# Jim Chu

> Jim Chu is a seed investor at Untapped Global (San Francisco) backing FinTech and Internet. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Untapped Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/untapped-global)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jchu45

Jim Chu is a seed investor at Untapped Global in San Francisco focused on FinTech and Internet. Jim Chu is the Founder & CEO at Untapped Global.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 4 | 44% |
| Internet | 2 | 22% |
| Automotive | 2 | 22% |
| Transportation | 2 | 22% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 22% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 44% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Angel | 1 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 22% |
| Mali | 1 | 11% |
| Togo | 1 | 11% |
| Kenya | 1 | 11% |
| Mexico | 1 | 11% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GECSS | GECSS offers electric motorcycles with rechargeable and swappable batteries as a means of transportation in Mombasa. |  | Seed | Aug 07, 2023 |  |
| FlexClub México | FlexClub México is a platform for gig workers to lease vehicles. |  | Seed | Oct 01, 2021 |  |
| Paga | Paga is a mobile payment company. We are building an ecosystem to enable people to digitally send and receive money, and creating simple financial access for everyone. Our mission is to make it simple for one billion people to access and use money. Our first market is Nigeria where Paga is the leading mobile payment company. | $10M | Series B | Oct 01, 2021 |  |
| Teliman | Teliman has launched the very first on-demand taxi-moto service in Bamako, connecting urban commuters with professional drivers (trained, equipped and fully insured) in Africa’s fastest growing capital (Bamako). Rather than “disrupting” the local eco-system, Teliman aims at developing innovative solutions to create shared value for a communitywhere public transportation is highly insufficient and 600,000+ passengers struggle every day to commute. Having gained the trust of Toyota Tsusho Corporation (via CFAO) and local investors in pre-seed, Teliman aims to provide a safe, convenient and affordable solution for Mali and West-Africa. |  | Seed | Feb 02, 2021 |  |
| SEMOA | Founded in 2016, SEMOA have today an international footprint in 13 countries of Africa with the statement to bring something more to people's daily lives. SEMOA is a pioneering fintech company that is reshaping the financial landscape across Africa by specializing in two key areas: the digitalization of banking services and empowerment ofmobile transactions.As a software editor, SEMOA offers a suite of APIs platform and white-label SaaS tools designed to address financial inclusion challenges in Africa, where traditional banking systems often fall short. As a transaction enabler, SEMOA acts as a schema for mobile transaction allowing banks to create more value through a service layer. | $152.7K | Pre-Seed | Dec 31, 2020 |  |
| OnePipe | OnePipe simplifies complex infrastructure so you can focus on creating market-defining innovations. Banks and fintech partners of OnePipe have contributed the majority of the underlying infrastructure required to establish your product as a service. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Dec 17, 2020 |  |
| Onelamp Uganda | Distributing solar fishing lanterns and solar lights in Uganda. |  | Angel | Jun 01, 2020 |  |
| dloHaiti | DloHaiti is a for-profit venture providing safe drinking water to Haitian consumers in underserved areas in Haiti. |  | Series A | May 13, 2013 |  |
| Topicmarks01 | Topicmarks has a web service in beta that helps information workers summarize heaps of cloud documents around their own interests. We produce these summaries through a unique combination of meaning-based algorithms with user behavior and human intent. Try it at: http://topicmarks.comTopicmarks will now plug into major cloud storageproviders to be able to summarize the documents people already have. The first two major partnerships are in place. Organizing and summarizing information in the cloud is growing into a $5.5b market by 2015.Topicmarks just won the 6th Founder Showcase with a landslide vote from the audience and the highest marks from the jury. | $150K | Seed | Mar 18, 2011 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Agence Française de Développement](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agence-fran%C3%A7aise-de-d%C3%A9veloppement) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atlantica Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlantica-ventures-ac1b) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [D3 Jubilee](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d3jubilee) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Full Circle Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/full-circle-africa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Future Perfect Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-perfect-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IFC InfraVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ifc-infraventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Untapped Global

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Untapped Global connects frontier market innovators to global investors through online and in-person platforms. Its platform The Nest is a monthly event series taking place both in-person and online, giving founders access to international investors, while Untapped Invest is a Smart Asset Financing™ platform enabling global investors to tap intothe $4T opportunity in the fastest-growing economies.The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

5 contacts available at Untapped Global.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jim Chu | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-chu |
| Maxime Servettaz | General Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maxime-servettaz |
| Caitlin Craig | Head of Private Capital Markets | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caitlin-craig-d2c2 |
| David Kleiterp | Head of Investments Africa | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-kleiterp |
| Yvonne O. Okafor | Investment officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yvonne-o-okafor |

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## FAQ

### What does Jim Chu invest in?

Jim Chu invests primarily in FinTech, Internet and Automotive startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jim Chu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jim Chu closed in Aug 2023. Shizune tracks 9 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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