Jon Zanoff

The Ghost of FinTech Future | FinTech Operator & Investor | Ex Techstars, BlackRock, Goldman | Agentic AI and the Future of Product & Engineering Leadership

📍 New York, New York, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 12 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2019𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Aug 2019
Hubly allows financial advisors and their teams to deliver a high-touch, stress-free customer experience at scale.
Investor
Aug 2019
Hola, hallo and bonjour! We are TapTrip. We have a tech head and a travellers’ heart, and we are passionate about changing the way things are done around here. But don’t worry, disruption never felt so easy, or looked so good. We have a tech head and a travellers’ heart, and we’re using them both to power the world’s leading businesses and travel management companies to change the way things are done around here. That means more speed, more ease, more great data insights, convenience, and way less headache, offline bookings and time wasted. We are more affordable than our competitors, which gives you access to new markets such as small medium-sized businesses. Our traveller booking compliance is almost double the industry average, which will delight your clients, and we have the sweetest award-wining interface in the business travel world. - Finalist for Best Self-Booking Tool at the Business Travel Awards 2020 - Winner of the Disrupt Launchpad Award at the 2019 Business Travel Show - Best UK Start Up at the Harvey Nash Technology Awards - Named 'One to Watch' in the Buying Business Travel 2019 Hotlist - Listed as one of the top 5 exciting startups in the travel management space for 2018 by the Guild of Travel Management (GTMC).
Investor
Aug 2019
Lance is the first self-driving business bank account that's all about making money (and life) simple for the self-employed. With smart income allocations, scheduled salary transfers, and automated tax payments — we're finally giving freelancers the financial structure they never had.
Investor
Aug 2019
Finch supercharges your checking account so you can live your best life. Checking accounts hold your money but do very little to support and grow your wealth. Simply link Finch to your existing checking account, and it will supercharge it by letting you: 1) Earn up to 5% rewards on all purchases, everywhere 2) Auto-invest to boost your growth 3) Build credit without taking on debt Come for the rewards, stay for the returns, and get the credit you deserve! Sign up for early access at www.finchmoney.com Disclosures: www.finchmoney.com/disclosures
Investor
Aug 2018
Diameter Pay is the future of cross-border payments, building a global settlement network designed for on-chain settlement and more traditional methods. (Formerly SendFriend)
Investor
Aug 2018
Hey There! 👋 We’re Waffle Insurance, an insurtech startup created out of the Barclays Techstars & MIT Delta V accelerator. 

 Were shaking up the status quo, and were not going to stop until weve made insurance work better for everyone. We believe that there is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to insurance. Thats why we built Waffle, to provide the YOU Insurance experience. 

Were proud to blaze the trail for what personal insurance should be: accessible, easy-to-use, transparent, and affordable.

 Our current offerings include renters insurance, pet insurance, personal cyber insurance, term life insurance, and even more on the way!

