Communitas is a unique venture capital firm
Founded by three former public company CEOs, Communitas seeks to invest in and partner with the most innovative FinTech, Future of Work, marketplace, and infrastructure blockchain companies.
Our Team
Doug, Tom and Duncan, successful leaders in the financial services industry, have run companies and executed transactions that shaped much of the current FinTech market landscape.
Doug Atkin
- Former CEO of Instinet
- Former CEO of Majestic Research
- Former Head of Guggenheim Partners Venture Capital Business
Tom Glocer
- Former CEO of Thomson Reuters
- BOD Observer of Symphony Communication Services
- BOD Member of Morgan Stanley
Duncan Niederauer
- Former CEO of NYSE
- Former Goldman Sachs Partner
- BOD Member First Republic Bank
- BOD Member Realogy Holdings
Our Philosophy
We partner with entrepreneurs who share our passion for industry-changing ideas.
We roll up our sleeves to help exciting companies reach their potential.
We believe it is fundamentally unfair for only the ultra-rich to be able to invest in emerging and disruptive companies.
Our Advisory Board
Dan Ariely
Behavioral Economist
- Professor Duke University
- Founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight
- Author of Predictably Irrational
Douglas Atkin
Global Head of Community at Airbnb
- Co-Founder and Chairman of ‘Peers’
- Co-Founder of ‘Purpose’
- Former Partner and Chief Community Officer at Meetup
John Taysom
Advisor Dexplora AB
- Founder of Blinkbox Music Ltd in 2006
- Founder & Managing Partner of Reuters
- Venture Capital
- Founder of Greenhouse Fund
Reid Miles
CEO, Miles Howland Co.
- Co-founded Miles Howland Education Partners
- Partner and Managing Director at BV Group Ventures LLC
- Founding Partner & Managing Director at Blue Water Capital LLC
Larry Liebowitz
- President & Board Director of Crux Informatics
- Former Chief Operating Officer of NYSE Euronext
- Former CEO of Redibook
Peter Y Lee
- CEO of RapidMiner
- Former EVP of TIBCO Software
- Former investment banker at JP Morgan
Yahal Zilka
- Co-founder & Managing Partner of Ofek Venture Partners
- Co-founder and Managing Partner of Magma Venture Partners
Lee Einbinder
- CEO of FinServ Acquisition Corp
- Former Vice Chairman at Barclays
- Former Head of Specialty Finance Group, founded Financial Technology Team at Lehman Bros.
Jeff Nuechterlein
- Managing Partner Nue Capital LLC
- Chair of the Board of Directors of Cartica Management.
- Trustee of Americans for Oxford University.
Yair Shoham
- Managing Director & Country Manager of Intel Capital, Israel
- 20+ Years of Venture Capital Experience.
- Former General Partner, Genesis Partners.
Michael Balkin
- CEO Foresight Acquisition Corp
- Former Co-Manager, William Blair Small Cap Growth Fund
Why Now
The financial services “operating system” is changing
Numerous opportunities exist for disruptive innovation and new company growth
Established players must transform large segments of their businesses in order to remain competitive
How? Through acquisition
Capital markets were the first to be disrupted
Electronic marketplaces
Data-driven research
Portfolio management
Large-scale data processing
These same dynamics are being applied to other sectors
Crowdfunding
Media and information
Marketplaces and payments
Real estate
Privacy / cyber security
Venture capital