Invenfin
VC Fund
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Invenfin is a growth capital investor operating in the technology, food & beverage sectors.
- Total investments:
- 21
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 57%
Last updated:
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Industries Invenfin invests in
Stages Invenfin invests in
Countries Invenfin invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $2.5M–$3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 3 (14%)
- Food and Beverage 3 (14%)
- Information Technology 3 (14%)
- Software 2 (10%)
- Wellness 2 (10%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 7 (33%)
- Funding Round 5 (24%)
- Seed 3 (14%)
- Series B 2 (10%)
- Series A 1 (5%)
Country
- South Africa 11 (52%)
- United Kingdom 2 (10%)
- Chad 1 (5%)
- Egypt 1 (5%)
- Kenya 1 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Emil Buhrmann
Chairman
|
Chairman | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Joe Kieser
Vice Chairman
|
Vice Chairman | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Stuart Gast
Executive Director
|
Executive Director | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Peter van der Zee
Investment Executive
|
Investment Executive | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| OfferZen is a job marketplace that connects companies and developers to find a new jobs. Everyone concentrates on the same regions and channels and ignores possibly greater prospects elsewhere, both developers and businesses lose out when they search for one another. On the OfferZen platform, employers contact job-seeking developers instead of theother way around, which flips the conventional recruitment approach. OfferZen's mission is to connect every developer with opportunities to build an awesome future. | $4.3M / Series B / Jan 25, 2024 | ||
| Root enables companies to embed & sell insurance. Root’s proven low-code platform and strong insurance partnerships make it easy to design, build and integrate insurance at scale.Root is an enterprise-grade solution, with digital platforms, retailers, and insurers building, refining and selling insurance products powered by Root.Rootprocesses more than $32m in active Gross-Written-Premium with 1.7m+ in-force policies on the platform, and a team of 50 people. | $1.5M / Sep 27, 2023 | ||
| Lelive is a clean, high-performance skincare brand formulated with botanics and scientific actives to give clear and glowing skin | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2023 | ||
| Fieldbar is a manufacturer of handcrafted cooler boxes. It aims to make luxury outdoor products that combine functional technicality, craftsmanship, and bold creativity. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2023 | ||
| Money Fellows is a financial technology company that offers digitized money circles, also known as rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs). Through its mobile application, users can join money circles with flexible durations of 6, 10, or 12 months. Participants make regular contributions and receive payouts according to a predeterminedschedule. The platform supports various payment methods, including the Money Fellows Card, credit/debit cards, pre-paid cards, bank transfers, Fawry, and e-wallets. Users can participate in multiple circles simultaneously, with payouts up to 1,200,000 EGP. The service includes features such as cashback on payouts and discounts on pay-ins. Money Fellows operates under the supervision of the Central Bank of Egypt's Regulatory Sandbox and collaborates with Banque Misr to monitor transactions and user payouts. | $31M / Series B / Oct 30, 2022 | ||
| Root enables companies to embed & sell insurance. Root’s proven low-code platform and strong insurance partnerships make it easy to design, build and integrate insurance at scale.Root is an enterprise-grade solution, with digital platforms, retailers, and insurers building, refining and selling insurance products powered by Root.Rootprocesses more than $32m in active Gross-Written-Premium with 1.7m+ in-force policies on the platform, and a team of 50 people. | $3M / Seed / Nov 11, 2021 | ||
| Our Dream is to empower everyone to delay aging, optimize your health, harness more energy, reduce the probability of disease, and understand why and how your body is changing, right now! It is in your power to be your biologically younger self.Our Missions is to enable consumers to make better decisions to live healthier lives through optimizinghealth, and be in a position to make smarter, informed, health decisions.We will do this by giving you a 360-degree personalized health mirror, along with the tools, tailored recommendations, and business partners that cover every aspect of your health. | $47M / Series A / May 26, 2021 | ||
| Bolt is a transportation platform providing ride-hailing, micromobility, and food delivery services. It is one of the fastest-growing startups in the world with over 75M happy customers in 45+ countries, from Europe to Latam to Africa. It is building the future of logistics – one platform that connects with cars, motorcycles, scooter sharing, orfood delivery from restaurants.It believes in a future with less car ownership and flexible urban mobility. By bringing reliable on-demand transport to the masses, it helps cities evolve towards decreased traffic congestion and pollution.Bolt was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia. | $67.3M / Series C / Jul 08, 2019 | ||
| Wasoko transforms access to essential goods and services by connecting small shops to the digital economy. | $2.5M / Seed / Feb 22, 2019 | ||
| Samarkand Global provides the gateway connecting European retailers with the enormous and rapidly growing Chinese eCommerce market. Founded in London in 2016, Samarkand has built proprietary technologies and services to removes the cost and complexity of conducting eCommerce in China. Our Nomad software platform is built to make cross-bordereCommerce simple, accessible, and profitable in China. From market entry strategy to greater visibility of existing China sales, Samarkand has solutions for brands and retailers of all sizes. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2019 | ||
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FAQ
What does Invenfin invest in?
Invenfin invests primarily in FinTech, Food and Beverage and Information Technology startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Funding Round stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Africa. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Invenfin's check size?
Invenfin typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Invenfin participates in.
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Who are the partners at Invenfin?
The team at Invenfin includes Emil Buhrmann (Chairman), Joe Kieser (Vice Chairman) and Stuart Gast (Executive Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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