# Kia Besharat

> Kia Besharat is a seed investor at Gravitas Securities (Nassau) backing Credit and Banking. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Gravitas Securities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gravitas-securities)
- Location: Nassau, Bahamas
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2021
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kia-besharat-4799b19/

Kia Besharat is a seed investor at Gravitas Securities in Nassau focused on Credit and Banking. Kia Besharat is the Senior Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets Origination at Gravitas Securities Inc. Kia attended The University of Edinburgh.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Credit | 1 | 33% |
| Banking | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Finance | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| General Assembly Pizza | General Assembly Pizza operates as a simple, fast, and casual pizza restaurant. | $10.2M | Series A | Feb 17, 2021 |  |
| Mednow | Mednow.ca is pairing virtual access with exceptional care. With a patient-first mentality, Mednow.ca connects modern consumers with local pharmacies for a fast, safe, and free experience without ever having to leave their homes. Patients now have access to a network of pharmacies across Canada, free at-home delivery of medications (and all pharmacyproducts), a specialized PillSmart system that packages prescriptions and vitamins by date and time, as well as access to telemedicine virtual care. Designed with access and quality care in mind, Mednow.ca provides virtual care with convenience. | $6.5M | Seed | Jul 15, 2020 |  |
| Progressa | Progressa is a direct-pay lending platform that helps Canadian individuals who are in debt pay back their due bills. It pays its users’ bills directly so that they are able to manage their debts, interest payments, and collections. The platform provides its users with partial payment loans between $1,000 and $15,000 with payback terms ranging from6 to 60 months. It enables its users to get access to automated interest rate reductions every six months, helping them cut down borrowing costs with good payment behaviour. | $12M | Series B | Aug 14, 2018 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Canaccord Genuity Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canaccord-genuity-corp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eight Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eight-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Paradigm Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paradigm-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Gravitas Securities

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

A member of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada and the Canadian Investor Protection Fund.

2 contacts available at Gravitas Securities.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blayne Creed | President & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blayne-creed-1d86 |
| Kia Besharat | Senior Managing Director & Head of Capital Markets Origination | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kia-besharat |

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## FAQ

### What does Kia Besharat invest in?

Kia Besharat invests primarily in Credit, Banking and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Kia Besharat last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kia Besharat closed in Feb 2021. 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?

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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