Leonard Stiegeler
Angel Investor
Lagos, Nigeria
Leonard Stiegeler is an entrepreneur & investor in projects unlocking potential. Educated in Europe, he founded companies across EMEA and is now investing globally. He is passionate to develop opportunities with & for others. The companies he co-founded include Jumia, now a leading eCommerce company in Africa and Pulse, now a leading mediacompany in Africa. His investments include Paystack, Flutterwave, Scalable Capital, Conversion and many more. Dedicated to creating trusted connections to enable potential, he founded two networks - Africa Collective, focused on elevating the continent's role globally, and Counder, focused on enabling visionary leaders embrace emerging trends & regions collectively.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
Last updated:
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Industries Leonard Stiegeler invests in
Stages Leonard Stiegeler invests in
Countries Leonard Stiegeler invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.3M–$6M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 2 (25%)
- Financial Services 2 (25%)
- B2B 1 (13%)
- SMS 1 (13%)
- Credit 1 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (63%)
- Angel 1 (13%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (13%)
- Series A 1 (13%)
Country
- Nigeria 2 (25%)
- South Africa 2 (25%)
- United States 2 (25%)
- Kenya 1 (13%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Faro provides inexpensive apparel through re-commerce, collaborating with fashion companies to reduce textile waste and dumping at the manufacturing and consumption levels. | $6M / Seed / Jan 15, 2025 | ||
| Finclusion is a FinTech accelerating company that provides financial services and credit products using AI-powered and data-driven lending for fraud prevention and credit granting. The company also offers buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) services, salary advance schemes, loan services, and transactional banking to individuals and SMEs across 5countries—South Africa, Eswatini, Namibia, Kenya, and Tanzania. | $2M / Seed / Dec 07, 2022 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Your parcels delivered on-demand, safer, cheaper - Soon in Lagos | $2M / Series A / Mar 24, 2022 | ||
| Klas is building the next-gen online teaching platform. We make it easy for creators to schedule, monetize, and host live classes. Our mission is to unlock the power of knowledge sharing. | $130K / Angel / Mar 21, 2022 | ||
| Klas is building the next-gen online teaching platform. We make it easy for creators to schedule, monetize, and host live classes. Our mission is to unlock the power of knowledge sharing. | $115K / Pre-Seed / Feb 05, 2022 | ||
| Paystack lets businesses in Africa accept payments from anyone, anywhere in the world via credit card, debit card, money transfer, and mobile money on their websites or mobile apps. The platform offers easy-to-use features like linking bank accounts, sending money in a few steps, and saving recipients for quick payments. With Paystack, businessescan accept payments from customers anywhere in the world, enhancing their ability to grow and reach new markets. | $1.3M / Seed / Dec 19, 2016 |
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FAQ
What does Leonard Stiegeler invest in?
Leonard Stiegeler invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Leonard Stiegeler invest in?
Leonard Stiegeler typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$6M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Leonard Stiegeler's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Leonard Stiegeler took part in.
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When did Leonard Stiegeler last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Leonard Stiegeler closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 8 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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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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