# Faisal Kawar

> Faisal Kawar is a seed investor at FinTech Collective (London) backing FinTech and SaaS. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [FinTech Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fintech-collective)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faisalkawar
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/faisalkawar
- Website: https://x.com/faisalkawar

Faisal Kawar is a seed investor at FinTech Collective in London focused on FinTech and SaaS. Faisal Kawar is the Principal at FinTech Collective.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 67% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Payments | 1 | 33% |
| Accounting | 1 | 33% |
| Hospitality | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| qlub | qlub is a financial technology company that provides payment and ordering systems for restaurants. It develops a system where customers in restaurants can scan a QR code to access a digital menu and pay the bill using a mobile device. The same system can also support bill splitting, tipping, and payment without requiring a separate app. Theplatform is mainly used in dine-in restaurants, cafes, hotels, and similar venues. | $25M | Seed | Mar 15, 2023 |  |
| Pemo | Pemo is an all-in-one spend management solution that empowers your business by packing every company invoice, expense, approval and spending decision into one powerful platform.Our offering includes smart corporate cards, invoice payment systems and expense tracking functions. These are supported by automated approval flows, direct accountingintegration and real-time reporting - features that allow business owners to save time, save money, automate admin and every expense so you can get on with what you do best - building great businesses. | $12M | Seed | May 18, 2022 |  |
| qlub | qlub is a financial technology company that provides payment and ordering systems for restaurants. It develops a system where customers in restaurants can scan a QR code to access a digital menu and pay the bill using a mobile device. The same system can also support bill splitting, tipping, and payment without requiring a separate app. Theplatform is mainly used in dine-in restaurants, cafes, hotels, and similar venues. | $17M | Seed | Jan 31, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cherry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherry-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Shorooq Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shorooq-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Heartcore Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heartcore-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Point Nine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/point-nine-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Raed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raed-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [STV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stv-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About FinTech Collective

VC Fund · New York, United States

FinTech Collective is a global, early stage venture capital firm backing entrepreneurs who are rewiring the way money moves through the world. Founded in 2012 with offices in New York City and London, the firm has deep experience investing across capital markets, wealth and asset management, banking, lending, payments, insurance, and DeFi. Themanaging partners of FinTech Collective met in their mid 20’s and helped build, scale, and successfully exit four fintech businesses. Backed by some of the world’s leading institutional investors, FinTech Collective manages close to $1b in regulatory assets. Over the last decade the firm has had 10 exits, taken one company from pitch deck to public markets and invested in 96 portfolio companies including well known firms such as Anyfin in Stockholm, Flutterwave in Lagos, IMMO in London, Minu in Mexico City, Mondu in Berlin, Simetrik in Columbia, and several important businesses in NYC including MoneyLion, NYDIG, Ocrolus, Quovo (acquired by Plaid) and Vestwell.The firm publishes a weekly newsletter, delivered every Saturday, which provides a tightly edited rundown of global fintech news, along with a bit of original analysis (available at fintech.io/newsletter).

5 contacts available at FinTech Collective.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brooks Gibbins | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brooks-gibbins |
| Carlos Alonso-Torras | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carlos-alonso-torras |
| Faisal Kawar | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faisal-kawar |
| Gareth Jones | Co-founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gareth-jones-2 |
| Samantha Wulfson | Sr. Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samantha-wulfson |

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## FAQ

### What does Faisal Kawar invest in?

Faisal Kawar invests primarily in FinTech, SaaS and Payments startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Arab Emirates. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Faisal Kawar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Faisal Kawar closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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