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Dana Eli-Lorch is Founding Partner and General Partner at Vesey Ventures (co-founded 2022 with Lindsay Fitzgerald and Julia Huang, all former Managing Directors at American Express Ventures), an early-stage fintech-focused venture firm with offices in Westport/New York and Israel. Vesey closed its $78M debut fund in April 2023, investing $1.5M-$3M initial checks in companies transforming financial services through fintech, commerce, and enabling infrastructure — specifically targeting startups "where opportunities for early partnerships with financial incumbents exist." A signature differentiator: Vesey issues bespoke "Strategy Sheets" alongside term sheets, acting as each portfolio company's first business development team by leveraging their deep relationships with financial institutions. Portfolio includes 26 investments; notable co-investments include Melio, Trulioo, Codat, DataGrail, Truework, Menlo Security, and EverC. Before co-founding Vesey, Dana spent 9 years as Managing Director at American Express Ventures (2013-2021), investing in 50+ fintech companies including Stripe, Plaid, and Melio and engineering 100+ partnerships between startups and financial incumbents. Also served as Board Observer at Signifyd (2018-2021). The firm is named after Vesey Street in New York City, where American Express is headquartered.