Ribbit Capital

Quick read

Ribbit Capital is a fintech-only VC firm founded in 2012 by Micky Malka, headquartered in Palo Alto, US. It's one of the most active fintech investors globally, with 328 investments, 35 unicorns, 16 IPOs, and notable early bets on Robinhood, Coinbase, and Brex. The firm has scaled to roughly $12 billion in AUM across 31 funds and recently filed for both a $500M and a $300M new fund.

Key facts

Founded

2012

Founders

Meyer 'Micky' Malka

Employees

19

Sectors

fintech, crypto

Website

www.ribbitcap.com

Investment thesis

Ribbit invests exclusively in financial services and fintech globally — payments, banking, lending, insurance, and crypto — backing founders who identify structural flaws in finance before others do and build brands around fixing them. The firm brings operator-level experience from Micky Malka's background running brokerages and banks across Latin America and the US.

Recent activity

• Jul 2025fundraise
  Ribbit filed for a $300M fund, described as targeting diverse deals, following an earlier $500M fund filing. linkedin.com
• Apr 2025fundraise
  Ribbit launched a $500M fund focused on fintech. linkedin.com
• Feb 2026investment
  Ribbit co-led Campfire's $65M Series B alongside Accel, with partners Nick Shalek and Jordan Angelos on the deal. Campfire has grown revenue 10x YTD and counts Replit, Decagon, and PostHog as customers. linkedin.com
• Feb 2026investment
  Ribbit made a Pre-Seed investment in Breezy, its most recent logged investment per CB Insights. cbinsights.com
• Jan 2026investment
  Ribbit participated in Listen Labs' $69M funding round alongside Sequoia Capital and Conviction. tracxn.com
• 2025investment
  Ribbit led Outpost's $17.5M Series A. Outpost, founded by ex-Revolut executive Will Mahon-Heap, builds AI-powered payments and compliance infrastructure for cross-border commerce. linkedin.com
• Jul 2025press
  Founder Micky Malka spoke publicly on TBPN about fintech's next decade, calling tokenization a 'token factory revolution' and expressing conviction in crypto-native financial infrastructure. x.com

Notable investments

• CampfireSeries BFeb 2026linkedin.com
• BreezyPre-SeedFeb 2026cbinsights.com
• Listen LabsSeries BJan 2026tracxn.com
• OutpostSeries A2025linkedin.com
• Robinhoodvcsheet.com
• Coinbasevcsheet.com
• BrexExitJan 2026cbinsights.com
• PhonePetracxn.com

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

• Meyer 'Micky' Malka · Founder & Managing Partner
  LinkedIn
• Nick Shalek · Partner
  LinkedIn
• Nikolay Kostov · Partner
  LinkedIn
• Jordan Angelos · Partner
  LinkedIn
• Sophia Lee · Team Member
  LinkedIn
• Manav Kohli · Team Member
  LinkedIn
• Matthew Tracey · Team Member
  LinkedIn
• Meyer Malka · Founder & Managing Partner
• Micky Malka · Founder

Sources

• Ribbit Capital — Official Website
• Ribbit Capital | Private Equity International
• Ribbit Capital Portfolio — CB Insights
• Ribbit Capital — Tracxn
• Ribbit Capital — VC Sheet
• Ribbit Capital — Crunchbase

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