# Norrsken22

> Norrsken22 is a VC fund in Cape Town backing Financial Services and Banking. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 48%
- Fund size: $110M
- Last fund: Jan 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/norrsken22/
- Website: https://www.norrsken22.com/

Norrsken22 is a technology growth fund partnering with exceptional entrepreneurs building Africa’s next tech giants.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.4M–$13M |
| Series A | $5M–$40M |
| Series B | $6.8M–$55M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 7 | 30% |
| Banking | 4 | 17% |
| Payments | 4 | 17% |
| B2B | 2 | 9% |
| Software | 2 | 9% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 17% |
| Series A | 4 | 17% |
| Series B | 3 | 13% |
| Series C | 3 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa | 4 | 17% |
| Egypt | 2 | 9% |
| Nigeria | 2 | 9% |
| Kenya | 1 | 4% |
| Tanzania | 1 | 4% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Natalie Kolbe | Managing Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/natalie-kolbe |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shiprazor | Shiprazor is an innovative shipping aggregator that revolutionizes the logistics industry by providing seamless solutions for businesses. | $2.7M | Seed | Apr 30, 2026 |  |
| Lua | Lua provides AI-powered virtual agents for sales, support, and bookings across channels like WhatsApp, Messenger, and email. | $5.8M | Seed | Apr 16, 2026 |  |
| Orca Fraud | Africa's first fraud orchestration platform | $2.4M | Seed | Mar 08, 2026 |  |
| Stitch | Stitch is a payments infrastructure company that helps businesses seamlessly connect to the financial system, so they can deliver a better user experience and optimize operations. Headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, Stitch launched in February 2021 and has global staff. Stitch offers all popular online payment methods and operates as aPayments Service Provider. Its platform supports a variety of pay-in methods and solutions; financial and payment management solutions; and Payouts. Learn more at stitch.money. | $55M | Series B | Apr 11, 2025 |  |
| Raenest | Raenest helps African talents get paid in minutes by clients and businesses globally while saving costs on fees by automating their invoicing and using foreign bank accounts with cards to localise their payments | $11M | Series A | Feb 11, 2025 |  |
| Taager | Taager is a social e-commerce platform enabling online merchants with end-to-end logistics. | $6.8M | Series B | Feb 11, 2025 |  |
| TymeBank | TymeBank is a subsidiary of the Tyme Group, which focuses on financial technology and banking solutions. TymeBank focuses on providing accessible financial services to the lower-income market. It emphasizes digital banking and minimal fees. Customers can open secure personal and business accounts online, benefiting from low banking charges and highsavings interest rates through their digital platform. | $250M | Series D | Dec 17, 2024 |  |
| Tyme Group | Tyme Group is a digital banking group that designs and operates banks for consumers and small businesses in emerging markets. The platform focuses on accessibility and affordability, serving over 15 million customers across various regions. | $250M | Series D | Dec 17, 2024 |  |
| Workpay | Workpay is a Payroll, Benefits, Compliance software company with embedded finance for local and remote teams in Africa. We empower teams to hire local and remote teams across Africa while staying compliant and without the hustle of having local entities. | $5M | Series A | Aug 22, 2024 |  |
| Waza | Waza is a web platform with APIs. It helps startups and emerging market businesses manage their cash flow issues, invoicing needs, and international payment requirements. | $3M | Seed | Aug 19, 2024 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blue Earth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-earth-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Tencent](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tencent) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Apis Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apis-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [British International Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdc-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [African Rainbow Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/african-rainbow-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Norrsken22 invest in?

Norrsken22 invests primarily in Financial Services, Banking and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Africa. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Norrsken22's check size?

Norrsken22 typically joins rounds of $2.4M–$13M at Seed, $5M–$40M at Series A and $6.8M–$55M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Norrsken22 participates in.

### How do I contact Norrsken22?

Public channels for Norrsken22 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 Norrsken22?

The team at Norrsken22 includes Natalie Kolbe (Managing 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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