Verstra Ventures

Verstra Ventures is the venture division of Volaris Group. It invested in companies building software for specific industries, offering guidance on scaling and managing such businesses as well as funding. The site says it is no longer looking for new investments, though it still holds stakes in several firms.

What Verstra Ventures does

• Vertical software investment: backed founders who focus tightly on solving a major problem for one type of customer.
• Operating insight: shared experience in building, scaling and running industry-specific software businesses.
• Network access: put portfolio companies in touch with its wider contacts.

Who it serves

Its portfolio spans payments, video surveillance, food quality analysis, hospitality and healthcare staffing, digital care platforms, retail visual AI, convenience store loyalty software and location intelligence. Named examples include Dream Payments, VXG, Savormetrics, Hyre, Renovai, NRBY and SimpliConnect.

Key facts

• Parent: Volaris Group
• Status: not actively seeking new investment opportunities
• Focus: vertically focused B2B software