Motive Partners
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This is a thesis-driven firm originally founded by Rob Heyvaert and Stephen Daffron. Rob founded Capco, the financial services focused consultancy, which was not at the MBB level but very much like an Oliver Wyman, LEK, Parthenon type of place if you were a big legacy company in the industry and interested in either change management or tech transformation expertise. You can see from the above how naturally there is much more of an operational or value creation emphasis. It's not financial engineering. It's "buy a business in this space that we can clearly transform", and lucky for them, there's a scarcity of people with any one of the domain knowledge, relationship set, or capital at scale to pursue that opportunity set. They're not just writing checks - they're rolling up their sleeves with deep fintech expertise. Blythe Masters brings serious Wall Street credibility, though she's not without controversy from her JPM days. This is a fund for founders who want operators who actually understand the plumbing of financial services, not MBAs pretending to get fintech.
- —Best for: Fintech founders who need real operators, not just capital - they actually understand the infrastructure
- —Watch out for: Heavy operational involvement - they'll want to transform your business, not just fund it
- —Known for: Deep fintech expertise and ecosystem approach - they connect portfolio companies together
Motive Partners believes that Financial Technology presents a potential market value opportunity of $9.6 trillion by 2030. We find and invest in financial technology opportunities through deep networks, sector insight, and disciplined underwriting. We leverage technology to unlock hidden opportunities and transform workflows, removing friction to drive better returns and make change real.
Motive Partners invests in technology enabled financial and business services companies across five core sub-sectors: Banking & Payments, Capital Markets, Data & Analytics, Insurance and Wealth & Asset Management. Motive Partners invests across stages, from venture to growth to buyout opportunities, in North America and Europe. As of September 2024, Motive Partners has raised $6.4 billion across two investment programs: Motive Ventures (early stage) and Motive Capital (growth and buyout).
Rob Heyvaert is the Founder and Managing Partner of Motive Partners, and a member of the firm's Growth & Buyout Investment Committee. A lifelong entrepreneur and global leader in financial technology, Rob has founded, scaled, and exited multiple industry-defining firms and continues to shape the future of fintech infrastructure through Motive Partners. Under his leadership, Motive Partners has become a partner of choice for founders, growth leaders, and financial institutions seeking digital transformation.
Prior to joining Motive, Blythe was the CEO of Digital Asset Holdings, the leading enterprise blockchain fintech company. Previously, Blythe was a Member of the Corporate and Investment Bank Operating Committee and firmwide Executive Committee at J.P. Morgan. Her J.P. Morgan career spanned nearly 30 years, fulfilling several roles including Head of Global Commodities, Head of Corporate and Investment Bank Regulatory Affairs, CFO of the Investment Bank.
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