Ramin Niroumand joined Motive Partners in 2023 and is a Partner leading the Ventures Investment Team out of the New York Office. At Motive, Ramin focuses on strategy, investment thesis, deal origination, execution and value creation for Motive Partners and its portfolio companies. Ramin brings extensive experience as an investor and operator, with a track record of scaling and supporting high-growth financial technology businesses.

Prior to joining Motive, Ramin founded embedded/capital, a Berlin-based early-stage financial technology investment firm. In 2023, embedded/capital was acquired by Motive Partners to form the early-stage investment arm of Motive Partners. Before that, he founded finleap, a fintech company builder that, between 2014 and 2021, built or invested in 15 ventures and developed over five corporate joint ventures and service companies. As the first European fintech ecosystem, finleap played a key role in driving the disruption of large legacy sectors including banking, insurance, and wealth management.

Earlier in his career, Ramin was one of the youngest Senior Consultants at Deloitte before leading digital innovation at DKB, Germany’s largest internet bank, where he worked on advancing electronic and mobile payments. Ramin is widely recognized for his contributions to shaping the digital transformation of financial services in Europe.

Ramin holds a BSc in Management Information Systems from HWR Berlin.

Partner and Head of Motive Ventures