
Our Philosophy
Founded by three former public company CEOs, Communitas seeks to partner with the next generation of FinTech, Future of Work, infrastructure blockchain and marketplace companies.
Our Companies
Communitas has invested in over 30 companies across two funds. See below for more information on each.
Our Team
Doug, Tom and Duncan, all successful CEOs and entrepreneurs, have helped build the current FinTech market landscape.

Noah Werksman
Investment Associate

Ajay Sharma
Investment Principal

Sandra Loglisci
Executive Assistant
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
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