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Top 35 Financial Services Startup Investors in Tanzania in November 2024

A list of 35 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Financial services startups based in Tanzania. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Financial services companies from Tanzania. We update this investor list every month.

Top 35 Financial Services Startup Investors in Tanzania in November 2024

Investor Financial Services Tanzania investments
Development Bank of Japan 2
NEC Capital Solutions 2
Vlad Tenev 2
Launch Africa 2
J-POWER 2
Amplo 2
Acasia Ventures 2
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners 2
Nyca Partners 2
Jonas Huckestein 1
Japan International Cooperation Agency 1
International Finance Corporation 1
DST Global 1
VentureSouq 1
Alex Bouaziz 1
Norrsken22 1
The Continent Venture Partners 1
SMBC Venture Capital 1
Bessemer Venture Partners 1
Ventures Platform 1
Acacia Venture Capital Partners 1
NEC Corporation 1
AAIC Investment 1
9Yards Capital 1
Accion Venture Lab 1
Laura Spiekerman 1
Aaron Fu 1
Peeyush Ranjan 1
DCG Expeditions 1
Shine Capital 1
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 1
HOF Capital 1
Ryan King 1
Sajid Rahman 1
The MBA Fund 1
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Development Bank of Japan VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Development Bank of Japan is an integrated investment and loan service provider to domestic and international clients. They will support sustainability management that balances economic and social value and will help to realize a sustainable society.
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Investment focus
  • Renewable Energy, Robotics, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Japan, United States, Tanzania
Portfolio highlights
  • Estie — Estie is a Development of AI / machine learning algorithm and new business in real estate company.
  • AALTO HAPS — The AALTO Zephyr is the most persistent fixed-wing High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) on the planet, capable of flying in the stratosphere for days, weeks, months at a time.
  • CesiumAstro — CesiumAstro builds high-throughput, software-defined phased array communication payloads for airborne and in-orbit platforms.
NEC Capital Solutions VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
NEC Capital Solutions Limited provides financial services in Japan. It's Main Business is Leasing for Information and Communication Equipment, Office Equipment, Industrial Equipment and Installment Sales, Business Loans, Factoring Services, Business Outsourcing and Sales of Used Equipment.
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Investment focus
  • Internet, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Series B, Series A
  • Japan, United States, Tanzania
Portfolio highlights
  • GITAI — GITAI is a robotics startup for space development. The company aims to replace astronauts with robots that can work for a long time while being remotely controlled from earth while in low earth orbit space stations to decrease the burden on astronauts, shorten the time it takes to perform work in space, and reduce costs.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
  • Smart Shopping — Smartmat is an eco-friendly IoT purchase system for on-demand, no-hassle grocery with cost-effective shipping.
Vlad Tenev Angel · Palo Alto, California, United States · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Vlad Tenev is the current Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of HarmonicHarmonic. Vlad Tenev attended Stanford University.
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Investment focus
  • Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, India, Tanzania
Portfolio highlights
  • Ezra AI — Ezra provides full-body MRI screening for potential early cancer and abnormalities in up to 13 organs. Book a scan today.
  • Nala — A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
  • Parafin — Parafin provides you with an end-to-end solution to offer one-click financing to your sellers.
Launch Africa VC Fund · Ebène, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius · 6 investments in the past 12 months
Launch Africa is a fund with the primary objective of unlocking the capital constraints of Seed Stage tech startups.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
  • Bosso — Bosso projects and realizes automation and robotic solutions for the growth of your business.
  • Kredete — Kredete is a digital lending platform that provides free credit scores and reports to underserved individuals and small businesses in Africa to help them gain access to formal credit and improve their financial health. The platform connects borrowers with lenders and enterprises in Africa and is designed to simplify the lending process and makecredit more accessible by leveraging cutting-edge technology. Kredete offers a user-friendly platform that guides borrowers, lenders, and enterprises through the process of offering loans, making it simple for them to provide the right loan products for their needs.One of the key features of Kredete is its instant approval process, which is made possible by advanced algorithms and artificial intelligence. The platform offers flexible lending options by partnering with a variety of lenders and enterprises, enabling borrowers to choose the best option for their specific situation.Kredete is committed to protecting the privacy and security of all users' personal and financial information. It uses robust encryption and security measures to ensure that sensitive data remains safe and secure. Additionally, the platform maintains transparency throughout the loan process, providing lenders, enterprises, and borrowers with clear information about loan terms and associated fees.Kredete believes in empowering its users with the knowledge and resources they need to make informed financial decisions. To this end, the platform offers financial education, tools, and resources to help users better understand and manage their finances. Kredete also works closely with businesses and institutions to provide tailored financial solutions for their unique needs.Through its focus on accessibility, convenience, and transparency, Kredete is transforming the lending landscape in Africa and helping to bridge the financial inclusion gap. The platform remains dedicated to its mission of empowering lenders, enterprises, and borrowers across the continent to access the funds they need to achieve their financial goals.
