# Matthew Davis

> Matthew Davis is a funding round investor at Renew Capital (Washington) backing Mobile and FinTech. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Renew Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/renew-19eb)
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-davis-a948772/

Matthew Davis is a Managing Partner & CEO at RENEW. He attended The University of Utah.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Payments | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Logistics | 1 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ghana | 1 | 25% |
| Kenya | 1 | 25% |
| South Africa | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shiprazor | Shiprazor is an innovative shipping aggregator that revolutionizes the logistics industry by providing seamless solutions for businesses. | $250K | Seed | Jul 09, 2026 |  |
| Oze | Oze brings African small businesses into the digital era. It is an app that makes it easy for businesses to track sales, expenses, and customer information. The data is analyzed to provide tailored recommendations, reports, and business education. If the entrepreneur needs a little extra support, an Oze Coach is just a click away. As they are usingOze to manage their business and learn how to run it better, we are learning about them. Using this data and machine learning, we can predict their credit risk and provide them with affordable capital from our banking partners. With over 150,000 registered users, Oze is the largest online community of SMEs in West Africa. The most exciting thing is that Oze works; 97% of businesses that have used Oze for at least 9 months are growing or profitable or both! |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 09, 2026 |  |
| ET Fresh | ET Fresh is focus on increasing the export of high-quality, processed and branded meat products from Ethiopia. |  |  |  |  |
| Flexpay | Flexpay Technologies is a company that offers an automated platform to enable merchants and their customers manage flexible payments for both goods and services across mobile money and bank transfer platforms. Flexpay helps you break down your payments for purchases into smaller chunks that you can pay over a period of time. |  |  |  |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## About Renew Capital

VC Fund · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Renew Capital is an Africa-focused investment firm that addresses critical gaps for Africa’s growing businesses and connects them to a global network of impact investors.

4 contacts available at Renew Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Diana N Njuguna | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diana-n-njuguna |
| Matthew Davis | Partner & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-davis-2827 |
| Nicholas Carl Clerk | Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicholas-carl-clerk |
| Nihal GRII | Investment Ecosystem Development Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nihal-grii |

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## FAQ

### What does Matthew Davis invest in?

Matthew Davis invests primarily in Mobile, FinTech and Payments startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ghana. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Matthew Davis last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matthew Davis closed in Jul 2026. 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?

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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