Amex Ventures Insights

Strengthening the Bridge: The Evolution of Business Development at Amex Ventures

Head of Business Development, Ope Runsewe, reflects on the lessons learned from evolving a business development function within a CVC, offering practical insights for startups, VCs, and other innovation leaders.

American Express Launches New Partnership with Homebase

At Amex Ventures, we continue to help fuel innovation at American Express by forging meaningful connections between the startup ecosystem and our internal business units. Nearly two-thirds of our portfolio companies have had commercial relationships with American Express, whether through distribution to our Card Members or merchants, co-developing products, or becoming valued enterprise customers. We're excited to share that Homebase and American Express recently teamed up on an offer that furthers our shared mission of supporting small businesses.

How Amex Ventures is Supporting Generative AI Innovation

At American Express, innovation has always been fundamental to the value that we provide our customers. With a 175-year legacy, we deliver our products and experiences in a way that is consistent with our brand promise of trust, service, and security, and we’ve consistently embraced emerging technologies to evolve those products and experiences—including Generative AI (Gen AI).

Startups, AI, and the Future of Innovation: Key Takeaways from SXSW London

Recently at SXSW London, Amex Ventures’ Global Head, Matt Sueoka, opened the Startups track programming with a keynote focused on the next wave of global innovation and the role that the startup ecosystem in the UK, and Europe more broadly, can play.

A Message From Amex Ventures

We’re optimistic about the state of corporate venture capital (CVC) and the startup ecosystem. In the face of economic uncertainty and shifting user behavioral trends, entrepreneurs can thrive, showing resilience and ingenuity. We continue to be proud of the positive impact that our investment strategy delivers – for Amex and, importantly, for our portfolio companies in the Consumer, Fintech, Commerce, Enterprise Technology & Software, and Frontier Tech sectors.

Gen AI and The Enterprise: An Amex Ventures Perspective

We believe that Generative AI (Gen AI) is poised to be transformational across various industries. Amex Ventures, in partnership with colleagues from American Express’ Technology,Servicing, Strategy, and Amex Digital Labs business units, brought together a group of founders focused on helping drive Gen AI adoption at enterprises of all sizes.

American Express and Knot Announce New Functionality

We’re excited to share a significant milestone with our portfolio company Knot. Knot’s platform streamlines the process of consumers managing and updating their card-on-file payment methods for recurring payments, subscriptions, and accounts without requiring any technical integration by merchants

Welcome to Amex Ventures Insights

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Amex Ventures Teams Up with Project W to Support Women Founders

Partnership is a critical component of how Amex Ventures supports founders: we partner with them to bring new products and services to market, grow their companies, and benefit our mutual customers.

Amex Ventures Presents a Discussion on Innovation

Our mission at Amex Ventures is to invest in startups with innovations that can create strategic value.  One way we engage with startups is through events, which showcase the benefits that we bring founders as a strategic investor and growth platform. In addition to this, we aim to provide founders and others who attend our events with meaningful access to, and insights from, leaders within our company.