# Murshid M. Ali

> Murshid M. Ali is a pre-seed investor in London backing Financial Services and SaaS. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/murshidali

Murshid M. Ali is a pre-seed investor in London focused on Financial Services and SaaS. Dr. Murshid M. Ali an award-winning technology entrepreneur and investor. He holds a Phd in Economics from the University of Stavanger, and a masters degree in International Business from Grenoble Ecole de Management. He is the former Founder CEO of Huddlestock (OSE:HUDL), and co-founder of climate technology companies Norsk Solar (OSE:NSOL), andventure-backed Skyfri Group.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $600k–$1.1M |
| Pre-Seed | $300k–$1.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 3 | 25% |
| SaaS | 2 | 17% |
| Solar | 2 | 17% |
| FinTech | 2 | 17% |
| Finance | 2 | 17% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 50% |
| Seed | 4 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Norway | 6 | 50% |
| Sweden | 1 | 8% |
| Denmark | 1 | 8% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Factiverse | Models produce millions of sentences. Factiverse understands them, detecting check-worthy sentences and using that insight to fine-tune models for high-stakes decision-making in government, defence, and finance.Our patented ML/NLP separates check-worthy factual and numerical claims from opinion across 114 languages faster and more preciselythan leading LLMs. Factiverse is built on years of award-winning academic research and peer-reviewed technology, and are NATO DIANA 2025 alumni. Our solution has won multiple awards, including the Digital Trust Challenge at KI Park, AI-Startup of the Year by Nora.ai, and Best Pitch in Security at Techcrunch Disrupt 2024, San Francisco. | $1.1M | Seed | Jun 20, 2024 |  |
| Factiverse | Models produce millions of sentences. Factiverse understands them, detecting check-worthy sentences and using that insight to fine-tune models for high-stakes decision-making in government, defence, and finance.Our patented ML/NLP separates check-worthy factual and numerical claims from opinion across 114 languages faster and more preciselythan leading LLMs. Factiverse is built on years of award-winning academic research and peer-reviewed technology, and are NATO DIANA 2025 alumni. Our solution has won multiple awards, including the Digital Trust Challenge at KI Park, AI-Startup of the Year by Nora.ai, and Best Pitch in Security at Techcrunch Disrupt 2024, San Francisco. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 20, 2024 |  |
| Slowly.no | Slowly.no is an online retailer app that sells coffee, dry goods, bakery, and household products for monthly delivery and return services. | $600K | Seed | Mar 07, 2023 |  |
| Waved | SaaS Music Volume Automation | $1M | Seed | Jul 25, 2022 |  |
| Investables | Investables is a fractional investment platform focused on collectibles. We are breaking down barriers and providing a gateway for anybody to enter the world of alternative investments. We are a team of experts in the fintech and blockchain space who have decided to bring the best out of both worlds into Investables. | $400K | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2022 |  |
| Baase AB | Baase AB is a banking-as-a-service provider linking Banks and Brands together. Baase empower brands with financial services and connect banks with new customers. |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 10, 2022 |  |
| Skyfri | Skyfri is one of the fastest-growing cleantech companies globally, headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with more than 140 employees across offices in the Denver, London, Oslo, Singapore and Bangalore. The company provides solar asset owners with sophisticated firmware and software to increase revenues and reduce down-time in production, through itsplatform Skyfri Intelligence. The platform is built to automate operations, maintenance, and asset management - accelerating the deployment of solar energy globally. In certain regions, Skyfri Intelligence is supported by Skyfri Energy, the company's own service division. Skyfri is backed by some of Europe's climate tech investors and has a strong management team with experience in building and listing renewable energy and technology companies. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 05, 2021 |  |
| Skyfri | Skyfri is one of the fastest-growing cleantech companies globally, headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with more than 140 employees across offices in the Denver, London, Oslo, Singapore and Bangalore. The company provides solar asset owners with sophisticated firmware and software to increase revenues and reduce down-time in production, through itsplatform Skyfri Intelligence. The platform is built to automate operations, maintenance, and asset management - accelerating the deployment of solar energy globally. In certain regions, Skyfri Intelligence is supported by Skyfri Energy, the company's own service division. Skyfri is backed by some of Europe's climate tech investors and has a strong management team with experience in building and listing renewable energy and technology companies. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 05, 2021 |  |
| MakeImpact | MakeImpact is a fast-growing Nordic fintech startup visioning a world in which the gain of financial wealth does not compromise the future of their planet and their communities. | $300K | Pre-Seed | May 10, 2021 |  |
| Norsk Solar | Norsk Solar is a Norwegian Renewable Energy company that builds, owns and operates solar assets in emerging markets. Norsk Solar is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE:NSOL). The company currently has a 50MW solar plant in Gharo-region, Pakistan, and 10MW solar plant in Semypolky, Ukraine and +50MW of C&I projects in Vietnam. Norsk Solar hasalso invested heavily in new floating solar technology that will be launched in Maldives in Q1, 2021. | $5M | Series A | Jun 10, 2017 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Singularity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/singularity-64af) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Herfo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/herfo) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Link Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/link-capital-0172) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Validé](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valid%C3%A9) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alligate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alligate) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Valinor AS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valinor-as) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Murshid M. Ali invest in?

Murshid M. Ali invests primarily in Financial Services, SaaS and Solar startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Norway. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Murshid M. Ali's check size?

Murshid M. Ali typically joins rounds of $600k–$1.1M at Seed and $300k–$1.5M 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 Murshid M. Ali participates in.

### When did Murshid M. Ali last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Murshid M. Ali closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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