# Enza Capital

> Enza Capital is a VC fund backing Financial Services and E-Commerce. See 53 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Total investments: 53
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last fund: Sep 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enza-capital/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/enzacapital?lang=en
- Website: https://enza.capital/

Enza Capital is a VC fund in Nairobi focused on Financial Services and E-Commerce. Enza Capital invests in and partners with category defining technology companies building in the Fintech, logistics, health, human capital, and climate smart sectors.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$8M |
| Pre-Seed | $120k–$4M |
| Series A | $3.6M–$31M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 11 | 21% |
| E-Commerce | 6 | 11% |
| FinTech | 5 | 9% |
| Finance | 5 | 9% |
| Software | 4 | 8% |

64 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 21 | 40% |
| Series A | 8 | 15% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 6 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 9% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenya | 9 | 17% |
| Nigeria | 8 | 15% |
| South Africa | 7 | 13% |
| Egypt | 3 | 6% |
| Mauritius | 2 | 4% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ismail Chaib | Venture Capital Fellow | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ismail-chaib |
| David Cohen | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-cohen-a6bb |
| John Lazar | Founder | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-lazar |
| Mike Mompi | CEO | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-mompi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aethex | AethexAI is a voice AI infrastructure provider for Middle Eastern and African businesses. Its platform uses developer APIs and SDKs along with a no-code enterprise platform to integrate speech models, telephony integration, and agent orchestration. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Jun 03, 2026 |  |
| Orca Fraud | Africa's first fraud orchestration platform | $2.4M | Seed | Mar 08, 2026 |  |
| Yakeey | Yakeey is an end-to-end transactional marketplace that radically simplifies the experience of buying, selling and renting real estate.We leverage on data and technology to connect all real estate market players through a state of the art platform, create a chain of trust and powerful network effects and accelerate transactions.Yakeey is builton a community of real estate advisors, YakeeyPRO, to deliver a continuous professional and tailored service at every step of the transaction. | $15M | Series A | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Bluworks.io | Bluworks.io is a HRTech SaaS platform offers cloud-based solutions. | $1M | Seed | Nov 22, 2025 |  |
| Gigmile | Gigmile provides financial services. They provide gig workers with core services and an affordable lease on productive assets that is tailored to their earnings to enable them to succeed in the mobility industry as entrepreneurs. |  | Seed | Sep 30, 2025 |  |
| Yakeey | Yakeey is an end-to-end transactional marketplace that radically simplifies the experience of buying, selling and renting real estate.We leverage on data and technology to connect all real estate market players through a state of the art platform, create a chain of trust and powerful network effects and accelerate transactions.Yakeey is builton a community of real estate advisors, YakeeyPRO, to deliver a continuous professional and tailored service at every step of the transaction. | $11.9M | Seed | Aug 11, 2025 |  |
| TurnStay | TurnStay helps travel industry to radically reduce payment costs and improve conversion. | $1.9M | Seed | Aug 05, 2025 |  |
| Djamo | Djamo is a Provider of financial applications to allow customers to use their cards with zero fees in a wide range of services. | $17M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 03, 2025 |  |
| Affinity | Affinity is a financial solutions company that provides financial inclusion, advisory, and literacy services. | $8M | Seed | Feb 11, 2025 |  |

10 of 53 investments shown.

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- [Partech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/partech) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Enza Capital invest in?

Enza Capital invests primarily in Financial Services, E-Commerce and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 53 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Enza Capital's check size?

Enza Capital typically joins rounds of $1M–$8M at Seed, $120k–$4M at Pre-Seed and $3.6M–$31M 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 Enza Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Enza Capital?

Public channels for Enza Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) 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 Enza Capital?

The team at Enza Capital includes Ismail Chaib (Venture Capital Fellow), David Cohen (Founder) and John Lazar (Founder). 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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