Frederic Hofmann

Investor and board adviser focused on fintech and financial infrastructure. Co-Founder of A+ Ventures and currently building a stealth venture at the intersection of markets, data and deep learning.

📍 London, England Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 14 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2025
VC🌍 United KingdomInvested this year
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Investor and Board Member
Dec 2025
Launched in 2023, SSImple is a SaaS platform that will fundamentally change the way SSIs are stored, shared, and enriched across the global financial services industry. SSImples platform facilitates compliance with expected FMSB and FCA requirements driven by T+1 settlement. SSImple is relevant to all market participants, including custodians and prime brokers, buy-side and outsourcer firms, broker-dealers, and third-party service providers.
Investor and Board Member
Jul 2025
Embed bank accounts, payments, and all kinds of financial products quickly via our simple API. Build on regulated infrastructure thats safe, compliant and secure. Griffin is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority. Our firm reference number is 970920.
Board Observer
Jun 2023
Vault is the Active Integrity platform; the operating system for corporate integrity. Employees can report via the mobile app, either alone or using GoTogether® as a collective. Your investigations team can resolve incidents in the Resolution Hub and actively assess your ethical health. By identifying patterns before they become problems and predicting issues before they manifest, you can fix misconduct issues before they get out of hand. For the good of your people and the good of your organization, consider a solution that goes beyond a checkbox; a centralized point for management that brings Speak Up levels up and reduces investigation time. It’s just good business.
Board Member
Feb 2021
Scoperty ist ein digitaler Marktplatz, der den Immobilienmarkt in Deutschland transparenter und agiler machen möchte. Wir haben über 35 Millionen Immobilien mit einem aktuellen Schätzwert auf unserer Scoperty-Karte hinterlegt. Durch diese schaffen wir einen Vormarkt, der es ermöglicht, Gebote auf Immobilien abzugeben, die noch nicht offiziell auf dem Markt sind und als Eigentümer diese noch vor dem Verkaufsstart zu erhalten. Im Fokus unserer Arbeit stehen dabei Transparenz, Kontrolle und Unterstützung in den komplexen Prozessen während des Immobilien(ver-)kaufs. Ab jetzt heißt es: Immobilien beginnen mit Scoperty.
early stageReal Estate
Board Observer
Sep 2020
eXate is a distributed software platform for enforcing data privacy, data protection, and dynamic attribute-based access controls on data in motion and data at rest. With fine-grained access controls, and the ability to apply the Principles of Least Privilege, eXate can automatically enforce data policies and control the flow of sensitive data within a firm and across geographic borders. With more than 2/3rd of the worlds population being covered under data protection regulation, the demand for data privacy by consumers is at an all-time high. 87% of consumers have indicated that they will not do business with a company who does not protect their personal data. As a result, 94% of companies now share privacy metrics with their Boards, and it is getting exponentially harder for organisations to stay on top of current data privacy demands.
Board Member
Apr 2020
We are on a mission to make it easier to run a small business. Countingup is the business current account and accounting app in one that’s helping thousands of business owners save time and money.
Board Observer
Mar 2020
Eigen is a document intelligence platform that uses natural language processing and object detection to enable clients and partners to quickly and precisely extract the data they need from their contracts and paperwork so they can: - Assess and better manage risk  - Meet regulatory requirements - Scale-up their operations  - Better serve their customers - Automate costly manual processes Our team of scientists, engineers, strategists, and sector experts are based in New York, London and Lisbon. Eigen is trusted and backed by leading banks, investment managers, law firms and global businesses. To date we’ve raised over $80m in funding.
Board Member
Jan 2020
Katana is the bond market trade discovery tool for dealers and asset managers that identifies specific trade ideas and broader trends earlier, faster and more precisely. Using machine learning and the latest big data cloud technologies, Katana analyses over 40 million bond pairs to identify over/under valued pairs and reveals actionable trade opportunities. Available on the Bloomberg Terminal at APPS KTNA. Katana was founded in 2019 with backing from ING and is headquartered in London.
