# Kaleo Ventures

> Kaleo Ventures is a VC fund backing Financial Services. See 56 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 56
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kaleo-ventures
- Website: http://www.kaleo.vc

Kaleo Ventures is an investment firm prefers to invest in early-stage companies across Africa.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $25k–$2.7M |
| Pre-Seed | $50k–$1M |
| Series A | $100k–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 12 | 21% |
| Information Technology | 8 | 14% |
| FinTech | 6 | 11% |
| Software | 6 | 11% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 9% |

71 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 37 | 66% |
| Seed | 9 | 16% |
| Series A | 3 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 2% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 18 | 32% |
| United States | 8 | 14% |
| Kenya | 6 | 11% |
| South Africa | 4 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 7% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Firman | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | 41 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-firman |
| Ife Oyedele | Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ife-oyedele-ll |
| Iretimipo Kukoyi | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iretimipo-kukoyi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PowerLabs | PowerLabs is an energy and climate technology research and implementation company whose goal is to use intelligent energy to build a world where human output is boundless. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 09, 2026 |  |
| Cuoral | Cuoral is an AI-native platform that helps businesses proactively detect and resolve customer issues before they escalate. We unify support, feedback, and engagement tools into one intelligent layer, transforming reactive customer service into a proactive growth engine. With real-time diagnostics, actionable insights, and automation, Cuoralempowers teams to deliver exceptional experiences at scale. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| Chowdeck | Chowdeck is a food delivery service and marketplace to buy meals from a wide range of restaurants. | $15.4M | Series A | Aug 11, 2025 |  |
| Cr3dentials | Cr3dentials provides a verification platform for digital earners, confirming income, reputation, and work history. The service links user accounts from marketplaces, creator networks, ecommerce systems, and crypto exchanges, including Upwork, YouTube, Shopify, and Binance. Aggregated data is transformed into verifiable credentials that captureearnings, activity, and tenure. These credentials are designed for sharing with platforms or institutions that need evidence of online work and revenue. The approach reduces manual document exchange and supports consistent proofs for digital workers. Offerings include account linking, data aggregation, and shareable verification profiles. | $25K | Seed | Jul 24, 2025 |  |
| SunFi | SunFi tech solution help people access solar energy with installation and payment plans. | $1M |  | May 30, 2025 |  |
| mystocks.africa | Robinhood of Africa. Trade all African Stocks from one app. | $25K | Pre-Seed | Apr 01, 2025 |  |
| Billboxx | Enabling businesses pay and get paid twice as fast | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Dec 11, 2024 |  |
| Lingawa | Lingawa is a fast growing edtech company making quality education accessible to all. Through an online tutoring platform and machine learning-driven learning app, Topset provides affordable, personalized solutions to supplement children’s schooling and for African language learning. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Nov 18, 2024 |  |
| Beacon Power Services | Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities. | $9.1M | Series A | Nov 06, 2024 |  |
| PBR Life Sciences | PBR Life Sciences connects businesses with real-world opportunities in life sciences by combining data, technology, and people. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Oct 23, 2024 |  |

10 of 56 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ardent Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ardent-capital) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Kaleo Ventures invest in?

Kaleo Ventures invests primarily in Financial Services, Information Technology and FinTech startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 56 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Kaleo Ventures's check size?

Kaleo Ventures typically joins rounds of $25k–$2.7M at Seed, $50k–$1M at Pre-Seed and $100k–$15M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kaleo Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Kaleo Ventures?

Public channels for Kaleo Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Kaleo Ventures?

The team at Kaleo Ventures includes Andrew Firman (Co-Founder and Managing Partner), Ife Oyedele (Partner) and Iretimipo Kukoyi (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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