# Sonia Gokhale

> Sonia Gokhale is a seed investor at VentureSouq (Dubai) backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [VentureSouq](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturesouq)
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonia-seth-gokhale-b0906014/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/soniagokhale
- Website: http://www.venturesouq.com

Sonia Gokhale is a founding partner of VentureSouq. Sonia was previously a full-time in-house consultant to the Global Special Situations Group of Abu Dhabi Investment Council, focusing on venture capital and tech deals. Prior to this role, Sonia was an Actuarial Consultant at Mercer Human Resource Consulting in its Dubai and Toronto offices.Sonia is a qualified Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and the Society of Actuaries (USA). Sonia obtained a BSc from the University of Toronto (with distinction) and majored in Actuarial Science and Statistics.She attended University of Toronto and studied actuarial science.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 4 | 40% |
| FinTech | 3 | 30% |
| Payments | 2 | 20% |
| Security | 2 | 20% |
| Agriculture | 2 | 20% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 80% |
| Series A | 2 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 50% |
| India | 2 | 20% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 10% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 10% |
| Tanzania | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Abhi | Abhi provides employees salary advances based on accrued wages. | $17M | Seed | Dec 31, 2021 |  |
| Maroo | Maroo is a payment platform tailored for the wedding and events industry, allowing businesses to manage payments with no processing fees. It supports payment acceptance, branded invoice creation, and payments to freelancers and suppliers. A notable feature is its zero fee model, where fees can be passed onto clients. Trusted by over 9,000businesses, Maroo has facilitated more than $180 million in revenue for its community of event professionals | $3M | Seed | Sep 10, 2021 |  |
| Helium Health | Helium Health is taking hospitals and clinics digital in Africa with a suite of software tools. It specializing in developing hospital software to manage patients’ health records and data. It helps hospitals digitize medical records, manage operations, and apply for financing; while providing a telemedicine solution to doctors. Using tech to builda modern and affordable healthcare system, Helium aims to be the largest healthcare data exchange in Africa.The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria. | $10M | Series A | Apr 30, 2020 |  |
| Nala | Nala is a FinTech company developing a mobile payments application to simplify money transfers and transactions without data connectivity. Their services include financial inclusion, digital financial services, mobile money, and fintech. | $150K | Seed | Mar 18, 2019 |  |
| Cityfurnish | Cityfurnish is an internet company that specializes in the fields of e-commerce and online rental. It features an online renting zone where contemporary and modern styles amalgamate to establish a new genre of wooden furniture and furnishings. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana. | $150K | Seed | Mar 18, 2019 |  |
| HelloVerify | With increasing fraud rates, the need for a credible background check system is more important than ever. Unlike other background check solutions that are manual, expensive and require a ton of documentation, HelloVerify creates a seamless experience through its technology platform that is cost effective and provides results instantly from trustedverification sources. It not only automates data collection and matching but streamlines the entire process from order requests, progress status to final report delivery.HelloVerify helps prevent fraud by finding facts about individuals. The online service acts as a means of authenticating and objectively verifying an individual’s identity, court case status, educational check, credit score and employment history - thereby enabling commercial transactions and hiring decisions to take place between parties. Whether you are a corporate or a startup looking to hire new employees or a homeowner seeking to verify your driver's driving license or a landlord wanting to ascertain your tenant’s payment ability - we provide a wide range of checks at affordable rates and quick turnaround time. |  | Series A | Mar 12, 2019 |  |
| Quantstamp | Quantstamp is a leading blockchain security company specializing in ensuring the reliability and integrity of blockchain ecosystems. The company provides a range of security services, including comprehensive audits, protocol testing, and vulnerability assessments. Additi | $3.1M | Seed | Mar 06, 2019 |  |
| FarmTogether | FarmTogether team brings a unique combination of farmland investing and technology expertise. Collectively, they bring over 70 years of food and agriculture investment experience in the US and globally. They meticulously review all investment opportunities and only pursue the properties they find attractive. They then partner with top quality localfarmland operators to manage the land.The idea of FarmTogether was born out of their personal and professional frustration with the complexities and hurdles associated with investing in farmland. Firmly believing that farmland is a safe, stable, and attractive long-term investment for everyone, their mission is to radically democratize farmland investing. | $1.8M | Seed | Jan 23, 2019 |  |
| Bear Flag Robotics | Bear Flag Robotics is an ag-tech company developing autonomous technology for farm tractors to increase productivity and improve safety.The solution gathers data on field patterns to provide predictive analytics that helps growers better plan each season. It can be controlled and commanded from a central mission control who gets real-timeinformation about everything happening on a tractor that enables farmers to reduce input and increase production yield easily.Co-Founders Igino Cafiero and Aubrey Donnellan founded the company in 2017 in Newark, California. | $3.5M | Seed | Aug 31, 2018 |  |
| Openland | Openland is a modern platform for chat communities. Anyone can start a community as a simple chat and add more activies as they grow. Openland provides tools for sharing and organizing community knowledge and connecting community members via 1-1 introductions. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco. Openland is backed by 30prominent venture investors, including Y Combinator, Gagarin Capital, Sinai Ventures, Soma Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures, and Rainfall Ventures. | $2.3M | Seed | Aug 30, 2018 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pioneer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pioneer-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [9Yards Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/9yards-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AAIC Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaic-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ACE & Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ace-and-company) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blue Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About VentureSouq

VC Fund · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

VentureSouq (VSQ) is a MENA-based venture capital fund manager with a global portfolio. VSQ manages thematic funds, with a current focus on FinTech and ClimateTech.

5 contacts available at VentureSouq.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sonia Weymuller | Co-Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sonia-weymuller |
| Maan Eshgi | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maan-eshgi |
| Sonia Gokhale | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sonia-gokhale |
| Suneel Gokhale | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/suneel-gokhale |
| Tammer Qaddumi | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tammer-qaddumi |

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## FAQ

### What does Sonia Gokhale invest in?

Sonia Gokhale invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Sonia Gokhale last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sonia Gokhale closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 10 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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