Board Member
Sep 2019
Flowcast leverages its patented machine learning methodologies to create high-performing predictive models that assess risk and enable lenders to unlock credit to all size businesses at scale. Flowcast’s models offer unparalleled explainability in understanding the root cause of a business’ creditworthiness, the risk of delinquency, the timeliness of repayment and the likelihood of dilution of their transactions. Unlike traditional risk assessments, the API-based solution updates and monitors the risk assessment of the borrower in real-time based on alternative data and Flowcast’s proprietary data.
Board Observer
Dec 2018
Finally — reduce your risk without increasing costs. Ascent is the AI-driven platform that helps you comply more efficiently, accurately, and cost-effectively than any other alternative. We invented a new type of technology called Regulatory Knowledge Automation (RKA) that generates a complete set of obligations targeted to your business, and keeps them up-to-date automatically. Know exactly what you need to do to comply, without throwing more money and people at the problem. We're not changing the game of regulatory compliance. We're just changing the way it's played — and the way it's won.
Board Member
Oct 2018
Axyon AI is an Italian fintech company committed to making the investment management industry more robust through the power of AI. We provide asset managers, hedge funds and institutional investors with AI-powered solutions that deliver predictive value and uncover alpha opportunities.
Board Observer
Apr 2018
CLARK is one of the largest global InsurTechs. To protect the world of our customers, we built an insurance expert that fits in their pockets to make sure they are fully covered throughout the different stages of their lives. We offer a mobile app where customers can manage their insurance needs in the most convenient way. International investors like Allianz X, Portage, White Star Capital and Yabeo and Tencent support us. Roughly 30 brands are bundled under the umbrella of CLARK, providing a great insurance experience to more than 2 million customers. Our team is composed of more than 700 employees across offices in Frankfurt (headquarter), Berlin, Saarbrücken, Bristol, Amsterdam, Vienna, Paris and Zurich.
mid stageInsurance
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2025
Investor and Board Member
Dec 2025
Launched in 2023, SSImple is a SaaS platform that will fundamentally change the way SSIs are stored, shared, and enriched across the global financial services industry. SSImples platform facilitates compliance with expected FMSB and FCA requirements driven by T+1 settlement. SSImple is relevant to all market participants, including custodians and prime brokers, buy-side and outsourcer firms, broker-dealers, and third-party service providers.
Investor and Board Member
Jul 2025
Embed bank accounts, payments, and all kinds of financial products quickly via our simple API. Build on regulated infrastructure thats safe, compliant and secure. Griffin is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority. Our firm reference number is 970920.
Senior Advisor
Jan 2025
We are your trusted corporate finance advisors focused on FinTech. Entrepreneurship is hard. Raising capital to fuel your growth takes time a lot of effort. It should not. We are here to help outstanding entrepreneurs to raise capital continuously, from B round through to IPO/strategic exit. Great companies are growing all the time and they need the capital all the time. We become part of your team fully supporting you with funding, continuously. So that you are always investment ready and strategically talking to investors. When you actually raise the money it is absolutely seamless for the business. We are here for you so that you can fully focus on growing your company. Our founders combine decades of investment banking, private equity, and entrepreneurship experience. We focus exclusively on Financial Technology businesses. We have advised Fintech companies for over 10 years.
Managing Partner
Jan 2025
A+ Ventures stands out as an independent sponsor with a sharp focus on high-growth fintech and TechFin B2B SaaS companies. We specialise in post-Series A investments, delivering strategic capital to help businesses scale, achieve profitability or exit successfully. What makes us unique is our combination of deep industry insights, venture capital execution expertise, and deal-by-deal flexibility through SPVs. This approach provides investors with curated access to high-potential rounds in dynamic sectors without the burden of lead management—empowering them to participate in shaping the future of innovation while optimising returns.
2023
Board Observer
Jun 2023
Vault is the Active Integrity platform; the operating system for corporate integrity. Employees can report via the mobile app, either alone or using GoTogether® as a collective. Your investigations team can resolve incidents in the Resolution Hub and actively assess your ethical health. By identifying patterns before they become problems and predicting issues before they manifest, you can fix misconduct issues before they get out of hand. For the good of your people and the good of your organization, consider a solution that goes beyond a checkbox; a centralized point for management that brings Speak Up levels up and reduces investigation time. It’s just good business.
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