# Small Foundation

> Small Foundation is a VC fund in Dublin backing Financial Services and Women's. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Ireland
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://ie.linkedin.com/company/small-foundation
- Website: https://smallfoundation.ie/

Small Foundation is a VC fund in Dublin focused on Financial Services and Women's. Small Foundation provides finance, technical assistance and skilled human resources.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 3 | 75% |
| Women's | 1 | 25% |
| Tutoring | 1 | 25% |
| Education | 1 | 25% |
| Consulting | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Grant | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Zambia | 1 | 25% |
| Australia | 1 | 25% |
| South Africa | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CFF | Collaborative for Frontier Finance provides financing solutions for small and growing businesses. They work with diverse stakeholders that include fund managers, funders, and field builders to accelerate financing solutions. |  | Seed | Jun 01, 2022 |  |
| WAI Group | WAI Group is a collective of women investment professionals focused on investing in Africa.Founded in 2017, WAI Group supports women fund managers through networking, knowledge-sharing, and awareness-building to catalyze gender-equitable economic growth in Africa.Members include senior executives at DFIs, PE/VC funds, Philanthropic funds,FinTech intermediaries, family offices, and market development organizations. The WAI Group makes women fund managers visible, holds the industry accountable, and combats inequalities in access to capital. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| African Leadership Academy | African Leadership Academy (ALA) seeks to transform Africa by developing a powerful network of over 6,000 leaders who will work together to address Africa’s greatest challenges, achieve extraordinary social impact and accelerate the continent’s growth trajectory. |  | Grant | Jan 26, 2021 |  |
| Rent To Own Africa | Rent To Own provides affordable financing to high capacity entrepreneurs in rural communities across Zambia. Rent To Own variety of rental arrangements helps business owners build assets and expand their own services. Beyond traditional asset financing, Rent To Own adapts its services and to the individual needs of each client, including guidedasset selection process, direct distribution and one-on one training for maintenance and proper equipment usage. The company unique six-step loan process mitigates repayment risk and ensures that the equipment is being used optimally. | $1.1M | Seed | Dec 21, 2018 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AHL Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ahl-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Jordan Engineering](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-engineering) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Shell Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shell-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Small Foundation invest in?

Small Foundation invests primarily in Financial Services, Women's and Tutoring startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Zambia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Small Foundation last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Small Foundation closed in Jun 2022. 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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