# Andrew Firman

> Andrew Firman is a pre-seed investor at Kaleo Ventures backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 41 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kaleo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaleo-ventures)
- Location: Dallas, United States
- Total investments: 41
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 2%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-firman/

Andrew Firman is a pre-seed investor at Kaleo Ventures in Dallas focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Focused on frontier market early-stage venture capital, with an emphasis on Sub-Saharan Africa pre-seed and seed-stage deals. Executed on 20+ early-stage deals in Africa.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 10 | 24% |
| FinTech | 5 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 12% |
| Finance | 4 | 10% |
| Software | 4 | 10% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 28 | 68% |
| Seed | 7 | 17% |
| Series A | 2 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 2% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 14 | 34% |
| Kenya | 6 | 15% |
| South Africa | 4 | 10% |
| United States | 4 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 5% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SunFi | SunFi tech solution help people access solar energy with installation and payment plans. | $1M |  | May 30, 2025 |  |
| Billboxx | Enabling businesses pay and get paid twice as fast | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Dec 11, 2024 |  |
| Beacon Power Services | Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities. | $9.1M | Series A | Nov 06, 2024 |  |
| Billboxx | Enabling businesses pay and get paid twice as fast |  | Pre-Seed | May 23, 2024 |  |
| CureRoot | CureRoot utilizes rich plant biodiversity for global drug discovery to address health challenges. |  | Pre-Seed | May 03, 2024 |  |
| Timon | Timon is a company that provides travel card for multiple currencies to manage all the expenses from the app. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 08, 2024 |  |
| Ivorypay | Ivorypay is a crypto payment gateway that enables businesses to get paid in stable cryptocurrency and leverage Defi and NFT for growth.Our goal is simply to create a blockchain based payment solution that powers seamless and cheap cross-border transactions in Africa without FX restrictions and also create better spend use cases for theexponentially growing base of crypto adopters on the continent. | $460K | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2023 |  |
| Earna | Seamless Cross-Border Payment for freelancers, remote workers and SMBs | $250K | Pre-Seed | Nov 20, 2023 |  |
| Logistify AI | Logistify AI is an operator of a platform for automatically verifying the inventory of producers, producers, retailers, suppliers, and distributors. By making automated CCTV computer vision, automated inventory verification in warehouses and factories, and building the infrastructure for last-mile distribution of food and beverages to reducedelivery costs, labor costs, and food waste, the company's platform works to unlock the potential of global trade. It also assists inventory managers in reducing inventory losses caused by human error in manual counting. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 05, 2023 |  |
| Hulugram | Hulugram helps to make Digital Transformation by providing a super application. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Aug 30, 2023 |  |

10 of 41 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ardent Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ardent-capital) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Future Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-africa) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [DFS Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dfs-lab) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ventures Platform](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ventures-platform) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Voltron Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/voltron-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Consonance Investment Managers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/consonance-investment-managers) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Kaleo Ventures

VC Fund · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Kaleo Ventures is an investment firm prefers to invest in early-stage companies across Africa.

3 contacts available at Kaleo Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Firman | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-firman |
| Ife Oyedele | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ife-oyedele-ll |
| Iretimipo Kukoyi | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iretimipo-kukoyi |

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## FAQ

### What does Andrew Firman invest in?

Andrew Firman invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Information Technology startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 41 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Andrew Firman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Andrew Firman closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 41 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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