# Systema

> Systema is a VC fund in London backing FinTech and Payments. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 59%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/systemavc
- Website: https://systema.vc

Systema is a VC fund in London focused on FinTech and Payments. Early stage Fintech, Legaltech & Repeat Founders

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 6 | 35% |
| Payments | 5 | 29% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 29% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 18% |
| Mobile | 2 | 12% |

46 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 65% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 29% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 65% |
| France | 1 | 6% |
| Mexico | 1 | 6% |
| Germany | 1 | 6% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 6% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Archer | Founding Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-hadjedj |
| Digvijay Chauhan | Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digvijay-chauhan-fda4 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Superjoi | Superjoi helps brands utilize a creative workforce to boost their products, services, and brand awareness via new-gen influencer marketing and D2C sales through short-form content in a one-click payment fashion. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Apr 20, 2022 |  |
| Qori | No card, No cash, No limits. Qori is a pioneer mobile payment solution allowing brick and mortar merchants to cost-effectively accept bank and crypto payments by simply generating a QR code on their phone, tablet or payment terminal. Qori does not require an app on the client side. Qori offers advanced tools that allow merchants to engage boththeir unregistered and registered clients.With Qori, merchants have a better alternative to card and cash payments and can create unique experiences for their clients. Two fundamental trends are disrupting the payments industry and challenging the central role of cards: open banking and crypto. Qori is seizing this unique opportunity to remove intermediaries and become the preferred multi-channel payment method for in-store, e-commerce and remote transactions - by offering a fully digital, cheaper alternative to card payments, combined with the most effective client engagement features. Features:Qori enables the acceptance of Pay by bank and Pay by crypto payments: • For in-store payment on the merchant’s phone or tablet, • For in-store payment on the merchant’s android payment terminal (e.g Pax), • For remote payments, by sending a QR code to clients, allowing them to pay their bill by scanning the code, with no manual entry of data required, • For online payments by displaying the Pay by bank and Pay by crypto icons on e-commerce websites.Benefits:• It’s the cheapest and most frictionless payment solution on the market, • Clients do not need a card to pay, they simply scan the QR with their phone’s camera and pay, • Pay by bank and Pay by crypto are supported with the the same customer journey, • Merchants have the ability to interact with registered and non-registered clients via Qori. | $1.9M | Seed | Apr 15, 2022 |  |
| Confer With | Confer With triggers live streaming video calls between shoppers and instore experts from a website, or outside a store. We help high value retailers impact consumer buying decisions by facilitating a rich, human interaction between retail experts and shoppers when at a distance. |  | Seed | Feb 02, 2022 |  |
| Crezco | Crezco provides instant, innovative payment solutions. Crezco eliminates unnecessary costs and friction to allow the creation of products and services. Collaborate with suppliers and customers and provide role-based access for internal team members. | $4.1M | Seed | Oct 04, 2021 |  |
| Gavel | Gavel combines live video shopping with live auctions to add fun and discoverability to online purchasing. An active network of buyers and sellers of all different types of collectibles is connected by their deep-tech approach. It creates a live auction platform that brings together and amuses collectors, buyers, and sellers. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 20, 2021 |  |
| Circeus | Circeus is an AI-first technology holding company that acquires and scales mission-critical software, modernising it for the AI era. Through a centralised AI platform deployed across its portfolio, the company expands software from systems of record into systems of action. Circeus focuses on software powering the physical world, serving 200,000+companies worldwide and enabling them to work smarter, scale faster, and stay ahead. Circeus is backed by leading global institutional investors.Shop Circle is backed by leading global institutional investors. |  | Seed | Aug 05, 2021 |  |
| 3 Billion Pairs | 3 Billion Pairs is a machine learning engine that aggregates DNA data alongside sociodemographic, sentiment analysis, and quantified self 3rd party APIs, providing the pharmaceutical industry with a unique, valuable tool and dataset to research precision medicine and individuals with the opportunity to use their DNA to explore the topics they arepassionate about. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 04, 2021 |  |
| Bloom | Bloom Financial helps digital brands unlock their potential with founder-friendly capital and tools that accelerate growth. | $1.7M | Seed | May 21, 2021 |  |
| Nothing | Nothing is a consumer electronics company that designs and manufactures smartphones, earbuds, and other connected devices. The company focuses on product integration and user experience, aiming to create a digital ecosystem through hardware and software development. | $14.9M | Series A | Feb 09, 2021 |  |
| RemoFirst | RemoFirst is a global payroll and international HR platform to legally employ talent from anywhere in the world. As an Employer of Record (EOR), RemoFirst allows businesses to compliantly employ talent in 180+ countries without needing local entities. Their pricing starts at $199/mo for full-time international employees and $25/mo forinternational contractors. | $275K | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Anthemis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthemis-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Force Over Mass Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/force-over-mass-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Google Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [QED Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qed-investors) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Systema nova](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/systema-nova) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Systema invest in?

Systema invests primarily in FinTech, Payments and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Systema?

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### Who are the partners at Systema?

The team at Systema includes Chris Archer (Founding Partner) and Digvijay Chauhan (Associate). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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