Ally Ventures

Ally Ventures is the strategic investment arm of Ally Financial. It finds start-ups whose goals match its own, invests in them and builds commercial relationships to broaden its digital financial services capabilities.

What Ally Ventures offers

• Investment: funds start-ups, sometimes alongside other investors.
• Mentorship: guidance for founders from the Ally team.
• Commercial relationships: partnerships with the companies it backs.
• Access to resources: use of the wider group's range of resources.
• Accelerator collaboration: works with accelerator programmes to spot early-stage opportunities.

Who it serves

Start-ups and entrepreneurs at all stages that disrupt financial services with technology, user interfaces and business models. Its portfolio includes a digital mortgage lender and a vehicle payments platform.

Key facts

• Parent: Ally Financial
• Focus: digital financial services
• Stage: all stages considered