Current Firm
Haven Ventures
Investments
1+ companies
Focus
Fintech, Web3
About Joseph Guzel
Joseph Guzel is a venture capital investor at Haven Ventures who brings an immigrant, blue-collar background to fintech investing, having grown up in a Turkish-Jordanian family that built a Mediterranean restaurant chain after fleeing Kuwait during the Gulf War. He's betting his career on the bridge between traditional fintech and web3/DeFi, combining deep hands-on experience from early investments in companies like Chime and Step with a personal mission to serve underbanked populations that stems from watching his own family struggle to access mainstream financial products.
Focus Areas
FintechWeb3AIEnterpriseSaaS
Investment Stage
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Notable Investments
McLain Southworth