# Kiyan Zandiyeh

> Kiyan Zandiyeh is a seed investor at Sturgeon Capital backing SaaS and E-Commerce. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sturgeon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sturgeon-capital)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2022
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Kiyan Zandiyeh is a seed investor at Sturgeon Capital focused on SaaS and E-Commerce. Kiyan has over 10 years of investment experience and has worked intimately with early-stage frontier businesses for the last 5 years. He has successfully led numerous seed round investments, working with management to develop the companies such that each today are the leaders in their respective verticals.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 2 | 40% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 40% |
| Retail | 1 | 20% |
| Fitness | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pakistan | 1 | 20% |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 20% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MedznMore | MedznMore makes quality healthcare effortless, reliable, and affordable. MedznMore is a digital healthcare innovator, dedicated to improving access to healthcare by blending technology and innovation to solve problems associated with modern-day pharmacies. | $11.5M | Series A | May 20, 2022 |  |
| BILLZ | More than 60% of retailers in developing countries are still use papers, excel sheets or outdated software. We are here to digitize the stores and power them with technology to perform on the best level both online & offline.BILLZ is the all in one retail management platform for small & medium sized businesses powered with POS, inventorymanagement, CRM, analytics, E-commerce & financial tools to sustain in a new digital world. | $650K | Seed | May 19, 2022 |  |
| MedznMore | MedznMore makes quality healthcare effortless, reliable, and affordable. MedznMore is a digital healthcare innovator, dedicated to improving access to healthcare by blending technology and innovation to solve problems associated with modern-day pharmacies. | $11.5M | Seed | May 13, 2022 |  |
| Zip24 | zip24 is an on-demand software or “Software-as-a-Service” (SaaS) startup that streamlines operations management functionalities for e-commerce businesses. Via a cloud-based warehouse, delivery management and enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions package, zip24 forecast orders, facilitate logistic transactions, retail, warehousing, ordershipping and fulfilment; and provide end-to-end delivery tracking. Our Warehouse Management System (WMS) guides inventory receiving and put-away, optimizes picking and shipping of orders and advises on inventory replenishment. This service- oriented architecture provides complete integration to popular storefronts, payment gateways, carriers and other third-party (3P) systems. WMS supports business models of retailers, third- party logistic (3PL) companies and online marketplaces. WMS is offered as a pay-as-you-go subscription. Our Delivery Management System (DMS) offers solutions from pickup to the point-of-delivery. DMS features driver apps with white-label premium features, dispatch and support modules, cash on delivery (COD) processing, real-time tracking of all delivery personnel & vehicles with various geo-locating integrations. Plugins, including Magento and Shopify, offer easy order-drop functionalities, including batch/csv from e-commerce websites, supermarkets, pharmacies, restaurants and more. zip24 is a global company with worldwide customers. Founded by Ex-Amazonians and SaaS entrepreneurs in the Middle East and Central Asia regions, we are headquartered in Dubai, UAE, with development and support hub in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and now in Karachi, Pakistan. | $1.2M | Seed | Jun 28, 2021 |  |
| BILLZ | More than 60% of retailers in developing countries are still use papers, excel sheets or outdated software. We are here to digitize the stores and power them with technology to perform on the best level both online & offline.BILLZ is the all in one retail management platform for small & medium sized businesses powered with POS, inventorymanagement, CRM, analytics, E-commerce & financial tools to sustain in a new digital world. | $150K | Seed | Apr 01, 2020 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ACE & Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ace-and-company) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alta Semper Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alta-semper-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AlTouq Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altouq-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Atlas Financial Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlas-financial-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Integra Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dymon-asia-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Key Family Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/key-family-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Sturgeon Capital

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Sturgeon Capital is a London-based investment boutique focused on building leading tech businesses in frontier markets.

2 contacts available at Sturgeon Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kamila Katya Sharipova | Research | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kamila-katya-sharipova |
| Kiyan Zandiyeh | Chief Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiyan-zandiyeh-ea61 |

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## FAQ

### What does Kiyan Zandiyeh invest in?

Kiyan Zandiyeh invests primarily in SaaS, E-Commerce and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Pakistan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Kiyan Zandiyeh last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kiyan Zandiyeh closed in May 2022. Shizune tracks 5 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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