# Simon Rowlands

> Simon Rowlands is a seed investor at Africa Platform Capital (London) backing FinTech and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Africa Platform Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/africa-platform-capital)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-rowlands-4a4459115/

Simon Rowlands is a seed investor at Africa Platform Capital in London focused on FinTech and Software. Simon Rowlands is Managing Partner at Africa Platform Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Analytics | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Synapse Analytics | We help financial institutions make better risk decisions with AI.Synapse Analytics enables them to automate the entire credit lifecycle—from onboarding and verification to assessment and decisioning.Our AI-powered infrastructure brings speed, accuracy, and intelligence to every step of the credit process. Whether you're serving first-timeborrowers or scaling complex lending operations, we help you move faster, reduce risk, and unlock financial access for more customers. With built-in orchestration capabilities, you can centralize fragmented workflows, enforce policies, and coordinate teams—seamlessly and at scale.Our tools are built for business and risk teams—not technical experts. No-code, intuitive, and ready to use out of the box. Just better decisions, faster.By simplifying complex processes and reducing barriers, Synapse Analytics plays a key role in expanding financial inclusion—empowering more people and businesses to access the credit they need to grow. | $2M | Seed | Jun 21, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

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

## About Africa Platform Capital

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Africa Platform Capital is a specialist private equity firm, focused on the consumer and healthcare sectors in sub Saharan Africa. We believe in an active, value-add approach to investment, and deliver bespoke solutions to the companies with whom we partner.

1 contacts available at Africa Platform Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Simon Rowlands | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-rowlands |

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## FAQ

### What does Simon Rowlands invest in?

Simon Rowlands invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Analytics startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Arab Emirates. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Simon Rowlands last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Simon Rowlands closed in Jun 2022. 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?

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