# Chui Ventures

> Chui Ventures is a VC fund in Delaware backing Retail and FinTech. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Delaware, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chui-ventures
- Website: https://chuivc.com

Chui Ventures is an investment company with a focus on venture capital investments.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $250k–$5M |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 2 | 17% |
| FinTech | 2 | 17% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 17% |
| Human Resources | 2 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 17% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 42% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 4 | 33% |
| Kenya | 3 | 25% |
| United States | 2 | 17% |
| Senegal | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joyce-Ann Wainaina | Managing Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joyce-ann-wainaina |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tuteria | Tuteria is an e-learning startup that helps users find quality private teachers and instructors near them for whatever you wish to learn from academic subjects, to various local, professional and international exams and even skills like Music, Swimming, Photography etc.Tuteria also provides quality home tutors in Lagos, home tutors in PortHarcourt, Home tutors in Abuja and home tutors in other states nationwide. | $2.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2026 |  |
| PaidHR | PaidHR works with organizations to streamline how they manage their staff. Our precisely created solutions enable them to create the ideal place to work. | $3M | Seed | Jun 23, 2025 |  |
| Socium | Socium these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values ​​and wish to invest in their development. | $5M | Seed | Nov 19, 2024 |  |
| PaidHR | PaidHR works with organizations to streamline how they manage their staff. Our precisely created solutions enable them to create the ideal place to work. | $1.5M | Seed | Oct 21, 2024 |  |
| Uncover | Uncover is a beauty company that provides skincare products for consumers. The company's mission is to inspire, support, educate, and empower women to take control of health and well-being and become the most trusted skin-care brand. Uncover was founded in 2020 and is based in Kenya. | $1.4M | Seed | Jul 15, 2024 |  |
| Tappi | Tappi is a full-stack SaaS business built for small businesses in Africa to help them find businesses online. We help SMBs get discovered, find customers, and build their reputation using messaging, payments, and AI. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Dec 06, 2023 |  |
| 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. | $1.3M | Seed | Nov 17, 2023 |  |
| Shop Zetu | ShopZetu is a fashion technology company that provides an e-commerce marketplace, infrastructure and tools for fashion vendors to enable online fashion retail. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 26, 2023 |  |
| 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. | $250K | Seed | Apr 01, 2023 |  |
| Leta | Leta Technology is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Nov 22, 2022 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Chandaria Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chandaria-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Launch Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-africa) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Resilience17](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/resilience17) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Samurai Incubate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samurai-incubate) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [4Di Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4di-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Chui Ventures invest in?

Chui Ventures invests primarily in Retail, FinTech and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Chui Ventures's check size?

Chui Ventures typically joins rounds of $250k–$5M at Seed and $1M–$3M 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 Chui Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Chui Ventures?

Public channels for Chui Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Chui Ventures?

The team at Chui Ventures includes Joyce-Ann Wainaina (Managing Partner). 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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