# Farus

> Farus is a VC fund backing Finance, Financial Services and Small and Medium Businesses. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Farus is an investment firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 50% |
| Small and Medium Businesses | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hakki Africa | HAKKI AFRICA provides microfinance services for SMEs. | $4.3M | Seed | Dec 01, 2020 |  |
| Hakki Africa | HAKKI AFRICA provides microfinance services for SMEs. |  | Angel | Mar 31, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Samurai Incubate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samurai-incubate) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Farus invest in?

Farus invests primarily in Finance, Financial Services and Small and Medium Businesses startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Farus last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Farus closed in Dec 2020. Shizune tracks 2 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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