# The LHoFT

> The LHoFT is a VC fund in Luxembourg backing FinTech and Payments. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/17894928/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/The_LHoFT
- Website: http://www.lhoft.com/

The LHoFT is a VC fund in Luxembourg focused on FinTech and Payments. The LHoFT – Luxembourg House of Financial Technology – is Luxembourg’s dedicated FinTech platform where finance and technology interact to foster innovation and develop solutions to shape the future of financial services. Offering start-up incubation, co-working spaces including a soft-landing platform, the LHoFT connects and creates value for theentire Luxembourg FinTech ecosystem: financial institutions, FinTech trailblazers, IT industry, research and academia as well as regulatory and public authorities.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Payments | 1 | 33% |
| Fraud Detection | 1 | 33% |
| Risk Management | 1 | 33% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 1 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Panican | Head of Partnerships and Ecosystem Development | 0 | — |
| Nasir Zubairi | CEO | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fundvis | Fundvis is a FundTech platform where cross-company workflows for the setup and lifecycle management of the fund industry are digitalized. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 17, 2025 |  |
| Handstree | Handstree — a all-in-one Web3 platform for secure and sustainable impact, focused on empowering transparency and creating long-term relationships with individual and corporate donors.For nonprofits: long-term financing, engagement with foreign donors, and AI-driven financial and marketing dashboard. For individual donors and corporations:communication without language barriers, tax deductions, impact token distribution, and SDGs reporting. | $10.9K | Grant | Oct 18, 2024 |  |
| Cybertonica | Cybertonica uses Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to manage risk and fraud, increasing trust and growing frictionless banking and m/e-payments globally. Cybertonica’s service increases conversion and sales by up to 25% while managing card-not-present and other categories of fraud at world-class compliant standards. Our goal is tobuild Trust in Transaction.Cybertonica has won numerous distinctions and awards since its product came to market, including the “Best Use of Payments Data Award” at Emerging Payments Awards 2018 and the “Best Data Analytics and Science Award” at Merchant Payments Ecosystem Awards 2018. Cybertonica also was named finalist for the “FinTech Start-up of the Year Award” at EWPN Awards 2019 and received the “Best New Back Office Innovation Award” at the Emerging Payments Awards 2017.Our new ScreenWiZe™ product adds device risk management through SDKs (iOS and Android) to the mobile authentication and malware prevention capabilities of our customers whether banks, acquirers, merchants or transactions security. We are PSD2 ready and GDPR compliant. Cybertonica’s vision is for a world of frictionless transaction and trust in 99.9% of transactions. Visit cybertonica.com to join us and build the future of Trust in Transaction. | $110K | Grant | Jul 11, 2018 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Frame — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kneip](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kneip) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Middlegame Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/middlegame-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [PayPal](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paypal) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Village Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/village-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does The LHoFT invest in?

The LHoFT invests primarily in FinTech, Payments and Fraud Detection startups, most often at Grant and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Luxembourg. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact The LHoFT?

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### Who are the partners at The LHoFT?

The team at The LHoFT includes Alex Panican (Head of Partnerships and Ecosystem Development) and Nasir Zubairi (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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