# Charlie Graham-Brown

> Charlie Graham-Brown is a pre-seed investor at Seedstars backing FinTech. See 33 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Seedstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedstars)
- Location: Geneva, Switzerland
- Total investments: 33
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 39%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cgrahambrown/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/charlieg_b

Charlie Graham-Brown is a Chief Investment Officer & Partner at Seedstars. he attended CFA Institute.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 10 | 30% |
| Financial Services | 6 | 18% |
| Marketplace | 4 | 12% |
| SaaS | 3 | 9% |
| Finance | 3 | 9% |

62 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 18 | 55% |
| Seed | 10 | 30% |
| Series A | 3 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 18% |
| Mexico | 5 | 15% |
| Egypt | 2 | 6% |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 6% |
| Peru | 1 | 3% |

14 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MatBook | MatBook is a technology-driven company focused on transforming the cross-border procurement of building materials, primarily serving the construction industry. MatBook offers a one-stop material procurement platform that enables users—such as contractors and real estate developers—to browse a wide variety of building products, request samples,obtain estimates, and place orders directly through the platform | $750K | Pre-Seed | Apr 21, 2025 | https://www.thematbook.com/ |
| Lorien Finance | Lorien Finance is a cross-border FinTech platform providing affordable student loans and retail banking services to immigrants (students and temporary workers) moving to the US. | $2.3M | Seed | Feb 27, 2025 | https://www.lorien.finance/ |
| Raenest | Raenest helps African talents get paid in minutes by clients and businesses globally while saving costs on fees by automating their invoicing and using foreign bank accounts with cards to localise their payments | $11M | Series A | Feb 11, 2025 | https://www.raenest.com/ |
| Baniql | Baniql helps in extraction of nickel for advanced batteries in environmental manner. | $1.6M | Seed | May 20, 2024 | https://www.baniql.com/ |
| aviva | Aviva is building an AI-powered digital bank for Latin America’s underserved communities. While determined to fuel Latin America’s ongoing emergence of a new middle class with a fully-fledged portfolio of inclusive financial services, Aviva’s initial go-to-market concentrates on unsecured credit products for individuals and nano-businesses inMexico.As most of the underbanked 40+ million Mexicans live in small and medium-sized towns, Aviva builds a bridge to those living in remote communities with its physical onboarding kiosks. These nano-branches provide a documentless 3-minute video onboarding for everyone in need of liquidity. Novel AI-based technology, including natural language processing, allows Aviva to match customers’ spoken word to the fields of a comprehensive real-time credit application. Transforming speech to text and inferring emotions and personality from the visual layer of the application video gives Aviva an edge in scoring thin-file customers. Leveraging these novel risk models, Aviva aims to provide the lowest interest rates available to today’s underserved. | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | Dec 16, 2022 | https://www.avivacredito.com/ |
| Raenest | Raenest helps African talents get paid in minutes by clients and businesses globally while saving costs on fees by automating their invoicing and using foreign bank accounts with cards to localise their payments | $700K | Pre-Seed | May 12, 2022 | https://www.raenest.com/ |
| Oware | Oware is a cloud-based supply chain and logistics management platform that provides tools for warehouse management, transportation tracking, order management, manufacturing workflows, and supply chain visibility for manufacturers and third-party logistics providers. The platform includes modules for inventory control, shipment tracking,collaboration, and operational analytics designed to help businesses manage logistics operations through a centralized system. | $3.3M | Pre-Seed | Apr 27, 2022 | https://oware.co/ |
| Datacultr | Datacultr is a PaaS that allows consumer lending companies to significantly reduce their risk on 'New to Credit' customers. Datacultr allows the lender to give out unsecured loans, at a lower risk, by allowing borrowers to present their newly purchased or existing smartphone as collateral. | $1M | Seed | Jan 31, 2022 | https://www.datacultr.com |
| Jiye Technologies | Jiye Technologies is a B2B Agri marketplace that connects farmers to retail markets. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Dec 21, 2021 | https://www.jiyetech.co/ |
| doc-doc | doc-doc is a HealthTech company that provides: A Digital-Insurance for patients that can Access in seconds to Top Medical Specialists, Psychologist, Nutritionists, Coaches, E-Pharmacy, and Exams; Wellness Benefits for Companies that want to see their employees healthier, happier, and productive; Saas for Hospitals, IPS (Small Hospitals) &Doctors that want to increase their revenue and optimize their operations; Primary-Care Services and Saas for Insurance Companies that want to reduce cost and increase retention of their patients | $500K | Seed | Oct 21, 2021 | http://www.doc-doc.com |

10 of 33 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Golden Palm Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-palm-investments) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Wollef Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jaguar-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SkyDeck Berkeley](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/skydeck-berkeley) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [StartUp Health](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-health) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Seedstars

VC Fund · Geneva, Switzerland

Seedstars is an industry-agnostic investment firm dedicated to emerging and frontier markets. We’ve invested across Latam, Africa, MENA, CEE and Asia backing ventures working to solve key societal challenges such as access to financial services, healthcare, education or commerce.

5 contacts available at Seedstars.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Charlie Graham-Brown | Chief Investment Officer & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charlie-graham-brown |
| Mohd Atasha Alias | Venture Partner & Ambassador in Malaysia | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mohd-atasha-alias |
| Alberto Garuccio | Business Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alberto-garuccio |
| Alexander Manolov | Startup Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-manolov |
| Alisee Tonnac | Co-Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alisee-de-tonnac |

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## FAQ

### What does Charlie Graham-Brown invest in?

Charlie Graham-Brown invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Marketplace startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 33 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Charlie Graham-Brown?

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### When did Charlie Graham-Brown last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Charlie Graham-Brown closed in Apr 2025. 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.

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