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Best Investment Tech Companies in Charlotte, United States

The 37 best Investment Tech companies in Charlotte, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Tradier.

37companies tracked
$73.8Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
14have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · INVESTMENT TECH × CHARLOTTE

Our analysis of 122 Investment Tech companies

$16.8b in tracked funding; 93% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

122companies analysed
93%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
18unicorns
2019median founding year

Ranked: Best Investment Tech companies in Charlotte

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesFoundedFounderPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Tradier
Brokerage services and technology solutions for active traders and businesses
$29M41 mo agoSeries B192012Peter Laptewicz
Co-Founder
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2DealCloud
Deal-flow management tools for alternative investment industry
$10M111 mo agoAcquired2582010———
3Clear Markets
Innovators in electronic trading systems for fixed income and credit derivatives
$9M97 mo agoSeries A132012———
4Amicus
Cloud-based donation management software for foundation & nonprofits
$9M69 mo agoSeries B692017—6 patents
Self‑deploying interbody spinal fusion implants and specialized insertion tools
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5OWL
Financial database platform for individuals and businesses
$9M8 mo agoSeries A—2022Grant Carney
Co-Founder & CPO
57 patents
Advanced wide-angle optics, thermal stabilization, and multi-camera video compositing systems.
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6Adhesion Wealth
Portfolio and practice management solutions empowering advisors to optimize client outcomes
$2M206 mo agoAcquired20
20 → 46 (+130%)
1999———
7Atlas Point
AI-based platform for education tools for financial professionals and their clients
$2M44 mo agoSeed112018Carrie Nelson
Founder & CEO
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8Braggawatt
Online platform for project financing in solar energy projects
$2M100 mo agoSeed—2016Trey Ramsey
Co-Founder & CEO
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9Alpha Modus
AI-driven technology enhancing in-store consumer experience through data-driven marketing
$634K125 mo agoPublic32014Bill Alessi
Founder & CEO
25 patents
AI-driven personalized marketing and in‑store customer assistance for retail shopping
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10Vertical Investment Group
Online platform for real estate investments
$600K28 mo agoSeed—2024Christian O Avery
CEO
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11Honeyfi
Financial management solution for couples.
$300K79 mo agoSeed32016———
12BovaMetrics
Portfolio monitoring and rebalancing solution
$100K102 mo agoSeed—2016Robert Van Art
Founder
——
13Traderion
Cloud-based LMS platform for collaborative learning
$100K131 mo agoSeed42012Florin Grosu
Co-founder
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Top 12 Investment Tech companies in Charlotte

#1
Series A · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2022
$8.7Mraised
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Financial database platform for individuals and businesses. Focused on gather billions of public data points, helping them find, analyze, and connect with fund managers globally. Offers solutions to track the global positions of fund managers, track the performance and portfolio metrics for favorite fund managers, track business data, view the manager investments of leading allocators, and more.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Series A$4M
  • Oct 2024Series A$5M
  • Dec 2023Series A$3.7M
Founders & team
Grant CarneyCo-Founder & CPOCampbell WilsonCo-Founder & CEOZak MayCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Nellore Capital Management, TFJ Capital, Capitalallocators, Teamworthy Ventures
#2
Series B · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2012 · 19 employees
$29.2Mraised
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Brokerage services and technology solutions for active traders and businesses. It provides a customizable trading platform with enhanced features. The company offers tools to simplify investing through an open collaboration platform. Robust APIs provide trading, market data, and brokerage services. Platforms include web, mobile, and a full-featured platform designed by industry experts. Services extend to options, stocks, and ETFs via a scalable, secure API for businesses and developers. The company offers access to trading, account management, and market data. It provides solutions for various platforms, emphasizing reliability and institutional-grade performance. Premium support is available via phone, email, and fax. The company caters to fintechs, educators, and advisors, offering integrated trading platforms. It also provides market insights through a weekly newsletter. The company focuses on delivering choice, value, and innovation through open technology, fostering a community of traders, providers, and developers.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 28.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 partnerships (incl. Standwits) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2023Series B$24.6M
  • Sep 2016Series A—
  • Jan 2015Conventional Debt$1.5M
  • 2014Series A—
Founders & team
Peter LaptewiczCo-FounderDan RajuFounder
Investors
PEAK6, F-Prime Capital, KF Ventures, Eight Roads Ventures
Tech stack
AdrollAdroll Cmp SystemAlgoliaAlpine.JsAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3
#3
Seed · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2024
$600Kraised
▾

