# HoaQ

> HoaQ is a VC fund in Dublin backing FinTech, Financial Services and Internet. See 29 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Ireland
- Total investments: 29
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hoaq/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hoaqclub
- Website: https://hoaq.club/

HoaQ is a VC fund in Dublin focused on FinTech and Financial Services. HoaQ club is a community of creators and operators backing entrepreneurs in building scalable businesses for Africa and its Diaspora.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.7M–$3.3M |
| Angel | $100k–$130k |
| Pre-Seed | $115k–$1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 6 | 21% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 17% |
| Internet | 4 | 14% |
| Health Care | 4 | 14% |
| Software | 3 | 10% |

52 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 15 | 52% |
| Seed | 8 | 28% |
| Angel | 2 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 7% |
| Series A | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 13 | 45% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 14% |
| United States | 2 | 7% |
| Togo | 1 | 3% |
| Kenya | 1 | 3% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chowdeck | Chowdeck is a food delivery service and marketplace to buy meals from a wide range of restaurants. | $15.4M | Series A | Aug 11, 2025 |  |
| Chowdeck | Chowdeck is a food delivery service and marketplace to buy meals from a wide range of restaurants. | $2.5M | Seed | Apr 30, 2024 |  |
| Klas | Klas is building the next-gen online teaching platform. We make it easy for creators to schedule, monetize, and host live classes. Our mission is to unlock the power of knowledge sharing. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Feb 06, 2024 |  |
| La Ruche Health Inc. | LaRuche Health offers inclusive apps that simplify care delivery and improve patient access to preventive healthcare services. | $24K | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2023 |  |
| ChowCentral | ChowCentral is an online food delivery platform that delivers food from different restaurants to customers. |  |  | Sep 06, 2023 |  |
| Clafiya | Clafiya connects patients to health practitioners to provide fast and affordable on-demand primary care services in Africa. | $610K | Pre-Seed | Jul 25, 2023 |  |
| Tyms | Tyms Africa provides AI-powered financial tools for SMEs and startups by automating the process of bookkeeping, accounting, invoicing, bank reconciliation and financial reporting. We are able to lower the rate at which businesses lose money due to poor cash flow management and inadequate bank reconciliation. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2023 |  |
| Kunda Kids | Kunda Kids is a children's publishing and media company. They promote diversity and inclusion in children's literature, and stories and characters reflect this. Their stories promote all-important life skills such as self-confidence, teamwork, and kindness, which are essential for children's development and well-being. | $700K | Pre-Seed | May 23, 2023 |  |
| ChekkitApp | Chekkit is a DAG blockchain powered anti-counterfeiting solution for food and drug supply chain tracking and customer insights platform. It helps producers protect their brands, track supply chain activities, and collect last-mile consumer insights in real-time. |  | Seed | Apr 17, 2023 |  |
| Payday | Payday is a fintech that offers global payment solutions such as Virtual Mastercards and foreign employee payments. | $3M | Seed | Mar 29, 2023 |  |

10 of 29 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Voltron Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/voltron-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does HoaQ invest in?

HoaQ invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Internet startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 29 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is HoaQ's check size?

HoaQ typically joins rounds of $1.7M–$3.3M at Seed, $100k–$130k at Angel and $115k–$1M 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 HoaQ participates in.

### When did HoaQ last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for HoaQ closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 29 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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