-10 |
| Alchelyst | Growth & Buyout | — | 2026-02 |
| Flanks | Venture | — | 2025-01 |
| Pluto | Venture | — | 2025-01 |
| FNZ | Growth & Buyout | — | 2022-03 |
| InvestCloud | Growth & Buyout | — | 2021-02 |
| BetaNXT | Growth & Buyout | — | 2022-07 |
| CAIS | Growth & Buyout | — | 2021 |
| Backbase | Growth & Buyout | — | 2022-06 |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Clearlake Capital Group | 3 |
| Accenture | 2 |
| abrdn | 2 |
| Citi Ventures | 1 |
| FNZ | 1 |
| Fiserv | 1 |
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