  • Wahu Mobility — Wahu Mobility is an open e-mobility platform that connects drivers, passengers, and goods in a simple, inclusive, transparent, nationwide, and multimodal manner.
J-POWER VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
J-POWER Group believes that energy production and the environment can coexist in harmony. In light of this corporate philosophy, our environmental management aims to promote greater environmental responsibility while enhancing the economic value of our operations in order to further contribute to the development of a sustainable society. TheJ-POWER Group Environmental Management Vision is made up of a Basic Policy and an Environmental Action Program that defines specific tasks and goals and the means to achieve them. The Environmental Action Program brings together Corporate Targets, which define midterm targets for environmental initiatives, and Environmental Action Guidelines, which orient the initiatives to be implemented each fiscal year. J-POWER Group is working as a whole to realize environmental management in accordance with these targets and guidelines.
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Investment focus
  • Renewable Energy, Water, Biotechnology
  • Series A, Corporate Round, Seed
  • Japan, Tanzania
Portfolio highlights
  • GITAI — GITAI is a robotics startup for space development. The company aims to replace astronauts with robots that can work for a long time while being remotely controlled from earth while in low earth orbit space stations to decrease the burden on astronauts, shorten the time it takes to perform work in space, and reduce costs.
  • WOTA — Human history is the history of our relationship with water. Water gave rise to our civilizations. Water has nourished people's livelihoods. This means that humans need water supplies, such as rivers and lakes, to survive. At WOTA, we desire to remove every limitation we have in relation to water. By integrating small water systems into the“big water infrastructure” of the past, we can achieve a more creative and sustainable way of life. That is our belief. In cities and deserts, remote islands, and outer space. We imagine a future where water is freely available to all people. Our work will always continue.
  • Kyoto Fusioneering — Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors.
Amplo VC Fund · Spring, Texas, United States · 8 investments in the past 12 months
Amplo is a global venture capital firm helping build companies that matter. It specializes in the fields of financial services, venture capital and financial exchanges. Amplo was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Spring, Texas.
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Investment focus
  • Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, India, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
  • Nala — A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
  • Nodal — Nodal is a platform that efficiently connects vetted surrogates and intended parents, offering transparency, equity, education, and support for all parties on their journey.
  • Ensemble — Discover how a novel representation learning algorithm can increase the predictive power of your data in any domain and with any model.
Acasia Ventures VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
Acasia Ventures is a leading venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies throughout the Middle East and Africa. With a focus on being a first believer in innovation and entrepreneurship, the firm strives to support the growth of the next generation of market leaders through their unique and scalable solutions. Its Tech Fund I iscurrently targeting investments in tech-driven and tech-enabled startups at the pre-Seed to pre-Series A stages.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
  • Lengo — Lengo is an AI based intelligence platform that offers a large database on consumer goods for companies in the FMCG sector.
  • Menthum — Saving Made Simple
  • Bluworks.io — Bluworks.io is a HRTech SaaS platform offers cloud-based solutions.
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 12 investments in the past 12 months
UTEC-The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.. UTEC is a seed/early stage technology focused venture capital firm associated with The University of Tokyo.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Japan, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Estie — Estie is a Development of AI / machine learning algorithm and new business in real estate company.
  • Liminal — Advanced battery inspection and metrology with ultrasound and machine learning
  • SUN METALON — Next Generation Sustainable Metal Manufacturing
Nyca Partners VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 6 investments in the past 12 months
Nyca is a leading venture capital firm focused on connecting innovative companies to the global financial system.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Qapita — Qapita is a market leader in India & SEA built to automate workflows around equity management process for CapTables, ESOPs, Due-diligence, and Transactions.
  • Coverdash — Coverdash helps make insurance accessible to businesses of all shapes and sizes. Get the coverage you need in a dash.
