Alexandre Lazarow
Partner @ Cathay Innovation
San Francisco, United States
Alexandre Lazarow is a pre-seed investor at Cathay Innovation in San Francisco focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Alexandre Lazarow is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Founder and Managing Director of Fluent Ventures. Alexandre previously worked at Cathay Innovation as a Venture Partner. Alexandre Lazarow attended Harvard Business School.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 36%
Last updated:
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Industries Alexandre Lazarow invests in
Stages Alexandre Lazarow invests in
Countries Alexandre Lazarow invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $3.3M–$4M
- Pre-Seed
- $750k–$4.5M
- Series B
- $20M–$55M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 3 (27%)
- Financial Services 3 (27%)
- InsurTech 2 (18%)
- Insurance 2 (18%)
- SaaS 1 (9%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 3 (27%)
- Seed 2 (18%)
- Series B 2 (18%)
- Series C 2 (18%)
- Series A 1 (9%)
Country
- United States 4 (36%)
- Chile 1 (9%)
- Brazil 1 (9%)
- Pakistan 1 (9%)
- United Kingdom 1 (9%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| MatBook is a technology-driven company focused on transforming the cross-border procurement of building materials, primarily serving the construction industry. MatBook offers a one-stop material procurement platform that enables users—such as contractors and real estate developers—to browse a wide variety of building products, request samples,obtain estimates, and place orders directly through the platform | $750K / Pre-Seed / Apr 21, 2025 | ||
| Sidecar Health is an insurtech company that provides a personalized health insurance platform. Its platform offers customizable plans based on coverage needs and budget while being completely transparent about medical costs and payouts with comparable coverage and permits fast and easy transactions through a credit card to charge medical expensesupfront at the doctor's office and pharmacy of their choice, enabling consumers to get suitable and affordable health insurance plans.The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California . | $165M / Series D / Jun 26, 2024 | ||
| Bamboo provides broad access to private credit markets in Brazil through data technology making investing easier with greater trust and transparency.HOW IT WORKSBamboo builds relationships with companies and investors. Through data, structuring, governance and due diligence, Bamboo brings transparency and trust to the private debt marketfacilitating investments in great opportunitiesWith Bamboo, Companies originating debt have: - Real-time performance dashboard - Broad access to capital at fair terms - New issuances at the push of a button - Streamlined, recurring investor communicationsWith Bamboo Private Debt Investors have: - Standardized digital reporting with analytics, alerts and benchmarking - Broad access to private opportunities - Frictionless decision-making - Secondary market facilitated by real- time asset monitoring | $4M / Seed / Jan 17, 2023 | ||
| DealCart enables users to buy their favorite products in groups by allowing users to buy in groups and sharing deals on WhatsApp and other social media platforms. | $4.5M / Pre-Seed / Jul 27, 2022 | ||
| Zenbusiness is a corporate entity creation and management company that creates tech solutions focused on business identity theft protection, business management, and compliance. They use technology and automation to provide fast and low-cost services, expert support, and a personalized dashboard that puts everything customers need at theirfingertips. Zenbusiness uses these revelations to gain the funding it needed to deliver a single platform and expert support that business owners can trust as they start, manage, and grow their business. ZenBusiness's goal is to make the dream of starting a new business accessible to everyone across the country by offering low-cost formation, discounted business services, and expert support. | $200M / Series C / Nov 09, 2021 | ||
| Xepelin is a fintech company that offers a SaaS platform for small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America that can organize their financial information in real-time. It seeks to simplify access to capital for its clients by creating a Simple, Fast, and Safe experience. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Las Condes, Chile. | $30M / Series A / Jul 30, 2021 | ||
| Sidecar Health is an insurtech company that provides a personalized health insurance platform. Its platform offers customizable plans based on coverage needs and budget while being completely transparent about medical costs and payouts with comparable coverage and permits fast and easy transactions through a credit card to charge medical expensesupfront at the doctor's office and pharmacy of their choice, enabling consumers to get suitable and affordable health insurance plans.The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California . | $125M / Series C / Jan 26, 2021 | ||
| Zenbusiness is a corporate entity creation and management company that creates tech solutions focused on business identity theft protection, business management, and compliance. They use technology and automation to provide fast and low-cost services, expert support, and a personalized dashboard that puts everything customers need at theirfingertips. Zenbusiness uses these revelations to gain the funding it needed to deliver a single platform and expert support that business owners can trust as they start, manage, and grow their business. ZenBusiness's goal is to make the dream of starting a new business accessible to everyone across the country by offering low-cost formation, discounted business services, and expert support. | $55M / Series B / Nov 19, 2020 | ||
| Sidecar Health is an insurtech company that provides a personalized health insurance platform. Its platform offers customizable plans based on coverage needs and budget while being completely transparent about medical costs and payouts with comparable coverage and permits fast and easy transactions through a credit card to charge medical expensesupfront at the doctor's office and pharmacy of their choice, enabling consumers to get suitable and affordable health insurance plans.The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California . | $20M / Series B / Jul 23, 2020 | ||
| Enabling informal small businesses to thrive in Africa's emerging digital economy | Pre-Seed / Jun 20, 2020 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Cathay Innovation
Cathay Innovation is a multistage venture capital firm affiliated with Cathay Capital, investing in founders building transformative businesses across Europe, North America, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Its platform connects founders with investors and its ecosystem of leading Fortune 500 corporations to help startups scale and transformindustries with consumer-to-enterprise and AI solutions in commerce, fintech, digital health, and mobility/energy. Cathay Innovation now manages over €2.5B AUM with offices in Paris, Berlin, Madrid, San Francisco, Mexico City, Shanghai, and Singapore and has invested in over 150 startups, including Chime, Pinduoduo (NASDAQ: PDD), Glovo, Wallbox (NYSE: WBX), Owkin, Ledger, ZenBusiness, Alma, Descartes Underwriting, and more.
Cathay Innovation Contacts
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Rajive Keshup
Partner
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Costanza Carissimo
Director
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Denis Barrier
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Jacky Abitbol
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John Li
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FAQ
What does Alexandre Lazarow invest in?
Alexandre Lazarow invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and InsurTech startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Alexandre Lazarow's check size?
Alexandre Lazarow typically joins rounds of $3.3M–$4M at Seed, $750k–$4.5M at Pre-Seed and $20M–$55M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Alexandre Lazarow participates in.
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When did Alexandre Lazarow last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Alexandre Lazarow closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 11 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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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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