# Maydan Capital

> Maydan Capital is a VC fund in London backing Travel and FinTech. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maydan-capital
- Website: https://www.maydancapital.com

Maydan Capital is a VC fund in London focused on Travel and FinTech. Maydan Capital connects retail, accredited, and sophisticated investors directly to vetted equity offerings in emerging digital businesses, providing each a direct line to growth.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$10M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.1M–$1.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 2 | 22% |
| FinTech | 2 | 22% |
| Finance | 2 | 22% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 22% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 33% |
| Pakistan | 2 | 22% |
| Turkey | 1 | 11% |
| Singapore | 1 | 11% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 11% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Safdar Alam | CEO | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/safdar-alam-2ee8 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BusCaro | BusCaro is a tech-based transport company aimed at simplifying commute, with a hassle-free experience. BusCaro is a seamless solution for your daily pick and drop. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Nov 22, 2023 | https://buscaro.com/ |
| Takadao | Takadao provides Shariah-compliant insurance alternatives. It operates on blockchain and offers products like Takaturn and Takasure. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Oct 19, 2023 | https://takadao.io |
| Lokal | Lokal is a network of budget hotels that helps to uplift local travel and communities. | $10M | Seed | May 17, 2023 | https://lokal.pk/ |
| ZIPZERO | Zipzero users can earn cash rewards by sharing receipts from everyday purchases, which they can then use to pay household utility bills. Our path to scale is in partnership with leading utilities, who are encouraged to push ZIPZERO to their customers as we help them pay their bills. | $1.2M | Seed | Feb 27, 2023 | https://zipzero.com |
| Salam Booking | Salam Booking is a travel assistance and bookings services provider for muslim-friendly arrangements. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 | https://salambooking.com/ |
| SLA-EXPERT | SLA-EXPERT is a IT services company that provides IT assistance for various business. |  | Seed | Nov 07, 2022 | https://www.sla-expert.com/ |
| Kestrl: Muslim Money App | Kestrl is an app that helps Muslims to Budget, Save and Invest in line with their beliefs. Kestrl also offers SaaS services to Banks/Fintechs in the form of it's Personal Financial Management tools. | $1M | Seed | Oct 29, 2022 | https://kestrl.io/ |
| ZENPULSAR | ZENPULSAR is the AI data company, which analyses billions of data points from multiple social media platforms to extract unique value for the financial services sector, businesses, and governments. Our cutting-edge data-centric AI technology clears the noise out of social media and users can identify early market signals, emerging trends and viralnarratives before the crowds, and everyone else. Customers get access to the data and analytics via SaaS platform or API. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | May 09, 2022 | https://zenpulsar.com |
| Fairnance | Fairnance is based on the concept of disintermediation in home financing. Fairnance is building an alternative home-financing solution that will serve people who are excluded from homeownership for non-financial reasons. |  | Seed | May 06, 2022 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Epic Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/epic-angels) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Wahed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wahed-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [8X Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8x-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Business Innovation Mine (BIM)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-innovation-mine-bim) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Core Vision Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/core-vision-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Draper Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-associates-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Maydan Capital invest in?

Maydan Capital invests primarily in Travel, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Maydan Capital's check size?

Maydan Capital typically joins rounds of $1M–$10M at Seed and $1.1M–$1.6M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Maydan Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Maydan Capital?

Public channels for Maydan Capital include LinkedIn and 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 Maydan Capital?

The team at Maydan Capital includes Safdar Alam (CEO). 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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