Investment Summary

IA Capital Group and ICONIQ Capital Invest In Marqeta

On January 1, 2015, venture capital firm IA Capital Group and growth capital firm ICONIQ Capital invested in financial services company Marqeta

Investment Highlights
  • This is IA Capital Group’s 4th and ICONIQ Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is IA Capital Group’s 14th and ICONIQ Capital’s 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is IA Capital Group’s 2nd and ICONIQ Capital’s 3rd transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • Marqeta went public in 2021.

Investment Summary

Date 2015-01-01
Target Marqeta
Sector Financial Services
Investor(s) IA Capital Group
ICONIQ Capital
Deal Type Venture

Target

Marqeta

Oakland, California, United States
Marqeta is a prepaid debit and credit card platform that enables issuers to easily launch card programs with cards that have a high level of control and customization. The company provides end-to-end program management solutions for enterprises and is an integrated payment processor for established financial institutions. Marqeta was founded in 2010 and is based in Oakland, California.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

IA Capital Group

Westport, Connecticut, United States

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Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 500M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Inter-Atlantic Group is a specialist private investment firm focused on opportunities within the financial and business services sectors. Specific sectors of interest include financial technology, banking, insurance, asset management and service providers to the financial services industry. The Firm primarily looks for opportunities based in the US. Inter-Atlantic was formed in 1992 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 23
Sector: Financial Services M&A 4 of 5
Type: Venture M&A Deals 8 of 15
State: California M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 14 of 21
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-01 Crown Global Insurance Group

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Crown Global Insurance Group provides private-placement life insurance and private placement variable immediate annuities to its clients. The company works with each client and adviser to develop a tailored strategy that addresses risk management, financial planning and asset protection. Crown Global Insurance Group was founded in 1994 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-04-04 LiftForward

New York, New York, United States

LiftForward provides brands, merchants and banks with embedded finance solutions that power their global programs. LiftForward reduces the complexity of bringing an embedded finance program to market with a platform that connects all the components necessary for success. LiftForward was founded in 2013 and is based in New York.

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Investor

ICONIQ Capital


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2011
PE ASSETS 80.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

ICONIQ Capital is a private investment firm that manages capital on behalf of high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutions, with a particular focus on the technology sector. The Firm operates across multiple investment strategies including growth equity, venture capital, real estate, and philanthropic initiatives. ICONIQ Capital was formed in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 91
Sector: Financial Services M&A 2 of 5
Type: Venture M&A Deals 5 of 72
State: California M&A 3 of 40
Country: United States M&A 8 of 80
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-16 Adyen

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Adyen is a global technology company focused on payments. It has built an efficient single platform that enables the acceptance and processing of cards and local payments globally across its merchants' online, mobile and point of sale channels. Adyen's global platform has integrated and simplified the payments value chain, enabling it to partner with large merchants to rapidly scale their businesses both locally and globally, without the varied inefficiencies inherent in traditional payment platforms. Adyen was founded in 2006 and is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-02-03 Relativity

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Relativity is a developer of software to manage large volumes of data and quickly identify key issues during litigation, internal investigations, and compliance operations with SaaS platform RelativityOne and Relativity Trace. Relativity is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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