darr·e·ry \dar·ə·ry\ noun :

a place that produces oaks

Early-stage venture capital, unlocking the
frontier of Financial Services through
tradecraft and catalysts.

Darrery Capital invests in financial services software companies, including Fintech and enterprise software operating within the financial services industry, providing tradecraft and catalysts where needed to create alpha for our investors and founders.

We target Seed-adjacent investment opportunities, at the Pre-seed, Seed, and Post-seed phases, and Special Situations at similar maturities.

We believe that winning companies have two things in common

Tradecraft that creates delight

Built-in tradecraft that is a joy to use and amplifies the value outcomes.

Catalyst

The full potential of the company was unlocked to fit the product to the market, driving scale.

Darrery’s core strengths attract deal flow.

Founders and investors want us on their team to unlock Financial Services, and derisk their deals.

  • Seed-adjacent: Pre-seed, Seed, and Special Situations at similar maturities

  • Great technology stack

  • Delights the user

  • Creates economies of scale

  • Experienced founders

Our perfect deal looks like this:

And might need a catalyst to create market superiority.

Michael Degnan
Founder and General Partner

Founder

As a Fintech Co-Founder at Moven, one of the US’s first neobanks, Michael helped define a category of Fintech that has created tens of billions of dollars of enterprise value and serves millions of customers, worldwide.

Operator

As a Senior Executive Operator with enterprise-wide jurisdiction at PNC Bank and Santander, Michael launched businesses, and solved problems with emerging technologies and human-centered design.

Fields of work included: lending, deposits, payments, institutional finance, retail banking, asset management, eCommerce and digital marketing, new financial and digital products, generative AI, cryptocurrencies, tokenization, devops, quantum computing, and more. Several patents were developed as a result of this work.

Investor

As an Investor, Michael’s concentrated angel portfolio of seed-adjacent Fintech investments has produced highly competitive investment returns.

Michael began his career as a software engineer. He is a graduate of Columbia Business School and Columbia University, where he was a varsity athlete in football and track & field.

Our Advisory Team is hand-selected to drive catalysts for our founders.

As startups mature, needs change. Darrery’s Advisory Team can provide value across several stages of a company’s growth.

Ron Shevlin
Venture Partner

Chief Research Officer at Cornerstone Advisors
Senior Contributor at Forbes, Fintech Snark Tank

Brad Leimer
Advisor

Innovation Executive, Advisor, Speaker, and Author

Let’s talk…

Entrepreneur?

Early-stage company on the Frontier of Fintech? We’d like to hear from you.