Digital Space Ventures is a smart money venture fund that invests in early-stage startups.

Our focus is on companies that are driving innovation and transformation in the areas of Financial Services, Data/AI, Enterprise Software, and Decentralized Technologies.

Backed by experienced investors with a wealth of knowledge and expertise, our investment approach is centred around the concept of “smart money,” which means that we actively partner with the founding entrepreneurs of our portfolio companies.

Where We Invest

We invest in technology, product, and service innovation aimed at creating efficiencies and reducing costs. The following are some of the key themes we are targeting (but not limited to) to create disruption.

Technology Value to Process

Products embedded in the B2B flows to enhance financial technology systems

  • New technology solutions.
  • APIs to integrate with existing systems.
  • Driving automation and analytics with the use of Artificial Intelligence.

Data, ML, and AI Solutions

Intelligent systems to enhance customer journeys and implement insights from data experience

  • Algorithms aiding in decision making.
  • Application of distributed ledger for smart solutions.
  • Data analysis and detection of trends and outliers.

Financial Services Disruption

Enriching customer experience via Payments, Lending, Banking and Insuretech solutions

  • Digital Banks and PSD2 driving data enrichment for increased efficiency in B2C Fintech
  • Blockchain applications based on AI for data anomalies, trends and innovation.
  • Use of personalised insights and transparency.

Cybersecurity and Fraud Detection

Data management, prediction and controls for trend identification

  • Regulatory reporting and Risk management solutions.
  • Fraud detection and cybersecurity applications.
  • Identifying errors, managing KYC and integrating in the value-chain.

Portfolio

Challenger Bank

Challenger Bank

Lending

Fintech Ecosystem

Data Analytics

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Data Analytics

Cybersecurity

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Invoicing

Data Analytics

How We Invest

Investment Approach
  • 1

    Technology companies across the Financial Services, Data/AI, and Enterprise Software value chain

  • 2

    Entrepreneurs with global ambition and aspiring vision

  • 3

    Companies with high growth potential, proven technology and early commercial traction

  • 4

    We will consider pre-revenue companies with outstanding potential

  • 5

    $50k-500k as first investment, in exchange for the shares of the company, as lead or follow on investor

Fields of Expertise
  • Payments and FX
  • Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies
  • Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
  • Personal Finance Management
  • Strategic support and organization transformation
  • Networking
  • Growth management

Our Value Added

Out team brings 20+ years of cumulative fintech experience

Operations experience

10+ years of venture capital investing

We create synergies, enable founders access to our network

We are hands on and support of our ventures with business development and strategy, talent and M&A opportunities

We are long term investors with operational and technical expertise and work with our companies to create lasting value of the business for an exit

Recent News & Blog

Fintech news and what we’ve been reading

Business Models in post Covid-19 – Fintech Analysis Series Part II

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Team

ANDREI POPOV

General Partner

  • Over 25 years of experience in banking – across Finance, Technology, and Engineering functions
  • Focus on helping teams to define and implement growth strategies
  • 10+ experience in corporate governance and board-level roles

SUSH BAPNA

General Partner

  • 15+ years in Banking, in-depth knowledge of processes and technologies
  • 20+ years of experience in commercial strategy and go-to-market
  • Product and data expert with focus on efficiencies in Banking processes

DARIA KROOS

General Partner

  • 10+ years of PE & VC experience in managing companies from investments to exit
  • Expert in financial / commercial due-diligence, business development and markets entry strategies
  • Expertise in M&A and Consulting start-ups with focus on restructuring and growth

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