# Frances Xavier Helgesen

> Frances Xavier Helgesen is a seed investor backing Marketing and Digital Marketing. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Frances Xavier Helgesen is a seed investor focused on Marketing and Digital Marketing. Frances Xavier Helgesen

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marketing | 1 | 100% |
| Digital Marketing | 1 | 100% |
| Social Media Management | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Omg Digital | OMG Digital creates digital editorial brands for African millennials. It has been hailed as the "Buzzfeed of Africa" for its millenial-targeted content. Like BuzzFeed and other similar companies, OMG Digital monetizes through digital marketing. Currently 80 percent of its ad sales are from banner ads, but as in other markets, itsadvertisers are seeing a smaller return on investment and looking for alternatives that are more suited to mobile screens (about 90 percent of OMG Digital’s users access its content through mobile devices, in particular Android smartphones).About 60 percent of OMG Digital users are between 18 to 24 years old and one of its value propositions is helping overseas companies figure out how to reach young African consumers in different markets (for example, in some countries Twitter is more popular than Facebook, so localized strategies need to take that into account). OMG Digital has already partnered with Coca Cola, Huawei, KFC, Philips, Pringles, and several of Africa’s largest telecoms, including MTN, on marketing campaigns and sponsored content. | $1.1M | Seed | Jun 26, 2017 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Comcast Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/comcast-interactive-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MacroVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/macroventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [M & Y Growth Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/m-y-growth-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Social Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/social-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Soma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/soma-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Frances Xavier Helgesen invest in?

Frances Xavier Helgesen invests primarily in Marketing, Digital Marketing and Social Media Management startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ghana. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Frances Xavier Helgesen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Frances Xavier Helgesen closed in Jun 2017. Shizune tracks 1 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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