# Jean-Manuel Costa

> Jean-Manuel Costa is a Series A investor at Adelie (London) backing Apps and FinTech. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Adelie](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adelie-afcc)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-manuel-costa-37844

Jean-Manuel Costa is a Series A investor at Adelie in London focused on Apps and FinTech. Jean-Manuel Costa is the Founder and Managing Partner of Adelie. He previously worked at GreensLedge as the Managing Director. He attended The Wharton School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Web Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Marketing | 1 | 25% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Series B | 2 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 2 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Happydemics | Happydemics is the story of frustration become conviction. A frustration with the complexity of market research, neglected by decision-makers in favor of a simplistic and stereotypical vision of a target. But Happydemics is above all the conviction that they must reinvent the experience of studies for brands, but also for respondents, bydemocratizing access to the opinion of all people. Happydemics was born, and 5 years later, Their conviction is stronger every day! | $13.7M | Series B | Dec 03, 2024 |  |
| Landytech | Landytech is a software company that develops next-generation software platforms for investment reporting and risk analytics for family offices, asset managers, and fiduciaries. It also offers to empower the modern investor with automated investment reporting, risk management, and data aggregation. | $11.9M | Series B | Feb 13, 2023 |  |
| Bizao | Bizao helps companies accept all local payment methods across Africa. We build powerful APIs and smart financial flows wich greatly simplify the challenge of accepting Mobile Money, Visa/Mastercard and Airtime payment. We power all types of businesses: local retailers, online merchants, international digital content providers, money transferoperators, microfinance institutions. Our objective: accelerate mobile payment adoption in order to support economic development across the continent | $8.2M | Series A | Jul 21, 2022 |  |
| Landytech | Landytech is a software company that develops next-generation software platforms for investment reporting and risk analytics for family offices, asset managers, and fiduciaries. It also offers to empower the modern investor with automated investment reporting, risk management, and data aggregation. | $6M | Series A | Nov 10, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AfricInvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afric-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aquiline Technology Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aquiline-technology-growth) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Greenwood Way Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenwood-way-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Seedstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedstars) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Seedstars Africa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedstars-africa-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Wille Finance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wille-finance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Adelie

VC Fund · Paris, France

Adelie is a Paris & London based venture capital fund launched in 2019 to finance fast growing technology companies across Europe with a focus on Series A & B. The fund benefits from a large base of experienced entrepreneur investors and a partnership with Clipperton, a pan-European tech investment banking platform

1 contacts available at Adelie.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jean-Manuel Costa | Founder & Managing partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-manuel-costa |

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## FAQ

### What does Jean-Manuel Costa invest in?

Jean-Manuel Costa invests primarily in Apps, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jean-Manuel Costa last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jean-Manuel Costa closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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?

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