Online platform for real estate investments

Founders & team
Christian O AveryCEO
#4
Series B · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2017 · 69 employees
$8.7Mraised
▾

Cloud-based donation management software for foundation & nonprofits. Some of its features are a digital portal, client relationship protection, ecosystem, white label solutions, API integration, etc. It connects donors to non-profit projects and provides data and analytics to track every dollar spent, supply chain management, and performance management tools for non-profits.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2020Series B$8.7M
  • Jun 2017Seed$20K
Investors
RevTech Labs, Queen City FinTech, The FR Group, Wells Fargo, Stacked, CFV Ventures
#5
Seed · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2018 · 11 employees
$2Mraised
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Developer of science and analytic platform designed to initiate conversations between financial professionals and their clients. The company uses technology, industry experience, and behavioral science theory to help financial advisors start meaningful conversations with clients, enabling financial institutions personalizes and deepen human connections at scale.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers — 7.4% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Carrie NelsonFounder & CEO
#6
Acquired · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2010 · 258 employees
$10.1Mraised
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Deal Cloud is a cloud-based software that allows alternative investment firm to centrally manage all firm activities, collaborate efficiently, and to build a firm-wide knowledge base that can survive Associate turnover. The community facilitates a B2B professional network where private company buyers and sellers along with professional service firms, lenders, and executives can collaborate securely to manage the deal process.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2017Series A$4.5M
  • Dec 2015Series A$5.3M
  • Aug 2012Seed$266K
  • Jun 2012Grant (prize money)—
Investors
Cultivation Capital, Hamilton Lane, FINTOP, Holton Capital Group
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpGravity FormsYoast Seo PremiumYoast Seo
#7
Series A · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2012 · 13 employees
$9Mraised
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Innovators in electronic trading systems for fixed income and credit derivatives. The company develops and operates electronic marketplaces and trading technologies. They provide seamlessly integrated trading and post-trade services. The firm offers multiple trading protocols and functionality, including Quote (RFQ), Central Limit Order Book (CLOB), click-to-trade, and limit/resting orders. They deliver a multi-asset platform with global reach, serving participants in Asia, Europe, and North America. The business provides a flexible infrastructure that adapts to evolving participant needs and regulatory environments. They offer transparent pricing, ease of use, and intelligent safeguards. The company provides connectivity to both internal and third-party systems. Their core values include cultivating relationships, seeking excellent people, using and developing the best technology, fostering creativity, and encouraging collaboration.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2018Series A$9M
Investors
SBI Group
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpGravity FormsTablepressApache Http Server
#8
Seed · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2016
$1.9Mraised
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Braggawatt provides an online platform for project financing for SMEs and Non-profits and solar installers. The proprietary, end-to-end online platform facilitates the origination, financing, and deployment of solar energy projects SMEs and Non-profits can use the platform to finance their solar installations and installers can use it to identify projects available and avail finance to undertake those projects. Companies have to apply online by providing details and solar preferences. The platform provides financing options which can be accepted online and agreements are then signed by the company and the service provider.

Funding rounds
  • May 2018Seed$1.9M
Founders & team
Trey RamseyCo-Founder & CEOOleg PopovskyCo-founder/CCO
Investors
CellCube
Tech stack
Nginx
#9
Acquired · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 1999 · 20 employees
$2.2Mraised
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Portfolio and practice management solutions empowering advisors to optimize client outcomes. They offer a comprehensive platform with software and services designed to streamline investment operations for financial advisors. The platform provides tools for overlay management, monitoring, trading, rebalancing, and flexible portfolio construction. They support multi-custodial solutions, investment consulting, and direct indexing. The advisor desktop offers performance reporting, proposal generation, and practice insights. They also provide digital enrollment and workflow management. Their solutions cater to RIAs, advisors seeking independence, and asset managers. They focus on improving practice efficiencies, enabling advisors to focus on client relationships and firm growth. They offer outsourced managed account solutions, extensive investment content, and flexible deployment options. The platform supports various investment programs and methodologies, including tax transition and management. They provide a brandable advisor desktop with a view of performance, analytics, and reporting. The platform helps advisors offer separately managed account (SMA) and unified managed account (UM