 Join us on our mission to change insurance for the better. Together, theres nothing we cant achieve.
Investor
Aug 2018
Applica understands any document. Using cutting-edge deep learning technology, our easy-to-use solution comprehends content like a human does. Now your organization can automate even the most complex and variable documents to free people from repetitive tasks, unlock new revenue streams, and significantly bolster efficiency.
Investor
Aug 2018
Raft is the intelligent logistics platform that’s rewriting the technology playbook for freight forwarders and customs brokers in the automation era. We empower our customers to drive efficiency, collaborate effectively, and deliver more value to their shipper end-customers by automating shipment execution across the entire lifecycle—from operations, finance, customs, and sales to visibility and emissions reporting. Raft embeds AI into workflows and standardizes diverse data inputs—whether email content, EDI, or API—in order to drive lower-touch shipment execution. This frees up teams to focus on higher value work while reducing costs and driving profitability. Founded in 2017, Raft serves 60 freight forwarders in 30+ countries globally, including 40% of the A&A’s Top 25 Global Freight Forwarders List. Our platform is used to execute over 300k shipments per month, saving customers up to 2 hours on every shipment. Find out more: raft.ai.
Investor
Aug 2018
Harvest uses AI & automation to help consumers increase net worth & achieve financial stability based on the PRO Index™, the leading indicator of financial health.
Investor
Sep 2017
Incubated at MIT by industry experts, Sigma Ratings is a leading AI-driven risk intelligence platform used by global organizations to fight financial crime and make more informed counterparty risk decisions. We give our clients real-time access to thousands of expertly maintained, up to date data sources. To date, Sigma has organized data on over 1B companies and associated people to make it one of the world’s largest, most comprehensive risk analysis databases. Sigma’s data, together with our curated proprietary intelligence, helps modernize compliance workflows and adds additional risk detection insights and context in a way previously unavailable commercially. Our suite of solutions include: AML Screening and Monitoring Perpetual KYC AML Investigations and Alert Management Customer Due Diligence Counterparty Credit Risk Country Risk Ratings We are driven by our mission to make the world more open and transparent through data. Schedule a demo at www.sigmaratings.com and find out how a single, unified solution can increase your team’s efficiency by 30-40%
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Sep 2017
RealBlocks is a comprehensive cloud-based private fund operating platform, empowering wealth and fund managers to better manage pre-trade to post-trade fund processing quickly and seamlessly. RealBlocks offers a fully digital, white-label fund operations and management platform for today’s fund managers wishing to expand their firm’s investor base by allowing them to offer more funds in more locations around the world. Our enterprise grade platform is built for global scale and uniquely bundles all front, middle, and back office functionality into one easy-to-use online interface. And, with our "single pane" view of all fund activity across portfolio's, you'll get the transparency and visibility your investors need all in one place. RealBlocks reduces operational expenses, decreases NIGO rates, provides the technology for expanding distribution globally, and delivers a powerful tool for built-in secondary trading. Say goodbye to manual processes and legacy systems and focus more time on growing your business with RealBlocks.
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Sep 2017
Novo is the banking solutions platform built for small businesses. We remove the usual hassles of business banking and empower companies to reach their full potential with free checking, automated tools, and seamless integrations—all in one platform. Powered by Middlesex Federal Savings, F.A. Novo is a fintech, not a bank. Banking services provided by Middlesex Federal Savings, F.A.; Member FDIC.
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Founder & General Partner
Apr 2025
BPS Ventures is a pre-seed and seed-stage FinTech VC firm. We partner hands-on with founders from day zero, helping navigate customer development (Build - pre-revenue), go-to-market (Prove - early revenue), and sales optimization (Scale - repeatable revenue). Our focus spans the full FinTech stack—from infrastructure to applications—working side-by-side with teams to build durable, high-growth companies.
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2019
Investor
Aug 2019
Hubly allows financial advisors and their teams to deliver a high-touch, stress-free customer experience at scale.
Investor
Aug 2019
Hola, hallo and bonjour! We are TapTrip. We have a tech head and a travellers’ heart, and we are passionate about changing the way things are done around here. But don’t worry, disruption never felt so easy, or looked so good. We have a tech head and a travellers’ heart, and we’re using them both to power the world’s leading businesses and travel management companies to change the way things are done around here. That means more speed, more ease, more great data insights, convenience, and way less headache, offline bookings and time wasted. We are more affordable than our competitors, which gives you access to new markets such as small medium-sized businesses. Our traveller booking compliance is almost double the industry average, which will delight your clients, and we have the sweetest award-wining interface in the business travel world. - Finalist for Best Self-Booking Tool at the Business Travel Awards 2020 - Winner of the Disrupt Launchpad Award at the 2019 Business Travel Show - Best UK Start Up at the Harvey Nash Technology Awards - Named 'One to Watch' in the Buying Business Travel 2019 Hotlist - Listed as one of the top 5 exciting startups in the travel management space for 2018 by the Guild of Travel Management (GTMC).
Investor
Aug 2019
Lance is the first self-driving business bank account that's all about making money (and life) simple for the self-employed. With smart income allocations, scheduled salary transfers, and automated tax payments — we're finally giving freelancers the financial structure they never had.
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