# Nico Barawid

> Nico Barawid is a seed investor at Tunic Pay (Mexico City) backing SaaS and Software. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Tunic Pay](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tunic-pay)
- Location: Mexico City, Mexico
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jul 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicobarawid/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/nicobarawid
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicobarawid

Nico Barawid is a seed investor at Tunic Pay in Mexico City focused on SaaS and Software. Nico Barawid is the Co-Founder of Tunic Pay. He previously worked at Casai as a Co-Founder and CEO. Nico Barawid attended the University of Oxford.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.5M–$7.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 2 | 40% |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 40% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |
| Finance | 1 | 20% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chile | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zelt | Zelt provides the enterprise with all the functionality needed to manage its workforce across the whole employee lifecycle end-to-end with applications spanning HR, Finance and IT use cases. Zelt is easy to use, tasteful, and affordable, and it enables organizations to function in a simpler and more automated way. The platform automates variousaspects of employee management, such as onboarding and offboarding, significantly reducing the time and effort required to provision employee accounts. | $3.5M | Seed | Jul 20, 2023 |  |
| Silkhaus | Silkhaus makes living comfortable and convenient through 24/7 mobile support and a digital concierge. | $7.8M | Seed | Nov 14, 2022 |  |
| Zelt | Zelt provides the enterprise with all the functionality needed to manage its workforce across the whole employee lifecycle end-to-end with applications spanning HR, Finance and IT use cases. Zelt is easy to use, tasteful, and affordable, and it enables organizations to function in a simpler and more automated way. The platform automates variousaspects of employee management, such as onboarding and offboarding, significantly reducing the time and effort required to provision employee accounts. | $3.8M | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| Vest | Vest is an app-based brokerage that wants to provide Latin American savers with access to American assets that are differentiated by product, pricing, and content. Latin Americans are known for saving, but many prefer to do so in cash or in zero-interest savings accounts. | $6M | Seed | Jan 26, 2022 |  |
| Xepelin | Xepelin is a fintech company that offers a SaaS platform for small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America that can organize their financial information in real-time. It seeks to simplify access to capital for its clients by creating a Simple, Fast, and Safe experience. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Las Condes, Chile. | $30M | Series A | Jul 30, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Concept Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/concept-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Adapt Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adapt-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lakestar](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lakestar) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Musha Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/musha-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Portfolio Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portfolio-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Concept Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rlc-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Tunic Pay

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Tunic Pay is a startup that solves APP fraud with recipient verification and payment conditionality.

2 contacts available at Tunic Pay.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nicky Goulimis | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicky-goulimis |
| Nico Barawid | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nico-barawid |

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## FAQ

### What does Nico Barawid invest in?

Nico Barawid invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Chile. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Nico Barawid's check size?

Nico Barawid typically joins rounds of $3.5M–$7.8M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Nico Barawid participates in.

### When did Nico Barawid last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nico Barawid closed in Jul 2023. Shizune tracks 5 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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