# Variant Investments

> Variant Investments is a VC fund in Portland backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Portland, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/variant-investments-llc
- Website: https://variantinvestments.com/

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 60% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 60% |
| Lending | 2 | 40% |
| B2B | 1 | 20% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 80% |
| Kenya | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Connect Music | Connect Music may distribute an endless amount of music and have the same worldwide exposure as musicians and record labels. Connect Music's goal is to monetize and safeguard original works of art on behalf of their owner, the artist. And doing so may further magnify, elevate, and celebrate our culture. | $80M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 05, 2026 |  |
| Zanifu | Zanifu is a financial technology company, that enables MSME's in the African FMCG supply chain get access to working capital. | $11.1M | Seed | Aug 21, 2023 |  |
| Outcome | Outcome is a financial company. They offer a novel form of outcome-based education financing. Their services include those for educators and funders. They support the creation and expansion of inclusive, sustainable Income Share Agreements and Deferred Tuition Agreements. |  | Debt Financing | Aug 25, 2022 |  |
| Salaryo | Salaryo is a financial technology company providing instant and affordable financing and digital banking products for small businesses.The company provides fully-digital business term loans and lines of credit for small businesses. It finances entrepreneurs and freelancers. Salaryo accelerates its growth by offering cash flow relief to smallbusinesses in selected business categories, processing over $200 million in loan applications year to date. Its lending technology features a fully automated experience, featuring KYC (Know Your Client), financial and professional analysis, payment processing, and e-signatures, to make a decision in minutes. | $5.8M |  | Sep 09, 2020 |  |
| Fvndit | Fvndit is a fintech company, focused on solving the working capital problems for SMEs in Vietnam. | $30M | Debt Financing | Sep 08, 2020 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accial Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accial-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AAIC Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asia-africa-investment-consulting) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beyond Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beyond-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [54 Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-factory-africa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Black Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-for-startups-black-founders-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Launch Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-africa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Variant Investments invest in?

Variant Investments invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Lending startups, most often at Debt Financing and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Variant Investments last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Variant Investments closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 5 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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