# Faiz Mayalakkara

> Faiz Mayalakkara is a seed investor backing Financial Services, FinTech and Finance. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faiz-mayalakkara/

Faiz Mayalakkara is a seed investor focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Faiz Mayalakkara Director Investments, Emirates Investment Authority.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$2.4M |
| Pre-Seed | $238k–$250k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 5 | 45% |
| FinTech | 4 | 36% |
| Finance | 4 | 36% |
| Software | 4 | 36% |
| B2B | 3 | 27% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 45% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 18% |
| Angel | 1 | 9% |
| Series A | 1 | 9% |
| Series B | 1 | 9% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 6 | 55% |
| United States | 2 | 18% |
| Panama | 1 | 9% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EquityList | EquityList is building a full-stack equity and shareholder management platform for global businesses. 260+ startups use EquityList's suite of tools to manage their cap tables, employee grants, and data rooms. | $2.2M | Seed | Sep 18, 2023 |  |
| Soptle | Soptle is a rapidly expanding Financial Technology firm specializing in offering financing solutions to small and medium enterprises nationwide. Employing a unique blend of technology and an innovative delivery approach, we strive to enhance the financial well-being of our clients and optimize their cash flow. Our loan product range is diverse,catering to the varying needs of our clients, which includes term loans, lines of credit, and invoice financing. | $300K | Angel | Nov 22, 2022 |  |
| Embifi | Embifi is a B2B financial platform developer that specializes in financing, lending, and payments. Its white-label neutral platform provides instant reports and analytics, a unified dashboard, and plug-and-play APIs for a native journey, allowing businesses to save time understanding credit and developing their credit product. | $1.1M | Seed | Jul 18, 2022 |  |
| Crowdz | Crowdz is the leader in modernizing the traditional Trade Finance industry by auto risk rating assets at the receivable level. Funders can gain valuable insights to make quick decisions that match their investment strategy. Crowdz has auto risk-rated $4.2b of receivables, and funders have financed over $93m utilizing Crowdz technology. Customersand investors include Citibank, Barclays, Meta, EG Funds Management, Techstars Ventures, and Bold Capital Partners, with over $28 million in investment raised to date.Assets sold to private equity. | $10.1M | Convertible Note | Apr 26, 2022 |  |
| Crowdz | Crowdz is the leader in modernizing the traditional Trade Finance industry by auto risk rating assets at the receivable level. Funders can gain valuable insights to make quick decisions that match their investment strategy. Crowdz has auto risk-rated $4.2b of receivables, and funders have financed over $93m utilizing Crowdz technology. Customersand investors include Citibank, Barclays, Meta, EG Funds Management, Techstars Ventures, and Bold Capital Partners, with over $28 million in investment raised to date.Assets sold to private equity. | $14.7M | Series B | Apr 26, 2022 |  |
| PayCaddy | PayCaddy enables Latam companies to launch financial products with an API based platform. Rather than building fintech from scratch, or dealing with a legacy bank, companies can use PayCaddy to open digital wallets with KYC checks, process online payments, and issue personalized debit and prepaid cards for customers or employees. | $2.4M | Seed | Feb 07, 2022 |  |
| BharatX | BharatX is a Fin-Tech startup that enables any Consumer-facing app/website in India to offer Credit to their users by integrating its APIs. It can enable white-leballed journeys like of "Buy Now, Pay Later","Credit Line", "Try and Buy", "Pay in 3", "Postpaid", etc. | $238K | Pre-Seed | Dec 14, 2021 |  |
| Fello | Fello is a savings and investment platform that helps to save, invest and earn higher returns than a traditional savings account. | $1M | Seed | Nov 03, 2021 |  |
| Log 9 Materials | Log 9 Materials Scientific Private Limited is a graphene research and development company. At Log 9 Materials we are determined to accelerate the commercialization of graphene nanotechnology. We have just developed the first commercial product on graphene- 'Smoke-safe'. This innovative graphene based cigarette filter reduces the risk ofgetting cancer by 90%. We offer a wide range of graphene (CVD graphene, rGO) and its derivatives. We bring to you graphene as researchers and not just manufactures, so we understand the triviality of the grade of our products. | $5M | Series A | Aug 09, 2021 |  |
| Fleetroot | Fleetroot is an All-in-One platform that simplifies transportation processes for businesses. Our cutting-edge technology optimizes logistics, delivery, and transportation operations, allowing companies to streamline processes, reduce costs, and enhance customer satisfaction.Fleetroot helps transportation businesses quickly manage and monitortheir fleets, assign tasks and routes, track resources in real time, and collect and analyze data. Our platform is designed to be user-friendly, scalable, and customizable to meet the unique needs of each transportation business.Fleetroot empowers logistics and delivery companies to automate their delivery processes while transportation businesses can optimize their daily operations. Our proprietary technology allows seamless team collaboration, improved customer communication, and increased efficiency. | $250K | Pre-Seed | Jun 20, 2021 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

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- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
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- [Bold Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bold-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Citi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/citigroup) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kube VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kube-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Augment Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/augment-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Faiz Mayalakkara invest in?

Faiz Mayalakkara invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Faiz Mayalakkara's check size?

Faiz Mayalakkara typically joins rounds of $1M–$2.4M at Seed and $238k–$250k 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 Faiz Mayalakkara participates in.

### When did Faiz Mayalakkara last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Faiz Mayalakkara closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 11 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?

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