David de Picciotto
Angel Investor @ Sequoia Capital
David de Picciotto is a seed investor at Sequoia Capital focused on FinTech and Financial Services. David de Picciotto - Co-Founder & CEO @ Pledge
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries David de Picciotto invests in
Stages David de Picciotto invests in
Countries David de Picciotto invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $2.1M–$24M
- Pre-Seed
- $550k–$2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 6 (67%)
- Financial Services 5 (56%)
- Payments 3 (33%)
- Banking 2 (22%)
- Finance 2 (22%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (56%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (33%)
- Series A 1 (11%)
Country
- South Africa 2 (22%)
- United States 2 (22%)
- Brazil 1 (11%)
- Mexico 1 (11%)
- Australia 1 (11%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Ezeebit is a payment solutions provider that enables African merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments both in-store and online. The platform processes transactions quickly and automatically converts the cryptocurrency into stablecoins to eliminate volatility risk. Funds are then settled into the merchant's local currency account, typicallySouth African Rand (ZAR), on the next business day. The company offers multi-currency support for popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum and maintains compliance with financial regulatory bodies. | $2.1M / Seed / Nov 06, 2025 | ||
| Financial Infrastructure for the Middle East. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Feb 14, 2023 | ||
| FrankieOne is a compliance orchestration platform that connects 350+ identity verification and fraud detection data sources into a single API for KYC, KYB, AML, and fraud prevention. | $14.7M / Series A / Oct 12, 2021 | ||
| Quansa offers on-demand pay, allowing workers to access earned wages after each shift. The platform connects with time and payroll systems so wages can be released without changing payroll cycles. Workers receive pay in a digital wallet and can use funds when needed. The service helps companies offer an extra work benefit to support employeeretention. Rules for attendance and seniority can be set through the system. The tool updates payroll records so month-end work stays clear. | $3.6M / Seed / Jul 28, 2021 | ||
| Sundayapp is a fintech company that provides a fully integrated solution built for restaurants, bars, pubs, cafés, and hotels for customers to pay for their food via a QR code. It is built by restaurateurs for restaurateurs to connect the front- and back-of-house operations and to deliver the fastest payment method. | $24M / Seed / Apr 14, 2021 | ||
| Stitch is a payments infrastructure company that helps businesses seamlessly connect to the financial system, so they can deliver a better user experience and optimize operations. Headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, Stitch launched in February 2021 and has global staff. Stitch offers all popular online payment methods and operates as aPayments Service Provider. Its platform supports a variety of pay-in methods and solutions; financial and payment management solutions; and Payouts. Learn more at stitch.money. | $4M / Seed / Feb 25, 2021 | ||
| Clair is a mission-driven fintech company offering embedded earned wage access products to break the traditional two week pay cycle by giving people access to their money as soon as they’ve earned it, at no cost to employers. Supported by its partnership with national bank Pathward, N.A., Clair is available at over 49,000 work locations across 29different industries, increasing retention and financial wellness amid front-line worker shortages. | $4.6M / Seed / Oct 09, 2020 | ||
| Belvo is the open finance API platform that enables users to connect their accounts to an app. The platform lets financial innovators to access and interpret data from their end-users in an easy and scalable way. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Mexico City. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Jan 02, 2020 | ||
| Clair is a mission-driven fintech company offering embedded earned wage access products to break the traditional two week pay cycle by giving people access to their money as soon as they’ve earned it, at no cost to employers. Supported by its partnership with national bank Pathward, N.A., Clair is available at over 49,000 work locations across 29different industries, increasing retention and financial wellness amid front-line worker shortages. | $550K / Pre-Seed / Nov 01, 2019 |
Co-Investors
About Sequoia Capital
Sequoia is a venture capital focused on energy, financial, enterprise, healthcare, internet, and mobile startups. The firm helps a small number of daring founders build legendary companies. It spurs them to push the boundaries of what’s possible.The firm seeks to invest in all sectors with a focus on energy, financials and financial services,healthcare and healthcare services, Internet, mobile, outsourcing, and technology.
Sequoia Capital Contacts
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Donald Valentine
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Alfred Lin
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Douglas Leone
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Jess Lee Tully
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Jim Goetz
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FAQ
What does David de Picciotto invest in?
David de Picciotto invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Africa. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is David de Picciotto's check size?
David de Picciotto typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$24M at Seed and $550k–$2M 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 David de Picciotto participates in.
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When did David de Picciotto last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for David de Picciotto closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 9 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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