# Mikael Hajjar

> Mikael Hajjar is a seed investor at P1 Ventures (Lagos) backing InsurTech and FinTech. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [P1 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/p1-ventures)
- Location: Lagos, Nigeria
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/m-mikael-hajjar
- Website: https://x.com/HajjarMikael
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mika.hajjar

Mikael Hajjar is a seed investor at P1 Ventures in Lagos focused on InsurTech and FinTech. Mikael Hajjar is based out of Lagos, Lagos State and is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of P1 Ventures. Mikael previously worked at Waymo as an Ops Strategy and Analytics. Mikael Hajjar attended the University of California, Berkeley.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| InsurTech | 2 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| mHealth | 1 | 25% |
| Hospital | 1 | 25% |
| Payments | 1 | 25% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 1 | 25% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 25% |
| South Africa | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paymee | Paymee offers a solution to facilitate payments. | $100K | Seed | Feb 07, 2022 |  |
| Reliance Health | Reliance Health is a healthcare company using technology to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. Using an integrated approach that includes affordable health insurance, telemedicine, and a combination of partner and proprietary healthcare facilities. | $40M | Series B | Feb 01, 2022 |  |
| Root | Root enables companies to embed & sell insurance. Root’s proven low-code platform and strong insurance partnerships make it easy to design, build and integrate insurance at scale.Root is an enterprise-grade solution, with digital platforms, retailers, and insurers building, refining and selling insurance products powered by Root.Rootprocesses more than $32m in active Gross-Written-Premium with 1.7m+ in-force policies on the platform, and a team of 50 people. | $3M | Seed | Nov 11, 2021 |  |
| Traction Apps | Traction apps provide businesses end to end tools they need to run and grow their businesses. | $6M | Seed |  |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Arvantis Social Foundation gGmbH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arvantis-social-foundation-ggmbh) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arvantis Social Foundation Impact](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arvantis-social-foundation-impact) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AAIC Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asia-africa-investment-consulting) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Base Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base-capital-f609) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DCG Expeditions](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dcg-expeditions) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FireID](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fireid) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About P1 Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

P1 Ventures works as a venture capital firm. They specialize in early-stage industrial technology firms in Africa.

2 contacts available at P1 Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mikael Hajjar | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mikael-hajjar |
| Benjamin Fernandes | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-fernandes |

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## FAQ

### What does Mikael Hajjar invest in?

Mikael Hajjar invests primarily in InsurTech, FinTech and mHealth startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Mikael Hajjar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mikael Hajjar closed in Feb 2022. 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?

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