  • Nala — A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Jonas Huckestein Angel · London, England, United Kingdom
Jonas Huckestein creates great products from scratch. After moving to the US from Germany in 2010 he was the first engineer at Campfire Labs (acquired by Groupon), founding CTO of Ark.com, and is a Director at the StartupBus. He got a Mathematics degree at 18, Computer Science at 21 and is on leave from technology management grad school. Beforemoving here he worked in management consulting.
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Investment focus
  • Banking, Logistics, Financial Services
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Tanzania, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Packfleet — We serve millions of Londoners, combining a top-notch delivery service with advanced technology to offer a carbon-neutral delivery experience like no other.
  • Nala — A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
  • Gradient Labs — An autonomous customer operations agent that simulates human agents, only faster and better.
Japan International Cooperation Agency VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is advancing its activities around the pillars of a field-oriented approach, human security, and enhanced effectiveness, efficiency and speed.
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Investment focus
  • Renewable Energy, Energy, Water
  • Debt Financing, Series A, Series C
  • China, Japan, Vietnam
Portfolio highlights
  • AMEA Power — Founded in 2016, AMEA Power has assembled a leading team of global industry experts to deliver clean energy projects across Africa, the Middle East and other emerging markets.
  • BINH DUONG Water Environment — BINH DUONG Water Environment is a water supply company that provides services such as exploitation, treatment, and supply of clean water.
  • Masdar — Masdar is a renewable energy manufacturer that develops utility-scale renewable energy projects. At Masdar, they are staunch backers of the UAE's shift towards a knowledge-intensive economy. The company's goal is to exemplify the commercial adoption of clean technologies and to represent the UAE’s broader dedication to sustainablepractices.
International Finance Corporation VC Fund · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 48 investments in the past 12 months
A strong and engaged private sector is indispensible to ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. That's where IFC comes in - we have more than 60 years experience in unlocking private investment, creating markets and opportunities where they are needed most.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
  • India, Brazil, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Ronesans Holding — Ronesans Holding offers construction, real estate development, energy, industrial facilities and health infrastructure development services.
  • Datagroup-Volia and Lifecell — Datagroup-Volia and Lifecell is a leading fixed-mobile operator.
  • Building Logistics Services (BLS) — Building Logistics Services (BLS) is a logistics services company that provides warehousing, transportation, light assembly services.
DST Global VC Fund · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 15 investments in the past 12 months
DST Global is an investment firm that funds late-stage ventures in the internet industry. Its investments include some of the world’s fastest-growing and most valuable companies. DST Global has offices in Menlo Park, New York, London, Beijing, and Hong Kong.The firm was founded in 2009 by Yuri Milner, Saurabh Gupta, John Lindfors, Rahul Mehta,and Tom Stafford.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Series C, Series B, Series D
  • United States, China, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Atlys — Atlys is the world's leading visa platform with 99.5% on-time delivery for over 150 destinations.
  • Zip — Zip is the new concierge for procurement. Increase employee adoption and get spend and risk under control.
  • Harmonic — Harmonic builds mathematical superintelligence. The company develops Mathematical Superintelligence (MSI), a next-generation artificial intelligence based on mathematical principles that ensures accuracy and eliminate hallucinations.
VentureSouq VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 7 investments in the past 12 months
VentureSouq operates a large co-investment platform with a global investment portfolio.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
  • Mala Inc. — Mala provides a buy now, pay later (BNPL) solution specifically designed for B2B transactions in the MENA region. The platform enables businesses to manage their cash flow more effectively while making purchases.
  • LayerPixel — LayerPixel uses a modular design to overcome TON's asynchronous limitations and leverage its sharding benefits.
  • PostEx — PostEx is a hybrid of receivables factoring solutions and courier services that pay invoice values upfront to e-commerce companies offering Cash on Delivery as one of their modes of payment.
Alex Bouaziz Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Alex Bouaziz co-founded Deel in 2018 where he now currently serves as chief executive officer. Earlier in his career, Alex has helped build startups such as Sarona Ventures, Lifeslice, and Cryptofighters.Alex is an MIT alumnus holding a master's degree in civil and environmental engineering. He also holds a BSc in civil and environmentalengineering from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
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Investment focus
  • Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, Mexico, Colombia
Portfolio highlights
  • Riot — Meet Riot, the all-in-one platform that drives better protection for your team.
  • Async — Share smart voice memos with anyone, everywhere you work and create. Just send a link.
  • The Network — The Network is a People Search Engine. We let you research and discover people by searching across dozens of platforms at once.
