Builders from the ground up.
Our founding team spent years advising PE and VC firms on how to scale fintech. We know what founders need to succeed.
From the gap to the solution.
In 2018, our founding team recognized a structural problem in fintech venture capital. Exceptional founders with solid market opportunities were failing because they lacked access to operational infrastructure and institutional capital.
As management consultants advising multiple PE and VC firms on building and scaling fintech companies, we saw this pattern repeatedly. The best ideas failed not because the markets were wrong or the teams weren't capable—but because the support systems didn't exist.
So we decided to build The Lab ourselves. We took our operational expertise, our capital network, and our technical depth in financial services and created a new model: active venture building instead of passive fund management.
The Recognition
Our advisory work revealed a systematic gap: brilliant founders lacked infrastructure at the critical early stage.
The Model
We developed an operational VC framework combining capital, expertise, technology, and market access into one complete partnership.
The Launch
SteelBridge Labs opened with two hubs—Pittsburgh for investment leadership and Miami for engineering—and funded our first cohort of founders.
Today
10+ portfolio companies building the next generation of financial services infrastructure, supported by our complete infrastructure offering.
We fund the founders and infrastructure reshaping how financial services are built and delivered. Not as passive investors. As active partners embedded in every step of the journey.
Meet the founders. Meet the team.
Our core team brings 60+ years of combined experience in fintech, operations, and venture building.
James Haluszczak
Managing Partner, Investment
Sarah Gorman
Managing Partner, Operations
Michael Chen
VP Engineering, Miami Hub
Lauren Murphy
VP Growth & Partnerships
Thomas Cole
Former CEO, Major FinTech
Rachel Walsh
CFO Advisory, 15+ exits
Kevin Jackson
Regulatory & Compliance Expert