# Richard Aseme

> Richard Aseme is a seed investor at Paramount Pictures backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Paramount Pictures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paramount-pictures)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-aseme

Richard Aseme is a seed investor at Paramount Pictures in London focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Richard Aseme is the VP, International Marketing and Distribution, EMEA at Paramount Pictures. He attended Oxford University (Jesus College) oct 1996 - June 2000.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $8.3M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 50% |
| B2B | 1 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Credit | 1 | 25% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Egypt | 2 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Axis | We believe that small businesses are the backbone of most economies and the heart and soul of our communities. But we know that founders of small businesses face a lot of challenges in running & growing their business - from paying employees, suppliers, and vendors, to accepting payments in a timely and affordable manner. That’s why we startedaxis, a digital banking alternative for small businesses & solopreneurs. axis empowers small business founders & solopreneurs with the tools & resources to compete & thrive. axis' digital banking platform seamlessly manages employee payroll & salary advances, as well as business payments to suppliers, contractors, & vendors - onto its fully interoperable mobile wallet. Employees get access to a fully interoperable mobile wallet that allows them to send and receive money from any mobile wallet in Egypt, & get rewarded with points every time they spend - when they pay their bills, pay by QR code, or buy anything online with a virtual Visa card. axis is fully licensed by the Central Bank of Egypt and has built its whole tech stack in house. | $8.3M | Seed | May 17, 2023 |  |
| Octo | Octo helps businesses make payments with a focusing on processing their payroll. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| Finclusion Group | Finclusion is a FinTech accelerating company that provides financial services and credit products using AI-powered and data-driven lending for fraud prevention and credit granting. The company also offers buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) services, salary advance schemes, loan services, and transactional banking to individuals and SMEs across 5countries—South Africa, Eswatini, Namibia, Kenya, and Tanzania. | $20M | Angel | Jan 18, 2022 |  |
| Finclusion Group | Finclusion is a FinTech accelerating company that provides financial services and credit products using AI-powered and data-driven lending for fraud prevention and credit granting. The company also offers buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) services, salary advance schemes, loan services, and transactional banking to individuals and SMEs across 5countries—South Africa, Eswatini, Namibia, Kenya, and Tanzania. | $20M | Seed | Jan 18, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Future Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-africa) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Raba Partnership](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rabba-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Firstminute Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firstminute-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [RaliCap](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rally-cap-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sawari Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sawari-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Paramount Pictures

VC Fund · West Hollywood, United States

Paramount Pictures is major global player in feature film production and distribution, video and DVD worldwide distribution, and production of programs for television broadcast and syndication.

5 contacts available at Paramount Pictures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Richard Aseme | VP, International Marketing and Distribution, EMEA | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-aseme |
| Brad Grey | Chairman and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-grey |
| Courtney D. Armstrong | President Of Business Affairs and Administration | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/courtney-d-armstrong |
| David Alstadter | Post Production Re-Recording Mixer, Film, Sound & Video Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-alstadter |
| Frederick Huntsberry | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frederick-huntsberry |

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## FAQ

### What does Richard Aseme invest in?

Richard Aseme invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Egypt. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Richard Aseme's check size?

Richard Aseme typically joins rounds of $8.3M–$20M 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 Richard Aseme participates in.

### When did Richard Aseme last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Aseme closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 4 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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