Portfolio

We collaborate closely with startups to help them grow their customer base, implement products at scale, and determine the strongest path forward. Our portfolio companies are pioneering the kinds of advances that transform the way businesses and consumers interact.

“Amex Ventures shares our passion for empowering consumers with engaging and meaningful experiences via technology. They understand the challenges and opportunities that we face as a startup in the fast-changing commerce landscape, and they are always ready to offer strategic advice and go-to-market support. They are not just investors, they are partners and friends."

Jerry Luk

Co-Founder & President, Firework

Our Investment Focus AreasOur Investment
Focus Areas

We invest in startups that have the potential to enhance our Consumer Card Membership value proposition. These startups create innovative and scalable ways for our customers to enjoy key passion points in their lives, such as travel, dining, entertainment and more. We are also constantly on the lookout for solutions that complement or support the broader American Express dining platform, which includes both diners & restaurants on Resy.

Consumer

In Consumer Fintech, we are excited about solutions that enable seamless, secure consumer payments or provide new products and services that can enhance the financial lives of our card members.

Business

In B2B Fintech, we are always looking to meet with founders that are building intuitive, thoughtful solutions that increase efficiency and automate traditionally manual workflows within B2B payments and/or are solving vertical specific pain points.

At Amex Ventures, we take an expansive view on Commerce. We are excited to meet with a wide-range of startups from those building solutions for brands and businesses that drive discovery, engagement and conversion, all the way to startups innovating on post-purchase engagement and fresh loyalty concepts.

Consumer

We are keenly tracking the emergence of new places for consumer commerce (e.g. gaming, streaming), as well as new commerce concepts enabled by technological advancements (e.g. spatial computing, blockchain technologies).

Business

We are eager to meet with visionary founders who are thinking boldly about new possibilities for B2B Commerce – taking an innovative approach to re-imagining traditional buyer / supplier interactions across key industry verticals.

As a Fortune 500 global financial services provider, we invest in technologies that are strategically relevant to our business.  Our goal is to partner with startups that accelerate innovation across large enterprises in a way that creates mutual value for our customers, colleagues, and partners.

Areas of Focus

Security and identity
Data, traditional & Gen AI and machine learning
Enterprise applications and software infrastructure that enhances productivity and enables growth

We are excited about technological advances that enable businesses to create new possibilities for commerce, payments and financial services with more engaging experiences for their customers.