# Idris Sami

> Idris Sami is a Series B investor at Anfa (Los Angeles) backing Financial Services and Payments. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Anfa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anfa)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/idrissami

Idris Sami is a partner at Anfa. He founded the investment firm in 2020 with a focus on early and growth stage investments. Prior to Anfa, Idris was the founder of MesTextos, a text messaging platform.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 4 | 33% |
| Payments | 3 | 25% |
| Banking | 2 | 17% |
| SaaS | 1 | 8% |
| FinTech | 1 | 8% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 4 | 33% |
| Series A | 3 | 25% |
| Series C | 2 | 17% |
| Series D | 1 | 8% |
| Series E | 1 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 4 | 33% |
| Turkey | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sipay | Sipay is a next-generation financial technology company offering a comprehensive all-in-one financial services platform. It enables B2B, B2C, and Sipay as a Service (Embedded Finance) customers to address all their banking and financial needs without requiring any other partners. | $15M | Series A | Jun 04, 2024 |  |
| Pristyn Care | Pristyn Care is a Health Care Startup that is disrupting Day Care Procedures. It is founded by Ex Consultant Surgeons from Medanta, Max, Birla and ex UrbanClap, Mobikwik Strategy & Business Head. Pristyn Care's team is young and passionate, and we see massive opportunity in the healthcare industry. By leveraging technology, and a set ofsimple yet powerful processes and operations, we wish to build an ecosystem which can organize the world of day care procedures. We are leveraging some of the most advanced tech developments in the field of healthcare for this goal. | $96M | Series E | Dec 08, 2021 |  |
| slice | slice, feel easy with money.slice’s purpose is to make the world better at using money and time, with a major focus on building the best consumer experience for your money. We’ve all felt how slow, confusing, and complicated banking can be. So, we’re reimagining it. We’re building every product from scratch to be fast, transparent, and feel good,because we believe that the best products transcend demographics, like how great music touches most of us.Our cornerstone products and services: slice savings account, slice UPI credit card, slice UPI, slice UPI ATMs, slice fixed deposits, slice borrow, and UPI-powered bank branch are designed to be simple, rewarding, and completely in your control. At slice, you’ll get to build things you’d use yourself and shape the future of banking in India. We tailor our working experience with the belief that the present moment is the only real thing in life. And we have harmony in the present the most when we feel happy and successful together.We’re backed by some of the world’s leading investors, including Tiger Global, Insight Partners, Advent International, Blume Ventures, and Gunosy Capital. | $220M | Series B | Nov 29, 2021 |  |
| Khatabook | Khatabook is India's fastest growing SaaS company that enables micro, small and medium businesses to increase efficiency and reduce costs through safe and secure business and financial solutions. The industry has noticed its contribution to changing India's business landscape, and the company was conferred the "Best Innovative MobileApp" 2020 award at the India Digital Awards in February 2020. Khatabook today is available in 11+ languages and has more than 20+ Million registered users. | $100.2M | Series C | Aug 24, 2021 |  |
| Jupiter | Jupiter is a digital retail bank that specializes in legal, accounting, book-keeping, auditing activities, tax consultancy, market research and public opinion polling, and business and management consultancy. Jupiter is India’s first & only co-created banking experience dedicated to Millenials. | $45M | Series B | Aug 05, 2021 |  |
| Pristyn Care | Pristyn Care is a Health Care Startup that is disrupting Day Care Procedures. It is founded by Ex Consultant Surgeons from Medanta, Max, Birla and ex UrbanClap, Mobikwik Strategy & Business Head. Pristyn Care's team is young and passionate, and we see massive opportunity in the healthcare industry. By leveraging technology, and a set ofsimple yet powerful processes and operations, we wish to build an ecosystem which can organize the world of day care procedures. We are leveraging some of the most advanced tech developments in the field of healthcare for this goal. | $53M | Series D | Apr 20, 2021 |  |
| Pristyn Care | Pristyn Care is a Health Care Startup that is disrupting Day Care Procedures. It is founded by Ex Consultant Surgeons from Medanta, Max, Birla and ex UrbanClap, Mobikwik Strategy & Business Head. Pristyn Care's team is young and passionate, and we see massive opportunity in the healthcare industry. By leveraging technology, and a set ofsimple yet powerful processes and operations, we wish to build an ecosystem which can organize the world of day care procedures. We are leveraging some of the most advanced tech developments in the field of healthcare for this goal. | $12M | Series C | Sep 27, 2020 |  |
| Khatabook | Khatabook is India's fastest growing SaaS company that enables micro, small and medium businesses to increase efficiency and reduce costs through safe and secure business and financial solutions. The industry has noticed its contribution to changing India's business landscape, and the company was conferred the "Best Innovative MobileApp" 2020 award at the India Digital Awards in February 2020. Khatabook today is available in 11+ languages and has more than 20+ Million registered users. | $60M | Series B | May 20, 2020 |  |
| Jupiter | Jupiter is a digital retail bank that specializes in legal, accounting, book-keeping, auditing activities, tax consultancy, market research and public opinion polling, and business and management consultancy. Jupiter is India’s first & only co-created banking experience dedicated to Millenials. |  |  | Apr 08, 2020 |  |
| Jupiter | Jupiter is a digital retail bank that specializes in legal, accounting, book-keeping, auditing activities, tax consultancy, market research and public opinion polling, and business and management consultancy. Jupiter is India’s first & only co-created banking experience dedicated to Millenials. |  | Series A | Apr 08, 2020 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Peak XV Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-india-2) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Epiq Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/epiq-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [RTP Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rtp-global) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Titan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/titan-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [B Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-capital-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Anfa

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Anfa is an investment firm supporting exceptional entrepreneurs across stages and sectors. It makes early and growth stage investments and takes a high conviction approach with patient capital. Anfa was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in London.

3 contacts available at Anfa.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Idris Sami | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idris-sami |
| Joe Marris | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-marris-a420 |
| Yousif Al-Dujaili | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yousif-al-dujaili |

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## FAQ

### What does Idris Sami invest in?

Idris Sami invests primarily in Financial Services, Payments and Banking startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Idris Sami last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Idris Sami closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 12 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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