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American Express Ventures

Corporate · Founded 1850 · Palo Alto, United States

Global financial services company best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler’s cheque businesses

66 portfolio companies Corporate · $3.2B invested · 110 investments · Investor rank #941 · Last investment 11/2023
Portfolio companies 66 ↑ 75% 5y
Decacorns 3
Thoroughbreds 16 ↑ 23% 5y
01 · Biggest holdings

American Express Ventures’ biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies American Express Ventures still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Where a cap table names American Express Ventures directly, the stake and its estimated value are shown too.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 StripeCenticorn · Fintech · USA $159B
  2. 2 FalconXUnicorn · Fintech · USA 1.5% $8.0B $120M
  3. 3 ClipUnicorn · Fintech · Mexico $2.5B
  4. 4 TruliooUnicorn · Security · Canada $1.8B
  5. 5 SignifydUnicorn · Security · USA $1.3B
  6. 6 TradeshiftUnicorn · Fintech · USA $1.2B
  7. 7 Boom SupersonicUnicorn · Transportation · USA $1.2B
  8. 8 ProveUnicorn · Security · USA $1.0B
  9. 9 TRM LabsUnicorn · Fintech · USA $1.0B

Estimated value = American Express Ventures’ disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. American Express Ventures also appears inside investor groups in Stripe, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

02 · Exits

American Express Ventures’ biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from American Express Ventures’ transaction record.

$9.9B IPO · 2023
Entered Series B+Now $11BFood
$6.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $3.2BWellness Beauty
$1.6B IPO · 2019
Entered Series B+Now $4.5BFintech
$2.6B acquisition · 2025
Entered Series AFintech
$2.5B acquisition · 2025
Entered Series B+Fintech
$2.4B acquisition · 2018
Entered Series B+Fintech
$1.6B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $242MFintech
$1.3B acquisition · 2024
Entered Series B+Security
$1.3B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $284MFashion
$1.1B IPO · 2026
Entered Series ANow $1.1BFintech
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where American Express Ventures’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 66 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA48
  2. UK5
  3. India4
  4. Israel4
  5. Canada2
  6. Mexico2
  7. Sweden1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech36
  2. Enterprise Software23
  3. Marketing10
  4. Security7
  5. Fashion3
  6. Media3
  7. Telecom3
  8. Food2
  9. Health2
  10. Transportation2
  11. Travel2
  12. Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+30
  2. Series A24
  3. Seed9
By growth stageCount
  1. Late Growth39
  2. Breakout Stage20
  3. Early Growth7
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside American Express Ventures’ portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 66 tracked.

Stripe
Fintech · Centicorn
$159B
Instacart
Food · Decacorn
$11B
Better
Fintech
$847M
Next Insurance
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.6B
Clip
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.5B
Tradeshift
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.3B
Warby Parker
Wellness Beauty · Unicorn
$3.2B
Boom Supersonic
Transportation · Unicorn
$1.2B
SumUp
Fintech · Decacorn
$10B
Melio
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.0B
Boxed
Food
$78M
Trulioo
Security · Unicorn
$1.8B
FalconX
Fintech · Unicorn
$8.0B
Signifyd
Security · Unicorn
$1.3B
Rent the Runway
Fashion
$284M
BILL
Fintech · Unicorn
$4.5B
BioCatch
Security · Unicorn
$1.3B
Firework
Media
$750M
Menlo Security
Security
$400M
Prove
Security · Unicorn
$1.0B
RetailNext
Enterprise Software
$625M
Zettle
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.4B
TRM Labs
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.0B
BigCommerce
Fintech
$242M
Mobikwik
Fintech
$221M
Finix
Fintech
$300M
Albert
Fintech
$400M
Codat
Fintech
$400M
Enigma
Enterprise Software
$380M
Candex
Fintech
$160M
Capillary Technologies
Marketing
$592M
Intacct
Fintech
$850M
Radius
Fintech
$200M
DataGrail
Security
$180M
Truework
Fintech
$250M
ShopRunner
Fashion
$160M
Abra
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.1B
Learnvest
Fintech
$112M
Superlogic
Music
$315M
Orum
Fintech
$224M
Engine
Fintech
$440M
Persado
Marketing
$770M
Flow Commerce
Enterprise Software
$500M
EverC
Security
$175M
IfOnly
Media
$80M
Cloud Elements
Hosting
$100M
Divido
Fintech
$120M
Simplee
Health
$80M
SPLYT
Travel
$78M
Clickable
Marketing
$48M
Kiip
Marketing
$48M
SavingStar
Media
$36M
Glean AI
Fintech
$31M
Skytree
Fintech
$72M
IndiaLends
Fintech
$50M
Ness Computing
Telecom
$60M
Tapzo
Fintech
Trellis
Health
$50M
Visor
Fintech
$22M
Mirato
Enterprise Software
$45M
05 · Portfolio founders

Where American Express Ventures’ portfolio founders come from.

109 founders across the 66 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States61
  2. United Kingdom13
  3. Israel7
  4. Canada4
  5. India4
  6. Argentina2
  7. Australia2
  8. Switzerland2
  9. Ireland1
  10. Sweden1
UniversityCount
  1. Harvard University9
  2. Stanford University8
  3. Harvard Business School6
  4. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania6
  5. Columbia University5
  6. Tel Aviv University5
  7. University of California, Berkeley4
  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology3
  9. Stanford University Graduate School of Business3
  10. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani2
Previous companyCount
  1. JP Morgan6
  2. Accenture4
  3. PayPal4
  4. Boston Consulting Group3
  5. Hewlett Packard Pathfinder3
  6. HP Enterprise3
  7. Intuit3
  8. Juniper Networks3
  9. LinkedIn3
  10. McKinsey & Company3