# Ben Marrel

> Ben Marrel is a seed investor at FiftyFor (Paris) backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 33 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [FiftyFor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fiftyfor)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 33
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 42%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmarrel/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/benmarrel
- Website: https://x.com/benmarrel

Ben Marrel is a seed investor at FiftyFor in Paris focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Ben Marrel is the Founding Partner at Breega.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $600k–$6M |
| Series A | $5M–$69M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 12 | 36% |
| FinTech | 10 | 30% |
| Finance | 7 | 21% |
| Apps | 5 | 15% |
| Payments | 4 | 12% |

47 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 39% |
| Series A | 8 | 24% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 18% |
| Series B | 4 | 12% |
| Series C | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 6 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 18% |
| United States | 4 | 12% |
| Spain | 2 | 6% |
| Brazil | 1 | 3% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Keith |  | $2.7M | Seed | Mar 26, 2026 |  |
| Flow48 | Flow48 is a platform that allows companies to access capital by providing revenue-based finance services. | $69M | Series A | Feb 24, 2025 |  |
| YMO Guinée | YMO Guinée is an app to send and receive money in Guinea, at the best rate. Available for free on iOS and Android. | $3.2M | Seed | Mar 01, 2023 |  |
| Coverflex | Coverflex is a compensation management platform for teams to manage and enjoy multiple benefits. Coverflex is on a mission to improve the way companies compensate their people, making it more transparent, flexible, and easier for everyone to make the most of what they get. Through a fully digital solution, Coverflex helps companies manage everypart of compensation beyond salary — benefits, insurance, meal allowance, and exclusive discounts — while empowering people to spend on what suits them best. | $16.5M | Series A | Feb 01, 2023 |  |
| Kwara | Kwara is transforming credit unions into modern digital financial institutions, powered by an industry-leading core banking system and a modern mobile banking experience for credit union members. Backed by investors across Africa, Asia, Europe and the USA, Kwara currently serves 200+ SACCOs in Kenya, South Africa and the Philippines | $3M | Seed | Jan 16, 2023 |  |
| 011h | 011H specializes in sustainable building development. The company is creating a new type of construction based on the latest advances in design, technology, industrialization, sustainability and health to deliver buildings faster, cheaper, more reliably and in a way that is both people- and environment-friendly. | $25.5M | Series A | Jul 08, 2022 |  |
| Kwara | Kwara is transforming credit unions into modern digital financial institutions, powered by an industry-leading core banking system and a modern mobile banking experience for credit union members. Backed by investors across Africa, Asia, Europe and the USA, Kwara currently serves 200+ SACCOs in Kenya, South Africa and the Philippines | $4M | Seed | Dec 09, 2021 |  |
| Keebo | We’re on a mission to revolutionise lending and inspire financial inclusion. By using Open Banking technology and our nerdy expertise we’re able to provide safe, affordable credit along with the insights and guidance that help our customers spend responsibly, avoid bad debt and build their credit. We empower our customers to make more mindfulmoney decisions, so they can start building the successful futures they deserve. | $6.9M | Seed | Aug 12, 2021 |  |
| Coverflex | Coverflex is a compensation management platform for teams to manage and enjoy multiple benefits. Coverflex is on a mission to improve the way companies compensate their people, making it more transparent, flexible, and easier for everyone to make the most of what they get. Through a fully digital solution, Coverflex helps companies manage everypart of compensation beyond salary — benefits, insurance, meal allowance, and exclusive discounts — while empowering people to spend on what suits them best. | $6M | Seed | Apr 14, 2021 |  |
| iBanFirst | iBanFirst is a financial services provider delivering solutions across banking borders. iBanFirst provides a specialist online platform for multicurrency transactions. As an alternative to the traditional bank offer, iBanFirst enables a payment experience and package of financial services addressing the needs of SMEs in their daily operations. | $23.7M | Series C | Jun 11, 2020 |  |

10 of 33 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [360 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/360-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Samaipata](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samaipata-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Speedinvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/speedinvest) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [1776 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1776-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Banco Sabadell](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banco-sabadell) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cometa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cometa-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About FiftyFor

VC Fund · Paris, France

FiftyFor is a B2B rating platform to find and deal with African companies. They specialize in African small and medium enterprise, help manufacturers and investors to identify potential suppliers & customers, and investment opportunities in Africa. Dedicated to minimizing time and costly efforts, they offer only solution.

5 contacts available at FiftyFor.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Abhishek Dadwhal | Head of Rating | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abhishek-dadwhal |
| Adriana Ochoa | Data Scientist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adriana-ochoa |
| Ben Marrel | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-marrel |
| Damien De Lemeny | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/damien-de-lemeny |
| Guillaume Imbert | Chief Revenue Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guillaume-imbert |

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## FAQ

### What does Ben Marrel invest in?

Ben Marrel invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 33 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ben Marrel's check size?

Ben Marrel typically joins rounds of $600k–$6M at Seed and $5M–$69M 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 Ben Marrel participates in.

### When did Ben Marrel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ben Marrel closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 33 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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