# Jai Mahtani

> Jai Mahtani is a venture - series unknown investor at 885 Capital backing FinTech and Sports. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [885 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/885-capital)
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jai-mahtani-963a8b281
- Website: https://www.885cap.com/

Jai Mahtani is a venture - series unknown investor at 885 Capital in Dubai focused on FinTech and Sports. Jai is an entrepreneur and investor based in the UAE. He has a track record of building and scaling sports and digital businesses, including Sporty Group and PalmPay.At 885 Capital, he backs ambitious founders and ideas at the intersection of sports and technology - diversifying into other high-impact fields, with a specific interest in realestate.Jai holds a BSc in Management Studies from Nottingham University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 5 | 36% |
| Sports | 4 | 29% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 21% |
| Payments | 2 | 14% |
| InsurTech | 2 | 14% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 6 | 43% |
| Seed | 2 | 14% |
| Angel | 1 | 7% |
| Series A | 1 | 7% |
| Series C | 1 | 7% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 43% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 14% |
| Germany | 1 | 7% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 7% |
| Singapore | 1 | 7% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alaan | Alaan is a financial technology platform that provides corporate cards and expense management tools for businesses to manage company spending and financial operations. The platform enables organizations to issue physical and virtual corporate cards, set spending controls, monitor transactions in real time, and automate expense tracking andreconciliation processes. Alaan also integrates with accounting and enterprise resource planning systems, allowing finance teams to sync transaction data, invoices, and supporting documents directly into their accounting workflows. Its services include budgeting controls, approval workflows, reporting dashboards, and automated receipt and tax data extraction to support compliance and financial oversight. The platform is used by businesses across sectors such as retail, logistics, healthcare, hospitality, and professional services to centralize and manage operational expenses digitally. | $48M | Series A | Aug 05, 2025 |  |
| European League of Football | European League of Football is a sports company that offer timing and display services for various sporting events and sells goods online. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 12, 2025 |  |
| Science | Science is a clinical-stage medical technology company focused on developing neural interface systems to address conditions such as vision loss, cognitive impairment, and motor dysfunction. The company integrates neural recording electronics, optogenetic stimulation, and software platforms to create brain-computer interface (BCI) solutions. Itsproduct suite includes Axon neural probes, the SciFi headstage, and the Synapse communication protocol, which together form a modular platform for neural engineering applications. Science also develops implantable devices like PRIMA, a wireless photovoltaic stimulation array aimed at restoring vision in patients with retinal degenerative diseases.​ | $104M | Convertible Note | Apr 14, 2025 |  |
| Blue Crow Sports Group | Blue Crow Sports Group is a committee of sports executives and investors with experience across football, baseball, and e-sports. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 10, 2025 |  |
| Voyage Foods | Voyage Foods is securing the future of our favorite foods. Many of the foods we love face uncertain futures due to a range of health, environmental and social reasons, and it will soon become harder to safely, economically and responsibly enjoy a cup of coffee, a bite of chocolate or a spoonful of peanut butter. Through the use of natural,sustainable and upcycled ingredients, combined with proprietary technology and food science, Voyage is creating delicious new foods that taste and look just like their original counterparts – unencumbered by global environmental issues. Our first three platforms: Nut-Free Spreads, Cocoa-Free Chocolate and Bean-Free Coffee. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 01, 2025 |  |
| Professional Fighters League | Professional Fighters League is a mixed martial arts league. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 01, 2024 |  |
| Syfe | Syfe is an investment and saving platform empowering people to build their wealth. Syfe offers fully managed portfolios, cash management solutions, and self-directed offerings through its unique neo-brokerage, making it the region’s only all-in-one wealth management platform. Syfe is fully licensed and operational for fund management, financialadvisory, and brokerage in Singapore, Hong Kong & Australia. The company has raised US$ 52.4m to date from prominent backers such as Valar Ventures (Transferwise, N26, Qonto), Unbound Capital (Forto, Cars24), and Partners from DST (Robinhood, Revolut, Brex, Coinbase). | $27M | Series C | Aug 13, 2024 |  |
| Orbital Witness | Orbital Witness is a LegalTech-meets-PropTech company developing a legal risk rating for real estate - a cheaper, faster and reliable alternative to the legacy, costly and time consuming legal due diligence process in property transactions. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 05, 2024 |  |
| LeaseLock | LeaseLock is an insurance technology company replacing security deposits with insurance. Its flagship lease insurance product leverages artificial intelligence to eliminate security deposits from enterprise operating infrastructure—powering a faster, simpler, more affordable rental transaction. LeaseLock seamlessly deploys within the nativeonline leasing checkout, resulting in significant conversion lift—while instantly generating industry-leading coverage for the property on every lease.LeaseLock has insured over $1 billion in leases backed by insurance rated A (Excellent) by A.M. Best. Its global investors include SoftBank Ventures Asia, Wildcat Ventures, Westerly Winds, Vertex Ventures US, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, American Family Ventures, Moderne Ventures, and Mucker Capital. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 01, 2023 |  |
| Finclusion Group | Finclusion is a FinTech accelerating company that provides financial services and credit products using AI-powered and data-driven lending for fraud prevention and credit granting. The company also offers buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) services, salary advance schemes, loan services, and transactional banking to individuals and SMEs across 5countries—South Africa, Eswatini, Namibia, Kenya, and Tanzania. | $2M | Seed | Dec 07, 2022 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Future Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-africa) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [468 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/468-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [885 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/885-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [M&S Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/m-s-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pave Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pave-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About 885 Capital

VC Fund · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

885 Capital is a UAE-based investment firm founded by the entrepreneurs Sudeep Ramnani & Jai Mahtani. The firm has a focus on innovative, founder-led businesses shaping the global sports & technology industries, which the two founders have deep expertise in. It diversifies in cutting-edge real estate projects and other future-definingsectors. 885 Capital is guided by a long-term, conviction-driven approach.

5 contacts available at 885 Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jai Mahtani | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jai-mahtani |
| Sudeep Ramnani | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sudeep-ramnani |
| Alex Rotter | co-Head of Sports | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-rotter-bd43 |
| Martijn Bakx | co-Head of Sports | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martijn-bakx-f213 |
| Michael Schmidt | Chief Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-schmidt-470e |

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## FAQ

### What does Jai Mahtani invest in?

Jai Mahtani invests primarily in FinTech, Sports and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Jai Mahtani's check size?

Jai Mahtani typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$20M 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 Jai Mahtani participates in.

### When did Jai Mahtani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jai Mahtani closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 14 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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