# British International Investment

> British International Investment is a VC fund backing Financial Services. See 152 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 152
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 35%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/british-international-investment/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BritishIntInv
- Website: https://www.bii.co.uk

British International Investment is a development finance institution and impact investor backed by the UK Government. BII invests in various sectors including infrastructure, health, and agribusiness, focusing on long-term economic growth and sustainability in emerging markets.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $15M–$50M |
| Debt Financing | $9M–$130M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 47 | 31% |
| Banking | 23 | 15% |
| Finance | 21 | 14% |
| Renewable Energy | 15 | 10% |
| Energy | 13 | 9% |

132 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 51 | 34% |
| Funding Round | 33 | 22% |
| Series B | 14 | 9% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 8 | 5% |
| Series C | 7 | 5% |

15 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 42 | 28% |
| Kenya | 9 | 6% |
| Nigeria | 9 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 6% |
| Egypt | 8 | 5% |

26 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stephen Priestley | Managing Director, Financial Services Group | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-priestley |
| Abhinav Sinha | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abhinav-sinha-b765 |
| Andrew Brown | Managing Director & Deputy Chief Investment Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-brown-14 |
| Andrew Williams | Non-executive Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-williams |
| Aneese Lelijveld | Executive | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aneese-lelijveld |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wave Mobile Money | Wave Mobile Money provides an app-based financial solution to save, transfer, and borrow money. Wave Mobile Money is on a mission to make Africa the first cashless continent. On a continent where less than 10% of the population has a bank account, Wave is building the first modern financial network — no account fees, instantly available, andaccepted everywhere! It is building life-changing financial infrastructure. When mobile money succeeded in Kenya, it lifted about a million people out of poverty. And yet, over 10 years later, most Africans still lack access to affordable ways to save, transfer or borrow the money they need to build businesses or provide for their families. Wave is solving this problem by using technology to build a radically inclusive and extremely affordable financial network. | $137M | Debt Financing | Jun 30, 2025 |  |
| CLR Facility Services | CLR is a facility management services provider. The Company has made rapid strides, established itself as a force to reckon with, and created a Brand name, in the field of Facility Management, House Keeping and Contract Staffing. During the past five years the Company has witnessed exponential business growth, and is one of the leading players inthe Market.The Company is the outcome of professional commitment to establish high quality, Facility Management, Housekeeping and Flexi Staffing Services, with a zeal to propel today’s business into the future. Our ultimate goal is to be recognized as a leading Facility Management and Staffing Services Provider, providing services with integrity and complete transparency. | $15M | Series B | Jun 18, 2025 |  |
| Scatec ASA | Scatec Solar is an integrated independent solar power producer, delivering affordable, rapidly deployable and sustainable source of clean energy worldwide. A long term player, Scatec Solar develops, builds, owns, operates and maintains solar power plants, and already has an installation track record of close to 600 MW. | $479.1M | Post-IPO Debt | Jun 12, 2025 |  |
| FlexiLoans | FlexiLoans is an online lending platform started with an endeavour to solve the problem that SMEs face in accessing Quick, Flexible and Adequate funds for growing their Businesses. Over 80% of Loan proposals from SMEs currently are rejected by institutional channels on account of inadequate financial history or collaterals. With the fast andubiquitous digital adoption in India and increased avenues to leverage data analytics, they are standing on the verge of Banking transformation in this country which will help us efficiently cater to the large untapped and unserved demand. They wish to make the ‘social and alternative scoring’ of SMEs and Individuals a big opportunity for the economy that will far out place the limited insights that financial bureau provide. They believe our technology-powered online marketplace is the best model to meet the financial requirements of SME’s who do not have credit history and hence cannot avail loans from traditional banking channels. | $43.9M | Series C | Jun 11, 2025 |  |
| Vecmocon Technologies | Core technologies for electric mobility | $18M | Series A | Jun 09, 2025 |  |
| TooMuchWifi | TooMuchWifi delivers choice internet service at an affordable price to underserved communities in urban areas. In addition to supporting the communities they serve through dedicated social projects and legitimate community engagement, their mission is to do these tasks quickly, profitably and sustainably. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 30, 2025 |  |
| ARC Ride | ARC Ride operates as an e-mobility battery-as-a-service provider. | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 22, 2025 |  |
| CureBay | CureBay is a healthcare platform to connect patients in underserved markets to healthcare providers. | $21M | Series B | May 20, 2025 |  |
| ReNew Photovoltaics | ReNew Photovoltaics is a solar manufacturing company that provides reliable, quality, and top-tier solar products. | $102.7M |  | May 06, 2025 |  |
| Arnergy | ARNERGY's mission is to deliver energy solutions for productive use by deploying products, services and systems that power business operations and improve economic outcomes for our clients. Vision: Providing sustainable solutions to energy reliability issues across emerging markets. | $15M | Series B | Apr 14, 2025 |  |

10 of 152 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [British International Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdc-group) — VC Fund, 140 deals together
- [FMO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fmo) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does British International Investment invest in?

British International Investment invests primarily in Financial Services, Banking and Finance startups, most often at Debt Financing and Funding Round stage. Most of the 152 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is British International Investment's check size?

British International Investment typically joins rounds of $15M–$50M at Series B and $9M–$130M at Debt Financing. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds British International Investment participates in.

### How do I contact British International Investment?

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### Who are the partners at British International Investment?

The team at British International Investment includes Stephen Priestley (Managing Director, Financial Services Group), Abhinav Sinha (Managing Director) and Andrew Brown (Managing Director & Deputy Chief Investment Officer), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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