# Saad Rizvi

> Saad Rizvi is a pre-seed investor at SuperLayer (San Francisco) backing Apps and Banking. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SuperLayer](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/superlayer)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/saad-rizvi/13/a75/762
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/saadhrizvi
- Website: https://x.com/saadhrizvi

Saad Rizvi is a pre-seed investor at SuperLayer in San Francisco focused on Apps and Banking. Founder at Mentat and Delivery Associates. Author of An Avalanche is Coming and Oceans of Innovation.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Banking | 1 | 100% |
| Operating Systems | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Prospa | Prospa is a technology company building the operating system for African entrepreneurs and businesses. | $3.8M | Pre-Seed | Sep 08, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The Todd & Rahul Angel Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-todd-rahul-angel-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Wayfinder Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wayfinder-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SuperLayer

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

SuperLayer is a Web3 venture studio that builds and supports new multi-chain, tokenized consumer products and applications powered by the RLY Protocol. Led by Managing Partners Kevin Chou and Mahesh Vellanki — who have more than $1 billion+ in exits between their combined venture and founding experience — SuperLayer works with partners and teams tofacilitate the launch, staffing, go-to-market, compliance, and fundraising for Web3 projects. The Web3 venture studio’s mission is to attract and support the next 100 million people using crypto.

5 contacts available at SuperLayer.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gary Coover | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gary-coover-33d0 |
| Saad Rizvi | Chief Product Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saad-rizvi |
| Tony Pham | Vice President of Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tony-pham |
| Ben Parr | Limited Partner (Investor) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-parr-c0f5 |
| Gary Coover | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gary-coover |

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## FAQ

### What does Saad Rizvi invest in?

Saad Rizvi invests primarily in Apps, Banking and Operating Systems startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Saad Rizvi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Saad Rizvi closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 1 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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