# Kavon Badie

> Kavon Badie is a seed investor at Village Capital backing Farming and FinTech. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Village Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/village-capital)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kavon-badie-457599138/

Kavon Badie is a seed investor at Village Capital focused on Farming and FinTech. Kavon Badie

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Farming | 2 | 67% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 33% |
| Trading Platform | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Grant | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 2 | 67% |
| Kenya | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AquaRech | AquaRech includes Farm management that enhances fish production, enables access to the market & promotes equal trade. | $350K | Seed | Jul 23, 2024 |  |
| CoAmana | CoAmana identifies business cases and creates commercially viable, market-enabling digital technologies to bridge Africa's major economic gaps. | $500K | Grant | Jul 09, 2024 |  |
| Crop2Cash | Farmers, especially smallholder farmers, have always had trouble accessing financing as banks are wary of fund mismanagement. Crop2Cash makes formal financing a 100% transparent process for banks while providing much-needed capital to responsible farmers. | $350K | Seed | Apr 10, 2024 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Equitable Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/equitable-ventures-56c5) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Village Capital

VC Fund · Washington, United States

Village Capital uses the power of peer support to change the traditional dynamics between investors and entrepreneurs, providing access to entrepreneurship for everyone. We recruit entrepreneurs solving specific problems in agriculture, energy, education, financial inclusion, and health. We then put the power of investment in the hands of theentrepreneurs, who award pre-committed seed funding to the two ventures ranked highest by the entrepreneurs at the end of every program. Our programs connect high potential, early-stage entrepreneurs with the people, institutions, and capital they need to succeed.We support early-stage ventures with a 501c3 nonprofit that operates training programs for founders, investors, and communities. We also manage a for-profit, managed investment fund that provides early-stage capital to top graduates of each program, as selected by their peers. Our unique peer-selection model received McKinsey/Harvard Business Review’s prestigious M-Prize for innovation in 2013, and we have supported more than 550 enterprises across 51 programs in 9 countries.Since 2009, Village Capital has supported more than 1,000 entrepreneurs through our programs and partnered with affiliated investment funds, including VilCap Investments, that have invested seed capital in more than 90 program graduates. Over the past 8 years, our program graduates have gone on to generate $61.5M in revenue, reach 8.5 million customers, and create over 11,500 jobs. 96% of our alumni would recommend our program to other entrepreneurs, and to date and 91% of our entrepreneurs are still in business.

5 contacts available at Village Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Karla Newendorp | Interim Director of Investments | — |
| Dahler Battle | Sourcing Associate, US Ventures | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dahler-battle |
| Heather Matranga | Vice President | — |
| Jason Palmer | Board Chair | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-palmer |
| Kavon Badie | Investment officer | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Kavon Badie invest in?

Kavon Badie invests primarily in Farming, FinTech and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Kavon Badie?

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### When did Kavon Badie last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kavon Badie closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 3 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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