# Aaron Fu

> Aaron Fu is a seed investor at Obuntu Foundation backing Financial Services and Internet. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Obuntu Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/obuntu-foundation)
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronqfu
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/AaronQFu
- Website: http://aaronfu.com

Aaron Fu is a seed investor at Obuntu Foundation 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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$4M |
| Pre-Seed | $100k–$280k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 4 | 19% |
| Internet | 3 | 14% |
| Software | 3 | 14% |
| Agriculture | 3 | 14% |
| Apps | 2 | 10% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 52% |
| Pre-Seed | 9 | 43% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenya | 4 | 19% |
| Nigeria | 4 | 19% |
| Egypt | 2 | 10% |
| Ghana | 1 | 5% |
| France | 1 | 5% |

11 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zone | Zone is a regulated blockchain network that enables payments and acceptance of digital currencies. | $8.5M | Seed | Mar 18, 2024 |  |
| Sand to Green | 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 | PaddyCover is offer a multi-channel platform that facilitates flexible and convenient payment for insurance packages. | $200K | Seed | Jan 10, 2023 |  |
| Farm to Feed | 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 | 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 | 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 AI Solutions (VAIS) | 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 | 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 | Agro Supply is a digital platform that connects farmers with financial management systems. | $200K | Pre-Seed | Jan 10, 2023 |  |
| Octavia Carbon | 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 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Fintech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-fintech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [9Yards Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/9yards-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CRE Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/africa-angels-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alter Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alter-global) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DFS Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dfs-lab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Endeavor Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endeavor-catalyst) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Obuntu Foundation

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Obuntu Foundation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aaron Fu | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-fu |

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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 21 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–$280k 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.

### When did Aaron Fu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Aaron Fu closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 21 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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