Christian Faes
Angel Investor
London, United Kingdom
Christian Faes is a seed investor in London focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Christian Faes was previously co-founder and CEO of LendInvest, which is a technology driven mortgage lender and a leading Fintech company. The company has over £3.5 billion of Funds Under Management, and is one of the largest non-bank mortgage lenders in the UK. Now building Faes & Co.
- Total investments:
- 20
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 5%
Last updated:
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Industries Christian Faes invests in
Stages Christian Faes invests in
Countries Christian Faes invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $355k–$20M
- Series A
- $4.5M–$27M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 10 (50%)
- Financial Services 8 (40%)
- Finance 5 (25%)
- SaaS 3 (15%)
- Credit 3 (15%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (35%)
- Series A 3 (15%)
- Angel 2 (10%)
- Funding Round 2 (10%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (10%)
Country
- United Kingdom 14 (70%)
- Australia 1 (5%)
- United States 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Volume maximizes customer conversion through One-click checkout and connects with every bank in the world. Volume creates a financially sustainable network that works for everyone. | $2.4M / Pre-Seed / Apr 26, 2022 | ||
| Finclusion is a FinTech accelerating company that provides financial services and credit products using AI-powered and data-driven lending for fraud prevention and credit granting. The company also offers buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) services, salary advance schemes, loan services, and transactional banking to individuals and SMEs across 5countries—South Africa, Eswatini, Namibia, Kenya, and Tanzania. | $20M / Angel / Jan 18, 2022 | ||
| Knoma offers a payment solution and marketplace for lifelong learning. The business is tackling the digital skills gap as the global economy shifts into the fourth industrial revolution. We help people looking to future proof their career or move into new areas of work by reducing the barrier of payment and removing the pain point of sourcingtechnical courses.The business is built upon the firm belief in the importance of lifelong education to drive improvements in our customers’ future prosperity. We believe education should be accessed in a short, but frequent manner; at a lower price point and a focus on gaining technical, digital and data skill-sets. All users can gain access up to £10,000, where the cost of a course can be spread over 12 months with flexible repayments. The product is completely free to all end users with no interest or fees applicable. Knoma works with leading coding and tech schools. We are a fun and driven team, ready to make an impact! | $26.8M / Oct 01, 2020 | ||
| Knoma offers a payment solution and marketplace for lifelong learning. The business is tackling the digital skills gap as the global economy shifts into the fourth industrial revolution. We help people looking to future proof their career or move into new areas of work by reducing the barrier of payment and removing the pain point of sourcingtechnical courses.The business is built upon the firm belief in the importance of lifelong education to drive improvements in our customers’ future prosperity. We believe education should be accessed in a short, but frequent manner; at a lower price point and a focus on gaining technical, digital and data skill-sets. All users can gain access up to £10,000, where the cost of a course can be spread over 12 months with flexible repayments. The product is completely free to all end users with no interest or fees applicable. Knoma works with leading coding and tech schools. We are a fun and driven team, ready to make an impact! | $27.5M / Oct 01, 2020 | ||
| Knoma offers a payment solution and marketplace for lifelong learning. The business is tackling the digital skills gap as the global economy shifts into the fourth industrial revolution. We help people looking to future proof their career or move into new areas of work by reducing the barrier of payment and removing the pain point of sourcingtechnical courses.The business is built upon the firm belief in the importance of lifelong education to drive improvements in our customers’ future prosperity. We believe education should be accessed in a short, but frequent manner; at a lower price point and a focus on gaining technical, digital and data skill-sets. All users can gain access up to £10,000, where the cost of a course can be spread over 12 months with flexible repayments. The product is completely free to all end users with no interest or fees applicable. Knoma works with leading coding and tech schools. We are a fun and driven team, ready to make an impact! | $27.1M / Series A / Oct 01, 2020 | ||
| Uncapped is a provider of revenue-based financing that enables founders to raise growth capital without interest or equity.It charges a flat fee of 6% on the capital provided and gets repaid through a revenue share. Uncapped provides business advances of between £10k and £2m with 0% interest and no hidden charges, allowing founders to access fairand flexible finance. The company also uses marketing, sales, and accounting data to be able to offer finance for young businesses based on their current and projected revenue. The company was founded in 2019 by entrepreneur Asher Ismail and venture capital investor Piotr Pisarz in London, England. | $26M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 23, 2020 | ||
| Credit Kudos is a credit bureau that uses financial behaviour to measure creditworthiness. It utilizes consumer transaction data to build highly accurate and transparent credit score-cards and affordability metrics. | $6.3M / Series A / Apr 15, 2020 | ||
| proSapient is a primary research platform helping consultants and investors gather the data they need to make those big decisions. The platform has developed into a single point of primary research that is easy to use and allows their clients to quickly access the best research, whilst managing diligence projects and collaborating with colleagues.proSapient was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in London, England. | $2.6M / Seed / Nov 25, 2019 | ||
| Koyo uses alternative data to lend to people with short credit histories or who otherwise may be near prime. | $4.9M / Seed / Oct 28, 2019 | ||
| Plum Fintech is the developer of Plum, a smart money app. Founded by Victor Trokoudes and Alex Michael in 2016, Plum automates the parts of personal finance that people find difficult or don’t have time for, with effortless saving, empowered spending and accessible investing. It offers the best financial products to help customers grow their moneyfor life, from pensions to tax-wrappers. Today, Plum has helped 2m people across Europe and has expanded to 10 countries. The team of 200+ are based in the company's London HQ as well as offices in Athens, Greece and Nicosia, Cyprus. | $4.5M / Series A / May 02, 2019 | ||
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FAQ
What does Christian Faes invest in?
Christian Faes invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Christian Faes's check size?
Christian Faes typically joins rounds of $355k–$20M at Seed and $4.5M–$27M 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 Christian Faes participates in.
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When did Christian Faes last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Christian Faes closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 20 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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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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