For those who
choose the climb
For those who
choose the climb
For those who
choose the climb
The Altai difference
10+
Successful incubation builds in five years
10+
Successful incubation builds in five years
$2B+
Tangible value created for Strategic LPs
$2B+
Tangible value created for Strategic LPs
95%
Graduation* Rate
*Companies that raise follow-on funding
95%
Graduation* Rate
*Companies that raise follow-on funding
5 of 5
Consistent Founder and Strategic LP satisfaction scores
5 of 5
Consistent Founder and Strategic LP satisfaction scores
<5 yrs
To cross 1.0x DPI as a firm
<5 yrs
To cross 1.0x DPI as a firm
Our portfolio and strategic partners, from extraordinary startups to global icons
Opportunity
Financial services is one of the most consequential industries in the world. AI made it clear we are still in the earliest stages of its transformation.
What is being built now - or next - will do more than digitize what exists. It will reinvent how insurance, banking, and asset management flourish.
Altai Ventures is a specialist venture firm focused exclusively on backing and building early-stage startups in financial services
Our depth of domain expertise, operator experience, and strategic LP ecosystem
together empower extraordinary founders to ascend with conviction.
Our depth of domain expertise, operator experience, and strategic LP ecosystem together empower extraordinary founders to ascend with conviction.
Our Founders
Altai Ventures is a partner, not a passenger, to the ascent of extraordinary founders
CJ Przybyl
Claims Veteran. AI Architect. P&C Modernizer.
An insurance claims veteran and repeat entrepreneur, CJ first founded Snapsheet, a leading claims insurtech, before co-founding Reserv. As CEO, he grew Reserv to more than $100M ARR in four years, building one of the defining companies in the category.
CJ Przybyl
Mike Saltzman
“Altai Ventures are genuinely true specialists in the field of financial services with the most impactful industry rolodex of operators and mentors looking to make a difference in a startup's evolution. High bar and incredible people all around.”
Mike Saltzman
Spike Lipkin
Brokerage Reinventor. Insurance's Tech Evangelist.
Spike co-founded Newfront to modernize commercial insurance brokerage through technology. As CEO, he scaled the company into a unicorn and one of the top 40 insurance brokers in the U.S. before leading its successful sale to Willis Towers Watson, one of the world's largest insurance brokerage and advisory firms.
Spike Lipkin
Cole Riccardi
"Altai is our top investor for financial services expertise. We love your deep domain knowledge, operating experience, and customer obsession. We speak with you more than anyone on our cap table — that combination of founder comfort and value creation is rare."
Cole Riccardi
Ahmed Khaishgi
First-wave insurtech founder. Billion-dollar benchmark.
A repeat founder, Ahmed co-founded SquareTrade and built it into the world's largest consumer electronics warranty company, with over 150 million policies and more than $2 billion in annual revenue. Following its $1.4 billion sale to Allstate, he co-founded AutoComplete to transform auto insurance through embedded, point-of-sale distribution.
Ahmed Khaishgi
Martha Dreiling
“Altai is a different kind of venture firm. More active with portfolio companies than anyone I've seen, with a tight focus on financial services that makes you natural subject matter experts. Others simply can't match that depth."
Martha Dreiling
Scott Harper
“Altai's magic is caring deeply about founders while helping them with real specialist expertise. You're relentless, and leave no stone unturned — especially in insurance and fintech. Your personality and culture is different. You really care. It's not just transactional; It feels personal.”
Scott Harper
CJ Przybyl
Claims Veteran. AI Architect. P&C Modernizer.
An insurance claims veteran and repeat entrepreneur, CJ first founded Snapsheet, a leading claims insurtech, before co-founding Reserv. As CEO, he grew Reserv to more than $100M ARR in four years, building one of the defining companies in the category.
CJ Przybyl
CJ Przybyl
Claims Veteran. AI Architect. P&C Modernizer.
An insurance claims veteran and repeat entrepreneur, CJ first founded Snapsheet, a leading claims insurtech, before co-founding Reserv. As CEO, he grew Reserv to more than $100M ARR in four years, building one of the defining companies in the category.
CJ Przybyl
Mike Saltzman
“Altai Ventures are genuinely true specialists in the field of financial services with the most impactful industry rolodex of operators and mentors looking to make a difference in a startup's evolution. High bar and incredible people all around.”
Mike Saltzman
Spike Lipkin
Brokerage Reinventor. Insurance's Tech Evangelist.
Spike co-founded Newfront to modernize commercial insurance brokerage through technology. As CEO, he scaled the company into a unicorn and one of the top 40 insurance brokers in the U.S. before leading its successful sale to Willis Towers Watson, one of the world's largest insurance brokerage and advisory firms.
Spike Lipkin
Cole Riccardi
"Altai is our top investor for financial services expertise. We love your deep domain knowledge, operating experience, and customer obsession. We speak with you more than anyone on our cap table — that combination of founder comfort and value creation is rare."
Cole Riccardi
Ahmed Khaishgi
First-wave insurtech founder. Billion-dollar benchmark.
A repeat founder, Ahmed co-founded SquareTrade and built it into the world's largest consumer electronics warranty company, with over 150 million policies and more than $2 billion in annual revenue. Following its $1.4 billion sale to Allstate, he co-founded AutoComplete to transform auto insurance through embedded, point-of-sale distribution.
Ahmed Khaishgi
Martha Dreiling
“Altai is a different kind of venture firm. More active with portfolio companies than anyone I've seen, with a tight focus on financial services that makes you natural subject matter experts. Others simply can't match that depth."
Martha Dreiling
Scott Harper
“Altai's magic is caring deeply about founders while helping them with real specialist expertise. You're relentless, and leave no stone unturned — especially in insurance and fintech. Your personality and culture is different. You really care. It's not just transactional; It feels personal.”
Scott Harper
CJ Przybyl
Claims Veteran. AI Architect. P&C Modernizer.
An insurance claims veteran and repeat entrepreneur, CJ first founded Snapsheet, a leading claims insurtech, before co-founding Reserv. As CEO, he grew Reserv to more than $100M ARR in four years, building one of the defining companies in the category.
CJ Przybyl
55 Post Road W.,
1st FLoor
WesTport, CT 06880
1901 McMilLan Ave
2nd Floor
Dallas, TX 75206
55 Post Road W.,
1st FLoor
WesTport, CT 06880
1901 McMilLan Ave
2nd Floor
Dallas, TX 75206
55 Post Road W.,
1st FLoor
WesTport, CT 06880
1901 McMilLan Ave
2nd Floor
Dallas, TX 75206