Stuart Gast
Executive Director @ Invenfin
Cape Town, South Africa
Stuart Gast is a funding round investor at Invenfin in Cape Town focused on FinTech and Financial Services. As executive director, Stuart heads up Invenfin. In a career of over 20 years, he has held CFO, commercial and investment executive positions in several local and international companies.Stuart’s leadership skills and broad experience in business strategy and detailed operational execution, deal structuring, valuations and transaction executionare a cornerstone of Invenfin’s value proposition.Stuart is a member of the CCDI's Design Innovation Seed Fund investment committee.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Stuart Gast invests in
Stages Stuart Gast invests in
Countries Stuart Gast invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 2 (50%)
- Financial Services 2 (50%)
- Credit 1 (25%)
- InsurTech 1 (25%)
- Marketing 1 (25%)
Stage
- Funding Round 2 (50%)
- Seed 1 (25%)
- Series B 1 (25%)
Country
- South Africa 2 (50%)
- Egypt 1 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Root enables companies to embed & sell insurance. Root’s proven low-code platform and strong insurance partnerships make it easy to design, build and integrate insurance at scale.Root is an enterprise-grade solution, with digital platforms, retailers, and insurers building, refining and selling insurance products powered by Root.Rootprocesses more than $32m in active Gross-Written-Premium with 1.7m+ in-force policies on the platform, and a team of 50 people. | $1.5M / Sep 27, 2023 | ||
| Money Fellows is a financial technology company that offers digitized money circles, also known as rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs). Through its mobile application, users can join money circles with flexible durations of 6, 10, or 12 months. Participants make regular contributions and receive payouts according to a predeterminedschedule. The platform supports various payment methods, including the Money Fellows Card, credit/debit cards, pre-paid cards, bank transfers, Fawry, and e-wallets. Users can participate in multiple circles simultaneously, with payouts up to 1,200,000 EGP. The service includes features such as cashback on payouts and discounts on pay-ins. Money Fellows operates under the supervision of the Central Bank of Egypt's Regulatory Sandbox and collaborates with Banque Misr to monitor transactions and user payouts. | $31M / Series B / Oct 30, 2022 | ||
| Root enables companies to embed & sell insurance. Root’s proven low-code platform and strong insurance partnerships make it easy to design, build and integrate insurance at scale.Root is an enterprise-grade solution, with digital platforms, retailers, and insurers building, refining and selling insurance products powered by Root.Rootprocesses more than $32m in active Gross-Written-Premium with 1.7m+ in-force policies on the platform, and a team of 50 people. | $3M / Seed / Nov 11, 2021 | ||
| Ad Dynamo helps global platforms unlock advertising revenue in Africa. With a sales focus on Sub Saharan Africa, Ad Dynamo has established itself as the trust sales partner for businesses such as Twitter, Oath, Snapchat and Spotify. | Mar 01, 2009 |
Co-Investors
About Invenfin
Invenfin is a growth capital investor operating in the technology, food & beverage sectors.
Invenfin Contacts
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Emil Buhrmann
Chairman
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Joe Kieser
Vice Chairman
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Stuart Gast
Executive Director
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Peter van der Zee
Investment Executive
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What does Stuart Gast invest in?
Stuart Gast invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Credit startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Africa. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Stuart Gast closed in Sep 2023. 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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