The best builders earn a second bet...and a third, and even a fourth.
Why we invested
The builders who understand a problem from the inside are often the ones best equipped to solve it. Erebor’s founding team had already built and scaled companies in the industries we know best, giving them firsthand experience with where traditional banking falls short for frontier sectors like AI, defense, and advanced manufacturing. We had watched many of those same companies struggle to find financial partners that understood their businesses. Erebor set out to build the bank those industries actually needed, and we backed that vision before the company had even secured the right to operate as one. At that stage, conviction came from the founders, the problem, and the opportunity.
Partnership
Becoming one of Erebor’s earliest customers gave us the opportunity to support the company from more than one side of the table. We have shared direct product feedback, connected the team with prospective customers across our portfolio, and helped build relationships with talent and strategic partners across the broader ecosystem. As the company has grown, our role has evolved with it, but the approach has remained consistent. We stay close, look for the moments where our network and experience can move the business forward, and show up in the ways the team needs most.
What we do for them
- → Senior hiring introductions across banking, compliance, and engineering
- → Warm introductions to portfolio companies as banking and lending clients
- → Strategic corporate and regulatory introductions
- → Hands-on product feedback as an early customer and design partner