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

• Apr 2026investment
  Ribbit Capital co-led the $175M raise for Morpho Association alongside Paradigm and a16z crypto, with strategic participation from Apollo Global Management, VanEck, Circle Ventures, Ledger, and Cathay Innovation, to build an open credit network. linkedin.com
• Apr 2026press
  Ribbit partner Jessi Brooks, drawing on a federal prosecution background, spoke at Paris Blockchain Week 2026 on a panel covering crypto, risk, and regulatory reality alongside Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos of StarkWare and TuongVy Le of Veda. linkedin.com
• Mar 2026investment
  Ribbit Capital co-led Campfire's $65M Series B alongside Accel, bringing the company's total funding to $100M in 12 weeks. Nick Shalek and Jordan Angelos led the investment for Ribbit. linkedin.com
• Mar 2026investment
  Ribbit Capital participated in a round for an unnamed company alongside Accel and Tiger Global, per VCCircle reporting dated March 5, 2026. vccircle.com
• Feb 2026investment
  Ribbit Capital participated in Breezy's $10M Pre-Seed round alongside O.G. Venture Partners and Fifth Wall. tracxn.com
• Jan 2026investment
  Ribbit Capital led Deel's $300M Series E at a $17.3B valuation, with Andreessen Horowitz and Coatue following. Founder Micky Malka cited Deel's fully remote, 100-country structure as a core reason for backing the round. hrtechchina.com
• Jan 2026investment
  Ribbit Capital backed Listen Labs' $69M raise alongside Sequoia Capital and Conviction, after the company's viral billboard hiring campaign. tracxn.com
• Jan 2026press
  Ribbit partner Nick Shalek discussed the firm's AI investment thesis in a podcast episode published by Juniper Square, arguing that organizations must reconstruct themselves around AI and data rather than simply augment existing processes. junipersquare.com
• Mar 2026investment
  Ribbit Capital co-invested in Evervault's $25M Series B alongside Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures. Evervault builds end-to-end encryption for sensitive data. tracxn.com
• 2025investment
  Ribbit led Deel's $300M Series E at a $17.3B valuation, joined by Andreessen Horowitz and Coatue. Deel had surpassed $1B ARR in Q1 2025 and hit its first $100M revenue month in September 2025. hrtechchina.com
• 2025investment
  Ribbit made 36 investments across 2025, its highest single-year count in the dataset, bringing total portfolio companies to 172 over 14 years. tracxn.com
• Jun 2026press
  Portfolio company Kiavi was acquired by Figure. Ribbit had backed Kiavi, a bridge and rental loan platform for real estate investors. tracxn.com

Notable investments

• Morpho AssociationSeries DApr 2026linkedin.com
• CampfireSeries BMar 2026linkedin.com
• BreezyPre-SeedFeb 2026tracxn.com
• Listen LabsUnknownJan 2026tracxn.com
• DeelSeries EJan 2026hrtechchina.com
• NevisSeed2025linkedin.com
• EnterSeries B2025linkedin.com
• Mach IndustriesSeries C2025linkedin.com
• EvervaultSeries B ($25M)Mar 2026tracxn.com
• Listen LabsUndisclosed~Jun 2026linkedin.com
• DeelSeries E ($300M)2025hrtechchina.com
• One (Walmart fintech JV)Growth ($300M, $2.5B valuation)Dec 2024en.wikipedia.org

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
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• Nick Shalek · Partner
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• Nikolay Kostov · Partner
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• Jordan Angelos · Partner
  LinkedIn
• Sophia Lee · Team Member
  LinkedIn
• Manav Kohli · Team Member
  LinkedIn
• Matthew Tracey · Team Member
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• 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
• https://bfsi.eletsonline.com/ribbit-capital-to-raise-500-million-to-boost-fintech-investments/
• https://airdroplist.co/morpho
• https://www.junipersquare.com/blog/ribbit-capital-ai-thesis
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/ribbit-capital
• https://www.hrtechchina.com/tag/ribbit-capital/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasmaxryan/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewciatto/
• https://www.vccircle.com/tag/ribbit-capital
• https://tracxn.com/d/venture-capital/ribbitcapital/___vYZeLNRGlr13bCqkgE_LDU7BDYgRnZZUGl4VuySNbU

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