# Prajit Nanu

> Prajit Nanu is a seed investor at Nium (Singapore) backing Payments and Advice. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Nium](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nium)
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prajitnanu/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/prajitn
- Website: https://x.com/prajitn

Prajit Nanu is a seed investor at Nium in Singapore focused on Payments and Advice. Prajit Nanu is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Nium. Prajit previously served as the Global Sales Director at TMF Group. Prajit Nanu attended the University of Mumbai.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.5M–$3.9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Payments | 4 | 80% |
| Advice | 3 | 60% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 60% |
| Transaction Processing | 3 | 60% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 40% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 2 | 40% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 40% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Acctual | Run a seamless AP/AR process for every bill, from one place - crypto and fiat. Synced to your accounting system. | $3.9M | Seed | Nov 29, 2023 |  |
| Sheerdrive | Sheerdrive is a digital AI/ML pre-owned vehicle platform that tackles all critical factors needed to run a successfully used vehicle program. |  | Seed | Jun 08, 2023 |  |
| KUmar Pradeep | Cart Abandonment Rate is the percentage (%) of online visitors who add items to their shopping cart but then abandon it without making a purchase. It shows the rate at which your potential customers are leaving without buying. | $3.5M | Seed | Mar 28, 2023 |  |
| CoinCRED | CoinCRED allows users to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies. |  | Seed | Mar 28, 2023 |  |
| CoinCRED Global | CoinCRED is a crypto exchange platform which has hundreds plus cryptocurrencies where traders can easily sell, buy, deposit and withdraw cryptocurrencies. It is a platform which gives more priority to safe and secure transactions with privacy. CoinCRED has been here for years for its known features like high speed low transaction fees P2P KYC24/7 customer support with such features, it is also known as a crypto investment platform where users can easily trade and earn profits through their user-friendly interface. From beginners to experienced, any investor or trader can begin their crypto journey with the most trusted platform, CoinCRED. | $3.5M | Seed | Mar 28, 2023 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Willowtree Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amara-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Groww](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/groww) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Adventure Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adventure-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alchemy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemy-insights) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Nium

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

Nium is an advanced payments platform redefining the way consumers and businesses send, spend, and receive funds across borders. Nium’s goal is to make the movement of money seamless through being a universal plug for financial services. The company uses agile, elegant, and modular solutions for complex business problems. Be it an Individual,new-age digital bank, or a traditional industry behemoth, Nium pride itself on creating financial infrastructure for every level of sophistication​.​Nium has created a payment mesh in Asia, which is being leveraged by individuals and corporates. The company also offers a configurable, multi-featured platform MassPay that helps corporate and SME users to manage and control their high-volume remittances to multiple beneficiaries in multiple currencies via a seamless process, enabling them to reduce cross-border money transfer costs by up to 80%.The company is licensed in the EU, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, India, and Singapore. It is backed by marquee investors such as Vertex Ventures, Fullerton Financial Holdings, Global Founders Capital, GSR Ventures, and SBI-FMO Ventures. Its services and business model have been recognized on prestigious platforms such as Singapore Fintech Festival and India Fintech Awards in 2017.

5 contacts available at Nium.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Prajit Nanu | Co-Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prajit-nanu |
| Joaquin de Paúl | Head of Nium Labs | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joaquin-ayuso |
| Kenneth Tan | Senior Marketing Manager, SME Business | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenneth-tan-3 |
| Michael Bermingham | Co-Founder-Chief Business Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-bermingham |
| Nilesh Pathak | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nilesh-pathak |

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## FAQ

### What does Prajit Nanu invest in?

Prajit Nanu invests primarily in Payments, Advice and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Prajit Nanu's check size?

Prajit Nanu typically joins rounds of $3.5M–$3.9M 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 Prajit Nanu participates in.

### When did Prajit Nanu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Prajit Nanu closed in Nov 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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