# Prosus

> Prosus is a VC fund in Amsterdam backing E-Commerce and Internet. See 88 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 88
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 64%
- Last fund: Oct 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/prosus-group
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/prosus_ventures?lang=en
- Website: https://www.prosus.com
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/ProsusGroup

Prosus is a VC fund in Amsterdam focused on E-Commerce and Internet. Prosus is the international internet assets division of Naspers. The global investment group is the largest consumer internet company in Europe, and among the largest technology investors in the world, operating across a variety of platforms and geographies.Prosus is a unique blend of venture capital and operating company that funds, acquires,builds and scales technology businesses. It combines venture capital investing with deep operational experience in the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The company has meaningful investments in Tencent, Mail.ru, Ctrip.com International Limited, and DeliveryHero.Prosus has a primary listing on Euronext Amsterdam (AEX:PRX) and a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (XJSE:PRX), and is majority owned by Naspers.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $5.3M–$100M |
| Series B | $14M–$100M |
| Series C | $18M–$170M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 14 | 16% |
| Internet | 12 | 14% |
| Financial Services | 11 | 13% |
| FinTech | 9 | 10% |
| EdTech | 7 | 8% |

112 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 18 | 20% |
| Series A | 12 | 14% |
| Series C | 11 | 13% |
| Series D | 6 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 7% |

18 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 13 | 15% |
| United States | 12 | 14% |
| Brazil | 7 | 8% |
| Germany | 4 | 5% |
| Singapore | 3 | 3% |

21 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sebastiaan Vaessen | Head of Strategy | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sebastiaan-vaessen |
| Aileen O'Toole | Group Human Resources Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aileen-o-toole |
| Ariel Lebowits | Head of M&A, OLX Group | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ariel-lebowits |
| Banafsheh Fathieh | Principal, Investment Lead | 14 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banafsheh-fathieh |
| Basil Sgourdos | Group CFO & Financial Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basil-vasili-sgourdos |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alan | Alan provides online digital insurance services focusing on health and wellness. The company offers health insurance services, providing solutions tailored to the needs of different types of businesses. It provides simple and seamless insurance coverage and easy claim handling. It gives access to medical professionals for users to easily andconveniently get medical advice and manage claims and reimbursements. | $544.6M | Series G | Jun 24, 2026 |  |
| Alan | Alan provides online digital insurance services focusing on health and wellness. The company offers health insurance services, providing solutions tailored to the needs of different types of businesses. It provides simple and seamless insurance coverage and easy claim handling. It gives access to medical professionals for users to easily andconveniently get medical advice and manage claims and reimbursements. |  | Secondary Market | Jun 24, 2026 |  |
| Mevo | Mevo is a healthcare platform that makes people's life simpler by providing everything from a digital prescription with an online purchase option for medicines to be delivered to their homes. Mevo is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil and was founded in 2017. | $18.2M | Series B | Mar 25, 2026 |  |
| ixigo | ixigo is an intelligent, AI-based travel app with over 150 million users. ixigo allows Indian travelers to organize, book, and track trips from 120+ travel suppliers and OTAs across flights, trains, hotels, buses and cabs. ixigo’s vision is to empower travelers with trustworthy and personalized travel recommendations. ixigo is the fastest growingand most trusted travel app in the market. ixigo trains app has become the world’s 6th most downloaded travel app on the Google Play store as per analytics platform SensorTower’s 2018 report. It is also the 2nd most downloaded travel app in India. The company has played a pioneering role in launching innovative products in the travel space driven by AI, Voice, and ML. Over the past few years, ixigo has won an impressive string of awards and accolades including the Phocuswright people's choice award for their multi-lingual AI-driven voice-based travel assistant - TARA, and the best UI/UX award for ixigo flights app at Google India App Summit in 2018. | $88.5M | Post-IPO Secondary | Oct 15, 2025 |  |
| ixigo | ixigo is an intelligent, AI-based travel app with over 150 million users. ixigo allows Indian travelers to organize, book, and track trips from 120+ travel suppliers and OTAs across flights, trains, hotels, buses and cabs. ixigo’s vision is to empower travelers with trustworthy and personalized travel recommendations. ixigo is the fastest growingand most trusted travel app in the market. ixigo trains app has become the world’s 6th most downloaded travel app on the Google Play store as per analytics platform SensorTower’s 2018 report. It is also the 2nd most downloaded travel app in India. The company has played a pioneering role in launching innovative products in the travel space driven by AI, Voice, and ML. Over the past few years, ixigo has won an impressive string of awards and accolades including the Phocuswright people's choice award for their multi-lingual AI-driven voice-based travel assistant - TARA, and the best UI/UX award for ixigo flights app at Google India App Summit in 2018. | $146M | Post-IPO Equity | Oct 10, 2025 |  |
| Qurex | Qurex platform to solve sexual issues for men and women in a holistic and confidential manner. |  | Grant | Sep 04, 2025 |  |
| Chocolate Finance | Chocolate Finance is a Sinagapore based fintech startup. | $15M | Series A | Jul 24, 2025 |  |
| PayU | PayU operates as a financial services provider focusing on payment solutions for merchants and consumers. It offers a comprehensive suite of payment processing tools and services, including local and cross-border transactions, catering to a wide range of industries. With operations in over 50 countries, PayU supports 150+ payment methods, aiming tofacilitate seamless and secure online and offline transactions. The company also engages in innovative financial services, extending credit through various lending programs to customers beyond the reach of traditional banking. PayU's global presence is bolstered by its local expertise, ensuring high transaction success rates and support for businesses and consumers in emerging markets. | $35.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 14, 2025 |  |
| PayU | PayU operates as a financial services provider focusing on payment solutions for merchants and consumers. It offers a comprehensive suite of payment processing tools and services, including local and cross-border transactions, catering to a wide range of industries. With operations in over 50 countries, PayU supports 150+ payment methods, aiming tofacilitate seamless and secure online and offline transactions. The company also engages in innovative financial services, extending credit through various lending programs to customers beyond the reach of traditional banking. PayU's global presence is bolstered by its local expertise, ensuring high transaction success rates and support for businesses and consumers in emerging markets. | $119.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 30, 2025 |  |
| BKN301 | BKN301 provides a Banking-as-a-Service platform with blockchain technology features. BKN301 provides Embedded Financial Services and token issuing services with a B2B model, targeting third parties platforms. BKN301 offers white-label and API-based payment solutions including m-wallets, remittance services, P2P, instant lending, prepaid and creditcards programs. | $24.4M | Series B | Apr 12, 2025 |  |

10 of 88 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Prosus & Naspers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prosus) — VC Fund, 50 deals together
- [Quona Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/quona-capital-management) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Innova Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innova-capital-brazil) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Peak XV Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-india-2) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Prosus invest in?

Prosus invests primarily in E-Commerce, Internet and Financial Services startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 88 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Prosus's check size?

Prosus typically joins rounds of $5.3M–$100M at Series A, $14M–$100M at Series B and $18M–$170M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Prosus participates in.

### How do I contact Prosus?

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### Who are the partners at Prosus?

The team at Prosus includes Sebastiaan Vaessen (Head of Strategy), Aileen O'Toole (Group Human Resources Officer) and Ariel Lebowits (Head of M&A, OLX Group), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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