# Mohammed Diab

> Mohammed Diab is a seed investor at DEFI Gestion (Lausanne) backing FinTech and Mobile Payments. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [DEFI Gestion](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/defi-gestion)
- Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammed-diab-99519021

Mohammed Diab is a seed investor at DEFI Gestion in Lausanne focused on FinTech and Mobile Payments. Born in 1955, Managing Director and Partner of DEFI Gestion, it is Civil Engineer graduated from the EPFL and holds an MBA from the University of Lausanne. He has 31 years of experience, 25 years in private equity, including 22 years at DEFI Gestion.Mohammed speaks fluent French, English and Arabic.Mohammed had multiple seats to the Boardof interests. Currently he serves on the Board of Directors of Bartech, Cepasco, Plumettaz Captain Invest, Emera, DS Care, Park and Reitzel. Mohammed has a network of contacts especially well developed in Switzerland and France.He is a partner of DEFI Holding SA, VDCapital and DEFI EuroCap III.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Mobile Payments | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Julaya | Julaya is a fintech providing African businesses with a digital account to make payments : disbursing mobile money transactions to their employees, suppliers, and owning their own virtual and physical prepaid cards. By digitizing their operations on the Julaya platform, businesses have access to digital loans. | $5M | Seed | Sep 21, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [50 Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/50-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EQ2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/equitrust-choueiri-group-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Jedar Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jedar-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kibo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kibo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Orange Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orange-digital-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Saviu Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saviu-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About DEFI Gestion

VC Fund



2 contacts available at DEFI Gestion.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Claude Suard | Partner & CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claude-suard |
| Mohammed Diab | Managing Director and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mohammed-diab |

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## FAQ

### What does Mohammed Diab invest in?

Mohammed Diab invests primarily in FinTech, Mobile Payments and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Mohammed Diab last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mohammed Diab closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 1 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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