# LAVA

> LAVA is a VC fund backing Payments, B2B and FinTech. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://x.com/lavavc_

LAVA is a VC fund focused on Payments and B2B. LAVA invests in startups, focus on user-centric financial services and innovations.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for LAVA. Shizune tracks 2 team members at LAVA. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/lava-3dda?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.6M–$4.9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Payments | 2 | 50% |
| B2B | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Kenya | 1 | 25% |
| Belgium | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andy Tudhope | CTO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-tudhope |
| Yoseph Ayele | Founder & Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yoseph-ayele |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Optiflux | Optiflux is an innovative device that automates the entire fresh fruit storage management process. Optiflux's expertise combines fruit physiology knowledge with cutting-edge technology. | $2.9M | Seed | Jul 09, 2026 | https://www.optiflux.world |
| Paycrest | Paycrest decentralized payment routing protocol enabling secure conversion and settlement between stablecoins and fiat. | $404K | Pre-Seed | Jan 14, 2026 | https://x.com/paycrest |
| HoneyCoin | HoneyCoin is a cryptographic payment and monetization platform. They make peer-to-peer transactions and connect with users' friends and family from anywhere at anytime. They send and receive payments instantly. | $4.9M | Seed | Aug 12, 2025 | https://honeycoin.app/ |
| Accrue | Accrue offers financial services for cross-border payments and virtual USD cards across Africa. | $1.6M | Seed | Jan 26, 2025 | https://useaccrue.com |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [4DX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4dx-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Agri Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agri-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [Flourish Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flourish-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gemma Frisius Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gemma-frisius-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does LAVA invest in?

LAVA invests primarily in Payments, B2B and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is LAVA's check size?

LAVA typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$4.9M 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 LAVA participates in.

### How do I contact LAVA?

Public channels for LAVA include the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at LAVA?

The team at LAVA includes Andy Tudhope (CTO) and Yoseph Ayele (Founder & Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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