# Haresh Aswani

> Haresh Aswani is a pre-seed investor at Tolaram Group backing FinTech and Banking. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Tolaram Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tolaramgroup)
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haresh-aswani-69abbb20

Haresh Aswani is a pre-seed investor at Tolaram Group focused on FinTech and Banking. Haresh Aswani is Managing Director -Africa at Tolaram Group. He attended University of Houston during 1982-1984.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$1.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 75% |
| Banking | 2 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 3 | 75% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Teesas | Teesas provides a platform where educators and learners engage seamlessly and efficiently, with the aim of facilitating a fun and effective learning experience via the deployment of technology and the adoption of local culture and dialects. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Dec 24, 2021 |  |
| OnePipe | OnePipe simplifies complex infrastructure so you can focus on creating market-defining innovations. Banks and fintech partners of OnePipe have contributed the majority of the underlying infrastructure required to establish your product as a service. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Dec 17, 2020 |  |
| Kudimoney | Kudimoney is a full service digital only bank that enriches lives by helping people live healthier financial lives. Kudimoney does this by offering free banking services and making saving easy and rewarding, because every kudi counts. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Sep 12, 2019 |  |
| Kuda | Kuda is a full service digital only bank with a mission to bank every African on the planet. Kuda was founded in 2019 by Babs Ogundeyi and Musty Mustapha and is Headquartered in London | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Sep 10, 2019 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Atlantica Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlantica-ventures-ac1b) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Future Perfect Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-perfect-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ingressive Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ingressive-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Olivegreen Advisory Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/olivegreen-advisory-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [P1 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/p1-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Raba Partnership](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rabba-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Tolaram Group

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

Tolaram Group is headquartered in Singapore with business interests currently in Asia, Africa and Europe. They trade with companies in over 75 countries.

3 contacts available at Tolaram Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Haresh Aswani | Managing director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haresh-aswani |
| Adewale Ogundiran | Software Developer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adewale-ogundiran |
| Seth Tolaram | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seth-tolaram |

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## FAQ

### What does Haresh Aswani invest in?

Haresh Aswani invests primarily in FinTech, Banking and Financial Services startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Haresh Aswani's check size?

Haresh Aswani typically joins rounds of $1M–$1.6M 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 Haresh Aswani participates in.

### When did Haresh Aswani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Haresh Aswani closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 4 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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