Lauren Kolodny

Founding Partner at Acrew Capital | Fintech & AI Investor | Forbes Midas List | Trustee Emerita at Brown University

📍 San Francisco, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 17 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2021𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
17
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8
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0
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13y
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Portfolio

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Investor
2021
Lolli is a leading rewards company that gives shoppers free cash and bitcoin rewards when they shop online and in-store at over 25,000+ top stores like Adidas, Microsoft, Ulta, Kroger, & more. Founded in 2018, the company’s mission is to make bitcoin more accessible to all. Merchants pay Lolli for driving sales, then Lolli shares that with users, sending cash or bitcoin rewards to their Lolli.com wallets. Download the free Lolli browser extension and mobile app for iOS and Android to start earning today!
Investor
2021
At Branch, we’re returning insurance to its original purpose as a force for communal good. Our expert team is on a mission to innovate an industry that’s lost its way. Home and auto insurance should be less expensive, easier to buy, and allow more people to get the coverage they need. So we’ve built the community-focused insurance we’ve always wanted, at the culture-first company we’ve always wanted to work for. B Corp Certified. Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work 2022 & 2023. The future of insurance is here.
mid stageInsurance
Board Observer
2020
Somos el motor de búsqueda asistida de vivienda nueva, con acompañamiento permanente de la mejor asesora AI del mundo. Accede al catálogo más completo de desarrolladores verificados y recibe asistencia imparcial y profesional hasta la entrega de tus llaves. Nos respaldan inversionistas como Nfx y Kaszek. Visítanos en LaHaus.com y LaHaus.mx
mid stageReal Estate
Board Observer
2020
Simplify your finances. Reap the rewards. Start your financial journey today at HMBradley.com
Investor
2019
Finix is a payment processor that makes it easy for software platforms, marketplaces, and individual businesses of all sizes to accept payments and send money while maximizing revenue and reducing costs. Finix is trusted by startups and publicly traded companies alike to build and scale their payments infrastructure. Headquartered in San Francisco, Finix is a privately held company with funding from American Express Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Homebrew, Inspired Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Visa, and more.
Investor
2019
Tu dinero en libertad
Investor
2018
Pie is transforming small business insurance. Our team of seasoned technology and insurance experts is on a mission to make insurance less expensive, simpler, and more transparent for small business owners. In other words, we’re making it as easy as pie.
early stageInsurance
Investor
2018
We are a mobile app that simplifies bill payments for everyday people. Snap a pic & pay any bill in seconds! We know paying bills is a stressful process for many Americans. By making it easy to pay any bill with a mobile device, we are removing the hassle of paying bills through the mail, over the phone, or on complicated web portals. We are also helping billers of all sizes and from all industries get paid faster and more often. We’re proud to be one of the highest-rated fintech applications on the App Store, with over 70k reviews, and backed by investors that include Sequoia Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, and First Round Capital. To learn more, check out PapayaPay.com or find us on the App Store!
Investor
2018
We’re excited to announce that Divvy has a new name: BILL Spend & Expense. Everything you love about Divvy is staying the same—from setting budgets to tracking spend and getting access to the credit your business needs to grow¹. And now, you’ll have even more opportunities to simplify your financial operations. More efficiency. More control. More visibility. All on one platform. Follow our BILL company page to learn more. ¹Credit lines are not guaranteed and will be determined upon application approval.
Investor
2017
TalkIQ helps businesses understand and take action on the most important insights from every voice conversation with their customers, throughout the customer journey. To do this, we’ve built proprietary enterprise speech recognition (ESR) and natural language processing (NLP) capabilities. TalkIQ enables client facing teams to, for the first time, take a scientific approach to understanding and acting on key moments with customers, including recognizing purchase intent, handling objections, responding to competitors, pricing, building rapport, closing, implementation, troubleshooting, renewal, and more. We’ve built TalkIQ to thrive in high volume sales and support environments, and it’s ready to drive efficiency throughout teams, reduce ramp and training time, drive more deals, and quantify the voice of the customer.
Investor
