# Laurin Hainy

> Laurin Hainy is a seed investor at FairMoney (Paris) backing B2B and SMS. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: FairMoney
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurin-nabuko-hainy-03a5b862
- Website: https://x.com/LaurinHainy

Laurin Hainy is a seed investor at FairMoney in Paris focused on B2B and SMS. Laurin Hainy is the current CEO and Founder of FairMoney. He previously worked at Le Studio VC as a CEO - Early Stage Investor. Laurin Hainy attended Sciences Po.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.2M–$3.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 50% |
| SMS | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Emerging Markets | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenya | 1 | 50% |
| South Africa | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bamba | Bamba is an android application allowing micro-merchants across Africa to run their entire business utilizing their phones. It focuses on simple tools for merchants to manage their customers, get paid, payout as well as takeout cash advances against their future cash flow. | $3.2M | Seed | May 18, 2022 |  |
| Bamba | Today, organizations spend a lot of money on physical data gathering exercises using old-fashioned paper-based methods. These methods result in expensive, severely delayed and incomplete data . With Bamba, a client can launch a data collection exercise anywhere in the world simply from the comfort of their web browser and the client can ensureindividuals respond with complete answers by paying those individuals for that data with mobile airtime in 122 different countries thus far. | $3.2M | Seed | May 18, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Presight Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/presight-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [468 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/468-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Jigsaw VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jigsaw-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MPGI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mpgi-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About FairMoney

VC Fund · Paris, France

FairMoney is a credit-led mobile bank for emerging markets. It was launched in 2017 and operates in Nigeria and India. Its goal is to rebuild Africa's money story by offering Tier 1 digital financial services to merchants and consumers alike. It offers a range of digital financial products including, near-instant digital loans, investmentproducts, savings, payments, and cards via mobile app.

5 contacts available at FairMoney.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bharat Verma | Head, Investor Relations | — |
| Debo Aderoju | Chief Risk Officer | — |
| Laurin Hainy | CEO & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laurin-hainy |
| Laurin Nabuko Hainy | CEO | — |
| Matthieu Gendreau | CTO & Co-Founder | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Laurin Hainy invest in?

Laurin Hainy invests primarily in B2B, SMS and Mobile startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Laurin Hainy's check size?

Laurin Hainy typically joins rounds of $3.2M–$3.2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Laurin Hainy participates in.

### How do I contact Laurin Hainy?

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### When did Laurin Hainy last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Laurin Hainy closed in May 2022. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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