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 20.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Zacks Investment Management) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2009Series A$2.2M
Tech stack
Apache Http Server
#10
Seed · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2024
$20Kraised
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Provider of AI-powered joint banking solutions for couples. It offers a platform that integrates with existing bank accounts, enabling couples to track spending, split bills automatically, set shared savings goals, and communicate about finances through an integrated chat function. The platform includes a couples financial assistant AI, providing budgeting and financial advice. The service facilitates joint purchases and savings, while maintaining individual account control.

Funding rounds
  • 2024Seed$20K
Founders & team
Dmitri LoveCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Techstars, Antler
#11
Seed · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2016 · 3 employees
$300Kraised
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Honeyfi is an app that helps couples manage their finances together. The app creates the channel for financial collaboration through shared budgets and goals, insights, and private chat. The app also allows couples to connect and share (with permission) their financial data with trusted third parties, such as financial advisors, accountants, and our selected merchant partners.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2020Seed$100K
  • Aug 2019Seed$75K
  • Sep 2018Seed—
  • Sep 2018Seed$20K
Investors
Techstars, Barclays, Commerce.Innovated, LAUNCH Accelerator
#12
Public · Charlotte, North Carolina · founded 2014 · 3 employees
$633.6Kraised
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AI-driven technology enhancing in-store consumer experience through data-driven marketing. The company creates, develops, and licenses data-driven technologies to enhance the consumer in-store digital experience at the point of decision. By identifying consumer behavior and product interaction in real-time, businesses can curate tailored marketing solutions that cater to the specific and immediate needs of a shopper, at the key moment they ponder whether or not to make a purchase. The company encompasses AI-driven targeted marketing efforts to make sure brands and retailers reach the correct consumer at the point of purchase. Through digital displays or mobile devices, the objective is to make sure customers receive real time and up to date product information and purchase promotions, at the point of sale. It facilitates delivery of valuable insights right from the point of purchase, enabling smart inventory management and planograms. The company leverages real-time data to alert store associates of long lines, suspicious activity, or the need to restock an item.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 344 LinkedIn followers — 2.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 3 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2016Seed$633.6K
Founders & team
Bill AlessiFounder & CEO
Investors
Corsa Ventures
Tech stack
Contact Form 7GodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Workspace

Funding & investor landscape

$73.8Mtotal disclosed funding
16companies funded
24disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
RevTech Labs3 rounds
CFV Ventures2 rounds
RevTech Labs Capital2 rounds
Stacked2 rounds
Techstars2 rounds
Antler1 rounds
Barclays1 rounds
Bonhill Capital1 rounds
Capitalallocators1 rounds
CellCube1 rounds

Notable founders

Grant Carney
Co-Founder & CPO · OWL
Campbell Wilson
Co-Founder & CEO · OWL
Peter Laptewicz
Co-Founder · Tradier
Dan Raju
Founder · Tradier
Christian O Avery
CEO · Vertical Investment Group
Carrie Nelson
Founder & CEO · Atlas Point
Trey Ramsey
Co-Founder & CEO · Braggawatt
Oleg Popovsky
Co-founder/CCO · Braggawatt
Dmitri Love
Co-Founder & CEO · Peas Technology
Bill Alessi
Founder & CEO · Alpha Modus
Robert Van Art
Founder · BovaMetrics
Florin Grosu
Co-founder · Traderion
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 4,096,926 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Investment Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States

