# James Waugh

> James Waugh is a seed investor at CanYa backing B2B, FinTech and Payments. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [CanYa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canya)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-waugh-472545107/

James Waugh is a seed investor at CanYa focused on B2B and FinTech. James Waugh - Head of Business Development @ CanYa

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $50k–$4.9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Payments | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HoneyCoin | HoneyCoin is a cryptographic payment and monetization platform. They make peer-to-peer transactions and connect with users' friends and family from anywhere at anytime. They send and receive payments instantly. | $4.9M | Seed | Aug 12, 2025 |  |
| HoneyCoin | HoneyCoin is a cryptographic payment and monetization platform. They make peer-to-peer transactions and connect with users' friends and family from anywhere at anytime. They send and receive payments instantly. | $50K | Seed | Oct 01, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [4DX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4dx-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Flourish Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flourish-venture) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Musha Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/musha-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Flori Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flori-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About CanYa

VC Fund · Melbourne, Australia

CanYa is a decentralised, global marketplace for peer-to-peer hire of services. CanYa is a hybrid between an on-chain cryptocurrency payment layer using CanYa Coins, and a fast off-chain service that enables users to find and book services, and for service providers to list their skills and services.

5 contacts available at CanYa.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| James Waugh | Head of Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-waugh |
| Christopher McLoughlin | CMO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-mcloughlin |
| Jet Yap | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jet-yap |
| JP Thor | CEO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jp-thor |
| Rowan Willson | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rowan-willson |

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## FAQ

### What does James Waugh invest in?

James Waugh invests primarily in B2B, FinTech and Payments startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is James Waugh's check size?

James Waugh typically joins rounds of $50k–$4.9M 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 James Waugh participates in.

### When did James Waugh last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Waugh closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 2 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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