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Fintech in 2026 looks nothing like fintech in 2021. Capital is more expensive. Regulators are louder. Buyers are smarter. And the distance between a 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 and a 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 has never bee...

Hot take: most “AI agents” are just copilots wearing a trench coat. Here’s the gut-check we use at Fika Ventures when evaluating new AI investments: Does it finish the last mile — without a huma...

Five years in the making. We’re incredibly proud to share that Gabriella Brignardello has been promoted to Partner at Fika Ventures 🎉 I first met Gabriella in 2021, introduced with the bold claim ...

So proud of you, Gabriella Brignardello and so grateful to get to build Fika alongside you. You’ve consistently raised the bar for what it means to be a founder-first investor, teammate, and leader...

Excited for what’s next as Ivo pushes legal ops forward and makes contract work faster, smarter, and far less manual!

Congrats to Min-Kyu Jung, Jacob Duligall, and the Ivo team! Incredible to see Ivo grow from an early MVP to powering contract intelligence for so many leading companies 🔥

Really proud of what the Fika Ventures team accomplished in 2025. Launching Fund 4, partnering with incredible founders, and doing the behind-the-scenes work that truly supports our portfolio. Exci...

Some journeys don’t start with a term sheet. They start with trust. Huge congratulations to Scott Kriz, Erik G. and the entire SGNL team on their acquisition by CrowdStrike. My relationship with...

At Fika Ventures, we back founders who see around corners and think ahead of how tech, regs, and human behavior will reshape the financial infrastructure of our economy. That’s exactly what we fo...

PitchLive.LA was such a great reminder of how much energy and innovation is happening in the LA tech community. I really enjoyed judging alongside friends from Alpha Edison, Amplify.LA, and Bonfire...

Thank you to the SimpleClosure team for hosting such a thoughtful #LATechWeek panel and to David Sobie, Joe Fernandez, and Dori Yona for sharing so openly.We talked about the real founder journey —...

🚀 Toronto’s tech scene is buzzing – and last week we had the privilege of bringing together an incredible group of local founders and investors for dinner, connection, and conversation. What made...

I’ve been lucky enough to call LA home for the last 13 years, from running Karlin Ventures to co-founding Fika Ventures, and I’m always excited to keep giving back to this amazing ecosystem. The mo...

Taking a moment to celebrate the small wins and, more importantly, the incredible team behind it. Grateful for the hard work, creativity, and collaboration that made this possible — no way we have ...

Excited to join the PitchLive.LA judging panel at #LATechWeek alongside Alpha Edison, Amplify.LA, and Bonfire Ventures. Always great to hear from early-stage founders with fresh ideas and big ambit...

Excited to be speaking at Fintech NerdCon in Miami this November! I have been lucky to work alongside incredible entrepreneurs building in fintech, SaaS, and AI. NerdCon is my kind of conference b...