# Allan Gray

> Allan Gray is a VC fund in Alfred backing FinTech and Payments. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Alfred, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/allan-gray/
- Website: https://www.allangray.co.za

Allan Gray is a VC fund in Alfred focused on FinTech and Payments. Allan Gray is privately owned investment management company focused on generating long-term wealth for investors.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $456k–$4M |
| Series A | $1.3M–$31M |
| Series C | $70M–$100M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 21% |
| Payments | 3 | 21% |
| Mobile Payments | 3 | 21% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 21% |
| SaaS | 2 | 14% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 21% |
| Series A | 3 | 21% |
| Series C | 2 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 14% |
| Grant | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa | 8 | 57% |
| United States | 2 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shekhar Ramphal | QA Technical Lead | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shekhar-ramphal |
| Allan Gray | Founder | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allan-gray-4767 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Peach Payments | Peach Payments provides payment solutions to online and mobile businesses enabling them to easily accept payments from consumers across the globe and especially from those in the emerging markets. Our specific focus is on Africa and the BRIC countries where the local infrastructure requires a unique and tailored approach to online payments. | $31M | Series A | Apr 04, 2023 |  |
| Sendmarc | Sendmarc is offers email protection from phishing attacks and email impersonation. | $7M | Series A | Feb 08, 2023 |  |
| onafriq | MFS Africa is the largest mobile money inter-operability hub in Africa, which connects mobile network operators across the continent through a single API. In addition to mobile remittance services, the MFS Africa API enables merchant payment, bulk payment, bank-to-wallet transfers, and an array of other cross border digital payments services. | $100M | Series C | Jun 14, 2022 |  |
| Mobiz | Mobiz is a saas mobile marketing platform that connects brands with their customers. They generate text links with content, landing pages, and deliver them through SMS's broad reach. They specialize in text marketing services. They also provide tools for post-click experiences through templates and MMS campaigns. | $4M | Seed | Nov 23, 2021 |  |
| MFS Africa | MFS Africa is the largest mobile money inter-operability hub in Africa, which connects mobile network operators across the continent through a single API. In addition to mobile remittance services, the MFS Africa API enables merchant payment, bulk payment, bank-to-wallet transfers, and an array of other cross border digital payments services. |  | Series C | Nov 10, 2021 |  |
| onafriq | MFS Africa is the largest mobile money inter-operability hub in Africa, which connects mobile network operators across the continent through a single API. In addition to mobile remittance services, the MFS Africa API enables merchant payment, bulk payment, bank-to-wallet transfers, and an array of other cross border digital payments services. | $70M | Series C | Nov 10, 2021 |  |
| Peach Payments | Peach Payments provides payment solutions to online and mobile businesses enabling them to easily accept payments from consumers across the globe and especially from those in the emerging markets. Our specific focus is on Africa and the BRIC countries where the local infrastructure requires a unique and tailored approach to online payments. | $200K | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 01, 2021 |  |
| Synatic | Synatic is a modern data integration and automation platform that combines iPaaS, ESB, ETL and API Management into a simple yet powerful tool. Connect any system, whether through API (SOAP or REST), ODBC, flat file or SDK, all through drag and drop simplicity. Synatic also works with cloud, on-premise or hybrid systems. Overall, Synaticprovides a holistic integration solution that delivers value with incredible speed. With simple to use tools coupled with enterprise grade features, Synatic cuts data integration, automation and analytics time and cost by up to 80%. | $1M | Seed | Oct 23, 2020 |  |
| Inclusivity Solutions | Inclusivity Solutions are experts in creating inclusive digital insurance markets. We apply global experience and best practice to help mobile operators, insurers and other partners deliver sustainable insurance solutions for emerging consumers. We specialise in expanding markets to include unserved and underserved consumers to help protect themfrom shocks that can have devastating long-term financial consequences. It is estimated that up to 98% of people in emerging markets are unprotected from risks such as accidents, illness, death, natural disasters, and crop destruction. However, traditional insurance products, distribution models, and administration processes are ill-suited and uneconomical for serving these emerging consumers. Inclusivity Solutions delivers insurance solutions that meet the needs of emerging consumers and leverage the ubiquity of digital channels, such as mobile phones, to reach the greatest number of people. We provide the strategy, product and process design, implementation support, and platforms to not only introduce and grow digital insurance solutions, but also to build sustainable inclusive insurance markets. Inclusivity Solutions is backed by Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA); a leader in the global life reinsurance industry. RGA serves clients from operations in 26 countries around the world, delivering expert solutions in individual life reinsurance, individual living benefits reinsurance, group reinsurance, financial solutions, facultative underwriting and product development. | $1.3M | Series A | May 28, 2020 |  |
| Peach Payments | Peach Payments provides payment solutions to online and mobile businesses enabling them to easily accept payments from consumers across the globe and especially from those in the emerging markets. Our specific focus is on Africa and the BRIC countries where the local infrastructure requires a unique and tailored approach to online payments. | $500K | Venture - Series Unknown | May 20, 2020 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [UW Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/umkhathi-wethu-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [E Squared Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e-squared-investments) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Goodwell Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goodwell-investments) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Endeavor Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endeavor-catalyst) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Endeavor South Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endeavor-south-africa) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Launch Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-africa) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Allan Gray invest in?

Allan Gray invests primarily in FinTech, Payments and Mobile Payments startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Africa. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Allan Gray's check size?

Allan Gray typically joins rounds of $456k–$4M at Seed, $1.3M–$31M at Series A and $70M–$100M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Allan Gray participates in.

### How do I contact Allan Gray?

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### Who are the partners at Allan Gray?

The team at Allan Gray includes Shekhar Ramphal (QA Technical Lead) and Allan Gray (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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