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Joe Guzel

Managing Partner at Haven Ventures

Los Angeles, California

Overview 

Joe Guzel is the Managing Partner at Haven Ventures in Los Angeles, California, with a strong background in financial modeling, business strategy, and market research. He has successfully invested in a variety of companies including Sock Finance at the seed stage and holds board positions in several prominent organizations in the tech and finance sectors.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Partner, Co-Founder

    2022 - Current

    Haven is an early-stage venture firm investing in digital financial services. We are a formal spin out of Crosslink Capital’s FinTech practice. Currently investing from a $50m fund. Our entry check size is 500k-$3.0m as the lead investor.

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  • Investor

    2021

    Angel + Venture

Jeeves Inc. is a B2B financial tech platform offering credit, funded corporate cards, and cross-border payments for businesses.

Raised $443,000,000.00 from Community Investment Management.

  • Investor, Board Observer

    2021

Denim is a financial platform specializing in freight broker operations.

Raised $228,270,000.00 from Silicon Valley Bank and Trinity Capital.

  • Investor

    2021

Chainalysis provides blockchain data and analysis to governments, banks, and businesses worldwide.

Raised $536,620,000.00 from Haun Ventures, SharesPro, IPOSharks, Irving Investors and 2Shares.

  • Investor, Board Observer

    2021

Clovers intelligent interview solution uses AI to accelerate hiring and reduce bias

Raised $15,000,000.00 from Zoom.

  • Investor, Board Observer

    2020

Arturo is a deep learning enterprise platform that focuses on delivering accurate measurement and predictive data.

Raised $46,699,999.00 from Kickstart.

  • Investor, Board Observer

    2019

Novo provides a digital banking platform for small business owners, entrepreneurs, and freelancers.

Raised $295,500,000.00 from Victory Park Capital.

  • Investor, Board Observer

    2018

Step is a financial services company that builds mobile-based banking for teenagers.

Raised $491,300,000.00 from TriplePoint Capital and Evolve Bank & Trust.

  • Investor, Board Member

    2018

  • Investor, Board Observer

    2016

Chime is a financial technology company that offers mobile banking services.

Raised $2,292,603,117.00 from Vantage Legacy Capital.

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