Aaron Fu
Head of Growth @ Catalyst Fund
Nairobi, Kenya
Aaron Fu is a seed investor at Catalyst Fund in Nairobi focused on Financial Services and Internet. Aaron Fu is based out of New York, New York and is the Head of Venture Investments of DCG. Aaron previously worked at Catalyst Fund as a Partner. Aaron Fu attended the University of Oxford. Aaron Fu has received the LEAD Certificate: Corporate Innovation.
- Total investments:
- 22
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 68%
Last updated:
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Industries Aaron Fu invests in
Stages Aaron Fu invests in
Countries Aaron Fu invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $100k–$4M
- Pre-Seed
- $100k–$275k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 4 (18%)
- Internet 3 (14%)
- Software 3 (14%)
- Agriculture 3 (14%)
- Apps 2 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 11 (50%)
- Pre-Seed 9 (41%)
Country
- Kenya 4 (18%)
- Nigeria 4 (18%)
- Egypt 2 (9%)
- Ghana 1 (5%)
- France 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Zone is a regulated blockchain network that enables payments and acceptance of digital currencies. | $8.5M / Seed / Mar 18, 2024 | ||
| Sand to Green provides a long-term solution to the problems of desertification, land degradation, food security, and pressure on primary forests. | $1M / Seed / Feb 08, 2023 | ||
| PaddyCover is offer a multi-channel platform that facilitates flexible and convenient payment for insurance packages. | $200K / Seed / Jan 10, 2023 | ||
| Farm to Feed is a food supply chain company that is providing a digitally-enabled solution to food loss/waste. | $200K / Seed / Jan 10, 2023 | ||
| Assuraf is a leading Pan-African InsurTech based out of Dakar (Senegal) with focus in Francophone Africa. Building the much needed infrastructure and products that drive insurance inclusion and address and meet the needs of each individual across emerging markets | $200K / Pre-Seed / Jan 10, 2023 | ||
| Eight medical is a network of pre-hospital care professionals that provide urgent and emergency care when it matters most | $275K / Pre-Seed / Jan 10, 2023 | ||
| Visual and Artificial Intelligence Solutions (VAIS) is a deep-tech company that develops innovative and proprietary AI/deep learning algorithms and solutions for use in the domains of agricultural technology (AgriTech) and multispectral Earth Observation (EO) data analytics. | $200K / Pre-Seed / Jan 10, 2023 | ||
| Sand to Green provides a long-term solution to the problems of desertification, land degradation, food security, and pressure on primary forests. | $200K / Pre-Seed / Jan 10, 2023 | ||
| Agro Supply is a digital platform that connects farmers with financial management systems. | $200K / Pre-Seed / Jan 10, 2023 | ||
| Octavia Carbon is the Global South’s first Direct Air Capture (DAC) company. It designs, builds and deploys patented technology to filter CO2 from the atmosphere to reverse climate change and to end the fossil fuel age. Its approach uniquely leverages Kenya’s amazing geothermal energy, geology & talent to drastically accelerate DAC technologydown the cost curve. | $200K / Pre-Seed / Jan 10, 2023 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Catalyst Fund
Catalyst Fund is an inclusive FinTech accelerator that supports early-stage startups building innovative FinTech solutions for the 3 billion underserved in emerging markets. The company works with innovators in emerging markets who are building affordable, accessible, and appropriate solutions for underserved communities, and accelerate the localinnovation ecosystems around them.Catalyst Fund is supported by The UK Department for International Development (DFID) and JPMorgan Chase & Co., managed by BFA Global and fiscally sponsored by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
Catalyst Fund Contacts
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Wajiha Ahmed
Learning Manager
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Abby Butkus
Principal
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Akansha Kasera
Marketing and Communications Manager
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Asa Nyaga
Product Manager
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Carmen Merab
Assistant Communications Specialist
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FAQ
What does Aaron Fu invest in?
Aaron Fu invests primarily in Financial Services, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Aaron Fu's check size?
Aaron Fu typically joins rounds of $100k–$4M at Seed and $100k–$275k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Aaron Fu participates in.
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When did Aaron Fu last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Aaron Fu closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 22 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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