Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Seed investors for Financial Services startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
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Novak Biddle Venture Partners | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed | Bethesda, Maryland, United States, North America | ||
TEDCO | Debt, Early Stage Venture, Seed | Columbia, Maryland, United States, North America | ||
TDF Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States, North America | ||
NextGen Venture Partners | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America | ||
CNF Investments, LLC | Debt, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed | Bethesda, Maryland, United States, North America |
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We’ve ranked the top Financial Services Seed investors in Maryland. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
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Top Financial Services Investors & Funds (Maryland)

Novak Biddle Venture Partners
Novak Biddle Venture Partners provides equity financing and assistance to the management of young, information technology companies. They seek investment opportunities where the combination of ideas, dollars, experience, and relationships can create long-term, sustainable value.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed
Location: Bethesda, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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TEDCO
TEDCO was created by the Maryland State Legislature in 1998 to facilitate the transfer and commercialization of technology from Maryland’s research universities and federal labs into the marketplace and to assist in the creation and growth of technology-based businesses in all regions of the State. TEDCO is an independent organization that strives to be Maryland’s lead source for entrepreneurial business assistance and seed funding for the development of startup companies in Maryland’s innovation economy. In Maryland and beyond, TEDCO is a resource of mentoring, funding and networking for entrepreneurs and start-ups that need guidance as they bring innovative concepts to market. TEDCO is more than an early stage funding resource. It is the hub of Maryland’s entrepreneurial network where startups find mentors, organizational assistance, facilities for daily operations, and a roadmap for success.
Stages: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Columbia, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Consulting, Financial Services, Information Technology, Venture Capital
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TDF Ventures
TDF Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm with offices in Washington DC and Silicon Valley. We focus on startups that serve enterprise markets within infrastructure, software, and services (IaaS, SaaS, XaaS). We invest from a $200M permanent pool of capital and are currently investing out of Fund V.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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NextGen Venture Partners
NextGen Venture Partners invests $1-2M in seed-stage companies with the participation of 1,000+ Venture Partners. The firm specializes in the fields of private equity, business strategy, start-up acceleration, and fundraising.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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CNF Investments, LLC
CNF Investments, LLC (CNF) is a private investment firm with a focus on venture capital and private equity opportunities. CNF manages over $350 million in capital, with current investments in technology, healthcare, and energy, and will consider direct as well as fund investments. CNF is an active investor that looks to partner with experienced and passionate entrepreneurs and co-investors to build great companies. CNF focuses on growth stage companies, but will consider investments in early and late stage businesses as well. CNF conducts thorough and efficient diligence processes but focuses most of its analysis on the potential investment’s management team and other key players. CNF believes that success is based on the right combination of people, experience, hard work, focus, and execution. CNF is an affiliate of Clark Enterprises, Inc.
Stages: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed
Location: Bethesda, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Financial Exchanges, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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RareBreed Ventures
RareBreed Ventures is a pre-seed fund that invests in technology companies. It allows angel investors to become limited partners for larger funds down the line. RareBreed was founded in 2021 by McKeever “Mac” Conwell.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Business Development, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Baltimore Angels
Early stage technology investment. A new generation of angel investing lives in Baltimore. Our investors are current and cashed-out entrepreneurs who have “done it” and can help other entrepreneurs advance to the next stage. Our investments are strategic, and not passive. We’re looking for early stage technology based companies, run by entrepreneurs with a strong vision, and who are typically just beyond a friends-and-family round. We meet monthly in Baltimore, and welcome interested investors and entrepreneurs in the Baltimore/Washington area.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Angel Investment, Finance, Financial Services
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Inner Loop Capital
Inner Loop Capital invests in seed-stage start-ups across a range of enterprise technologies. Inner Loop Capital focuses on Cyber Security, Cloud Infrastructure, Data Analytics, and Enterprise SaaS.
Stages: Seed
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Business Development, Finance, Financial Services, Information Technology, Venture Capital
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A-Level Capital
A-Level Capital, LLC is a student-led venture capital fund based in Baltimore, Maryland. Our firm invests in Johns Hopkins University student and young alumni founded companies. Please visit our website, alevelcapital.com to learn more and/or apply for start-up funding.
Stages: Seed
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Kid Venture Capital
Kid Venture Capital invests in pre-seed, seed, and early-stage companies across a wide range of industries including technology, finance, consumer goods, energy, media, and healthcare. We’re drawn to any startup that has a clear view of its customers and users, is brand-driven, or holds a strong vision of global social impact.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Financial Services, Impact Investing, Venture Capital
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New Market Education Partners
New Market Education Partners specializes in seed/startup, early venture, mid venture, and late venture investments.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Fulton, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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ETC (Emerging Technology Centers)
Founded in the late 1990s as a non-profit 501(c)3 venture of the Baltimore Development Corporation, the ETC (Emerging Technology Centers), promotes economic growth by providing its member companies with the resources they need — seed capital, mentors, potential partners, a collaborative community, etcetera — to get where they want to go, as quickly as possible. Over the years, hundreds of companies have passed through our doors, creating thousands of jobs, and raising billions of dollars in outside funding.
Stages: Seed
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Communities, Financial Services, Information Technology, Non Profit, Professional Services
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Conscious Venture Lab 6 Urban Resilience
The CVLab Accelerator program is an intensive 4-month study in Consciousness, Customers, and Capital. That is, building a foundation of purpose for your business, and helping you to develop no-nonsense customer acquisition capabilities. We will then align you with like-minded sources of capital. Many accelerators spend what we think is an inordinate amount of time prepping their entrepreneurs for the investor demonstration or “Demo” Day. While we value practice and preparation we think smart investors will get just as excited about a business model validated by real customers as they might be about a really slick presentation. Our investor day will be about demonstrating traction. We’ll work with you to drive customer validation, not just to create a pretty presentation. We think our investors will like that.
Stages: Private Equity, Seed, Venture
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North America
Industries: Asset Management, Business Development, Financial Services
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