Jake Kendall
Founder and Director @ DFS Lab
Paris, France
Jake Kendall is a seed investor at DFS Lab in Paris focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Jake Kendall is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France and is the co-founder and director of DFS Lab. Jake previously worked at Caribou Digital as a director of the Digital Financial Services Innovation Lab. Jake Kendall attended the University of California, Santa Cruz. Jake Kendall has been certified in Human Subjects Research –Social-Behavioural-Educational Refresher 1.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 57%
Last updated:
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Industries Jake Kendall invests in
Stages Jake Kendall invests in
Countries Jake Kendall invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 5 (71%)
- Financial Services 4 (57%)
- Finance 3 (43%)
- Banking 2 (29%)
- Mobile Payments 2 (29%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (43%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (29%)
- Grant 1 (14%)
- Funding Round 1 (14%)
Country
- Kenya 2 (29%)
- Tanzania 1 (14%)
- South Africa 1 (14%)
- United States 1 (14%)
- United Kingdom 1 (14%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Tanda is a fintech startup working to revolutionize access to essential digital financial services for MSME's across Africa.Through Tanda, micro-retailers can not only access inventory credit, but also become access points for essential services such as Airtime, Utility payments, M-banking & Insurance for their customers.For thelongest time, shopkeepers have been the cradle for African communities. They supply over 70% of essential goods, worth over $180 Billion annually across the continent. It comes as a shock that despite their importance to local economies, over 90% of micro-retailers do not have any credit history nor access to financing from Banks or MFI's. Tanda plans to close this financing gap and drive financial inclusion for low income MSME's across the continent. | Pre-Seed / Feb 01, 2021 | ||
| Veridium, the leader in modern passwordless authentication. Veridium is the most comprehensive Integrated Identity Platform powered by AI-based Behavioural Biometrics, enabling Multi Factor Authentication, digital ID verification and a true Passwordless experience for employees and clients. | $150K / Grant / Jun 22, 2018 | ||
| The global mobile money industry moves over $1.3 billion per day. Our Android API enables developers to integrate any mobile money service worldwide in an afternoon. | $1.3M / Seed / Apr 24, 2018 | ||
| Cherehani Africa is transforming the micro finance market by leveraging proprietary technology to deploy capital at a 3X efficiency. The business model combines technology and human touch to provide credit to women micro-entrepreneurs in rural and underserved areas. The model is built on top of the proven micro-savings groups structures. Cherehanialso provides market information and financial education to its customers. The suite of information is disseminated via a proprietary web based platform and augmented by in-person field visits. | $240K / Seed / Apr 16, 2018 | ||
| Nala is a FinTech company developing a mobile payments application to simplify money transfers and transactions without data connectivity. Their services include financial inclusion, digital financial services, mobile money, and fintech. | $50K / Pre-Seed / Apr 16, 2018 | ||
| Nobuntu designs and distributes community-minded savings products designed to help South Africans prepare for old age. Nobuntu was founded to solve a problem. Their aim is to ensure that all South Africans are able to grow old in comfort. Through achieving this they hope to revolutionise the retirement savings industry in South Africa. At Nobuntu,they believe that every South African deserves to grow old in comfort, irrespective of when they began planning for the day that they would stop earning a salary. | $200K / Seed / Apr 16, 2018 | ||
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Co-Investors
About DFS Lab
Digital Financial Services Innovation Lab (DFS Lab) is an early-stage incubator that supports high potential entrepreneurs refine, grow and launch fintech businesses in developing countries. Focused on empowering communities in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia, DFS Lab delivers mentorship and strategic counsel to early-stage start-upspioneering transformative business models that empower the poorest, profitably, and at scale. We give the highest quality entrepreneurs access to extensive networks and relevant, world-class advice on how to build successful ventures that change the way low-income consumers interact with digital financial services.
DFS Lab Contacts
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Bob Aman
Advisor
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Ben Lyon
Entrepreneur in Residence
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Jake Kendall
Founder and Director
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Stephen Deng
Partner
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What does Jake Kendall invest in?
Jake Kendall invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Jake Kendall closed in Feb 2021. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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