John Lazar
Founder @ Enza Capital
London, United Kingdom
John Lazar is a seed investor at Enza Capital in London focused on Software and E-Commerce. John Lazar is Chair Of The Board Of Trustees at Raspberry Pi Foundation. He attended the University of Oxford.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 27%
Last updated:
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Industries John Lazar invests in
Stages John Lazar invests in
Countries John Lazar invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$4.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (18%)
- E-Commerce 2 (18%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (18%)
- Sales 1 (9%)
- FinTech 1 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (45%)
- Angel 1 (9%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (9%)
- Series C 1 (9%)
- Funding Round 1 (9%)
Country
- United Kingdom 4 (36%)
- South Africa 2 (18%)
- Kenya 1 (9%)
- United States 1 (9%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Africa's first fraud orchestration platform | $2.4M / Seed / Mar 08, 2026 | ||
| Callosum is an intelligent systems company that develops systems-level software that orchestrates AI workloads across a diverse mix of hardware. | $10.3M / Pre-Seed / Feb 26, 2026 | ||
| Copia Global provides a consumer catalog order and delivery system intended to serve consumers in the developing world. Its service leverages mobile technologies and a network of agents serving as distribution points, enabling rural and peri-urban consumers to get a wide range of quality goods at reasonable prices. | $20M / Series C / Dec 13, 2023 | ||
| Yebofresh is a new online shopping service, delivering popular groceries straight into areas that are generally unserved by most formal retailers. Our unique business model and partnerships with manufacturers allow us to deliver top quality products and A-brands at extremely competitive prices. Yebofresh serves Imizamo Yethu, Langa, Khayelitsha,Mfuleni and Gugulethu and following recent seed funding, is rapidly expanding across the greater Cape Town area. | $4.4M / Jan 24, 2023 | ||
| Yebofresh is a new online shopping service, delivering popular groceries straight into areas that are generally unserved by most formal retailers. Our unique business model and partnerships with manufacturers allow us to deliver top quality products and A-brands at extremely competitive prices. Yebofresh serves Imizamo Yethu, Langa, Khayelitsha,Mfuleni and Gugulethu and following recent seed funding, is rapidly expanding across the greater Cape Town area. | $4.5M / Seed / Jan 24, 2023 | ||
| DevicePilot Service Monitoring for connected devices provides a single pane of glass for Product, Operations and Customer Support teams, driving up customer satisfaction and growth while reducing operational costs. | $1.8M / Seed / Apr 30, 2019 | ||
| Atlas provides mobile banking online. James Schuler and Mickey Costa founded it in 2014, with its headquarters in Malibu in California. | $1M / Seed / Jan 11, 2018 | ||
| CloudNC develops advanced software that enables factories to autonomously manufacture precision parts. Precision manufacturing is fundamental to every aspect of modern life - without it, there are no cars, aircraft, or ships. No mobile phones or computers. No houses or hospitals, no factories or power plants. No food. In the modern world,virtually nothing can be made without precision parts. And yet, the manufacturing industry has been slow to modernize and adopt the innovations that are shaping the future. CloudNC's mission is to automate manufacturing and create a clean and sustainable industrial revolution that accelerates humanity. They’re building the autonomous factories of the future to make manufacturing 10x more efficient, sustainable and faster than anything today.They’re reimagining manufacturing, making it more efficient and productive than ever before, and opening a unique opportunity for investors to transform a $150bn industry.CloudNC elevates an entire industry and put manufacturing back at the cutting edge. | $2.5M / Seed / Apr 01, 2017 | ||
| CloudNC develops advanced software that enables factories to autonomously manufacture precision parts. Precision manufacturing is fundamental to every aspect of modern life - without it, there are no cars, aircraft, or ships. No mobile phones or computers. No houses or hospitals, no factories or power plants. No food. In the modern world,virtually nothing can be made without precision parts. And yet, the manufacturing industry has been slow to modernize and adopt the innovations that are shaping the future. CloudNC's mission is to automate manufacturing and create a clean and sustainable industrial revolution that accelerates humanity. They’re building the autonomous factories of the future to make manufacturing 10x more efficient, sustainable and faster than anything today.They’re reimagining manufacturing, making it more efficient and productive than ever before, and opening a unique opportunity for investors to transform a $150bn industry.CloudNC elevates an entire industry and put manufacturing back at the cutting edge. | $2.5M / Seed / Jul 01, 2016 | ||
| Atlas provides mobile banking online. James Schuler and Mickey Costa founded it in 2014, with its headquarters in Malibu in California. | $1.9M / Seed / Dec 31, 2015 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Enza Capital
Enza Capital invests in and partners with category defining technology companies building in the Fintech, logistics, health, human capital, and climate smart sectors.
Enza Capital Contacts
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David Cohen
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John Lazar
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Mike Mompi
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What does John Lazar invest in?
John Lazar invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is John Lazar's check size?
John Lazar typically joins rounds of $1M–$4.5M 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 John Lazar participates in.
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When did John Lazar last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for John Lazar closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 11 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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