Norrsken22 VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 5 investments in the past 12 months
Norrsken22 is a tech growth fund, backed by an international network of tech founders, partnering with exceptional African entrepreneurs in scaling disruptive businesses.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, Banking, B2B
  • Series B, Series C, Pre-Seed
  • South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • Waza — Waza is a web platform with APIs. It helps startups and emerging market businesses manage their cash flow issues, invoicing needs, and international payment requirements.
  • Workpay — Looking for the best payroll software in Kenya? Workpay provides the best payroll software and hr software for your business in Kenya, Nigeria and for Africa
  • Nala — A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
The Continent Venture Partners VC Fund · Potomac, Maryland, United States
The Continent Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that offers investing in early-stage and growth capital for startup companies.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services
  • Pre-Seed
  • Tanzania
Portfolio highlights
  • Credable — Credable is the Digital Banking Platform that is driving the future of banking by embedding financial services in businesses across emerging markets.
SMBC Venture Capital VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 52 investments in the past 12 months
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Health Care, Software
  • Funding Round, Series B, Series A
  • Japan, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Quanmatic — Quanmatic is an information and technology company that provides algorithms development and solutions to bridge quantum technologies.
  • Good News — Good News is a staffing agency that provides recruitment, public relations, and human resource management services.
  • Okuma Diamond Device — Okuma Diamond Device supplies cutting-edge technologies that make diamond semiconductors vital.
Bessemer Venture Partners VC Fund · Redwood City, California, United States · 57 investments in the past 12 months
We partner with audacious entrepreneurs building enduring businesses.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Series B, Series A, Series C
  • United States, Israel, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Spot AI — Turn your Video Security into Video Intelligence. See, search and share video footage to improve the security, safety and efficiency of your business.
  • Melio — Pay and get paid for invoices quickly, simply, and without any of the usual costs. Increase cash-flow and reduce hassles with Melio Payments.
  • Leaner Technologies — Leaner Technologies provides cloud-based software for cost reduction analysis.
Ventures Platform VC Fund · Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria · 2 investments in the past 12 months
We back founders building the future of Africa. We invest in companies that solve for non-consumption, plug infrastructural gaps and democratise prosperity in Africa, by eliminating the barriers for access and reducing the costs of delivering goods and services.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
  • Lengo — Lengo is an AI based intelligence platform that offers a large database on consumer goods for companies in the FMCG sector.
  • Shekel Mobility — B2B marketplace for auto dealers to grow their dealerships leveraging on flexible inventory financing and management solutions. Available on web and mobile.
  • Maad — Maad is Francophone Africa's fastest-growing B2B marketplace, based in Dakar, Senegal. Our tech-driven solution allows retailers to order products from our one-stop shop and benefit from working capital loans
Acacia Venture Capital Partners VC Fund · Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Acacia is a cross border investment manager, specialising in private market investments. The team is composed of a diverse and international group that is primarily based in Shanghai.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Mexico, Colombia, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • REVER — REVER is born to disrupt how eCommerce returns work by making them easier and faster for everyone.
  • Credable — Credable is the Digital Banking Platform that is driving the future of banking by embedding financial services in businesses across emerging markets.
  • Eden Care Medical — Eden Care Medical is a mobile application that provides medical and health insurance as well as financial services.
NEC Corporation VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months
NEC Group under the Solution for Society principle delivers safety, security, fairness and efficiency to our society with our partners around the globe.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Series B, Pre-Seed
  • United States, Japan, Israel
Portfolio highlights
  • SWAT Mobility — SWAT Mobility is a smart mobility company that provides demand-responsive, ride-sharing technology in high capacity vehicles. We work with corporates, transport operators and government agencies to improve transport services. Learn more about how we can help you leverage technology for your transport.
  • Sakana AI — We are creating a new kind of foundation model based on nature-inspired intelligence.
  • Vibe Video — We are creating the first of its kind ai driven app that will allow creatives to have a critical analysis of their music paired with visuals.
AAIC Investment VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 2 investments in the past 12 months
We will continue to invest and support the growth of innovative companies towards sustainable economic growth and solving social issues.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • Zanifu — The zanifu platform, allows small retailers in Sub Saharan Africa, to procure inventory from their suppliers & pay later.
  • Waspito — We are the platform that engages Africa into the conversation and action to drive affordable and accessible quality healthcare across the continent.
  • Lapaire — Discover a wide range of high-quality & affordable eyeglasses at Lapaire Glasses. Book a free vision test with our professional optometrists to help you find your perfect pair of glasses to enhance your vision and style. Shops in 7 african countries: Benin, Ivory Coast, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Kenya and Uganda.