2016
Our mission is to grow the small business economy 🤝 Trusted by 400K+ businesses with HR, payroll, benefits, 401(k)s, and more. Licensing details: https://gusto.com/about/licenses
Board Member
2016
Chime was created because we believe everyone can unlock financial progress, and we want to develop solutions and services to empower people to succeed. The premise upon which we started Chime is simple: basic banking services should be helpful, transparent, and easy. Our easy-to-use tools and intuitive platforms give members the ability to have more control over their money and to take action toward achieving their financial ambitions. By designing a member-centric banking app with easy-to-understand financial tools, we’re creating a more competitive market with options for everyday Americans. We offer access to accounts with no overdraft fees, provide members the chance to receive their pay up to 2 days early* with direct deposit, help them build credit history, and build financial literacy to hit their goals—among many other things. Since 2012, we’ve grown our team to more than 1300 Chimers across 3 offices. But more than that, we’ve expanded the products and services we offer to our members based on member feedback. And in doing so, we’ve disrupted the banking industry and changed the conversation for everyday people about money on a national level. Chime is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services are provided by The Bancorp Bank, N.A. or Stride Bank, N.A., Members FDIC. *Early access to direct deposit funds depends on the timing of the submission of the payment file from the payer. We generally make these funds available on the day the payment file is received, which may be up to 2 days earlier than the scheduled payment date.
Investor
2016
At Troops, we’re on a mission to make business software that works for humans. Go-to-market technology is intended to help individuals be more productive and help businesses grow, but often comes with unintentional silos and seemingly endless administrative work. Troops captures and connects human intelligence, so managing your revenue-driving technology stack is as easy as sending a text message. By creating a seamless relationship between GTM systems and Slack or Microsoft Teams, Troops improves overall data quality, automates administrative work, enhances visibility, and enables collaboration. Our Slack and Microsoft Teams integrations work with Salesforce, Salesforce CPQ, Salesforce Service Cloud, Salesforce Pardot, HubSpot, Intercom, Jira Software, Jira Service Desk, Zendesk, Zendesk Sell, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Gainsight, and Outreach. World-class brands like Slack, Twilio, DoorDash, and Stripe improve forecast accuracy, organizational transparency, and win rates with Troops! Our investors include First Round Capital, Founder Collective, Next View Ventures, Great Oaks Capital, Chicago Ventures, Vast Ventures and other notable angel investors. Were also hiring! Visit www.troops.ai/careers for more information about our remote-friendly work environment.
Board Observer
2015
Deserve Inc. is a leading mobile-first credit card platform built on a cloud-native and API-enabled architecture, which allows partners to offer superior personalized experiences for cardholders. We partner with financial institutions, fintechs, lenders, and merchant co-brands.
Board Observer
2015
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2021
Independent Board Director
2021
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Investor
2021
Lolli is a leading rewards company that gives shoppers free cash and bitcoin rewards when they shop online and in-store at over 25,000+ top stores like Adidas, Microsoft, Ulta, Kroger, & more. Founded in 2018, the company’s mission is to make bitcoin more accessible to all. Merchants pay Lolli for driving sales, then Lolli shares that with users, sending cash or bitcoin rewards to their Lolli.com wallets. Download the free Lolli browser extension and mobile app for iOS and Android to start earning today!
Investor
2021
At Branch, we’re returning insurance to its original purpose as a force for communal good. Our expert team is on a mission to innovate an industry that’s lost its way. Home and auto insurance should be less expensive, easier to buy, and allow more people to get the coverage they need. So we’ve built the community-focused insurance we’ve always wanted, at the culture-first company we’ve always wanted to work for. B Corp Certified. Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work 2022 & 2023. The future of insurance is here.
mid stageInsurance
2020
Board Observer
2020
Somos el motor de búsqueda asistida de vivienda nueva, con acompañamiento permanente de la mejor asesora AI del mundo. Accede al catálogo más completo de desarrolladores verificados y recibe asistencia imparcial y profesional hasta la entrega de tus llaves. Nos respaldan inversionistas como Nfx y Kaszek. Visítanos en LaHaus.com y LaHaus.mx
mid stageReal Estate
Board Observer
2020
Simplify your finances. Reap the rewards. Start your financial journey today at HMBradley.com
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