Acrew
“Can a conviction-driven fintech VC build the defining portfolio of AI-native and embedded finance infrastructure companies reshaping financial services?”
HQSan Francisco, CA, USA
FoundersLauren Kolodny
IndustryFintech / Investment
The story
Acrew Capital is a venture capital firm with a concentrated thesis around fintech, embedded finance infrastructure, and AI-native financial services. The firm co-founder Lauren Kolodny has publicly articulated a view that AI will structurally reshape financial services, driving Acrew's portfolio construction toward companies rebuilding core financial primitives. Their investments span payments infrastructure (Finix), digital banking modernization (Glide, HMBradley), and AI-native financial workflows (Monk).
Last 12 months
Product timeline
2021
Acrew Capital participated in Finix's $35M Series B as an investor, signaling focus on embedded payments infrastructure.· pivot
2025
Acrew Capital led Glide's Series A to modernize credit union and community bank digital infrastructure.· banking
2026
Acrew Capital invested in Monk, an AI-native accounts receivable and collections platform.· lending
The stack
0 layers disclosed in Acrew’s embedded-finance stack
Accounting gap: none