# Invenfin

> Invenfin is a VC fund in Stellenbosch backing FinTech and Food and Beverage. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 71%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/invenfin
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Invenfin
- Website: http://www.invenfin.com

Invenfin is a growth capital investor operating in the technology, food & beverage sectors.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Invenfin. Shizune tracks 4 team members at Invenfin. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/invenfin?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.6M–$3M |
| Series B | $4.3M–$31M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 18% |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 18% |
| Wellness | 2 | 12% |
| Health Care | 2 | 12% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 12% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 8 | 47% |
| Seed | 2 | 12% |
| Series B | 2 | 12% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 12% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa | 11 | 65% |
| Chad | 1 | 6% |
| Egypt | 1 | 6% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Emil Bührmann | Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emil-buhrmann |
| Joe Kieser | Vice Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-kieser |
| Stuart Gast | Executive Director | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stuart-gast |
| Peter van der Zee | Investment Executive | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-van-der-zee |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OfferZen | 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 |  |
| OfferZen | 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 | 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 |  |
| Root | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| LifeQ | 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 |  |
| Dynamic Commodities | Dynamic Commodities is a specialist producer and exporter of a range of frozen fruit delicacies.Dynamic Commodities is exporter of an innovative, value-added range of frozen fruit products, including fruit sorbets and various cut frozen fruits, to countries such as the US, Canada, Japan and South Korea. |  |  | Sep 06, 2016 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AI Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ai-capital-968d) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mevp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [P1 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/p1-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [4DX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4dx-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Acequia Capital (AceCap)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acequia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Invenfin invest in?

Invenfin invests primarily in FinTech, Food and Beverage and Wellness startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 17 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 $2.6M–$3M at Seed and $4.3M–$31M at Series B. 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.

### How do I contact Invenfin?

Public channels for Invenfin include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Invenfin?

The team at Invenfin includes Emil Bührmann (Chairman), Joe Kieser (Vice Chairman) and Stuart Gast (Executive Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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