# Newid capital

> Newid capital is a VC fund in Alexandria backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Alexandria, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: May 2020
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/newid-capital
- Website: http://www.newidcapital.com/

Newid capital is a VC fund in Alexandria focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Newid Capital invests internationally in growth-oriented financial services companies serving the underbanked.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$1.3M |
| Series A | $6M–$6.9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 5 | 50% |
| FinTech | 4 | 40% |
| AgTech | 1 | 10% |
| Credit | 1 | 10% |
| Banking | 1 | 10% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 40% |
| Seed | 3 | 30% |
| Series B | 1 | 10% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 1 | 10% |
| Kenya | 1 | 10% |
| Turkey | 1 | 10% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 10% |
| South Africa | 1 | 10% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Apollo Agriculture | Apollo Agriculture is an agtech company that offers farmers access to agricultural inputs, financing, and advice. Apollo helps farmers in emerging markets maximize their profits. The company uses agronomic machine learning, remote sensing, and mobile phones to deliver a customized package of credit, high-quality farm inputs, and advice that candouble farm yields, starting in Kenya. Apollo assesses farmer credit risk and customizes each package to a farmer's specific location using satellite data, soil data, farmer behavior data, and crop yield models. | $6M | Series A | May 20, 2020 |  |
| NOW Money | NOW Money uses mobile banking technology to bring accounts and remittance to the unbanked population of the Middle East. It provides a convenient and easy to use solution for those currently excluded from the financial system, bringing full access to the financial system, and significant savings on remittance. | $1.9M | Convertible Note | Jul 01, 2019 |  |
| Lulalend | LulaLend is more than a company. It’s a belief in the power of small business, making a difference, building a better solution and striving for excellence. We work hard to empower businesses across South Africa with the funds they need to grow, and we have a great time doing it! | $6.5M | Series A | Jun 26, 2019 |  |
| Lidya | Lidya is a financial services platform to improve access to credit and finance across frontier and emerging markets starting with Nigeria. We use mobile-first technology with a strong customer experience and proprietary credit scoring algorithms to help small & medium businesses open an account online in 15 minutes, manage funds, and accesscredit needed to grow their businesses and plan their futures. In addition, we have created dashboards and tools to help businesses manage their receivables and cashflow to build credit scores that unlock higher credit limits and affordable rates. Welcome to Lidya. Welcome to the future. | $6.9M | Series A | May 23, 2018 |  |
| Lidya Live | Lidya Live offer high engaging, interactive shopping experience for your customers. | $6.9M | Series A | May 23, 2018 |  |
| NOW Money | NOW Money uses mobile banking technology to bring accounts and remittance to the unbanked population of the Middle East. It provides a convenient and easy to use solution for those currently excluded from the financial system, bringing full access to the financial system, and significant savings on remittance. |  | Convertible Note | Apr 01, 2017 |  |
| Lidya | Lidya is a financial services platform to improve access to credit and finance across frontier and emerging markets starting with Nigeria. We use mobile-first technology with a strong customer experience and proprietary credit scoring algorithms to help small & medium businesses open an account online in 15 minutes, manage funds, and accesscredit needed to grow their businesses and plan their futures. In addition, we have created dashboards and tools to help businesses manage their receivables and cashflow to build credit scores that unlock higher credit limits and affordable rates. Welcome to Lidya. Welcome to the future. | $1.3M | Seed | Mar 29, 2017 |  |
| Lidya Live | Lidya Live offer high engaging, interactive shopping experience for your customers. | $1.3M | Seed | Mar 29, 2017 |  |
| CreditMantri | CreditMantri is an India focused Digital Credit Services Management Platform. Consumer services: CreditMantri helps users understand the status of their Credit Health and build their Credit Profile. The user's credit profile is created with data from Institutional sources like the user's Credit History and Score from the bureau. Thisis further enhanced with data from alternate data sources. Based on the individual's credit profile, consumer's are guided towards the solution best matched to their profile - be it discovery of loans or credit cards, credit improvement servicesLender Services: CreditMantri offers a range of lender specific services including:1. Marketplace listing credit products 2. Solutions to help lenders offer products to new to credit users by enabling instant credit decisions using alternate data. 3. Verification ServicesCreditMantri works with over 55+ lenders | $6.1M | Series B | Feb 28, 2017 |  |
| Lulalend | LulaLend is more than a company. It’s a belief in the power of small business, making a difference, building a better solution and striving for excellence. We work hard to empower businesses across South Africa with the funds they need to grow, and we have a great time doing it! |  | Seed | Oct 06, 2016 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Newid capital invest in?

Newid capital invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and AgTech startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Newid capital's check size?

Newid capital typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$1.3M at Seed and $6M–$6.9M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Newid capital participates in.

### When did Newid capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Newid capital closed in May 2020. Shizune tracks 10 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.

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