9Yards Capital VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Growth-stage venture capital.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Series A, Series B, Seed
  • United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • FloQast — FloQast builds cloud-based software that helps manage accounting departments by centralizing the workflow, assigning tasks, maintaining supporting documentation, and automating reconciliations. It specializes in the fields of accounting, financial services, and software as a service.
  • Onebrief — Through purpose-built interfaces, Onebrief lets users capture and reuse data across plans, and auto-generate planning products. Onebrief makes military planning fast enough to outpace near-peer adversaries.
  • Canopy Connect — Verify premiums, limits, deductibles with Canopy Connect. Use our agent dashboard or build with our insurance API for even greater flexibility.
Accion Venture Lab VC Fund · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 6 investments in the past 12 months
Accion Venture Lab is a leading early-stage investor in inclusive fintech, providing seed-first capital and strategic support to innovative startups that are meeting the financial needs of underserved people globally. Our global portfolio and local approach enable us to spot and respond to global trends faster, sharing learnings across geographies. Accion Venture Lab is an investment strategy of Accion and is managed by Accion Impact Management.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • India, United States, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
  • Sukhiba — Sukhiba is a decentralized community-based commerce platform.
  • Finfra — From application to decisioning to operations - FINFRA provides the necessary infrastructure and services for technology companies to embed financial services to their environment through a seamless integration.
  • Agrim Wholesale — Agrim Wholesale is a b2b e-commerce market for manufacturers and retailers.
Laura Spiekerman Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Laura Spiekerman is a co-founder and serves as CRO at Alloy. Prior to Alloy, Laura served as the head of business development and strategic partnerships at a payments company and a research/investments analyst in emerging markets at Imprint Capital Advisors.Laura holds a degree in political science from Barnard College and ColumbiaUniversity.
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Investment focus
  • SaaS, Banking, Software
  • Seed, Series A
  • United States, Tanzania
Portfolio highlights
  • Nala — A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
  • Vergo — Vergo is a financial technology company and is not a bank. Banking services provided by Blue Ridge Bank, N.A.; Member FDIC.
  • LaunchNotes — Thousands of leading companies use LaunchNotes to launch new products, announce new features, share product roadmaps, collect customer feedback, and more.
Aaron Fu Angel · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Aaron has 10+ years of global experience building, scaling and investing in technology products in corporate and startup environments. He has co-founded both B2B & B2C businesses, in Africa - he has led seed stage equity investments in 20+ startups (totaling $2m+), driven the exit of 3 startups in Africa, he also sits on the board of ofstartups ranging from AgriTech to Transport and has worked with 100s through partners like Visa, MTN, Airbus, Société Générale and the World Bank.Prior to the Catalyst Fund, he was the Managing Director of MEST, Africa’s Largest Pre-Seed Incubator, and Managing Partner for Africa at Nest.vc, a Hong Kong based fund, which he joined after a career in financial services.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, Apps, Software
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
  • OkHi — Smart addressing for emerging markets. Enabling businesses to collect an accurate address, navigate to it without getting lost and verity it remotely.
  • Nala — A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
  • Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
Peeyush Ranjan Angel · Palo Alto, California, United States
Peeyush Ranjan is the GM and VP of Google Pay, Fintech, and Next Billion Users at Google. He attended the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
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Investment focus
  • SaaS, Internet, Software
  • Seed, Series B, Series A
  • United States, India, Tanzania
Portfolio highlights
  • Koji — Koji is the world’s most powerful Link in Bio platform. With hundreds of free apps created by Koji and its community of independent developers, the Koji Link in Bio gives leading Creators on TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, and other social media platforms new ways to engage audiences, connect with supporters, and monetize.
  • Hatica — Hatica aggregates activity from all your work apps to power software engineering dashboards and gen AI-driven insights to help teams drive velocity, alignment and well-being.
  • Nala — A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
DCG Expeditions VC Fund · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Luno Expeditions is a global early-stage investor supporting fintech & crypto founders on their journeys to build the next generation of financial services.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United States, India, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • Onmeta — Onmeta
  • Anchor — Anchor is building the infrastructure needed for businesses to build, launch, and scale banking and payment solutions.
  • Sealance Corp. — Sealance provides financial services, cryptography and other services.
Shine Capital VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 5 investments in the past 12 months
Shine is a venture capital firm that partners with relentless, creative, convincing entrepreneurs from the earliest stages of company building.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Blockchain, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Spain, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • 10Beauty — The only 5-step manicure machine in the world.
