# AAF Management Ltd.

> AAF Management Ltd. is a VC fund in Arlington backing Software and FinTech. See 123 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Arlington, United States
- Total investments: 123
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 2%
- Fund size: $3.9M
- Last fund: Jan 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aafmanagement/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/aaf_management
- Website: http://www.aaf.vc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aafmanagement

AAF Management Ltd. (AAF) is a leading early-stage venture capital firm focused on pre-Seed, Seed and Series A stage technology companies in North America. Since late 2016, we’ve invested in over 120 venture-backed portfolio companies across fintech, healthcare, consumer, enterprise software and deep tech. We are backed by over 95 LimitedPartners (LPs) across two funds. Our investors include leading multi-family offices, single family offices, royal families, c- level executives, ministers, ambassadors, fund-of-funds, foundations, hedge fund managers and other strategic investors across the US, Europe, and MENA region. We also actively manage Limited Partnership (LP) allocations into early stage emerging managers globally exposing us to over 600 venture-backed companies. We’ve backed emerging managers who were previous venture investors at prestigious firms such as Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Ventures, NEA, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins among others. Notable companies in our extended portfolio include: Deel, Ramp, Robinhood, Didi, Savage X by Fenty, StockX, Figure, Reddit, Current, Synthego, Epic Games, FiscalNote among many others. Notable exits in our extended portfolio include: CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD), TruOptik acq. by Transunion (NYSE: TRU), Prodigy acq. by Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST), Portfolium acq. by Instructure (NYSE: INST), now a Thoma Bravo Company, HeyDoctor acq. by GoodRx (NYSE: GDRX), Finmark acq. by Bill.com(NYSE: BILL) among others.

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$6.5M |
| Series A | $5.5M–$19M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 31 | 25% |
| FinTech | 21 | 17% |
| Financial Services | 18 | 15% |
| Health Care | 16 | 13% |
| Internet | 11 | 9% |

155 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 61 | 50% |
| Series A | 27 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 11 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 9 | 7% |
| Series B | 6 | 5% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 79 | 64% |
| India | 3 | 2% |
| Canada | 3 | 2% |
| Chile | 1 | 1% |
| Panama | 1 | 1% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Evan Hendrick | Senior Investment Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evan-hendrick |
| Kyle Hendrick | Founder & General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyle-hendrick |
| Matt Michelsen | Venture Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-michelsen |
| Omar Darwazah | Managing Director and General Partner | 39 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omar-darwazah |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vero Technologies | Vero Technologies is a commercial lending platform providing end-to-end inventory loan management software for SMBs. It combines software and services to enable financial institutions, wholesalers, and dealers to manage inventory loans in a single system. The platform also provides SMB business owners with the tools they need to effectively managetheir treasury and portfolio functions. Users can manage their capital outflow and scale their lending program without adding personnel by utilizing its automated funding system.Vero Technologies was founded in 2020 and is based in New York. | $8.5M | Series A | Sep 19, 2023 |  |
| Caden | The internet is far from perfect. One of its greatest flaws has been the decades-long abuse of our personal data. That's where we come in. | $15M | Series A | Aug 16, 2023 |  |
| Dashy Dash | Dashy Dash helps bars and restaurants manage their businesses with transparent information about products, prices, and suppliers. The platform automatically catches rising prices before they spin out of control, benchmarks supply prices against other prices shared by the community, and helps find alternative suppliers and products available in thearea. | $3M |  | Jun 26, 2023 |  |
| SuperFocus | SuperFocus develops LLM AIs utilizing private data for hallucination prevention in memory modules. The company develops AIs that use the Large Language Model (LLM) for language capability without training data. They connected the LLM to a memory module based on user-defined ground truth information, achieving 100% accuracy in answering collegetextbook questions. |  | Seed | Jun 23, 2023 |  |
| OneVest | OneVest is a financial technology business that creates investment opportunities. The company provides a comprehensive all-in-one wealth management platform that allows organizations to expand product capabilities, improve distribution, and streamline front, middle, and back office operations. | $12.8M | Series A | Jun 13, 2023 |  |
| 2045 Studio | 2045 is a members-only network for influential professionals of color, partnering with corporations to create a pathway for employee belonging, retention, and promotion. | $4.2M | Pre-Seed | Jun 06, 2023 |  |
| Apata | Apata the go-to fraud prevention provider for fintech issuers. | $5M | Seed | May 05, 2023 |  |
| Curacel | Curacel is an AI-powered platform for claims processing and fraud management. Curacel automates the insurance claims process, allowing staff to process claims volumes quickly and efficiently, and automatically vets claims to detect fraud, waste and abuse. Curacel was established in 2019 by Henry Mascot in Ikoyi, Lagos. | $3M | Seed | Feb 14, 2023 |  |
| MynaSwap | Myna Swap is a platform built by collectors, for collectors, that empowers goods to be traded beyond their physical form. MynaSwap allows users to trade in real-time with other collectors around the globe without the hassle of managing the logistics of physical assets. Myna's Avalanche-native platform allows you to trade collectibles inreal-time with both digital and fiat currencies, low latency, and industry-low fees. Support for other chains such as Ethereum, Polygon and more coming soon. | $6M | Seed | Oct 04, 2022 |  |
| Nitra | Nitra offers expense management software that integrates with the banks to provide innovative loan products. | $16M | Seed | Aug 23, 2022 |  |

10 of 123 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AAF Management Ltd.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aafmanagement) — VC Fund, 119 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 22 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does AAF Management Ltd. invest in?

AAF Management Ltd. invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 123 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 AAF Management Ltd.'s check size?

AAF Management Ltd. typically joins rounds of $1M–$6.5M at Seed and $5.5M–$19M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds AAF Management Ltd. participates in.

### How do I contact AAF Management Ltd.?

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### Who are the partners at AAF Management Ltd.?

The team at AAF Management Ltd. includes Evan Hendrick (Senior Investment Associate), Kyle Hendrick (Founder & General Partner) and Matt Michelsen (Venture Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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