# Baljinder Sharma

> Baljinder Sharma is a pre-seed investor at Launch Africa backing E-Commerce. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Launch Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-africa)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/baljinder-sharma/?originalSubdomain=mu

Baljinder Sharma is a pre-seed investor at Launch Africa focused on E-Commerce and Retail. Baljinder Sharma Launch Africa Ventures.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $200k–$1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 60% |
| Retail | 1 | 20% |
| Payments | 1 | 20% |
| Mobile Payments | 1 | 20% |
| Debt Collections | 1 | 20% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 2 | 40% |
| Kenya | 1 | 20% |
| South Africa | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KUNE | Kune is a foodtech start-up based in Nairobi. We produce quality take-away meals at an affordable price and distribute it to individuals, retails, and corporate. Following a pre-seed round, Kune is building a 5000 meals-a-day food factory and hiring its founding team. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 17, 2021 | https://kune.africa/ |
| BFree | BFree focuses its collection processes on sustainably leading customers out of debt by giving them back control over their finances. | $800K | Seed | May 14, 2021 | https://www.bfree.africa/about-us.html |
| Pricepally | Pricepally provides access to affordable, nutritious, traceable and secure food items in Africa’s urban cities. Pricepally is a wholesale and sharing economy e-commerce platform that enables people to buy food in bulk or share bulk food items with others online to leverage their collective bargaining power. | $200K | Pre-Seed | Apr 01, 2021 | https://pricepally.com/ |
| 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 | http://www.peachpayments.com/ |
| Pricepally | Pricepally provides access to affordable, nutritious, traceable and secure food items in Africa’s urban cities. Pricepally is a wholesale and sharing economy e-commerce platform that enables people to buy food in bulk or share bulk food items with others online to leverage their collective bargaining power. | $200K | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2021 | https://pricepally.com/ |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Samurai Incubate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samurai-incubate) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Allan Gray](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allan-gray-6e30) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beta.Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beta-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Century Oak Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/century-oak-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Consonance Investment Managers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/consonance-investment-managers) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GreenHouse Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenhouse-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Launch Africa

VC Fund · Ebène, Mauritius

Launch Africa is a leading Pan-African VC fund solving the significant funding gap in the Seed and pre-Series A investment landscape in Africa

5 contacts available at Launch Africa.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fope Oluleye | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fope-oluleye |
| Janade Du Plessis | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/janade-du-plessis |
| Kartik Sharma | Portfolio Manager F1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kartik-sharma-49f3 |
| Margaret O'Connor | Investor and Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiba-sharief-b1ce |
| Uwem Uwemakpan | Head of Investments, F2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uwem-uwemakpan |

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## FAQ

### What does Baljinder Sharma invest in?

Baljinder Sharma invests primarily in E-Commerce, Retail and Payments startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Baljinder Sharma's check size?

Baljinder Sharma typically joins rounds of $200k–$1M 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 Baljinder Sharma participates in.

### How do I contact Baljinder Sharma?

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### When did Baljinder Sharma last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Baljinder Sharma closed in Jun 2021. Shizune tracks 5 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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