# Thomas Stafford

> Thomas Stafford is a seed investor backing B2B, SMS and Mobile. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Thomas Stafford is a seed investor focused on B2B and SMS. Thomas Stafford

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.2M–$3.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 50% |
| SMS | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Emerging Markets | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenya | 1 | 50% |
| South Africa | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bamba | Bamba is an android application allowing micro-merchants across Africa to run their entire business utilizing their phones. It focuses on simple tools for merchants to manage their customers, get paid, payout as well as takeout cash advances against their future cash flow. | $3.2M | Seed | May 18, 2022 | https://getbamba.com |
| Bamba | Today, organizations spend a lot of money on physical data gathering exercises using old-fashioned paper-based methods. These methods result in expensive, severely delayed and incomplete data . With Bamba, a client can launch a data collection exercise anywhere in the world simply from the comfort of their web browser and the client can ensureindividuals respond with complete answers by paying those individuals for that data with mobile airtime in 122 different countries thus far. | $3.2M | Seed | May 18, 2022 | http://bambagroup.com |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Presight Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/presight-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [468 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/468-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Jigsaw VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jigsaw-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MPGI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mpgi-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Thomas Stafford invest in?

Thomas Stafford invests primarily in B2B, SMS and Mobile startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Thomas Stafford's check size?

Thomas Stafford typically joins rounds of $3.2M–$3.2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Thomas Stafford participates in.

### How do I contact Thomas Stafford?

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### When did Thomas Stafford last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Thomas Stafford closed in May 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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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