How research on Fintech is moving in the United States

A read on the academic research around Fintech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 907 United States-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201620212026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 23% → 38% across 2016–2026.
top research entities
  • Film Independent54
  • United States Department of Commerce26
  • Community Partners22
  • University of Virginia18
  • International Monetary Fund12
leading researchers
Crypto Education Research Lab · Kapil Dharika · Bibitayo Ebunlomo Abikoye · Adesola Oluwatosin Adelaja · Stanley Chidozie Umeorah · Pingale, Mandar Vijay · Hajwane, Shaeena Samir · Rogers, Anuoluwapo
▲ Breakthroughs97 · 11%
▲ 0%→11% share
0 median citations96% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→11% of field), led by Financial services.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services42
  • Database transaction16
  • Payment15
  • Scalability12
  • Credit risk11
Newly emergingFinancial services 0→41 · Database transaction 0→15 · Payment 0→14
Landmark E.T.-RNN · 87 cites
◆ Advancements352 · 39%
▲ 28%→41% share
▲1.5× share momentum0 median citations95% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (28%→41% of field), led by Financial services.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services7→190
  • Financial inclusion2→74
  • Payment2→50
  • Mobile payment3→29
  • Leverage (statistics)1→21
Newly emergingTransformative learning 0→37 · Database transaction 0→34 · Financial literacy 0→32
Landmark Fintech Adoption Drivers for Innovation for SMEs in Indonesia · 143 cites
▼ Concerns281 · 31%
▼ 56%→29% share
▼0.5× share momentum0 median citations83% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (56%→29% of field), led by Financial services.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services9→149
  • Financial inclusion1→56
  • Payment2→27
  • Investment (military)1→19
  • Cryptocurrency1→17
Newly emergingFinancial market 0→22 · Big data 0→18 · Corporate governance 0→18
Landmark The FinTech Opportunity · 433 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States

Where fintech is researched across United States

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

New York25 · +0.24
Hot · Financial servicesAdvancing · Credit riskOpportunity · Big dataConcern · Financial innovation
Seattle14 · +0.21
Hot · Financial servicesOpportunity · LoanConcern · Financial inclusion
Philadelphia13 · +0.19
Hot · Digital transformationAdvancing · Financial servicesOpportunity · Leverage (statistics)
Boston12 · +0.34
Hot · Financial servicesOpportunity · Key (lock)Concern · Financial innovation
Los Angeles8 · +0.42
Hot · Credit riskOpportunity · Financial services
Ann Arbor8 · +0.49
Hot · Financial servicesAdvancing · Financial inclusionOpportunity · Risk management
SF Bay Area5 · +0.42
Hot · Financial servicesOpportunity · Leverage (statistics)
Chicago5 · +0.08
Opportunity · Financial market
Atlanta5 · +0.36
Hot · Financial servicesOpportunity · Credit card
PATENT SIGNAL · United States

Who's filing fintech patents in the United States

United States fintech patent filing is accelerating — 20 filings from 16 assignees (2016–2025), led by Mastercard International, Verifone, Financial Cloud Innovations; annual filings 1→7.

20 filings16 assigneespeak 7/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Mastercard International20
  • Verifone4
  • Financial Cloud Innovations2
  • Atombeam Technologies2
  • Salah ALI Khalil1
  • LNW Gaming1
  • Kassetty Nikhil1
  • DR Mariappan RAJA1

Common questions

How many Investment Tech companies are there in Charlotte, United States?
Radar tracks 37 indexable Investment Tech companies headquartered in Charlotte, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Investment Tech companies in Charlotte, United States?
The Investment Tech companies in Charlotte, United States on this list have raised a combined $73.8M in disclosed equity funding across 16 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Investment Tech company in Charlotte, United States?
Tradier is the highest-funded Investment Tech company in Charlotte, United States, with $29.2M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Investment Tech companies in Charlotte, United States are funded?
16 of the 37 Investment Tech companies in Charlotte, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Investment Tech unicorns are there in Charlotte, United States?
None of the Investment Tech companies in Charlotte, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Charlotte, United States Investment Tech companies?
The most active investors in Charlotte, United States Investment Tech companies on this list include RevTech Labs, CFV Ventures, RevTech Labs Capital, Stacked, Techstars.
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