# Next Billion Ventures

> Next Billion Ventures is a VC fund backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 39 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 39
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/next-billion-ventures
- Website: https://www.nextbillionvc.com/

Next Billion Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on making early-to-growth stage investments in tech companies in emerging markets. The firm was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Next Billion Ventures. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Next Billion Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/next-billion-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.7M–$16M |
| Pre-Seed | $150k–$4.5M |
| Series A | $6M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 9 | 23% |
| Financial Services | 8 | 21% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 13% |
| Marketplace | 5 | 13% |
| Real Estate | 4 | 10% |

43 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 38% |
| Series A | 8 | 21% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 8% |
| Convertible Note | 3 | 8% |
| Series B | 2 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 4 | 10% |
| Mexico | 4 | 10% |
| Philippines | 3 | 8% |
| Egypt | 2 | 5% |
| Pakistan | 2 | 5% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ruzgar Barisik | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ruzgar-barisik-06c1 |
| Ruzgar Barisik | Managing Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ruzgar-barisik |
| Christopher Schroeder | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-schroeder-2d28 |
| Falgu Shah | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/falgu-shah |
| Ken Toyoda | Managing Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ken-toyoda |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BHub | #1 financial back-office solution for SMEs in Latam. AI based platform designed to unburden both entrepreneurs and accountants by enabling full outsource of all the finance and administrative work. Bhub's platform includes AI agents and automations of workflows related to AP/AR, accounting, taxes, payroll. BHub helps clients and partnersto reduce time, costs, and labor associated with finance and administrative functions. | $10M | Series A | Nov 27, 2025 |  |
| minu | minu is revolutionizing the financial health of Mexican employees, offering them access to their already worked salary when they need it, instead of having to wait for payroll. The company works with HR divisions of companies that offer the provision of minu to improve satisfaction, retention, and attraction of talent. minu is supported byFinTech's leading institutional investors globally, including QED. | $30M | Series B | Nov 19, 2024 |  |
| Onest | Onest offers technology-based products that help customers meet their financial goals. | $1M | Seed | Apr 30, 2024 |  |
| CLIVI | Clivi is a specialised digital clinic that provides comprehensive treatment to patients with diabetes and obesity through AI assisted follow up and all-inclusive supplies and labs. | $10M | Seed | Jun 20, 2023 |  |
| Advance Tech Lending | Advance Tech Lending is an online salary loans provider. They help employees cover their daily financial needs with a click of a button. They don’t charge interest, just a processing fee to get funds to you immediately. | $16M | Series A | Mar 29, 2023 |  |
| Advance Tech Lending | Advance Tech Lending is an online salary loans provider. They help employees cover their daily financial needs with a click of a button. They don’t charge interest, just a processing fee to get funds to you immediately. | $16M | Seed | Mar 29, 2023 |  |
| Advance Tech Lending | Advance Tech Lending is an online salary loans provider. They help employees cover their daily financial needs with a click of a button. They don’t charge interest, just a processing fee to get funds to you immediately. | $3.9M | Seed | Dec 22, 2022 |  |
| Caantin | Kibanda Topup digitizes the supply for micro, small and medium-sized restaurants. Kibanda Topup allows restaurant owners to order inventory such as grains, poultry, beverages, and beef by app through a simple SMS and get the orders the next day. | $1.7M | Seed | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| Abhi | Abhi provides employees salary advances based on accrued wages. | $17M | Seed | Dec 31, 2021 |  |
| Trinio | Creating new experiences and technologies that empower merchants to build better and lasting relationship directly with their clients |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 39 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Next Billion Ventures invest in?

Next Billion Ventures invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 39 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Next Billion Ventures's check size?

Next Billion Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.7M–$16M at Seed, $150k–$4.5M at Pre-Seed and $6M–$30M 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 Next Billion Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Next Billion Ventures?

Public channels for Next Billion Ventures 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 Next Billion Ventures?

The team at Next Billion Ventures includes Ruzgar Barisik (Managing Partner), Ruzgar Barisik (Managing Partner) and Christopher Schroeder (Partner). 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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