# Rahim Thawer

> Rahim Thawer is a post-ipo equity investor at Greyhorse Venture Fund backing Financial Services. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Greyhorse Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greyhorse-venture-fund)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Dec 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/thawer
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/rthawer
- Website: http://www.thawerlp.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thawerr

Rahim Thawer is a post-ipo equity investor at Greyhorse Venture Fund in New York focused on Financial Services and Energy. Rahim Thawer is the Founder and General Partner of Greyhorse Venture Fund. He previously worked at Child Registry Ltd as a Chairman Of The Board. Rahim Thawer attended Mercer University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 4 | 22% |
| Energy | 2 | 11% |
| Banking | 2 | 11% |
| Industrial | 2 | 11% |
| Oil and Gas | 2 | 11% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Post-IPO Equity | 7 | 39% |
| Secondary Market | 3 | 17% |
| Grant | 2 | 11% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Seed | 1 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 6 | 33% |
| United States | 3 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 11% |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 6% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation | Social | $3M | Grant | Dec 05, 2023 |  |
| NFF Sports Club | NFF Sports Club is a United Kingdom-based company supporting Nigerian Football Fans all over the World. it was founded in 2023 and is located in London, England. | $125M | Series A | Nov 16, 2023 |  |
| Harare Institute of Technology | HIT was established in 1988 as a National Vocational Training Centre (NVTC). Overtime, it evolved into a Technical College offering courses in automotive, electrical, and mechanical engineering, producing artisans capable of operating and maintaining machinery in industry with little or no research or generation of new technology related knowledge.HIT conducts research, design, manufacture, develop, incubate, transfer, and commercialise technology for all sectors of the economy. Harare Institute of Technology produces highly qualified technical human capital that is creativity driven, project oriented, understand all stages of invention including idea generation and development and have the ability, stamina and courage to set up high-tech enterprises. |  | Grant | Aug 08, 2023 |  |
| Greyhorse Clearinghouse Ltd | Greyhorse Clearinghouse Ltd is a Cross-Border Multi-Currency Blockchain based Decentralized Clearinghouse that provides non-custodial settlement services. Through our 100% Insured and Proprietary Digital Financial Infrastructure which allows Retail and Institutional Clients immediate Multi-Currency Liquidity Pool through Global Darkpool Outfit.Registered Clients can also Lend, Borrow, Swap and Invest in Domestic and International Securities Market through our Registered Affiliates as well as Securitize all of their Assets into Dollarization to Hedge against Currency Devaluation and/or Inflation. | $165.3M | Corporate Round | Mar 04, 2022 |  |
| Nigerian Stock Exchange | The Nigerian Stock Exchange operates as a stock exchange in Nigeria. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Oct 15, 2021 |  |
| Greyhorse Clearinghouse Ltd | Greyhorse Clearinghouse Ltd is a Cross-Border Multi-Currency Blockchain based Decentralized Clearinghouse that provides non-custodial settlement services. Through our 100% Insured and Proprietary Digital Financial Infrastructure which allows Retail and Institutional Clients immediate Multi-Currency Liquidity Pool through Global Darkpool Outfit.Registered Clients can also Lend, Borrow, Swap and Invest in Domestic and International Securities Market through our Registered Affiliates as well as Securitize all of their Assets into Dollarization to Hedge against Currency Devaluation and/or Inflation. | $1.3M | Seed | Aug 05, 2020 |  |
| Virgin Galactic | Virgin Galactic is a commercial spaceline that creates commercial spacecraft. It provides suborbital spaceflights to space tourists, suborbital launches for space science missions, and orbital human spaceflights. It democratizes access to space for the benefit of life on Earth. The astronaut experience will include weightlessness and stunning viewsof Earth from space onboard SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo, spacecrafts designed by aerospace pioneer Scaled Composites. LauncherOne, Virgin Galactic's orbital launch vehicle can carry satellites as large as 500 pounds into Earth orbit for historically low prices.Founded in 2004 and it is headquartered in Mojave, California. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 04, 2019 |  |
| Virgin Galactic | Virgin Galactic is a commercial spaceline that creates commercial spacecraft. It provides suborbital spaceflights to space tourists, suborbital launches for space science missions, and orbital human spaceflights. It democratizes access to space for the benefit of life on Earth. The astronaut experience will include weightlessness and stunning viewsof Earth from space onboard SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo, spacecrafts designed by aerospace pioneer Scaled Composites. LauncherOne, Virgin Galactic's orbital launch vehicle can carry satellites as large as 500 pounds into Earth orbit for historically low prices.Founded in 2004 and it is headquartered in Mojave, California. | $20M | Post-IPO Equity | Oct 08, 2019 |  |
| MTN Nigeria | MTN Nigerian is a provider of mobile telecom services through the GSM platform. |  | Post-IPO Equity | May 16, 2019 |  |
| Payitup | Payitup operates as a payments startup. Payitup currently helps consumers make payments for MultiChoice’s DStv service. |  | Series A | May 10, 2019 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Boeing HorizonX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/horizonx-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Greyhorse Venture Fund

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Greyhorse Venture Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rahim Thawer | Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rahim-thawer |

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## FAQ

### What does Rahim Thawer invest in?

Rahim Thawer invests primarily in Financial Services, Energy and Banking startups, most often at Post-IPO Equity and Secondary Market stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Rahim Thawer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rahim Thawer closed in Dec 2023. Shizune tracks 18 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?

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