# Kyane Kassiri > Kyane Kassiri is a pre-seed investor at Definitive Intelligence backing Apps and Video. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Definitive Intelligence](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karat-35d0) - Total investments: 4 - Last investment: May 2022 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyanekassiri/ Kyane Kassiri is a pre-seed investor at Definitive Intelligence focused on Apps and Video. Emerging market investor. Partner @ RaliCap. ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Pre-Seed | $425k–$3.2M | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Apps | 1 | 25% | | Video | 1 | 25% | | Retail | 1 | 25% | | Finance | 1 | 25% | | Real Time | 1 | 25% | 11 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Pre-Seed | 3 | 75% | | Seed | 1 | 25% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Nigeria | 1 | 25% | | Pakistan | 1 | 25% | | United States | 1 | 25% | | United Kingdom | 1 | 25% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Markaz Technologies | Markaz provides an online reselling platform to help anyone in Pakistan source wholesale products from across the country and sell with a profit through their own social media stores on WhatsApp and Facebook without investing any money, from the comfort of their home.Markaz is on a mission to supercharge the rails of ecommerce and make itaccessible to masses in Pakistan by enabling and empowering micro-entrepreneurs. | $2M | Seed | May 09, 2022 | | | Kippa | Kippa is a mobile app for African small company owners and bookkeepers that replaces physical record books. With its financial management and payments platform, it is enhancing the lifecycle of small businesses across the country. Small business owners can keep track of their daily income and expense transactions, generate invoices and receipts,manage inventory, and generally monitor how their businesses fluctuate over time. It allows merchants and typical neighborhood shops that already use its bookkeeping app to become a one-stop shop for their customers' essential financial services. | $3.2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 18, 2021 | | | Simulon | Tools for the imagination | $425K | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2020 | | | Boost Technology | Enabling informal small businesses to thrive in Africa's emerging digital economy | | Pre-Seed | Jun 20, 2020 | | 4 of 4 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [Alter Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alter-global) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Entrée Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entree-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Future Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-africa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Indus Valley Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/indus-valley-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Definitive Intelligence VC Fund · Mountain View, United States Making AEC software talk to each other in real-time. 5 contacts available at Definitive Intelligence. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Kyane Kassiri | Cooking something | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyane-kassiri | | Thomas Maher | Technical Consultant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-maher | | Anant Jhingran | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anant-jhingran | | Andy Chung | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-chung | | Brian Stempeck | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-stempeck | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund - [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund - [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Ventures Platform](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ventures-platform) — VC Fund - [Microtraction](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/microtraction) — VC Fund - [LoftyInc Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/loftyinc-capital-management) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [FinTech Angel Investors in Nigeria](https://shizune.co/investors/fintech-angel-investors-nigeria) - [All Angel Investors in Pakistan](https://shizune.co/investors/angel-investors-pakistan) - [Financial Services Angel Investors in Nigeria](https://shizune.co/investors/financial-services-angel-investors-nigeria) - [Finance Angel Investors in Nigeria](https://shizune.co/investors/finance-angel-investors-nigeria) - [Finance Angel Investors in Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/finance-angel-investors-africa) - [Retail Angel Investors in Asia](https://shizune.co/investors/retail-angel-investors-asia) ## FAQ ### What does Kyane Kassiri invest in? Kyane Kassiri invests primarily in Apps, Video and Retail startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### What is Kyane Kassiri's check size? Kyane Kassiri typically joins rounds of $425k–$3.2M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kyane Kassiri participates in. ### When did Kyane Kassiri last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Kyane Kassiri closed in May 2022. Shizune tracks 4 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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