  • iVerify — IVerify is a mobile threat hunting company that provides mobile security solutions for individuals who want to know they can trust their devices with their most sensitive information without sacrificing privacy.
  • Mother Games — MOTHER Games is an art and media company that creates transformative experiences through play, blending creativity and innovation to craft unique and engaging interactive experiences.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 22 investments in the past 12 months
We are a nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
  • Grant, Series A, Series B
  • United States, United Kingdom, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Schrödinger — Schrödinger’s industry-leading computational platform facilitates the research efforts of biopharmaceutical and industrial companies, academic institutions and government laboratories worldwide. Schrödinger also has wholly-owned and collaborative drug discovery programs in a broad range of therapeutic areas.Schrödinger is deeply committed toinvesting in the science and talent that drive its computational platform. Schrödinger was founded in 1990, has over 700 employees and is engaged with customers and collaborators in more than 70 countries. To learn more visit www.schrodinger.com.
  • Noze — Stratuscent's leading scent detection technology empowers next-generation products with the sense of smell. We build proprietary libraries of "scentprints" that can be deployed right away, and we can also help our partners build custom libraries for their own unique applications.
  • Radiant Biotherapeutics — Radiant Biotherapeutics: Transformative, multi-valent, multi-specific antibody platform: Multabody
HOF Capital VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 7 investments in the past 12 months
HOF Capital is a global technology investment firm that leverages its global limited partner network to help founders build massive businesses.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, Singapore, India
Portfolio highlights
  • xAI — XAI is an AI company that develops a platform to accelerate human scientific discovery. The company primarily focuses on developing advanced AI systems that are truthful, competent, and maximally beneficial for all of humanity. Its mission is to understand the true nature of the universe.
  • Apriora — Conduct real-time interviews with your AI Interviewer
  • Nala — A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Ryan King Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Ryan is the Co-founder and CTO of Chime. Previously, Ryan was the VP of Engineering of Plaxo, an early professional social networking pioneer which was acquired by Comcast Interactive Media. Prior to Plaxo, Ryan worked at Liberate Technologies and Microsoft.Ryan earned a M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University and a B.S. in ComputerScience & Engineering from UCLA.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Finance, Software
  • Series A, Series B
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Unit21 — Unit21 helps protect businesses against adversaries through a simple API and dashboard for detecting and managing money laundering, fraud, and other sophisticated risks across multiple industries.
  • Nala — A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
  • Parafin — Parafin provides you with an end-to-end solution to offer one-click financing to your sellers.
Sajid Rahman Angel · Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
Sajid currently works as Managing Partner at MyAsiaVC He attended London Business School.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • India, Nigeria, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
  • ImaliPay — ImaliPay is a financial health platform offering financial products to freelancers and blue collar gig workers in partnership with gig platforms.
  • EquityList — Equity management with online cap table management and employee stock option programs (ESOP) administration. Available free for Indian startups
  • 10 Minute School — 10 Minute School is the largest online educational platform in Bangladesh. Through our website, app, and social media, more than 10 Million+ students are accessing quality education each day to accelerate their learning.
The MBA Fund VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States · 4 investments in the past 12 months
The MBA Fund is a VC fund and network of founders, executives and investors committed to mentoring and investing in leading early-stage, student and alumni founders. The firm was founded in 2018 by Josh Hoffman-Senn, Hiro Tien, Sieva Kozinsky and Hansae Catlett.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Food and Beverage, Software
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • United States, Ghana, France
Portfolio highlights
  • Mbue — AI for Architectural review. To help Architecture, Engineering and Construction firms build better businesses by providing AI-based quality control tools.
  • Hue — Hue helps brands and retailers embed TikTok-style shoppable videos on their e-commerce websites to give customers confidence to add to cart. 88%+ of customers seek videos of people trying products (i.e. social proof) before purchasing them. Using Hue’s shoppable UGC video technology, 20+ brands like Credo Beauty, Live Tinted, 111Skin, and more haveachieved a 23% increase in sales, 35% increase in conversion and a 40-50% higher ROAS with Hue UGC. Hue’s comprehensive UGC video solutions allow brands and retailers to showcase authentic video reviews, application videos and tutorials on their e-commerce websites, ads and social channels.
  • Papaya — Papaya is the quickest way to order and pay in restaurants and bars and enjoy a seamless ordering and payment experience with personalized offerings. Restaurants and bars turn tables faster, experience increased basket sizes, and better understand their customer base.
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