# Stuart Gast

> Stuart Gast is a funding round investor at Invenfin backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Invenfin](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/invenfin)
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-gast-82160386/

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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 50% |
| Credit | 1 | 25% |
| InsurTech | 1 | 25% |
| Marketing | 1 | 25% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa | 2 | 50% |
| Egypt | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Root | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mevp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [P1 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/p1-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [4DX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4dx-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arzan Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arzan-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Base Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base-capital-f609) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CommerzVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commerzventures-gmbh) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Invenfin

VC Fund · Stellenbosch, South Africa

Invenfin is a growth capital investor operating in the technology, food & beverage sectors.

4 contacts available at Invenfin.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Emil Bührmann | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emil-buhrmann |
| Joe Kieser | Vice Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-kieser |
| Stuart Gast | Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stuart-gast |
| Peter van der Zee | Investment Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-van-der-zee |

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## FAQ

### 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.

### When did Stuart Gast last invest?

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.

### 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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