# Maxime Bayen > Maxime Bayen is a pre-seed investor at BFA Global backing Information Technology and AgTech. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [BFA Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bfa-global) - Location: London, United Kingdom - Total investments: 17 - Last investment: Sep 2025 - Lead investor: 88% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxime-bayen-a267a210 - X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/maxbayen - Website: https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/programmes/ecosystem-accelerator/ Maxime Bayen is a pre-seed investor at BFA Global in London focused on Information Technology and AgTech. Maxime Bayen - Senior Venture Builder @ BFA Global ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Information Technology | 4 | 24% | | AgTech | 3 | 18% | | Agriculture | 3 | 18% | | Financial Services | 3 | 18% | | Retail | 2 | 12% | 28 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Pre-Seed | 9 | 53% | | Seed | 7 | 41% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Nigeria | 3 | 18% | | France | 2 | 12% | | Tanzania | 2 | 12% | | United States | 2 | 12% | | Mali | 1 | 6% | 9 countries tracked in total. ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | OKO | OKO uses satellite information to define risk and create insurance products for farmers in emerging markets. They use mobile technologies to distribute insurance, collect premiums, help farmers and pay claims. | | Seed | Sep 30, 2025 | | | MazaoHub | MazaoHub is a AI-powered end-to-end farm management company. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 20, 2025 | | | ENAKL | Enakl, is a tech mobility company providing bus sharing solutions for commute rides in Africa. Our technology allows us to collect data to predict demand for commute rides, pool users per destination and create routes that will be operated by professional drivers. Our innovative business model enables affordable pricing, promoting socialinclusion. By offering flexible, safe and convenient transport options, Enakl is helping to solve the problems of congestion and access to transport in Africa. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Dec 03, 2024 | | | NoorNation | NoorNation's mission is to provide long-term, decentralised energy and water infrastructure solutions. | | Pre-Seed | Feb 14, 2024 | | | MazaoHub | MazaoHub is a AI-powered end-to-end farm management company. | $200K | Pre-Seed | Feb 14, 2024 | | | Earthbond | Earthbond Leverage the collective power of your neighborhood for better pricing and financing options. | | Pre-Seed | Feb 14, 2024 | | | Keep IT Cool | Raino Tech4Impact is a social enterprise that leveraging technology as an enabler to empower African communities. Founded in 2014, They have been developing technology-driven solutions in health, agriculture, sports, green energy and offer business support services.In partnership with various key players in different sectors, they have developedunique and efficient different use cases of technological solutions impacting millions of lives. | | Seed | Feb 14, 2024 | | | Medikea Health | Medikea Health is a health, wellness & fitness company. | | Pre-Seed | Feb 05, 2024 | | | Scrapays | Scrapays is a Cleantech Startup, Fusing Recycling, Technology, and Finance. Helps the 1% of the population in every urban city that survives by operating recycling businesses (collectors and agents) to provide on-demand material recovery services to waste producers (individuals and enterprises), with a reward in commission per kilogram recovered.Scrapays uses an integrated offline and online technology (USSD, IoT, Web, and Mobile App, and wallet System) in its decentralized recovery model to deliver on less than a day recovery cycle for every waste Producer pickup request.Scrapays facilitate this recovery of recyclables by providing a software-based (USSD, Web, Mobile App) recovery network, consisting of all four categories in the value chain, which are independent businesses and producers. We provide them with the infrastructure and tools to help them control recyclable material recovery while creating self-managed businesses from it. Scrapays is for Individuals and Enterprises who are looking to make money or get a better return from recyclable waste and Out-of-Use scrap-able items. We allow individuals who have open spaces to Host collection outlets, become local Collectors, or manage operations by being a vendor. Allowing Individuals and Enterprises get paid for their recyclable waste. while duly rewarding all partners commission per kilogram recovered.Scrapays is for Individuals and Enterprises who are looking to make money or get a better return from recyclable waste and Out-of-Use scrap-able items. We allow individuals who have open spaces to Host collection outlets, become local Collectors. Allowing Individuals and Enterprises to get paid for their recyclable waste. while duly rewarding all partners’ commission per kilogram recovered.The decentralized recovery network follows an architecture that allows individuals whom we refer to as Agents, list their space as temporary Recyclable Hosting Location (call it AirBnB for recyclables), and Collectors; mobile field soldiers that collect the recyclables in their mapped zone (call this Uber for recyclables). | | Seed | Jan 11, 2024 | | | Zebra CropBank | Zebra CropBank is building a tech-enabled produce banking and distribution platform, that allows farmers convert their crop into tradable assets. The platform provides a post harvest produce management system that gives farmers the ability to instantly convert their crops to cash or to collateral for credit. | $200K | Seed | Jan 09, 2024 | | 10 of 17 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Digital Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-africa-1318) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [DOB Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dob-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elea-foundation-for-ethics-in-globalization) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Impacc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/impacc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Katapult](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katapult-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Mercy Corps Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercy-corps-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About BFA Global VC Fund 1 contacts available at BFA Global. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Maxime Bayen | Senior Venture Builder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maxime-bayen | ## Similar investors ### 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 ## FAQ ### What does Maxime Bayen invest in? Maxime Bayen invests primarily in Information Technology, AgTech and Agriculture startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Maxime Bayen last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Maxime Bayen closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 17 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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