# Robel Chiappini

> Robel Chiappini is a seed investor at CRE Venture Capital backing SaaS and Legal. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [CRE Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/africa-angels-network)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robel-chiappini-0833b825/

Robel Chiappini is a seed investor at CRE Venture Capital focused on SaaS and Legal. Robel Chiappini

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Legal | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Payments | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | $21M | Series A | Feb 14, 2022 |  |
| Definely | Definely offers a suite of AI-powered LegalTech tools designed to assist legal teams during contract drafting and review processes. The Definely Suite integrates directly into Microsoft Word and includes Vault for accessing precedent clauses and definitions, Draft for editing in-context across documents, Enhance for AI-assisted drafting and review,Proof for automated legal proofreading, and PDF for scanning critical terms and references in PDF contracts. Each tool operates within existing workflows to surface key information, flag inconsistencies, and maintain document context without requiring navigation away from clauses. Definitely’s multi-agent AI system, Enhance, applies specialized agents to tasks such as summarization and clause suggestion, aiming to automate detailed legal operations. This technology supports legal teams by reducing manual searching and helping ensure accuracy during contract preparation. | $3M | Seed | Sep 13, 2021 |  |
| 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. | $4M | Seed | Feb 25, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Firstminute Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firstminute-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Raba Partnership](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rabba-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Village Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/village-global-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Fintech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-fintech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Future Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-africa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About CRE Venture Capital

VC Fund · New York, United States

Founded in 2015, CRE Venture Capital invests in early stage tech companies that are levered to Africa. CRE is headquartered in the New York metro area, with a regional office in Lagos, Nigeria.

5 contacts available at CRE Venture Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Devon Tomb | Finance and Reporting | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/devon-tomb-503e |
| Pardon Makumbe | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pardon-makumbe |
| Ahunna Ogunedo | Investment Professional | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ahunna-ogunedo |
| David Eddyabasi | Investment Professional | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-eddyabasi |
| Robel Chiappini | Investment Professional | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robel-chiappini |

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## FAQ

### What does Robel Chiappini invest in?

Robel Chiappini invests primarily in SaaS, Legal and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Africa. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Robel Chiappini last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Robel Chiappini closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 3 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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