Nellie Levchin, SciFi VC

Nellie Levchin is a Founding Partner at SciFi VC, an early-stage venture fund based in San Francisco that she co-founded. See sector focus and contact routes.

About Nellie Levchin

Nellie Levchin is a Founding Partner at SciFi VC, an early-stage venture fund based in San Francisco that she co-founded with her husband, PayPal co-founder Max Levchin. She invests in the next generation of financial products spanning pre-seed to growth stages, with a primary focus on fintech sectors including credit, infrastructure, insurance, payments, and real estate. The firm typically leads seed rounds and provides hands-on operational guidance to startups tackling hard, technical, and regulated problems. While specific check sizes for Levchin personally are not explicitly detailed, SciFi VC operates as an early-stage generalist firm with emphasis on fintech, artificial intelligence, and science. Her notable portfolio companies include Artivest and Glow, Inc., where she serves on early-stage boards, as well as Peach and Capchase, where she holds board membership. Levchin brings deep domain expertise from her prior roles as Chief Risk Officer at Clarium Capital Management and Product Manager at PayPal, which shapes the firm’s operator-led investing model. She currently focuses her philanthropic efforts on the Tipping Point Community and t

Nellie Levchin at a glance

Role
Partner
Organization
SciFi VC
Location
San Francisco, CA
Investor type
Venture Capital
Focus areas
Business Development, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Software, FinTech, Health Care, Information Technology, Biotechnology

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Nellie Levchin is based in San Francisco, CA.

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