# Samakab Hashi

> Samakab Hashi is a seed investor at Lateral Frontiers (Nairobi) backing Lending and Carbon Capture. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lateral Frontiers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lateral-capital)
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samakab-hashi-0b762251
- Website: https://www.latcap.co/

Samakab Hashi is a Partner at Lateral Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lending | 1 | 25% |
| Carbon Capture | 1 | 25% |
| Geothermal Energy | 1 | 25% |
| Environmental Engineering | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Octavia Carbon | Octavia Carbon is the Global South’s first Direct Air Capture (DAC) company. It designs, builds and deploys patented technology to filter CO2 from the atmosphere to reverse climate change and to end the fossil fuel age. Its approach uniquely leverages Kenya’s amazing geothermal energy, geology & talent to drastically accelerate DAC technologydown the cost curve. | $3.9M | Seed | Oct 16, 2024 |  |
| LipaLater | LipaLater is a lending marketplace that provides postpaid payments at e-commerce stores. They are making technology affordable for you. Get the electronic of your choice today and pay for it in comfortable monthly installments. | $12M | Seed | Jan 13, 2022 |  |
| LipaLater | LipaLater is a lending marketplace that provides postpaid payments at e-commerce stores. They are making technology affordable for you. Get the electronic of your choice today and pay for it in comfortable monthly installments. | $12M | Seed | Jan 13, 2022 |  |
| LipaLater | LipaLater is a lending marketplace that provides postpaid payments at e-commerce stores. They are making technology affordable for you. Get the electronic of your choice today and pay for it in comfortable monthly installments. |  | Seed | Feb 15, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [AXIAN](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axian-fb5f) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cauris Finance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cauris-finance) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GreenHouse Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenhouse-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Orbit Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orbit-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Resilience17](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/resilience17) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Lateral Frontiers

VC Fund · New York, United States

Lateral Capital is a mission driven venture fund investing in early and growth stage opportunities in Africa. We back companies that provide foundational technologies for the continent. We make debt and equity investments technology-enabled businesses that profitably solve significant pain points across financial services, healthcare, education,energy, agriculture, housing, logistics, mobility and more.

5 contacts available at Lateral Frontiers.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ochuwa Akhigbe-Ogionwo | Operating Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ochuwa-akhigbe-ogionwo |
| Samakab Hashi | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samakab-hashi |
| Hayden Simmons | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hayden-simmons |
| Kyane Kassiri | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyane-kassiri |
| Rob Eloff | Co-Founder & Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rob-eloff |

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## FAQ

### What does Samakab Hashi invest in?

Samakab Hashi invests primarily in Lending, Carbon Capture and Geothermal Energy startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Samakab Hashi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Samakab Hashi closed in Oct 2024. 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.

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